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• Cubs' James Triantos: Headed to Triple-A

  08/05/2024 • By RotoWire

  The Cubs promoted Triantos from Double-A Tennessee to Triple-A Iowa on Sunday, Tommy Birch of The Des Moines Register reports. Triantos will head to Iowa after he compiled a .300 average with seven home runs, 40 RBI, 63 runs scored and 38 stolen bases over 89 games with Tennessee. He'll join fellow infielder Matt Shaw and outfielder Kevin Alcantara in being promoted to Triple-A.

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• Cubs' James Triantos: Dialed in for Smokies

  05/16/2024 • By RotoWire

  Triantos is hitting .304 with three home runs, eight steals and a 10.9 percent strikeout rate in 33 games for Double-A Tennessee. Triantos boasts the fourth-lowest strikeout rate among qualified hitters at Double-A, and his .168 ISO and .472 SLG are easily career bests above rookie ball. The 21-year-old second baseman hit four total homers in 83 games last year before breaking out in the Arizona Fall League with a .417 average and three homers in 22 games. He has looked to pull the ball more this year (49.1 Pull%), and given the strength of his hit tool, Triantos could continue tapping into more power as he approaches his mid-20s.

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• Cubs' James Triantos: Back in action at High-A

  05/24/2023 • By RotoWire

  Triantos (knee) is slashing .364/.417/.568 with two home runs, two stolen bases, seven RBI and nine runs in 11 games since being reinstated from High-A South Bend's 7-day injured list May 9. Triantos spent the first month of the season on the shelf while recovering from the surgery he underwent in March to address a torn meniscus in his right knee, but the 20-year-old has hit the ground running upon reporting to South Bend. After playing primarily at third base in 2022, Triantos has made the move to the keystone in 2023, as nine of his 11 starts to date have come at second base. His other two starts have come as a designated hitter.

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• Cubs' James Triantos: Undergoes knee surgery

  03/23/2023 • By RotoWire

  Triantos underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports. The procedure is expected to keep him on the shelf for 6-to-8 weeks. Triantos, 20, is coming off a 2022 season at Low-A Myrtle Beach which saw him bat .272/.335/.386 with seven homers and 20 steals over 113 games.

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• Cubs' James Triantos: Having quiet 2022 campaign

  08/10/2022 • By RotoWire

  Triantos is hitting .257/.34/.368 with five home runs and 11 steals through 90 games for Single-A Myrtle Beach. He was hitting over .300 as recently as early June, but Triantos has been ice cold for quite a while now. Since uncharacteristically homering in three straight games to open the month of July, Triantos has gone just 17-for-97 (.175) with zero home runs in 24 games. The bright side is that he's still making plenty of contact -- his 17 percent strikeout rate is a positive -- but Triantos simply hasn't hit the ball very hard this year.

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