{"id":6164,"date":"2014-01-31T19:26:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T00:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=6164"},"modified":"2014-01-31T19:26:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T00:26:30","slug":"cubs-add-james-mcdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/01\/31\/cubs-add-james-mcdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs add James McDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_4634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4634\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/jamesmcdonald.jpg\" alt=\"getty\" width=\"594\" height=\"405\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/jamesmcdonald.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/jamesmcdonald-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Chicago Cubs continued their addition of reclamation projects on Friday agreeing to a minor league deal with James McDonald. McDonald will receive an invitation to spring training.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Source-Cubs sign Pitcher James McDonald to minor league deal pending physical. Also invite to Major League camp.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBBruceLevine\/statuses\/429360133462691840\">January 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McDonald, 29, made six starts with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2013 while dealing with shoulder discomfort. In his six-year career McDonald has a 32-30 record with a 4.20 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP. He will compete for a spot at the back end of the Cubs rotation.<\/p>\n<p>The singing of McDonald brings a lot less risk then the Cubs additon of Jason Hammel to a $5 million deal. Hamel is a lifetime 49-59 pitcher with a 4.80 ERA and 1.44 WHIP though one could point out that his career has been split between the AL East and Coors Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs continued their addition of reclamation projects on Friday agreeing to a minor league deal with James McDonald. McDonald will receive an invitation to spring training. Source-Cubs sign Pitcher James McDonald to minor league deal pending physical. Also invite to Major League camp. &mdash; Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) January 31, 2014 McDonald, 29, made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[153,468],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-6164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-chicago-cubs","9":"tag-james-mcdonald"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6164"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}