Chicago Cub’s largest squad decisions in the summer

After a relatively strong start to the season with three-series victories of the series, the Chicago Cubs with some Deicons with the squad into the summer.

Javier Assad’s return

Javier Assad reportedly approaches a rehab order when he resolves himself from his weird injury. The starter/swingman is versatile when it comes to where it will pitch, but it is likely that he will return from the bullpen to the Major League list.

Justin Steele was put on the injured list on Tuesday with an elbow problem, and if he is only gone for the minimum time, he and Assad will be ready at about the same time (late April or early May). In Steele’s absence, Colin Rea enters the rotation and theoretically leaves the long -distance place open to Assad. Steele would bring himself back into the rotation and depending on the status of the other starter, Rea can stay there.

It is a volatile situation with many movable parts, but Assad will be healthy for the staff, wherever he pitch.

Will Ryan urgently hold the narrower role?

Although Ryan Pressly remains perfect in save situations (3), the 36-year-old did not look particularly sharp in his first seven games as a Chicago Cub. The veteran Righty has given up three deserving runs, six walks and eleven goals in seven innings. Every time he has taken the hill this year, Pressly has allowed at least one dough to achieve the base, which has questioned his ability to hold the ninth Inning job.

It is still a small sample size, but the entire bullpen is struggling to keep the traffic away from the land paths, and they stay in the lower ten of all teams in Bullpen era. A certain stability in the ninth inn could be the key to keep the Cubs competitive this year and to avoid the inflated amount of inflated parades that the team plagued last season (26).

The Cubs acted for Pressly to tackle this problem, and they have to turn if he continues to struggle with command problems when the season starts in the summer. Porter Hodge is the most logical internal candidate, but the trading market could be where a significant improvement is made. Kyle Finnegan from the Washington National, Jeff Hoffman from the Toronto Blue Jays and Kenley Jansen from the Los Angeles Angels could be on the block, as their teams are probably not fighting for playoff places.

Vidal Bruján’s return

The Vidal Bruján infield is also expected at some point before the end of April after clogging his elbow in spring training. His return could force the Cubs to remove the third Baseman Gage Workman from her squad, who looks more and more unnecessary after seven record appearances after finding his first major League hit. At the age of 25, this was the first taste of Workman from MLB, and he only skipped the triple-a level after turning his heads in this spring training.

Although Bruján is only a career. The workman experiment was fun while it took, but it looks as if it takes more time to develop his skills on his plate, and he has greatly exceeded Major League pitching this year.

The Cubs are probably also excited to get what you can get out of Bruján after acting against him in the off -season. In addition to all outdoor fields, Bruján can play the second basis, the first basis and the shortstop and is a switch on the plate. When he comes back, Workman is the only logical option to change with Justin Turner, Jon Berti and Carson Kelly, all of which are signed in the case of contracts of the major League. If the worker is removed from the squad, he will be returned to the Detroit Tigers if the worker is removed from the roster.