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Al Arabiya
6 days ago
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Cubs' taillon, assad nearing returns to depleted staff as trade deadline approaches
The Chicago Cubs line up as one of the prospective buyers especially for pitching as baseball's July 31 trade deadline approaches. In the meantime Chicago – which entered Friday at 60-42 and a game behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central – is inching closer to having some injured pitchers return. On Friday before a game against the White Sox at Rate Field, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said starter Jameson Taillon, out since July 1 with a right calf strain, is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa next week. The big right-hander threw a 47-pitch bullpen session Friday. Taillon is set to toss to live hitters in Milwaukee early next week and then report to the Cubs top affiliate. Taillon is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA and was mainstay in the Chicago's rotation despite some ups and downs in his ninth major league season. The 33-year-old lost his final three straight games with a 10.66 ERA in that span after winning five in a row. Taillon's injury opened a second gap in a Chicago rotation that already was thinned when ace left-hander Justin Steele made only four starts before needing season-ending elbow surgery. Right-hander Javier Assad also is expected to join Iowa next week. Assad has not pitched this season due to a left oblique strain but was 7-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 29 starts last season. Righty Porter Hodge, out since July 8 with right shoulder impingement, is scheduled to pitch for Iowa on Saturday. Hodge is 2-1 with a 6.85 ERA in 26 relief appearances this season. Catcher Miguel Amaya, recovering from a left oblique strain, also is expected to join Iowa next week. He's batting .280 with four homers and 25 RBIs in 29 games this season but hasn't played since May 24.
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6 days ago
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Cubs' Taillon, Assad nearing returns to depleted staff as trade deadline approaches
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs line up as one of the prospective buyers, especially for pitching, as baseball's July 31 trade deadline approaches. In the meantime, Chicago — which entered Friday at 60-42 and a game behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central — is inching closer to having some injured pitchers return. On Friday before a game against the White Sox at Rate Field, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said starter Jameson Taillon, out since July 1 with a right calf strain, is expected begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa next week. The big right-hander threw a 47-pitch bullpen session Friday. Taillon is set to toss to live hitters in Milwaukee early next week and then report to the Cubs' top affiliate. Taillon is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA and was mainstay in the Chicago's rotation despite some ups and downs in his ninth major league season. The 33-year-old lost his final three straight games, with a 10.66 ERA in that span, after winning five in a row. Taillon's injury opened a second gap in a Chicago rotation that already was thinned when ace left-hander Justin Steele's made only four starts before needing season-ending elbow surgery. Right-hander Javier Assad also is expected to join Iowa next week. Assad has not pitched this season due to a left oblique strain, but was 7-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 29 starts last season. Righty Porter Hodge, out since July 8 with right shoulder impingement, is scheduled to pitch for Iowa on Saturday. Hodge is 2-1 with a 6.85 ERA in 26 relief appearances this season. Catcher Miguel Amaya, recovering from a left oblique strain, also is expected to join Iowa next week. He's batting .280 with four homers and 25 RBIs in 29 games this season, but hasn't played since May 24. ___ AP MLB: Matt Carlson, The Associated Press
Associated Press
6 days ago
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Cubs' Taillon, Assad nearing returns to depleted staff as trade deadline approaches
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs line up as one of the prospective buyers, especially for pitching, as baseball's July 31 trade deadline approaches. In the meantime, Chicago — which entered Friday at 60-42 and a game behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central — is inching closer to having some injured pitchers return. On Friday before a game against the White Sox at Rate Field, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said starter Jameson Taillon, out since July 1 with a right calf strain, is expected begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa next week. The big right-hander threw a 47-pitch bullpen session Friday. Taillon is set to toss to live hitters in Milwaukee early next week and then report to the Cubs' top affiliate. Taillon is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA and was