Cubs 40-Man Roulette Continues
So you got one of the last spots on the Cubs 40-man roster....CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Don't start nesting though, because your odds of lasting there are just slightly better than guessing which of the 38 spots a roulette ball will land on.
Today's unlucky victim was RHP Gonzalez German, whom you probably didn't even know was a Cub, but sometime around January 23rd the Cubs put a claim in on him. Unfortunalety for German, the Red Sox dropped a player and there's no way on God's green Earth that Theo is going to let an ex-Red Sox player go unclaimed. Little known fact - once drafted by the Red Sox you're invited to a ceremony behind the Green Monster that involves some skulls, blood-letting and at the end of it all, a life debt between you and Theo is consumated. You always make sure he has Starbucks and he always makes sure you have a job in baseball.
The former Red Sox in question is Drake Britton, he throws from the left side...so a lifetime of opportunities in baseball await him regardless of his ability to ever throw a strike. In the majors, he sports a fine 2.93 ERA over 27.2 IP. Unfortuntaley his K rate dropped to about 5.4 K/9 last season...but in just 6.2 IP...I'm sure that's a small sample size anomaly...hold on, let me click on 'Minors' on Baseball Reference....and...well...alright then. Not an anomaly (5.7 K/9 in 58.1 IP in Triple-A last season and a very hefty 5.9 BB/9 rate to go with it). Before last season, and before he got himself arrested on DUI charges, reckless driving and property damages in spring of 2013, Britton did sport a K rate over 8 and the walks were still a problem, but not to the degree he seemed to suffer from them last year.
But he is a lefty reliever and the Cubs may have a need for one of those out of the pen...plus Theo is sure to get his coffee for a few weeks in Arizona.
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