The Cubs have received dismal production from the catcher position this year, a topic that manager Craig Counsell openly discussed recently.
Each has positives — and also cautions. In this week’s “Three up, three down” feature, I noted the Cubs have a major catching issue with Yan Gomes and Miguel Amaya.
This past week was not good for our favorite team. The Cubs lost five of seven since the last update in this series, got shut out twice, scored one run another time (and won that game!) and all told were outscored 27-17 over the seven games.
The Chicago Cubs have played well enough throughout nearly 40 games to start looking at potential trade deadline additions for the club. Multiple areas can be improved, similar to many contending teams.
MLB seems to be confused about its own rules.
Today’s Cactus League game is not being broadcast, however, that didn’t stop Marquee Sports Network from sharing video of this opposite-field grand slam by Miguel Amaya against the Reds.
The Cubs’ future at catcher is here. This is Day Six of a Cubsmas Advent Calendar. You can read the explanation for the project and Day One here. Every baseball season there is at least one development that truly catches me by surprise.
This profile somehow got lost in the shuffle, but Amaya wasn’t lost to the team itself. He’ll likely be the No. 2 catcher in 2024 and the No. 1 in 2025.
After seven years of having the same player behind home plate, the Chicago Cubs decided to go in a different direction following the 2022 season. They did not heavily pursue Wilson Contreras in free agency despite him being their everyday catcher for the past seven seasons.
Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya’s hilarious pitch-framing attempt had the internet in stitches. In the fifth inning of the Cubs’ matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago starter Kyle Hendricks skipped a breaking ball in the dirt to Christian Yelich.
Amaya didn’t get the benefit on that one, but he might have had a shot at getting the call had someone else been umpiring.
This looked like a fairly easy win for a while, but the Royals made it close in the ninth. Thank you, Miguel Amaya, for hitting a home run in the eighth inning.
The Cubs are trending in the right direction today following a home run by Seiya Suzuki in the 5th and now another solo shot by Miguel Amaya. This 395-foot shot was Amaya’s fourth home run this season and it extends the Cubs lead to 4-1 as the game heads into the 9th inning.
The Chicago Cubs have placed starting pitcher Justin Steele on the 15-day IL with a left forearm strain. The move is retroactive to June 1. In a corresponding move, catcher Miguel Amaya re-joins the ball club ahead of Saturday night's game against the San Diego Padres.
With catcher Yan Gomes under evaluation for a potential concussion, the Chicago Cubs recalled catcher Miguel Amaya from Double-A Tennessee. In a corresponding move, left-hander Ryan Borucki was designated for assignment.
Around the Chicago Cubs' farm system on Friday, Miguel Amaya and Ben Brown had phenomenal games for Double-A Tennessee. The Chicago Cubs had a full slate of games across their farm system on Friday.
It would seem like Canario will face a substantial amount of recovery time, though no timeline has yet been announced by the Cubs.
The last few years haven't been smooth sailing for Chicago Cubs prospect Miguel Amaya. After being hailed as a top-100 prospect and perhaps the best prospect in the system, Amaya hasn't caught a break.
Catcher Miguel Amaya, who has not played in a game since June 3 of 2021 and underwent right elbow reconstruction that November, will return to action Friday night as the DH in an Arizona Complex League game.
Regardless of when the surgery eventually takes place, it’s unfortunate news for the Cubs as Amaya is one of the organization’s top prospects.
With all the positive news coming from the Chicago Cubs farm, it was only a matter of time for setback. That’s exactly what has happened to Cubs No. 4 prospect Miguel Amaya.
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