CALL-UPS: August 24-30, 2021

Alfonso Rivas (1B, CHC)

The players covered in this column are only those who still have rookie status as determined by MLB, and who have not already been written up earlier in 2021. Find previous Call-up profiles on the News tab of the player's PlayerLink page. 

Contributing writers: Jeremy Deloney, Chris Blessing, Nick Richards, Matthew St-Germain, Andy Smith and Tanner Smith

August 30, 2021

No call-ups.

 

August 29, 2021

Alfonso Rivas (1B, CHC)
After placing INF David Bote on the injured list, the Cubs recalled Rivas from Triple-A. The 24-year-old is a gifted player, but lacks the ingredient usually attributed to 1B—power. The left-handed hitter has a contact-oriented swing that allows him to hit line drives to the entire field. He...

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