By Ken Rosenthal and Patrick Mooney<\/p>\n
The Chicago Cubs anticipate a number of pitchers will return from the injured list in the final two months, starting with right-hander Edward Cabrera and closer Daniel Palencia. But they\u2019ve dealt with so many pitching ailments this season, they are taking no chances.<\/p>\n
Ideally, the Cubs want to add three pitchers before Monday\u2019s deadline, according to a person briefed on their thinking – two starters and a reliever or two relievers and a starter. All that might not be possible, but the supply of both rotation and bullpen options is plentiful, creating numerous possibilities. <\/p>\n
The supply of catchers and right-handed hitters, on the other hand, is minimal, creating the potential for interest in catcher Carson Kelly and right fielder Seiya Suzuki. <\/p>\n
Both, however, are highly unlikely to be dealt, a source said.<\/p>\n
Suzuki, the Cubs\u2019 No. 2 hitter, is probably too valuable to move. The Cubs might have envisioned a Michael Conforto-Matt Shaw platoon in right without him, but Shaw has been on the injured list since June 29 with a sprained left wrist.<\/p>\n
Kelly, too, is part of the Cubs\u2019 fabric, and trading him would affect the Cubs\u2019 pitching staff and clubhouse morale. The only way the Cubs would consider it is if a team bowled them over with an overwhelming offer, which is not out of the question. <\/p>\n
The demand for catching is intense, and Colorado\u2019s Hunter Goodman, Minnesota\u2019s Ryan Jeffers and Baltimore\u2019s Adley Rutschman are all longshots to be dealt. And if the Cubs traded Kelly, they would need to find another catcher, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ken Rosenthal and Patrick Mooney The Chicago Cubs anticipate a number of pitchers will return from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-840948","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\/840948","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=840948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}