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CINCINNATI – Cubs reliever Julian Merryweather never quite got out of his May funk, and the team designated him for assignment on Saturday. In a corresponding move, they selected right-hander Brooks Kriske from Triple-A..
“Unfortunately, Julian was just struggling a little bit,” manager Craig Counsell said before the game Saturday. “And, frankly, we just couldn’t come up with answers as to how to reverse that. And so, we made this move, and it’s a fresh arm today, and we’ll go from there.