Cubs Send Todd Wellemeyer to Marlins
03.29.06 (10:08 am) [edit]
Right-hander Todd Wellemeyer was traded from the Chicago Cubs to the Florida Marlins on Tuesday for minor league pitchers Lincoln Holdzkom and Zach McCormack.
The 27-year-old Wellemeyer was taken by the Cubs in the fourth round of the 2000 amateur draft. He has pitched in 57 major league games with Chicago over three seasons, mainly in relief, with a 5-3 record and a 6.19 ERA. He is 32-29 with a 4.15 ERA in 106 minor league games.
Wellemeyer was 2-1 with a 6.12 ERA in three stints with the Cubs last season. He pitched in eight exhibition games this spring training with an 0-0 record and an 8.25 ERA.
Holdzkom, 24, has a 2.86 ERA in 110 games in the Florida organization and has 194 strikeouts in 160 innings. The right-hander pitched in 12 games at the Class A level a year ago while recovering from elbow ligament replacement surgery.
McCormack, 24, is 8-8 with a 4.88 ERA and 7 saves in 86 career relief appearances. He is a left-hander who spent most of last season in Class A.
The 27-year-old Wellemeyer was taken by the Cubs in the fourth round of the 2000 amateur draft. He has pitched in 57 major league games with Chicago over three seasons, mainly in relief, with a 5-3 record and a 6.19 ERA. He is 32-29 with a 4.15 ERA in 106 minor league games.
Wellemeyer was 2-1 with a 6.12 ERA in three stints with the Cubs last season. He pitched in eight exhibition games this spring training with an 0-0 record and an 8.25 ERA.
Holdzkom, 24, has a 2.86 ERA in 110 games in the Florida organization and has 194 strikeouts in 160 innings. The right-hander pitched in 12 games at the Class A level a year ago while recovering from elbow ligament replacement surgery.
McCormack, 24, is 8-8 with a 4.88 ERA and 7 saves in 86 career relief appearances. He is a left-hander who spent most of last season in Class A.