{"id":7908,"date":"2017-07-31T01:21:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T05:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=7908"},"modified":"2017-07-31T01:21:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T05:21:58","slug":"chicago-cubs-acquire-justin-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/07\/31\/chicago-cubs-acquire-justin-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs Acquire Justin Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs completed another step to bolstering their bullpen down to stretch late Sunday night. The club acquired left-handed reliever <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wilsoju10.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Wilson<\/a><\/strong>, along with catcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/avilaal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Avila<\/a><\/strong>, from the Detroit Tigers for prospects <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/candeje01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeimer Candelario<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Isacc Paredes<\/strong> and a player to be named later or cash, according to Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The deal would be Justin Wilson and Alex Avila for Jeimer Candelario, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=parede000isa&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaac Paredes<\/a> and a Player To Be Named Later or cash, I&#8217;m told.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 anthony fenech (@anthonyfenech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthonyfenech\/status\/891866268600500224\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Jon Morosi, the trade was done as of about 12:45 a.m. EST Monday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cubs?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cubs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tigers?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Tigers<\/a> trade is complete. Medical review is done. Officially official. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MLB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MLBNetwork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmorosi\/status\/891882354054021120\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Chicago Cubs Acquire Justin Wilson<\/h2>\n<p>The 29-year-old Wilson is experiencing his best season as a big leaguer, sporting a 2.68 ERA and 0.94 WHIP in 42 appearances. Likely to become the setup man for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/daviswa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wade Davis<\/a><\/strong>, Wilson provides a valuable arm out of the bullpen for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maddojo99.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Maddon<\/a><\/strong>. Wilson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth round in 2008 out of Fresno State. He made his major league debut in 2012 and was eventually traded to the Yankees in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Avila is likely to fill the void left by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/montemi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Montero<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2017\/06\/30\/miguel-montero-free-lessons-leadership-running-mouth\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">after he was dealt to Toronto<\/a>, backing up <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/contrwi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willson Contreras<\/a><\/strong> and acting as a left-handed bat off the bench. Morosi brought to light an interesting note about this trade, involving Tigers&#8217; GM <strong>Al Avila<\/strong> (Alex&#8217;s father):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cubs?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cubs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tigers?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Tigers<\/a> trade is complete. Medical review is done. Officially official. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MLB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MLBNetwork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmorosi\/status\/891882354054021120\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the Tigers, this is another step in breaking down their roster; acquiring what they can in return for tradable pieces while their key players continue to age. The club recently dealt outfielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martijd02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.D. Martinez<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2017\/07\/18\/arizona-diamondbacks-acquire-martinez-prospects\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>. Canelario is rated as the No. 7 prospect in the Cubs\u2019 organization, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/minors\/2017-chicago-cubs-top-10-prospects\/#Wh7C1KgRyF1KXmUY.97\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Baseball America<\/a>. Paredes is an 18-year-old infielder hitting .261\/.341\/.399 in 91 games at Low-A South Bend in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/821149080\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.498316% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/821149080?et=nNhO3G60Qq1Rmjg-AZO6tQ&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=37SlIimWDdMgHEczTH23b8cPDqLJe-GfFuFPzrybY28=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs completed another step to bolstering their bullpen down to stretch late Sunday night. The club acquired left-handed reliever Justin Wilson, along with catcher Alex Avila, from the Detroit Tigers for prospects Jeimer Candelario, Isacc Paredes and a player to be named later or cash, according to Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1586,"featured_media":7909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,24],"tags":[1205,68,85,1297,1267,69],"class_list":["post-7908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-cubs","tag-alex-avila","tag-baseball","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-jeimer-candelario","tag-justin-wilson","tag-mlb"],"modified_by":"Will Cheney, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}