CHICAGO — Clint Frazier’s injuries-plagued job took yet another strike Friday when the Chicago Cubs introduced the outfielder has been sidelined since of appendicitis.
Frazier was place on the 10-day injured checklist, retroactive to Wednesday.
The 27-year-aged Frazier missed the ultimate 82 online games of past year with the New York Yankees because of vertigo. He signed a a person-yr, $1.5 million deal with the Cubs right after currently being introduced by the Yankees on Nov. 19.
Frazier was batting .143 (3 for 21) with two doubles and two walks in 10 video games for the Cubs.
Outfielder Alfonso Rivas was recalled from Triple-A Iowa.
Rivas, 25, designed the opening working day roster and was 2 for 4 right before he was optioned to Iowa on April 16. Rivas was batting .539 (7 for 13) with two doubles, one particular homer and 4 RBIs with Iowa.
Injuries have adopted Frazier, a previous initial-spherical select of Cleveland in the 2013 draft, considering that he was traded to the Yankees as component of a 2016 deadline trade for left-handed reliever Andrew Miller.
Frazier created his major league debut in 2017, batting .231 in 39 online games for the Yankees. But he suffered a concussion in spring coaching in 2015 and was positioned on the IL for two stints related to his concussion, such as a next trip from July 16 to the remainder of the time. He played in 15 online games over four stints, batting .265.
Frazier rebounded in 2019 with vocation-highs of 14 doubles, 12 dwelling runs and 38 RBIs in 69 game titles. But he missed two weeks mainly because of a left ankle sprain.
Frazier ongoing his quick development all through the 60-video game period in 2020 with a .267 batting typical, eight property runs and 26 RBIs in 39 games, 16 from the cleanup place. Frazier was a finalist for the AL Gold Glove Award in appropriate area immediately after committing one particular mistake in 53 prospects (.981 fielding proportion).
He hit a home operate in Recreation 1 of the 2020 AL Division Collection from Tampa Bay. But his vertigo difficulties surfaced the next 12 months, and a .186 batting average in 66 game titles designed him expendable when the period ended.
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