The Cubs will be in triage mode for the remainder of the regular season. They want to rest arms and try to coast into the top wild card slot, and at this time of the year, with this kind of team, this is the type of maneuver that’s left to them. This, and perhaps bring up another rookie from the minors to help if they see good fit.

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Gollum always has to have at least one scratch off lottery ticket in his pants at all times. Lose 1 sign 1.

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Your Gollum “schtick” has run its course, dude. Give it a rest.

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Agree, this is kind of a dumb signing–in the sense that it’s hard to imagine a situation in which Ross is a good choice to use in a major-league game, regular season or, if they make it, postseason.

Jed
Dumpster diving

This is nothing but minor league teams in general needing warm bodies to eat innings. Twice in August, I saw visiting minor league teams send out a minor league catcher to pitch the home 8th inning because they had run out of pitchers who were cleared to pitch that night. A 4-3 less turned into an 8-4 loss one night, and the other night a 4-3 deficit turned into a 5-4 loss and the insurance run given up was the margin of victory.

As a fan, it just reinforces the fact that the organizations don’t care about minor league games. MLB and the MLBPA should reset the organizational limit from 160 players to 175 this off-season and increase minor league roster sizes.

The Jed Hoyer sore arms disabled list tour continues

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The Cubs love signing pitchers who had Tommy John surgery before.

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Bargain Bin Jed at it again.

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He was great in:
“Car 54, Where Are You” & “It’s About Time”.

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Good pick up he’s a great pitcher.

Hoyer’s operating like a kid with a $25 Target gift card rampaging through the clearance isle.

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Why in hell is Turner still on the 40, and please don’t tell me about his leadership….where was that leadership the past 40-50 games?!?

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“The log lists Ross’s signing date as September 1st. If that’s true, he wouldn’t be eligible to pitch in the postseason for the Cubs. It’s possible the deal was actually signed late on August 31st but didn’t become public until later. If that’s the case, then Ross would be postseason eligible with the Cubs.”

This year, the rule changed to having to have a player signed by noon on September 1st in order to be eligible for the playoffs. So, if he was signed before noon (which I’m pretty sure he was), he is eligible to replace someone on the Cubs’ 40-man roster. The same is true for Austin Gomber.