5:24pm: The deal is now official, as famous by Alex Speier of The Boston Globe. The Crimson Sox transferred Casas to the 60-day injured record to make room for Cooper on the 40-man roster.
2:39pm: The Crimson Sox have acquired first baseman Garrett Cooper, the Miami Herald’s Craig Mish writes (through X). MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo reported (X hyperlink) earlier this afternoon that the Sox have been “closing in on” a deal for Cooper’s companies, and Cotillo and Sean McAdam report that the Cubs will obtain money issues in return.
Chicago designated Cooper for project earlier this week, and immediately’s commerce formally ends Cooper’s time in Wrigleyville after 12 video games and 41 plate appearances. Cooper signed a minor league take care of the Cubs in the course of the offseason and made the Opening Day roster, then hit a good .270/.341/.432 with one house run over these 41 PA.
The Cubs supposed to make use of Cooper as a veteran complement to Michael Busch at first base, however Busch has hit so effectively that the Cubs merely couldn’t take him out of the lineup, limiting Cooper’s enjoying time to largely DH and pinch-hitting work. Cooper was additionally DFA’ed so Chicago might add Matt Mervis to the lively roster, as Mervis was on such a heater at Triple-A that the Cubs needed to present him extra of a glance of their lineup, leaving Cooper as much more of an odd man out.
Whereas Cooper’s avenues to enjoying time have been closed off in Chicago, the Crimson Sox had an unwelcome emptiness created at first base when Triston Casas went on the 15-day IL. Casas’ restoration timeline continues to be very fluid, as Casas said that estimates have ranged from wherever from 3-9 weeks. Boston had curiosity in Cooper again in January when he was nonetheless a free agent, and the Sox have now lastly landed their man maybe a couple of months later than anticipated.
Over eight MLB seasons, Cooper has hit .268/.337/.435 over 1854 profession plate appearances, with 57 house runs. Translating to a 111 wRC+, Cooper tended to fly beneath the radar as a member of a rebuilding Marlins crew for a lot of his profession, and his enjoying time was additional restricted by accidents. He even made the All-Star crew in 2022, although Cooper’s manufacturing dipped to a modest .251/.304/.419 over 457 mixed PA with Miami and San Diego in 2023.
Cooper made a pair of appearances in left subject for the Cubs this season, marking his first little bit of outfield work since 2021. Whereas not precisely a flexible participant, Cooper can at the very least chip in as an outfielder in a pinch, extending his worth to the Crimson Sox even after Casas ultimately returns. With Cooper now on the roster, Bobby Dalbec (performing because the interim first baseman) might be getting despatched again to Triple-A, as Dalbec has struggled badly on the the plate this season.