Cubs Release Dan Straily Kyle McGowi

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The Cubs released right-handers and from their minor league contracts with the team, as per for the Triple-A Iowa affiliate. Straily signed with Chicago in April and McGowin signed in May, with both pitchers returning to the affiliated minors after initially signing deals with the independent Atlantic League for the 2024 season. Straily posted a 4.56 ERA acro s 803 1/3 innings with six different Major League teams from 2012-19, primarily pitching for the As, Marlins, and Reds. He followed up that MLB tenure with a four-season stint in Busan with the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization, through Straily also Talen Horton-Tucker Jersey briefly pitched in the Diamondbacks farm system in 2022. Straily had a 3.29 ERA over 503 innings with the Giants, though that overall succe sful number masks some inconsistency, primarily in a 2023 season that saw the righty deliver only a 4.37 ERA in 80 1/3 frames before being released last July. The results also havent been there for Straily in his age-35 season, as he has a 5.49 ERA, 21.4% strikeout rate, and 10.8% walk rate over 78 2/3 innings for Iowa. A lot of the damage has been caused by the home run ball, as Straily has given up 18 round-trippers during the limited sample size of his time with the Cubs top affiliate. Keeping the ball in the park was often a struggle for Straily during his days in the big leagues he allowed a National League-high 31 homers in 2016 when a member of the Reds rotation, and he gave up an incredible 22 home runs in only 47 2/3 innings while pitching for the Orioles in 2019. McGowin has also had a tough time in Iowa this season, posting a 6.13 ERA in 10 starts and 47 Triple-A innings. The righty showed much better form in Double-A (2.22 ERA in 28 1/3 IP) and in his brief time with the Atlantic Leagues Charleston Dirty Birds (2.70 ERA in 10 innings), but McGowins lack of succe s in Iowa led the Cubs to part ways with the 32-year-old. McGowins big league resume consists of a 5.98 ERA over 64 2/3 innings, all with the Nationals in parts of every season from 2018-21. His 4.20 ERA over 30 innings in 2021 marked both his best ERA and his highest innings total over a single MLB season, though the Nats outrighted him off their 40-man roster at seasons end and McGowin hasnt since gotten another look in the Show. The righty didnt pitch at all in 2022 while recovering from a UCL injury but resurfaced in 2023 to pitch in independent ball, the Chinese Profe sional Baseball League, and 62 1/3 innings with the Astros Triple-A club. Dennis Schroder Jersey