Cubs place catcher Miguel Amaya on
the 10-day IL and bring up Owen Caissie from Triple-A Iowa
[August 15, 2025]
TORONTO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs placed catcher Miguel Amaya
on the 10-day injured list on Thursday and brought up top prospect
Owen Caissie from Triple-A Iowa.
Amaya sprained his left ankle in the eighth inning of Wednesday
night's 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays. His foot landed awkwardly at
the front of first base on an infield single, and he was carted off
the field.
The 26-year-old Amaya was just reinstated from the IL on Tuesday
after he had been sidelined since May 25 because of a left oblique
strain. He is batting .281 with four homers and 25 RBIs in 28 games
this season.
“He’s disappointed,” manager Craig Counsell said of Amaya. “You
spend two months on an injury, get back involved with a team that’s
got a chance to accomplish some fun things, and you get one day and
it’s over again.”
Caissie made his major league debut in a 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays,
batting fifth while serving as the designated hitter. The
23-year-old Caissie was born in Burlington, Ontario, just outside of
Toronto.
Caissie arrived at the stadium about 90 minutes before game time. He
went 0 for 4 with a ninth-inning strikeout.
He nearly picked up a hit in his first at-bat in the second, but
Davis Schneider made an outstanding catch on the rookie's liner to
left.
“It’s a welcome-to-the-league moment, I guess,” Caissie said.
Caissie is the first Canadian player to make his debut in Canada
since Josh Naylor for San Diego on May 24, 2019.
“It was surreal,” Caissie said of debuting so close to home. “I'm
just super thankful that the Cubs could make my debut happen in
front of the Canadian people that I cherish so much.”
Caissie's parents were among a large group of family and friends who
attended the game.
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Chicago Cubs' Owen Caissie (19) warms up before taking on the
Toronto Blue Jays in a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in
Toronto. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
“It means everything,” an emotional Caissie said of
having his parents at his debut. “They supported me a lot. They just
sacrificed pretty much everything for me. They did so much.”
Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd, who was drafted by the Blue Jays in
2013, also made his big league debut in Toronto.
“I can't imagine the whirlwind that this day was for him,” Boyd
said. “He handled himself like a pro.”
Caissie is batting .289 with 22 homers and 52 RBIs in 93 games with
Iowa this season. He has been particularly good in August, hitting
.393 (11 for 28) with two homers and five RBIs.
“I don’t know that this is going to be a big role for Owen, but I
think we’re kind of just looking at where we’re going in this
schedule, and just being a little more flexible in terms of whether
we need to get guys some rest, get the guys to get the innings off,”
Counsell said.
Caissie was selected by San Diego in the second round of the 2020
amateur draft. He was traded to Chicago in the Yu Darvish deal in
December 2020.
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