{"id":736952,"date":"2026-06-27T14:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/736952\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:33:12","slug":"cubs-place-phil-maton-on-15-day-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/736952\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs Place Phil Maton On 15-Day Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cubs placed Phil Maton<\/a> on the 15-day injured list on Friday, as the right-hander is dealing with right knee tendinitis.\u00a0 David Peterson<\/a> (acquired<\/a> from the Mets earlier this week) was officially activated in the corresponding move, and the southpaw will make his Cubs debut as the starting pitcher in today\u2019s game with the Brewers.<\/p>\n

Maton missed just under three weeks in April with the same injury, and Cubs manager Craig Counsell told the Chicago Sun-Times\u2019 Vinnie Duber<\/a> and other reporters that\u00a0\u201cwe also feel like we\u2019re taking some steps back with the health.\u00a0 If we can maybe use this time \u2014 and possibly the All-Star break \u2014 to get his health as good as we can get him for the second half, that\u2019s important.\u00a0 Because we need a good version of Phil Maton.\u201d<\/p>\n

The recurring knee issue has very likely contributed to Maton\u2019s shaky season.\u00a0 Maton signed a two-year, $14.5MM free agent deal last November, but has thus far contributed a 6.08 ERA over 26 2\/3 innings in a Cubs uniform.\u00a0 Maton\u2019s 3.90 SIERA is significantly better, as the veteran reliever has been unlucky in the form of a .365 BABIP.\u00a0 That said, Maton\u2019s 11.5% walk rate is the worst of his 10 Major League seasons, and his 23.8% strikeout rate is far below the 32.7K% he posted with the Cardinals and Rangers in 2025.<\/p>\n

Maton is now the 11th pitcher on Chicago\u2019s IL, as the Cubs\u2019 entire staff continues to be ravaged by the injury bug.\u00a0 The Peterson trade was made to try and help a rotation that is down five starters, and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer has stated<\/a> that adding pitching is the natural focus as the deadline approaches.\u00a0 Of course, that assumes the Cubs can remain in contention in the wake of all these injuries.\u00a0 Chicago is still 44-38, but a scorching 27-12 start has now given way to a 17-26 record in the team\u2019s last 43 games.<\/p>\n

Some internal rotation help could be coming sooner than expected, since Counsell said Jameson Taillon<\/a> may be able to return for one abbreviated start before the All-Star break.\u00a0 Taillon hasn\u2019t pitched since June 7 due to a hamstring injury that was expected to sideline the righty until the second half, but Taillon has improved to the point that his timeline may be slightly shorter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the 15-day injured list on Friday, as the right-hander is dealing with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,5173,4397],"class_list":["post-736952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-jameson-taillon","tag-phil-maton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116822566754941956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}