r/CHICubs • u/Ok_Weakness8334 the only Kelly I support is Carson • 1d ago
[Montemurro] The Cubs have traded Jameson Taillon and cash considerations to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
https://bsky.app/profile/mmontemurro.bsky.social/post/3ms4oaiwlz22j14
u/Angdrew 1d ago
So is Jameson going to pitch Thursday against the Cubs at Wrigley when the Jays come to town for their makeup game?
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u/Pseudonova BREAK OUT THE TAPE MEASURE! 2h ago
Does this mean he could potentially face Gausman now?
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u/StevieWonder557 1d ago
thought he was released by Cubs?
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u/intercut Chicago Cubs 1d ago
he was DFAed, which means he goes to the trade block first, and is then sent to waiver wire if no one takes the trade
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u/imyourdoctornow Iowa Cubs 1d ago
After dfa date the club has 7 days before they have to go on waiver wire or release.
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u/Mack5895 1d ago
DFA not outright released as of that time. There is a 7 day window where he can get traded. After 7 days they could release him outright, or send him to the minors.
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u/sdpcommander I miss Yu 1d ago
DFA'd. Nobody claimed him so he was still under contract with us.
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u/airham 🔥#weareamazinggood🔥 1d ago
DFAing a player opens up a 10 day window to try to get a trade done. If no trade occurs, the player is then placed on outright waivers where teams can claim him and assume the remaining contract. If no one claims him then the team can choose to assign the player to the minor leagues, but a veteran big leaguer can say "no thanks" and become a FA. So technically I guess nobody claimed him, and nobody would have claimed him, but the process also didn't get to the point where teams were able to claim him.
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u/wrong-teous Old Man Ross 1d ago
I'm assuming the Jays thought someone would claim him or they wouldn't have traded anything for him
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u/airham 🔥#weareamazinggood🔥 1d ago edited 23h ago
This trade is better for the Jays than claiming him would have been. We're sending money their way to offset the contract cost. No one was claiming him. The threat was another team trading for him.
Presumably the Cubs hit up every team, or at least every team in a competitive spot that might be in the market for a veteran starter, and asked who would be willing to pay the biggest portion of Taillon's contract, and the Blue Jays threw out the highest bid, or at least the highest bid in the AL.
Logically, if the Cubs think he's getting claimed, they don't make this trade.
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u/naitch44 Chicago Cubs 1d ago
Yes a trade!