{"id":435315,"date":"2026-01-27T00:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435315\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T00:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:08:08","slug":"cubs-sign-6-foot-8-free-agent-pitcher-who-throws-98-mph-and-is-making-mlb-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435315\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs sign 6-foot-8 free agent pitcher who throws 98 MPH and is making MLB comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/chicago-cubs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> are taking a chance on a pitcher who hasn&#8217;t pitched in the major leagues for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Gabe Klobosits is the Cubs&#8217; new free agent signing, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AriA1exander\/status\/2015893095355974005\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to Ari Alexander<\/a>, and he hasn&#8217;t pitched at the MLB level since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to Alexander, in workouts this offseason Klobosits has hit 98 miles per hour with his fastball.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s had a winding baseball journey to this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays\/news\/bo-bichette-comments-hypocrisy-choosing-mets-blue-jays-phillies\/079ab8838c672e993905be3e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bo Bichette comments exhibit clear hyprocrisy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Klobosits is originally from Katy, Texas, and he started his college baseball career at Galveston College.<\/p>\n<p>He parlayed that into a spot at Auburn University, but from there, he was just a 36th-round pick of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/washington-nationals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Nationals<\/a> in the 2017 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<p>He ascended from that late-round selection to debut with the Nats in 2021. In 11 MLB games, he had a 5.56 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>He spent the 2022 season in Triple-A with Las Vegas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/athletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Athletics<\/a>) and 2023 in Triple-A with Buffalo (Blue Jays) but didn&#8217;t get a major league chance in either way.<\/p>\n<p>Klobosits went to play in independent ball the last few seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He first transitioned to the Atlantic League with Gastonia late in 2023 and had a 1.13 ERA in eight outings.<\/p>\n<p>He threw 45 more times for Gastonia in 2024 with a 2.18 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/pittsburgh-pirates\/news\/andrew-mccutchen-blasts-pirates-disrespectful-free-agent-decision\/2482e2b3b5851ec76dd9c9a7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andrew McCutchen is not happy with the Pirates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2025, it was on to High Point in the Atlantic League for 13 outings and a 1.64 ERA, then four appearances for Cleburne in the American Association with a 2.84 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>In his minor league career, Klobosits struck out exactly a batter per inning, and his ratio in independent ball was even a bit better than that.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs are taking a chance that the 6-foot-8, 30-year old has improved his stuff.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a low-risk signing, but if Klobosits is a new-and-improved version, he could certainly get a chance in the Cubs&#8217; MLB bullpen at some point.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Cubs are taking a chance on a pitcher who hasn&#8217;t pitched in the major leagues for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-435315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}