The Cubs have re-signed right-hander Ethan Roberts on a minor league deal, according to the transactions log on Roberts’s MLB.com player page. The deal presumably includes an invite to big league Spring Training.
Righty reliever Ethan Roberts authored the best feel-good story of early 2022 when he broke camp with the big club after showing off his excellent stuff in spring training.
The injured pitchers could come back on minor-league deals. Today was the deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players and here’s what the Cubs did: Codi Heuer, Ethan Roberts and Brandon Hughes all missed time over the last couple of years with various injuries.
Apologies for simply sharing a press release, but I just got back from a down-and-back commute to St. Louis. All I will offer is that I find it odd that the Cubs added an infielder when they already have like 12 of them.
And have opened up a 40-man roster spot for him. The Cubs have added another infielder to the 40-man roster, late Friday announcing the signing of free agent Edwin Rios.
His big-league career got off to a good start, as he allowed just a single earned run through his first five appearances. However, his next four appearances yielded six earned runs, perhaps due to injury.
Across Major League Baseball, teams faced some tough decisions as rosters were trimmed from 28 to 26 players heading into the month of May. Thankfully, for the Chicago Cubs, this was a relatively painless and drama-free process.
Twenty-four-year-old Ethan Roberts received some life-changing news from Cubs manager David Ross in the dugout at Sloan Park on Monday. The right-handed reliever found out he made the team’s Opening Day roster and will have a chance to play in the Majors for the first time in his professional career.
Spring Training is wrapping up on Tuesday and Opening Day for the Chicago Cubs is approaching. Thursday marks the beginning of the 2022 marathon that is the MLB season for the North Siders.
With MLB’s Rule 5 Draft looming, the Chicago Cubs selected the contracts of outfielder Nelson Velazquez and right-handed flamethrower Ethan Roberts. The Cubs’ 40-man roster now sits at 37.