How Are the Ex-Cubs doing? – 7/1

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	Zach McKinstry	DET	2.5	76	287	5	25	.807	127
2	Isaac Paredes	HOU	2.4	80	346	17	46	.826	135
3	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	2.3	85	375	25	57	.916	151
4	Cody Bellinger	NYY	2.1	76	324	12	43	.796	121
5	Javier Báez	DET	1.8	71	254	9	36	.783	121
6	Willson Contreras	STL	1.7	81	346	11	51	.761	116
7	Cam Smith	HOU	1.6	70	266	7	33	.776	122
8	Mike Tauchman	CHW	0.8	32	132	4	14	.845	138
9	Miles Mastrobuoni	SEA	0.3	62	151	1	11	.614	86
10	Victor Caratini	HOU	0.2	56	194	6	19	.682	92
11	Tomás Nido	DET	0.2	11	37	0	2	.704	104
12	Christopher Morel	TBR	0.2	60	179	6	18	.701	99
13	Nick Castellanos	PHI	0.1	84	345	10	45	.776	113
14	Travis Jankowski	3 Tms	0.0	24	49	0	2	.575	62
15	Tucker Barnhart	TEX	0.0	8	15	0	0	.564	73
16	Luis Vázquez	BAL	-0.1	8	9	0	1	.222	-48
17	Alexander Canario	PIT	-0.1	50	158	3	12	.624	74
18	Gage Workman	2 Tms	-0.2	12	17	0	2	.485	38
19	Nicky Lopez	2 Tms	-0.3	19	28	0	1	.220	-21
20	Nick Martini	COL	-0.5	43	111	1	4	.582	49
21	Matt Mervis	MIA	-0.5	42	134	7	14	.637	72
22	Jason Heyward	SDP	-0.5	34	95	2	12	.494	38
23	Kris Bryant	COL	-0.5	11	41	0	1	.400	-4
24	Martín Maldonado	SDP	-0.5	48	121	4	8	.538	51
25	Jorge Soler	LAA	-0.6	67	265	8	26	.631	77
26	Jeimer Candelario	CIN	-0.7	22	91	2	10	.410	10
27	Joc Pederson	TEX	-0.7	46	146	2	6	.507	52

Zach McKinstry is back on top of the ex-Cub WAR, with the usual suspects of Parades, Schwarber, Bellinger and Baez just below. We got to see too much of Parades and Cam Smith over the weekend, and barring a world series matchup, will not see them again this season.

Alexander Canario has gotten at bats with the Pirates, but has not done much with them. It will be interesting to see if the Pirates give him even more playing time as they fall farther and farther out of the race.

Jeimer Candelario was DFA’d and then released by the Reds, as he’s having a horrible season. No team was willing to even trade for him, so the next question will be whether some one will give him a major league deal or whether he’ll have to sign a minor league contract. I find him a bit intriguing for the Cubs to improve their bench, but he’s actually done worse than the players the Cubs already have, if that’s even possible. more likely, the Cubs will work the trade market to find some help for the bench.

Also getting DFA’d was Jason Heyward.

Ex-Cubs Pitchers

#	Name	Team	WAR	G	IP	ERA	xERA
1	Aroldis Chapman	BOS	1.4	37	34.0	1.32	2.09
2	Trevor Williams	WSN	1.3	16	79.2	5.65	4.21
3	Phil Maton	STL	1.0	33	32.0	1.69	2.46
4	Jason Adam	SDP	1.0	42	42.2	1.69	2.93
5	Brendon Little	TOR	0.9	39	38.1	2.11	2.82
6	Mark Leiter Jr.	NYY	0.8	38	32.1	4.18	3.20
7	Trevor Megill	MIL	0.6	32	29.2	2.73	3.69
8	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	0.6	16	87.0	4.66	3.90
9	Jeremiah Estrada	SDP	0.5	40	37.0	3.41	3.27
10	Chris Martin	TEX	0.5	31	27.0	2.33	3.72
11	Shelby Miller	ARI	0.5	35	34.1	2.10	3.39
12	Pierce Johnson	ATL	0.4	31	28.1	3.18	3.13
13	Jorge López	WSN	0.3	26	24.2	6.57	5.41
14	Shawn Armstrong	TEX	0.3	34	36.0	3.25	3.11
15	Jesus Tinoco	MIA	0.2	20	19.1	5.12	3.23
16	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	0.2	6	32.0	4.50	4.32
17	Andrew Chafin	WSN	0.1	16	11.1	3.18	3.37
18	Nick Burdi	BOS	0.1	4	5.1	0.00	4.44
19	Scott Effross	NYY	0.0	1	1.0	0.00	0.70
20	Rob Zastryzny	MIL	0.0	15	13.1	2.03	3.06
21	Craig Kimbrel	ATL	0.0	1	1.0	0.00	13.80
22	Michael Fulmer	2 Tms	0.0	3	5.2	4.76	10.16
23	Héctor Neris	2 Tms	0.0	23	15.0	7.80	4.94
24	Codi Heuer	TEX	-0.1	1	1.1	6.75	4.71
25	Jesse Chavez	ATL	-0.1	2	3.0	6.00	6.14
26	Carl Edwards Jr.	LAA	-0.1	2	3.0	9.00	4.21
27	Richard Lovelady	2 Tms	-0.1	4	5.1	13.50	6.83
28	Wade Miley	CIN	-0.1	3	12.0	6.75	8.17
29	Marcus Stroman	NYY	-0.2	4	14.1	8.16	5.88
30	Hunter Bigge	TBR	-0.2	13	15.0	2.40	6.06

The possibility of a reunion with Chapman seems less likely, as the Red Sox are only 3 back in the wild card. But the next few weeks will be critical to determine if they are buyers, sellers or neither.

One interesting name that popped up on the list is Scott Effross, who is finally back for the Yankees, pitching 1 inning on June 17th before being sent back to the minors.

Michael Fulmer is back on this list, as he rejected an assignment back to Iowa, and will seek his fortune with another team. It was nice to see him back, albeit briefly.

Wade Miley was in the news for some not so good reasons…

Hunter Bigge, who was part of the trade for Isaac Parades last season, was hit in the face by a vicious foul line drive, while on the bench, suffering several facial fractures. But he is expected to return this season.