{"id":709339,"date":"2026-05-26T15:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/709339\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:33:15","slug":"cubs-re-sign-ty-blach-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/709339\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs Re-Sign Ty Blach To Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 26:\u00a0Blach is headed back to the Cubs on a minor league deal, per MLBTR\u2019s Steve Adams<\/a>. He\u2019ll remain with the organization as a depth option at Triple-A.<\/p>\n

May 25: Left-hander Ty Blach<\/a> has elected free agency, according to his transactions tracker<\/a> at MLB.com. He had been outrighted by the Cubs to Triple-A Iowa a few days ago but has instead exercised his right to head to the open market.<\/p>\n

A player has the right to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency if he has a previous career outright or at least three years of big league service time. Blach qualifies on both counts and has exercised that right.<\/p>\n

The Cubs signed him to a minor league deal in April. He made five Triple-A appearances, effectively stretched out as a starter. Only three of those five were officially starts but he went at least three innings each time he got the ball. He posted a 5.23 earned run average in that small sample before getting called up last week. He made one appearances for the big league squad, tossing three scoreless innings of relief in a 9-3 loss to the Brewers last Monday.<\/p>\n

After that outing, Blach was probably going to be unavailable for a few days. Since the Cubs had Caleb Thielbar<\/a> coming off the IL and Blach is out of options, the circumstances pushed Blach off the 40-man roster and now to free agency.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Blach has a 5.39 ERA in his career, in 523 innings logged in 157 games. Part of that is likely due to him spending several years pitching in Coors Field as a member of the Rockies but he has also been a soft-tossing low strikeout guy. His four-seamer and sinker have averaged around 90 miles per hour in his career. He has punched out 12.9% of batters faced, barely half of the league average.<\/p>\n

In these situations, it\u2019s fairly common for a player to quickly re-sign with the club he was just with. However, that\u2019s not a guarantee and Blach will have the chance to see what other opportunities may be out there for him.<\/p>\n

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