Chiefs movement..Patterson to AA, Weber to Daytona Guzman in

[ChiefsVoice]

PEORIA, IL— The Peoria Chiefs, in conjunction with the Chicago Cubs have announced that All-Star second baseman Eric Patterson has been promoted to AA West Tenn and All-Star pitcher Matt Weber has been promoted to High-A Daytona. The Chiefs will add rehabbing pitcher Angel Guzman, starter Justin Berg who was acquired from the New York Yankees on Saturday and outfielder Steve Harris.

Patterson was the DH Saturday night for the Chiefs and went 0-for-2 with a walk and a sacrifice fly and leaves the team leading the Midwest League in hitting at .333. The second baseman has 13 homers, 26 doubles and 11 triples to go along with 71 RBI. Patterson was a Post-Season Midwest League All-Star and leads the league with 90 runs scored and is also in the top five in the league in slugging, on-base percentage, stolen bases, triples and hits.

Weber was scheduled to start for the Chiefs on Tuesday in Beloit, just outside his hometown of Roscoe, Illinois. He won his last start against West Michigan on Thursday to improve to 7-9 on the season in 25 appearances. Weber leaves the Chiefs with 1 3.91 ERA in 142 2/3 innings. Earlier this season, Matt set a Chiefs franchise record after tossing 38 1/3 consecutive innings without issuing a walk. He is expected to join the Daytona Cubs starting rotation

Guzman will start for the Chiefs Tuesday night in Peoria after making four starts in Mesa with the Arizona Cubs this season. Guzman has been as high as AA West Tenn and is currently on the Cubs 40-man roster. He went on the disabled list at AA last season on July 30th with right shoulder tendonitis and is still working his way back. In his first eight innings this season in Mesa he struck out 12 and didn’t allow an earned run. Guzman entered 2005 with a career record of 27-13 and a 2.62 ERA in 72 appearances. He spent part of the 2002 season in Lansing playing for current Chiefs manager Julio Garcia. In nine Midwest League starts, the right-hander went 5-2 with a 1.89 ERA. If all goes well Tuesday in Beloit, Guzman is expected to get the start at O’Brien Field on Sunday, September 4th against South Bend.

Justin Berg was acquired by the Cubs on Saturday from the New York Yankees in a trade involving outfielder Matt Lawton. Berg was drafted in the 43rd round in 2003 out of Indian Hills Community College in Centerville, Iowa. The 21-year old right hander spent all of 2005 in Short-Season A ball with the Staten Island Yankees in the New York-Penn League. In 15 games, nine starts, Berg was 6-2 with a 3.53 ERA. He threw 58 2/3 innings and struck out 52 while walking just 20. The Wisconsin native won his last two decisions and started his last four appearances. He is expected to follow Guzman on Tuesday and Sunday.

Steve Harris appeared in the outfield in 21 games for the Arizona Cubs through Friday. The 20 year old right-handed hitter batted .341 in 88 at-bats with 14 RBI and four doubles.

The three additions put the Chiefs back to a 25-man roster for the first time in almost a month. The Chiefs face the Whitecaps on Sunday at 2:00 PM to finish off a four game homestand. Peoria then heads to Beloit for a four game series starting on Monday before finishing the regular season with a four game series against South Bend at home over Labor Day Weekend.

Edited August 28, 2005 by ChiefsVoice

[Chris]

OH MAN!!!!!!!!!

[Chris]

Just another reason to listen Monday night!

[Brian]

WTG EPATT!!

[Jon]

Congrats to Eric and Matt. And good luck, Angel!

[Outshined_One]

=D> =D>

 

\:D/ \:D/

 

E-Patt at a more age appropriate level, rockin'!

 

Congrats to everyone else on their promotions, too!

[TXCubsFan]

When I saw the title, I had assumed Corey had been sent to AA. :D

[Laura]

=D> =D>

 

\:D/ \:D/

 

E-Patt at a more age appropriate level, rockin'!

