It is kind of rare to pick up a AAA player off the waiver wire and assign him to your own AAA club. But the Cubs made such a move today, according to MLBTR.
The Cubs claimed often injuried reliever Eduardo Sanchez off waivers from the Cardinals. The Cards had to make room for another player on the major league roster.
The Cubs assigned Sanchez to Iowa. This may have been a need move because we note that starter Brooks Raley earned his first save last week in Iowa.
MLBTR reports that Sanchez, 24, has a career 3.40 ERA, 9.6 K/9, 5.8 BB/9 in 45
big league innings from 2011-12. In 2011, he landed on the DL for a shoulder strain. Since then, he has been up and down last season and has missed time this year with a
forearm strain. He has only made nine appearances at Triple-A this year. Baseball America scouting report stated, "durability remains his
biggest concern, as his small frame leaves some scouts wondering how his
stuff will hold up at the major league level."