mainstay in the Chicago's rotation despite some ups and downs in his ninth major league season. The 33-year-old lost his final three straight games, with a 10.66 ERA in that span, after winning five in a row. Taillon's injury opened a second gap in a Chicago rotation that already was thinned when ace left-hander Justin Steele's made only four starts before needing season-ending elbow surgery. Right-hander Javier Assad also is expected to join Iowa next week. Assad has not pitched this season due to a left oblique strain, but was 7-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 29 starts last season. Righty Porter Hodge, out since July 8 with right shoulder impingement, is scheduled to pitch for Iowa on Saturday. Hodge is 2-1 with a 6.85 ERA in 26 relief appearances this season. Catcher Miguel Amaya, recovering from a left oblique strain, also is expected to join Iowa next week. He's batting .280 with four homers and 25 RBIs in 29 games this season, but hasn't played since May 24. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
6 days ago
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Cubs' Taillon, Assad nearing returns to depleted staff as trade deadline approaches
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs line up as one of the prospective buyers, especially for pitching, as baseball's July 31 trade deadline approaches. In the meantime, Chicago — which entered Friday at 60-42 and a game behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central — is inching closer to having some injured pitchers return. On Friday before a game against the White Sox at Rate Field, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said starter Jameson Taillon, out since July 1 with a right calf strain, is expected begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa next week. The big right-hander threw a 47-pitch bullpen session Friday. Taillon is set to toss to live hitters in Milwaukee early next week and then report to the Cubs' top affiliate. Taillon is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA and was mainstay in the Chicago's rotation despite some ups and downs in his ninth major league season. The 33-year-old lost his final three straight games, with a 10.66 ERA in that span, after winning five in a row. Taillon's injury opened a second gap in a Chicago rotation that already was thinned when ace left-hander Justin Steele's made only four starts before needing season-ending elbow surgery. Right-hander Javier Assad also is expected to join Iowa next week. Assad has not pitched this season due to a left oblique strain, but was 7-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 29 starts last season. Righty Porter Hodge, out since July 8 with right shoulder impingement, is scheduled to pitch for Iowa on Saturday. Hodge is 2-1 with a 6.85 ERA in 26 relief appearances this season. Catcher Miguel Amaya, recovering from a left oblique strain, also is expected to join Iowa next week. He's batting .280 with four homers and 25 RBIs in 29 games this season, but hasn't played since May 24. ___ AP MLB:
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11-07-2025
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With Jameson Taillon on the injured list, Cubs should turn to this reliever to start
The Chicago Cubs have been dealt a tough hand in terms of pitching injuries, the latest being Jameson Taillon. Taillon was having a great season up mid-June. He allowed 15 earned runs over 12.2 innings in his last three starts. Advertisement Manager Craig Counsell announced Taillon would miss 'a pretty significant amount of time' with a right calf strain. The 33-year-old is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP in 17 starts this season. Taillon is the third Cubs starting pitcher on the injured list, joining Justin Steele and Javier Assad. With this in mind, the Cubs need to act quickly to fill Taillon's void. Chicago is rumored to target starting pitching aggressively at the trade deadline, but in the meantime, Taillon's possible replacement is already on the team. Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp FanSided's Christopher Kline thinks the Cubs should stretch out long-reliever Chris Flexen, especially considering the pitching market is an uncertainty. Advertisement 'Before stints with Colorado and Chicago (x2), Flexen put a couple of strong seasons together with the Seattle Mariners in 2021 and '22 (3.66 ERA, 317.1 IP, 220 K in 64 games),' wrote Kline. 'Now we are seeing Flexen get back to his winning ways. He is 5-0 through 16 appearances and 29.0 innings out of the bullpen this season, with a 0.62 ERA and 0.83 WHIP. Pound for pound, very few relievers have operated at Flexen's level this season. It's not the largest sample size for the most high-leverage of roles, but the 31-year-old is generating tons of soft contact.' After pitching the bulk of a bullpen game on Saturday, Flexen now has a 0.83 ERA after allowing one run in 3.2 innings. Instead of just doing bullpen games, which Flexen pitches the bulk of anyway, it makes a lot of sense to let the 31-year-old start. More MLB: How likely is a Luis Robert Jr. trade, and where could he land?
