The Cubs reinstated right-hander Caleb Kilian from the 60-day injured record and optioned him to Triple-A Iowa. The membership had a few 40-man roster vacancies after their current deadline dealings, so their depend goes from 38 to 39 with this transfer. Moreover, catcher Tomás Nido had surgical procedure on his proper meniscus and can be out for 4 to 6 weeks. Each items of stories had been relayed on X by Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune.
Kilian, 27, was recognized with a teres main pressure throughout Spring Coaching and was slated to overlook a number of months. He landed on the 60-day injured record on Opening Day and has been there till right this moment. He started a rehab project firstly of July and has made eight minor league appearances in current weeks. Rehab assignments for pitchers include a 30-day most, so Kilian was reaching the top of that window.
He’ll now present the Chicago pitching employees with some depth. He has a 12.42 earned run common in his huge league profession, however in a small pattern of 16 2/3 innings. He pitched 227 Triple-A innings over the earlier two seasons with a 4.40 ERA, 22.2% strikeout price and 9.6% stroll price.
He got here into 2024 with 20 days of majors league service time and added roughly 4 months’ price right here on the IL, however remains to be shy of the 172 wanted to get to a full yr. He additionally got here into 2024 with only one possibility season remaining and is now more likely to be out of choices subsequent yr. A participant must spend no less than 20 days on non-obligatory project in a season for that to depend as considered one of his possibility years, so Kilian will use his ultimate one right here in 2024 if he’s not recalled once more within the subsequent 20 days.
Nido landed on the 10-day IL final week as a consequence of a proper knee sprain. It seems it was decided that he wanted to go underneath the knife to get the problem taken care of. The Cubs chosen Christian Bethancourt to take Nido’s roster spot and share the catching duties with Miguel Amaya. Given Nido’s timeline, he might be again within the combine in September.
These are the one three backstops on the 40-man roster in the meanwhile, so the Cubs may have solely non-roster depth if another person will get harm whereas Nido is out. Moisés Ballesteros could be subsequent in line, regardless of his lack of main league expertise, as he’s thought-about one of many prime 100 prospects within the league and is presently in Triple-A.
