The Cubs introduced this night that they’ve acquired reliever Jesús Tinoco from the Royals for money (X hyperlink by way of Maddie Lee of the Chicago Solar-Instances). Tinoco had signed a minor league cope with Kansas Metropolis three weeks in the past and was not on their 40-man roster. Except tonight’s commerce was spurred by some type of upward mobility clause in that contract, the Cubs don’t want to instantly place Tinoco on their 40-man.
Tinoco made six appearances for the Royals’ high affiliate in Omaha. He fired 6 2/3 frames of three-run ball, placing out 10 whereas issuing one stroll. Tinoco additionally missed loads of bats in Triple-A with the Rangers earlier this season, fanning 30.3% of batters confronted throughout 21 1/3 innings. His management was fairly a bit spottier than he confirmed in his small pattern with Okay.C., as he walked upwards of 11% of opponents with the Texas affiliate.
The 29-year-old Tinoco has appeared in elements of 5 MLB seasons between the Rockies, Marlins and Rangers. He tossed a career-high 36 innings of 4.75 ERA ball for Colorado as a rookie in 2019. Tinoco noticed extra sporadic work over the following couple of years, solely narrowly topping the 20 inning threshold as soon as. He spent final season in Japan, working to a 2.83 ERA regardless of pedestrian strikeout and stroll numbers for the Seibu Lions.
Tinoco returned to the affiliated ranks on a minor league cope with the Rangers over the winter. He made 9 MLB appearances with Texas earlier within the season, permitting 9 runs over 10 innings. That pushes his profession earned run common to 4.58 by way of 76 2/3 MLB innings. He has a below-average 18.1% strikeout fee with a near-14% stroll share over that stretch.
Whereas Tinoco hasn’t had a lot success in opposition to huge league hitters, his latest kind in Triple-A evidently intrigued Chicago. The Cubs rank sixteenth within the majors with a 4.01 ERA from their aid group. They’re within the high 10 in strikeout fee, however solely the Rangers and White Sox have issued extra free passes.
The Cubs even have six relievers — Julian Merryweather, Adbert Alzolay, Colten Brewer, Yency Almonte, Keegan Thompson and Luke Little — on the injured record. Chicago optioned Daniel Palencia to Triple-A Iowa as we speak, opening a spot within the main league bullpen. In the event that they determine to put in Tinoco straight into the MLB workers, they’d must create a 40-man roster area.
