How Are the Ex-Cubs doing? – 6/17

A semi-regular feature showing how former Cub players are doing.

Ex-Cubs Position players:

#	Name	Team	WAR	G	PA	HR	RBI	OPS	wRC+
1	Isaac Paredes	HOU	2.3	68	296	15	42	.824	135
2	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	2.0	72	319	22	52	.917	153
3	Zach McKinstry	DET	1.8	65	249	3	19	.779	122
4	Cody Bellinger	NYY	1.5	65	276	9	36	.747	108
5	Javier Báez	DET	1.5	61	218	7	33	.756	114
6	Willson Contreras	STL	1.2	68	290	9	45	.751	114
7	Mike Tauchman	CHW	0.9	25	105	4	13	.881	149
8	Cam Smith	HOU	0.8	58	215	3	23	.692	100
9	Victor Caratini	HOU	0.3	47	163	3	11	.678	96
10	Miles Mastrobuoni	SEA	0.2	54	130	1	9	.617	86
11	Tomás Nido	DET	0.2	11	37	0	2	.704	104
12	Christopher Morel	TBR	0.1	52	161	5	16	.682	97
13	Travis Jankowski	2 Tms	0.0	21	49	0	2	.575	64
14	Tucker Barnhart	TEX	0.0	8	15	0	0	.564	72
15	Luis Vázquez	BAL	-0.1	2	4	0	0	.000	-100
16	Nick Castellanos	PHI	-0.2	72	296	7	36	.746	107
17	Gage Workman	2 Tms	-0.2	12	17	0	2	.485	39
18	Alexander Canario	PIT	-0.3	42	141	3	8	.585	62
19	Martín Maldonado	SDP	-0.4	39	102	3	7	.520	47
20	Nick Martini	COL	-0.4	43	111	1	4	.582	50
21	Matt Mervis	MIA	-0.5	42	134	7	14	.637	72
22	Jason Heyward	SDP	-0.5	34	95	2	12	.494	39
23	Kris Bryant	COL	-0.5	11	41	0	1	.400	-4
24	Jorge Soler	LAA	-0.6	66	261	8	26	.641	80
25	Jeimer Candelario	CIN	-0.7	22	91	2	10	.410	9
26	Joc Pederson	TEX	-0.7	46	146	2	6	.507	52

Isaac Paredes has jumped over Kyle Schwarber from an overall WAR perspective, although Schwarber still leads in OPS. I was expecting to see a more drastic home/road split when it came to the pull-centric Paredes, but the splits are not that drastic: .256/.365/.504 at home and .248/.336/.438 on the road, with 7 of his 15 homers coming away from home.

Mike Tauchman is an interesting name. He was injured early, and had one of the more unfortunate plays of the season, as he was thrown out to end a game, personifying the adding insult to injury saying: https://youtube.com/shorts/fuDELZ01Vbw?si=RVRXepmA001NSJig . But he has an amazing 149 wRC+ and a robust .881 OPS, making him an attractive trade candidate for anyone looking for a left-hander outfielder. Unfortunately, he does not make a lot of sense for the Cubs at the moment.

Matt Mervis was sent back to AAA by the Marlins, where he is thriving (.267/.353/.689) — proving that he may be on of those “AAAA” players, who can’t quite translate minor league exploits into major league success.

Two former right fields, Jason Heyward and Jorge Soler are both struggling. It will be interesting to see if the Padres cut ties with Heyward when he return from an injury.

Ex-Cubs Pitchers

#	Name	Team	WAR	G	IP	ERA	xERA
1	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	1.1	33	30.0	1.50	2.33
2	Trevor Williams	WSN	1.1	14	69.1	5.71	3.96
3	Chris Martin	TEX	0.8	25	22.1	1.61	3.07
4	Brendon Little	TOR	0.8	33	32.0	1.97	2.72
5	Phil Maton	STL	0.7	28	26.1	2.05	2.72
6	Mark Leiter Jr.	NYY	0.6	33	28.1	3.81	3.25
7	Trevor Megill	MIL	0.6	28	24.1	2.96	4.04
8	Jason Adam	SDP	0.5	35	35.0	1.54	2.87
9	Jeremiah Estrada	SDP	0.5	34	32.0	2.53	3.05
10	Shelby Miller	ARI	0.5	29	28.2	1.57	3.64
11	Shawn Armstrong	TEX	0.4	28	30.0	3.00	3.07
12	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	0.3	13	71.0	5.20	4.15
13	Jorge López	WSN	0.3	26	24.2	6.57	5.34
14	Pierce Johnson	ATL	0.2	27	24.2	3.65	3.54
15	Jesus Tinoco	MIA	0.2	20	19.1	5.12	3.18
16	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	0.1	6	32.0	4.50	4.27
17	Andrew Chafin	WSN	0.1	16	11.1	3.18	3.32
18	Nick Burdi	BOS	0.1	4	5.1	0.00	4.38
19	Rob Zastryzny	MIL	0.1	11	9.2	1.86	2.77
20	Craig Kimbrel	ATL	0.0	1	1.0	0.00	13.61
21	Codi Heuer	TEX	-0.1	1	1.1	6.75	4.65
22	Richard Lovelady	TOR	-0.1	2	1.2	21.60	6.91
23	Carl Edwards Jr.	LAA	-0.1	2	3.0	9.00	4.15
24	Jesse Chavez	ATL	-0.1	2	3.0	6.00	6.06
25	Héctor Neris	2 Tms	-0.1	18	12.0	8.25	5.03
26	Marcus Stroman	NYY	-0.1	3	9.1	11.57	6.87
27	Julian Merryweather	CHC	-0.1	21	18.2	5.79	6.58
28	Wade Miley	CIN	-0.1	3	12.0	6.75	8.06
29	Hunter Bigge	TBR	-0.3	13	15.0	2.40	5.98

Aroldis Chapman has seen a lot of success this season, as he continues to throw 98.6 MPH on his fastball. After the Devers trade, if the Red Sox drop back in the standings, he might be available for a trade. Would the Cubs dare trade for Chapman twice in his career?

Rob Zastryzny, who the Cubs signed and released in the offseason, is doing well again for the Brewers – although it is a small sample size. Matt Festa, another player the Cubs briefly had on their 40-man roster, has been solid for the Rangers. So even the guys the Cubs did not have room for are pitching well.

Julian Merryweather shows up on this list for the first time, although he’s only pitched for the Cubs so far. Tyson Miller is not on this list, as he decided to stay with the Cubs organization for now, pitching in Iowa.

Craig Kimbrel left the Braves after pitching 1 inning, and signed a minor league deal with the Rangers, joining Cody Heuer in Round Rock. Heuer got 1.1 innings in the majors.