{"id":694392,"date":"2026-06-09T22:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694392\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T22:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:44:08","slug":"cubs-roster-moves-matt-shaw-activated-jameson-taillon-to-il-kevin-alcantara-optioned-ethan-roberts-recalled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/694392\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs roster moves: Matt Shaw activated, Jameson Taillon to IL, Kevin Alc\u00e1ntara optioned, Ethan Roberts recalled"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cubs made multiple roster moves before Tuesday\u2019s game against the Rockies.<\/p>\n

Jameson Taillon<\/a> left Sunday\u2019s game in the second inning with a hamstring strain. Here\u2019s how that happened [VIDEO].<\/a><\/p>\n

To replace Taillon on the Cubs pitching staff, right-hander Ethan Roberts<\/a> was recalled from Triple-A Iowa. Roberts had been optioned to Iowa Friday when Edward Cabrera<\/a> was activated, but that was largely just a numbers game. Roberts has been pretty effective out of the pen this year, posting a 1.96 ERA and 1.091 WHIP in 14 appearances covering 18.1 innings.<\/p>\n

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Also Tuesday, the Cubs activated Matt Shaw<\/a> from the injured list. He\u2019d been placed on the IL May 22 with what was termed \u201cmid-back tightness.\u201d Shaw was batting .242\/.291\/.400 in 42 games at the time of the IL placement, and I\u2019m not saying this is cause-and-effect, but the Cubs have gone 5-12, tied for MLB\u2019s worst record, since Shaw last played May 19. Shaw went 4-for-14 with a double in four rehab games at Iowa.<\/p>\n

To make room for Shaw on the 26-man active roster, outfielder Kevin Alc\u00e1ntara was optioned to Iowa. Alc\u00e1ntara went 1-for-9 with four strikeouts in 12 games for the Cubs, serving mostly as a defensive replacement and pinch-runner.<\/p>\n

The return of Shaw gives the Cubs a bit of positional flexibility, as Shaw played center field for a couple of games at Iowa and has played in the outfield this year for the Cubs. Shaw and Pedro Ramirez remain as backup infielders.<\/p>\n

As always, we await developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cubs made multiple roster moves before Tuesday\u2019s game against the Rockies. Jameson Taillon left Sunday\u2019s game in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[42327,183995,17878,25927,363,99,40434,99942],"class_list":["post-694392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-edward-cabrera","tag-ethan-roberts","tag-jameson-taillon","tag-matt-shaw","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-the-cubs","tag-triple-a-iowa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}