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The Chicago Cubs signed Matt Mervis from Duke. He’s a first baseman and a relief pitcher–making him the first since Shohei Ohtani to do both.
The Chicago Cubs generally put them where they’ll succeed–as a pitcher or fielder. But Matt Mervis is one that you try to ‘leave him like he is.’ With 13 pitchers, give or take, you need someone like Mervis to lighten the load. As a pitcher that can swing the bat, he would be excellent with that.
In 2020 in 16 games, he was slashing .