The Cubs web site reports:
The Cubs signed free agent pitcher Shane Lindsay and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa. The Cubs also have released pitcher Nate Robertson, and he is now a free agent. In December, Lindsay signed with the Dodgers as a Minor League free agent and was a non-roster invite to Spring Training. He was 0-1 with a 5.00 ERA in eight games for the Albuquerque Isotopes from April 27-May 19, before getting released. Last season, Lindsay was 2-2 with a 1.98 ERA and four saves in 45 games for Triple-A Charlotte and was named to the International League All-Star team. He was called up by the White Sox on Sept. 2 and made four appearances for his first big league action. Lindsay originally signed with the Rockies in 2003 as a non-drafted free agent out of his native Australia. He missed the entire 2007 season due to shoulder surgery. Entering this season, Lindsay was 22-17 with a 3.37 ERA and six saves in 169 career Minor League games (46 starts) with the Rockies (2004-10), Yankees (’10), Indians (’10), and White Sox (’11). Robertson was 0-2 with an 8.10 ERA in 14 games with Iowa.
At age 27, Lindsay has been bouncing around the minors since he was 19. His minor league record is not special. In 8 seasons, he has compiled a 22-18 record, 3.40 ERA, 1.449 WHIP, 12.1 K/9 IP, but 6.9 BB/9 IP. So, the Cubs have signed another reliever with control problems that has been released by a west coast team. It sounds like the Cubs management is trying to find another lightning in a bottle in a Shawn Camp, a reclamation project that manager Dale Sveum called the team MVP so far this year.
