The Cubs promoted Wilson Contreras today and DFA Fedorowicz. Fedorowisz was pretty much a stopgap measure when Montero got hurt, so this was no real surprise. I was rather shocked he was not let go earlier, though, for some reason Maddon likes having three catchers. Contreras looks like the real deal and the catcher of the future. He can hit and has great defensive tools, although the word is he needs big league experience calling a game and framing pitches. It will be interesting to see how the Cubs use him.
Thus far catching has been a bit of a weakness offensively for the team. Montero especially is having a down year by and large. Ross, on the other hand, is having a surprisingly good year at the plate, but I don''t think management figured he would have started about the same number of games as Montero, so that that, in itself, is a reason to bring along a younger prospect like Contreras.
It will be interesting to see who is sent down when Soler is ready to return. I had originally thought that Amora was a bit over-matched, but so far he has been hitting well and in clutch situations, though, of course, the league has yet to figure him out. The team did bring back Coghlan, but he could be expendable in the long run, so maybe he will prove to be the odd man out again.
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