Cubs Should Be in Play for This Available Padres Infielder…
The Chicago Cubs should call up San Diego Padres President of Baseball Operations A.J. Preller about his newest trading piece. Eguy Rosario, a 25-year-old infielder, was DFA’d before Preller suggested that he was looking for a trade partner and felt confident in Rosario’s ability to attract suitors, according to Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Rosario, originally from the Dominican Republic, has seen limited time in the MLB during his three-year career. He has played in seven, 11, and 30 games since 2022, with a .245 batting average, a .783 OPS, and five home runs over 317 big league at-bats. These are not Earth-shattering numbers, particularly over such a small sample size, but the right-handed hitting Rosario has demolished left-handed pitchers in his time. In 46 at-bats
against southpaws, Rosario has a staggering .348 batting average, .870 slugging percentage, 1.217 OPS, and all five career homers. He is also a versatile defender who can play all over the infield, especially at second and third base. He could provide a solid depth piece who platoons against lefties. Rosario may be redundant as the Cubs already have a right-handed utility man in Jon Berti. But Berti is 35 years old and does not possess nearly the same ceiling as the young, inexperienced Rosario. Even if Rosario is a minor leaguer for most of the season, which feels inevitable, he would come at a cheap price and provide nothing but upside for a Chicago team desperate to make the postseason. No, he will not transform into a superstar overnight or propel them to the top of the National League Central, but he has shown flashes against MLB pitching and could be a fill-in for injuries. If the Cubs do not go after Rosario, another franchise surely will.
The Chicago Cubs should call up San Diego Padres President of Baseball Operations A.J. Preller about his newest trading piece. Eguy Rosario, a 25-year-old infielder, was DFA’d before Preller suggested that he was looking for a trade partner and felt confident in Rosario’s ability to attract suitors, according to Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Rosario, originally from the Dominican Republic, has seen limited time in the MLB during his three-year career. He has played in seven, 11, and 30 games since 2022, with a .245 batting average, a .783 OPS, and five home runs over 317 big league at-bats. These are not Earth-shattering numbers, particularly over such a small sample size, but the right-handed hitting Rosario has demolished left-handed pitchers in his time. In 46 at-bats against southpaws, Rosario has a staggering .348 batting average, .870 slugging percentage, 1.217 OPS, and all five career homers. He is also a versatile defender who can play all over the infield, especially at second and third base.
He could provide a solid depth piece who platoons against lefties. Rosario may be redundant as the Cubs already have a right-handed utility man in Jon Berti. But Berti is 35 years old and does not possess nearly the same ceiling as the young, inexperienced Rosario. Even if Rosario is a minor leaguer for most of the season, which feels inevitable, he would come at a cheap price and provide nothing but upside for a Chicago team desperate to make the postseason. No, he will not transform into a superstar overnight or propel them to the top of the National League Central, but he has shown flashes against MLB pitching and could be a fill-in for injuries. If the Cubs do not go after Rosario, another franchise surely will.
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