{"id":167185,"date":"2022-12-24T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/drew-smyly-signing-is-official-erich-uelmen-designated-for-assignment-to-make-room\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T16:55:11","slug":"drew-smyly-signing-is-official-erich-uelmen-designated-for-assignment-to-make-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/drew-smyly-signing-is-official-erich-uelmen-designated-for-assignment-to-make-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Smyly Signing is Official, Erich Uelmen Designated for Assignment to Make Room"},"content":{"rendered":"
Another 40-man roster move for the Chicago Cubs today, making the Drew Smyly signing officially official. To make room for Smyly on the otherwise full 40-man, righty Erich Uelmen was designated for assignment. <\/p>\n
Smyly, 33, will enter Spring Training as a presumptive member of the Opening Day rotation, but has the versatility to pitch in multiple roles if need be. He and the Cubs clearly got on very well last year, and when he was healthy, the results were there. <\/p>\n
Interesting note from Mark Feinsand on the deal, which was reported as two years and a mutual option for 2025 (the Cubs announcement says the same). There’s actually a pretty important term omitted there:<\/p>\n