The Cubs have claimed outfielder Johneshwy Fargas off waivers from the Mets and created a spot on the 40-man roster by transferring lefty Brad Wieck from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL, per a club announcement. Fargas, who was designated for assignment by the Mets earlier in the week, has been optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Wieck, who is sidelined by an irregular heartbeat, will undergo an ablation procedure in an effort to address the issue, tweets Jordan Bastian of MLB.com. He had a similar procedure performed in February 2020.
Fargas, 26, signed a minor league deal with the Mets over the winter after seven minor league seasons in the Giants organization. He quickly found himself in the Majors after an astonishing deluge of injuries saw Michael Conforto, Brandon Nimmo, Kevin Pillar, Albert Almora Jr., Jeff McNeil and J.D. Davis all land on the IL within the season’s first six weeks.
Unfortunately for Fargas, he wasn’t able to escape the injury bug himself. He played in his first seven big league games, going 6-for-21 with three doubles and a triple, before sustaining a sprained AC joint in his left shoulder upon colliding with the outfield wall. He spent nearly two months on the injured list before being reinstated and designated for assignment.
Fargas’ first career action at the Triple-A level came this year with the Mets, though he tallied only eight games there. Overall, he’s a career .254/.331/.345 hitter in parts of eight minor league seasons. He can play all three outfield spots and has racked up 246 stolen bases in his minor league career, including single-season tallies of 47 (2018), 50 (2019) and 59 (2015). He’s only played in 19 minor league games this year but has nevertheless stolen 11 bases in that time.
As for Wieck, it’s obviously a discouraging and unsettling outcome to see him battling heart irregularities for the second time this season. His overall well-being should be the top concern for everyone, but it should also be pointed out that he’s been nothing short of brilliant for the Cubs. The 29-year-old fired 17 shutout innings this year, striking out 28 of the 71 men he faced (39.4 percent) and has an overall 1.93 ERA and 42.1 percent strikeout rate in 28 innings since being acquired by Chicago in 2019.
Dumpster divin’ !!
Its almost magical how anything about the Cubs brings out the inner child in White Sox fans
Still waiting for the Cubbies to draft, develop, and sign their own players (or an occasional great FA) so we wouldn’t have to post stuff like this.
So White Sox suck for 10 years to get top pick every year to become good? Big deal really developing . Traded for giolito moncada jiminez . Free agency for keuchel lance Lynn . You really develop on the south side
Exactly how the cubs got good. Tanking for 4 or 5 years to recruit their so called dynasty. Only it wasn’t a dynasty it was more of a fluke win and they still brag oh well at least they won that one World Series in 110 years. Losers!
Where did the Cubs touch you
So can we rethink the idea that tanking is such a great strategy?
Get it fight it was a 108 years
“and they still brag”. … 2005 says hello
Because Sox have been so great the last 10 plus years….
Actually it’s now 1 World Series in the last 113 years. To be exact!
You’re the biggest moron on this app
They started to develop Tatis for the Padres.
Bryant, Contreras, Baez, Schwarber, Alzolay, Almora, Happ, Maples, Gleyber Torres , Eloy Jimenez. Looks like a pretty crop of talent signed or drafted by the Cubs. I’m sure zI missed a couple.. I for one would love to see more homegrown pitching.
Same Themed different day.
Went to multiple nlcs and division titles . How many multiple World Series have other teams won in last 10 years Yankees dodgers nats stros??? Where are all these dynasties at??? Giants last dynasty and you won’t see it again . Only 1 World Series trophy given out each year . Kinda hard you know . Only 1 this year so White Sox Padres Dodgers Red Sox Astro’s Giants Rays fans can’t all be celebrating
I think Alzolay will be a #2 or strong #3 . Brailyn Marquez has great stuff. Let’s see where these trades go, hopefully pitching . Loved the first pick in draft this year for Cubs
Fargas!!
Huggy Bear!
Van Buren gang
Kris Bryant. Javy Baez. Wilson Contreras. Just to name a few development side. Lester. Lacky. Zobrist. But please, continue trolling.
Did not develop all those guys
Drafted and developed the first three. Signed the second three.
Drafted because of tanking. Genius!
Baez was drafted by Hendry. Hendry never tanked. Hendry also signed Contreras and Theo moved him back to catcher in 2012. Is it really tanking when you inherit a 90 loss team and no chance for immediate winning? The decision to totally rebuild was the correct one.
Themed just has his undies in a bunch because the Cards haven’t seen the World Series in ten years. It doesn’t look good for the next few years with Mo giving the wrong players away and locking up the declining Goldschmidt and Arenado to huge contracts.
Cards lead NL with most division pennants and World Series wins donk!
I rest my case that Themed is salty that the Cubs finally won. It’s been five years, you should be over it by now.
How’ve the Cards done since Lundow went to Houston? Oh what’s that? He got the Cards in trouble for cheating. And then the ‘Stros? Gtfoh
Tatis Jr
Oopsie
Ratio
Top 10 name in baseball
Good thing long first name doesn’t get sewn on back of jersey!
Best name since Exicardo Cayones
I always thought of this guy as Jones Highway Fargas.
Love a guy named after the highway he was conceived on. Best of luck to him!
When will the Cubbies unload their trade candidates?!
Takes two to tango.
Before 4 pm on July 30th
Maybe. if they stop being unreasonable with their ask prices!
Glad to know we have a front office insider like you who knows everything! Lol
I’m sure KB is going for oh sO much
Unreasonable? So you are supposed to start by offering teams bad trades when there is still a week left until the trade deadline? Man you are such a smart baseball person. I need to come to this app more to learn more about baseball lol
That’s 3 pm central time
They call central time slow time for a reason
East is LEAST!
That’s what I hear.
“Overall, he’s a career .254/.331/.345 hitter..”
If that’s the best he can do in the minors, why would the Cubs want him? Oh wait, he’s cheap. I forgot.
Can you explain that to my fellow Met fans who are crying right now that we “lost” him?
Apparently they’ve had some outfield injuries in aaa. I think it’s more about having bodies than anything.
Plus it’s likely that they will trade Ian Miller on July 30 to some playoff contender not willing to pay as much for Terrence Gore for an August 31 call up.
Poor Wieck, wish him the best in his recovery.
According to Wikipedia, Fargas hit for the cycle in a Spring Training game last year. That’s probably pretty rare, because players seldom get 4 ABs in a ST game.
St. Lucie is the Cubs fifth full-season affiliate.
It’s so awesome that the Cubs have signed Huggy Bear!
Fargas is going to be a good average Mlb ballplayer, the Mets will regret it.
I don’t get this at all. 26 years old, never impressed in the minors. Got released by two teams in the last two years. Nothing about this guy says anything other than AAAA fodder.
He’s a 5th OF at best. A good late inning defensive replacement and pinch runner.
I don’t want a large Fargas, I want a g——m liter of cola!
We dont sell liter of cola lol, one of the greatest scenes of that movie.
Fargas is a very good ballplayer with speed, solid defense, and plays with heart too.
Then why does he keep getting released? You really think the Cubs have big plans for him? I’d be surprised if he makes the whole season without getting released again. Heart is nice, if you’re a cellist I guess, but he can’t hit well, which is what actually matters.
AAA depth for Cubs. They have injuries.
Cubs are also reported to be pursuing Antonio Fargas.
“Huggy Bear” would be a natural fit with the Chicago Cubs!!
Stupid Mets could’ve used Fargas + to get a Cubs player that they wanted.
That is a pretty baseless assumption. Unless that “+” is a top prospect.