It’s a slow day in baseball news-land and you were certainly hoping for the Cubs to sign a different outfielder with the initials “N.C.,” but this is what you get:
Noel Cuevas, a native of Puerto Rico, was the Dodgers’ 21st-round draft pick in 2010. He was sent to the Rockies in 2014 as the PTBNL in the deal where Juan Nicasio was traded to the Dodgers.
He played in 75 games for the Rockies in 2018 and hit .233/.268/.315 (34-for-146) with two home runs. He played mostly in the minors in Colorado’s system in 2019 (one big-league game) and hit .