 

Congrats to everyone else on their promotions, too!

 

CHEERS! :cheers:

 

SOOO, doesn't this lend credence to the theory that if Eric has a good AFL showing, he could start in AA next season?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

=D> =D>

 

\:D/ \:D/

 

E-Patt at a more age appropriate level, rockin'!

 

Congrats to everyone else on their promotions, too!

 

CHEERS! :cheers:

 

SOOO, doesn't this lend credence to the theory that if Eric has a good AFL showing, he could start in AA next season?

 

Yes. :oops:

[Laura]

And congrats to Matt Weber, who put together a quietly solid season in Peoria. :D

[treebird]

!!

 

cobs are so dumb

[Schwarber Fan]

When I saw the title, I had assumed Corey had been sent to AA. :D

 

Sadly enough, me too

 

One step closer to the big leagues Eric!!!

[Roast]

I hope he does awesome there. And the cubs bring him to Spring training next year. And he hits like .800 and then he comes to the big leagues and does real real good like Miguel Cabrera. Strait from AA baby.

 

 

Ok, i'm dreaming.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

!!

 

cobs are so dumb

 

I know you were telng me this last night, but I have to disagree.

 

Eric's been deserving of being promoted for some time, and getting double promoted to the playoffs is sort of a treat for his great season. It's only a few games and then the playoffs, so if he can't handle it, it really shouldn't affect him *too* much, and it can be another way for the Cubs to see if Eric can handle AA at the start of next season.

 

I don't see how this is can really be a "dumb" thing.

[Chris]

Hmmm, apparently the Jaxx just got Lee Gwaltney as well, who was just warming in the pen.

[HerbalK]

Congrats on the promotions, guys! I can't wait to see how ya'll do.

[Jon]

Trib[/url]"]Class A right-hander Justin Berg, acquired from the New York Yankees in exchange for Lawton, will report to Class A Peoria. Hendry said Berg, who pitched at Triton Junior College, throws 92-94 m.p.h. with a hard sinker and good slider. He'll make his first start for the Chiefs on Tuesday.

I guess we'll see just how hard that sinker is.

[ChiefsVoice]

Hmmm, apparently the Jaxx just got Lee Gwaltney as well, who was just warming in the pen.

i talked to Lee last night and he said he had been there for 3-4 days...first I had heard of it!

[donobr]

Why not send C Patterson down to play with his brother,might be ris level

[otis89]

Hmmm, apparently the Jaxx just got Lee Gwaltney as well, who was just warming in the pen.

 

Could he maybe be the reliever I mentioned in my post about Baez being promoted to AAA that everyone ignored?

[treebird]

!!

 

cobs are so dumb

 

I know you were telng me this last night, but I have to disagree.

 

Eric's been deserving of being promoted for some time, and getting double promoted to the playoffs is sort of a treat for his great season. It's only a few games and then the playoffs, so if he can't handle it, it really shouldn't affect him *too* much, and it can be another way for the Cubs to see if Eric can handle AA at the start of next season.

 

I don't see how this is can really be a "dumb" thing.

 

If they think that he might be able to stick it out and contribute in the postseason, he should've been there a long time ago. One level a year is nice, but it's dumb to just go with it universally.

 

If they don't think he's ready to contribute and help the jaxx in the postseason, and they're just sending him up for fun, I don't like that either.

 

I don't think it's really a big deal or anything, and it's almost certainly going to be of very little consequence in the long (and short) run, it just doesn't seem to add up to me.

[CubbieGirl22]

Well I'm sad that I can't watch him anymore in Illinois but I hope he plays really good in Tennessee and then someday I can watch him play at Wrigley Field! :D

[Laura]

On 8/28, Ryan Ori in the Peoria J-Star[/url]"]

"We're a club that's renowned for not moving guys," Fleita said of Patterson, 22. "We certainly could have moved him up at any time this season.

 

"He's an older college player. Maybe if he does well (the rest of this year and in spring training), he can go straight to Double-A next year."