[BleacherNation] On ESPN1000, @JesseRogersESPN confirms @TommyBirch report that Matt Mervis is coming up, and adds that Garrett Cooper is being DFA’d to make room.

16 comments

1. When’s the Cooper statue being built?

2. Thank you for your time Garrett but it’s Mervert season

3. Cubs look like they’re mov’n on from Garrett Cooper. (Super Duper!)

4. Wow. Surprising.

5. I’d rather keep Cooper who has been hitting well and move on from Wisdom

6. he was playing well but it makes sense. no need for another RH depth piece, especially at 1B / DH where we already have Wisdom and Busch

7. What happened to Garrett Cooper? The strong and silent type!
   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SQkLbNuW3Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SQkLbNuW3Y)

8. Whatever happened to Garrett Cooper?

9. Cooper played well and should easily land on another team. I guess that means they are comfortable with either Wisdom playing 1b vs a lefty or just sticking Belli there and playing Canario in CF

10. Yeah it made zero sense to have Garrett Cooper when you have Patrick Wisdom. Matt Mervis means another lefty off the bench/DH and that’s good to have. He’s been playing very well in Iowa this year. I hope he’s able to get it going this time.

11. Get the Matt Mervis apology form ready.

12. Surprised the front office is willing to move on from Cooper this fast after the stuff we saw last year, especially since Cooper’s numbers have been fine. A welcome surprise though

13. Don’t like this. Cooper could at least get a hit here n there

14. That’s an interesting move, but I get it. I’m ready for more reps for Mervis / Canario

15. Yeah he was awful last week.

16. How many times they gonna try this experiment with Mervis? He’s already shown several times that he can hit at AAA but he can’t hit at MLB level. There are a ton of players who fall in to that category. Enough already.