The twitters were churning this afternoon after this tweet from Javy Baez’s brother:
Congrats to my brother @javy23baez on getting called up! Welcome to the show baby!!
— Gadi Baez (@OMGADI) August 4, 2014
No confirmation from Jim Bowden this time, but Bruce Levine later confirmed it on The Score
Cubs source confirms Javier Baez to join team in Colorado on Tuesday .
— Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) August 4, 2014
If you’re going to call up a guy that has 80 power, you might as well do it for a series at Coors Field.
No further news as yet, though I’m guessing Alcantara will be heading to CF more permanently. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see him sent back to AAA for a few weeks to get more time in CF, since you don’t want to take playing time away from stars like Ryan Sweeney.