The Cubs reinstated right-hander Caleb Kilian from the 60-day injured listing and optioned him to Triple-A Iowa. The membership had a few 40-man roster vacancies after their latest 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 might be out for 4 to 6 weeks. Each items of reports 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 listing on Opening Day and has been there till in the present day. He started a rehab project at first of July and has made eight minor league appearances in latest weeks. Rehab assignments for pitchers include a 30-day most, so Kilian was reaching the tip of that window.
He’ll now present the Chicago pitching workers with some depth. He has a 12.42 earned run common in his large 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 charge and 9.6% stroll charge.
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 continues 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 prone to be out of choices subsequent yr. A participant must spend at the very least 20 days on optionally available project in a season for that to depend as one in all his possibility years, so Kilian will use his closing 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 attributable to a proper knee sprain. It seems it was decided that he wanted to go beneath the knife to get the difficulty 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 could possibly be again within the combine in September.
These are the one three backstops on the 40-man roster for the time being, so the Cubs may have solely non-roster depth if another person will get damage whereas Nido is out. Moisés Ballesteros is likely to be subsequent in line, regardless of his lack of main league expertise, as he’s thought of one of many prime 100 prospects within the league and is at the moment in Triple-A.
