Cubs sign Kenta Maeda to a minor league deal (probably)

[UMFan83]

Apparently translated it says he signed a minor league deal with the Cubs and is ready to start pitching 

[Bertz]

Brett Taylor brought this up today but Iowa's rotation is pretty ragged.  Brown, Flexen, and Horton are all up here in MLB covering for injuries and Birdsell is hurt.  It's basically Wicks and Noland and then bullpen games.

I  obviously do not want Kenta Maeda getting MLB innings, but if god forbid 2-3 SPs went down in the next couple weeks we'd be looking at like Keegan Thompson starting games.  A guy like this, maybe even a second one, feels pretty responsible to add.

[JHBulls]

This is exciting. If we were still in 2019.

[Stratos]

4 hours ago, Bertz said:

Brett Taylor brought this up today but Iowa's rotation is pretty ragged.  Brown, Flexen, and Horton are all up here in MLB covering for injuries and Birdsell is hurt.  It's basically Wicks and Noland and then bullpen games.

I  obviously do not want Kenta Maeda getting MLB innings, but if god forbid 2-3 SPs went down in the next couple weeks we'd be looking at like Keegan Thompson starting games.  A guy like this, maybe even a second one, feels pretty responsible to add.

Maybe he could be effective as a reliever.  Understandable if he starts for Iowa though.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Will Maeda get more starts with Iowa than Nomo did in '99?