Cubs call up catching prospect from deep minor league system

Halfway by Might, the Chicago Cubs sit comfortably atop the NL Central and maintain the fifth-best document within the Nationwide League. 

The offense has hit a collective .771 OPS, third within the majors behind solely the Yankees and Dodgers, and has helped stability a Sixteenth-ranked pitching employees by ERA. 

Whereas issues have not been utterly clean on the yr — between Matt Shaw’s struggles at third base and the accidents to the pitching employees — there hasn’t been concern but in Chicago, partly as a result of membership’s nice depth within the minor leagues. 

The Cubs dipped into this depth final week, calling up right-hander Cade Horton with Shota Imanaga touchdown on the injured record. They’re now primed to take action once more. 

A number of reporters, together with MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian, report that the crew will name up catcher Moises Ballesteros on Tuesday. Left fielder Ian Happ will probably be positioned on the injured record with an indirect pressure. 

Happ’s absence from the lineup the previous few days has left Pete Crow-Armstrong to steer off most video games. Seiya Suzuki has moved from DH to left subject, creating a possibility for the membership so as to add a bat to the lineup.