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The 37-year-old Maeda had a 7.88 ERA in seven
relief appearances for Detroit before he was designated for
assignment on May 1. He went 3-7 with a 6.09 ERA in 17 starts
and 12 relief appearances in his first year with the Tigers
after agreeing to a $24 million, two-year contract in November
2023.
I think it's a player that you got to have a constant
conversation with, and see where we can maybe make some
adjustments and see where he's at, Counsell said.
Maeda made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers
in 2016, going 16-11 with a 3.48 ERA in 32 starts. He went 6-1
with a 2.70 ERA in 11 starts for Minnesota during the
pandemic-shortened 2020 season, finishing second in AL Cy Young
Award balloting.
Maeda, who missed the 2022 season because of Tommy John surgery,
is 68-56 with a 4.20 ERA in 226 major league games, including
172 starts.
The NL Central-leading Cubs have three key starting pitchers on
the injured list. Shota Imanaga has a mild left hamstring
strain, and Javier Assad has an oblique issue. Justin Steele is
out for the rest of the season with an elbow injury.
Imanaga got hurt during a 4-0 loss at Milwaukee on May 4.
Counsell said the team wants to get through this weekend before
laying out a plan for Imanaga's return.
For now, we're just continuing to throw, Counsell said. He's
kind of having a high day, a medium day, a low day throwing, but
continuing to throw every day on that kind of rotational cycle.
The Cubs also are playing without left fielder Ian Happ, who is
on the 10-day IL with a left oblique strain. The three-time Gold
Glove winner got hurt on a swing last week.
I think tomorrow is kind of a bigger day to see where we're at
with Ian, because obviously we have to progress towards hitting
if we're talking about (activating him on) Tuesday, Counsell
said.
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