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The Chicago Cubs have dealt with a few injuries to their starting rotation this season. Chicago has lost Justin Steele and Javier Assad to the injured list early in the season, and it hasn’t been able to replace them yet.
Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller recently suggested the Cubs could fill this hole in their rotation by swinging a blockbuster trade for Miami Marlins pitcher Cal Quantrill.
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“The pitching staff, on the other hand, devolved from ‘questionable’ to downright ‘grimace-inducing’ with Wednesday’s news of Justin Steele landing on the IL with elbow tendinitis,” Miller wrote. “The Cubs already had Javier Assad (oblique) on the IL, which meant continually rolling with Ben Brown in the rotation even through his early struggles.
“And in Steele’s stead, they called up Ethan Roberts to help out with what figures to be a lot of bullpen games for the foreseeable future. Things aren’t pretty on the bullpen front, either, especially with Ryan Brasier sidelined indefinitely by a groin strain. Potential Solutions: Nick Martinez, Cal Quantrill, Martín Pérez, Kyle Hendricks.”
Quantrill was looked at as a hot commodity at the trade deadline last season, and he opted to sign a one-year deal with the Marlins in the offseason. Anybody on a one-year deal with the Marlins is at risk of being traded this season, especially a talented pitcher like Quantrill.
The righty has gotten off to an okay start, pitching nine innings across two starts and allowing six earned runs. If he can return to the consistent pitcher that he was last season, the Cubs could be the perfect landing spot in a trade.
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