Although the Cubs did add two and a half relievers at the 2025 MLB Trade Deadline (depending on how they use Mike Soroka), they did not get a sure-fire, back-end arm that could either set up or share the load with Daniel Palencia. And now, their first choice at closer this season, Ryan Pressly, is being designated for assignment per Patrick Mooney.
Cubs DFA Ryan Pressly
After whiffing on a few other high-profile free agent relief targets this winter (not all of those were bad whiffs, in hindsight…), the Cubs swung a trade for displaced Astros closer Ryan Pressly in late January. It was the second-straight offseason in which the Cubs got an over-the-hill, probably-not-the-same guy, former Astros late-inning reliever, following the Hector Neris deal in 2024.
And for the second straight year, that former Astros reliever has been let go two-thirds of the way through the season. This time, to make room for newly acquired reliever Taylor Rodgers.
The Cubs will remain on the hook for the prorated portion of the $8.5M they owed Pressly this year, minus possibly the Major League minimum if he picks up elsewhere.
As for the decision to jettison Ryan Pressly at all, I’m not sure many will be surprised.
© David Banks-Imagn ImagesOpening the year as the closer, Pressly got off to a horrific start with the Cubs, allowing 11 runs to score over his first 13.0 IP. Worse than the results, he just didn’t look very good at all. So around mid-May, the Cubs handed the closing duties over to Porter Hodge, while Pressly got a mini reset and tried to reestablish himself in the middle innings/bottom of the Cubs pen.
And for a while, it seemed to be working. From May 9 through July 18, Pressly had a 0.77 ERA with a 55.1% groundball rate. But anyone actually watching these games could tell you that, with the exception of a few outings when he looked like something closer to the guy he was last year, Pressly just didn’t have it. And in the five appearances he’s made since that cutoff, it all started catching up with him: 4 walks, 4 homers, 7ER in 5.0 IP.
So, without much other optional flexibility in the pen (and three new pitchers added to the staff), Ryan Pressly was the odd man out.
And it’s a shame.
There was always a chance that Pressly could have been a useful part of this bullpen, even if he wasn’t the closer. But it just wasn’t happening. So now, for the second straight year, the Cubs are ditching their highest-profile offseason addition to the pen with nothing to show for it.
At least they got a sure-fire, late-inning reliever at the deadline to make up for it!*
*They did not.
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