In a last minute deal before the deadline the Chicago Cubs have acquired righty outfielder Cameron Maybin from the Detroit Tigers according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.
Maybin has made 45 plate appearances for the Tigers this season hitting .244/.311/.415 with a home run and four doubles. The 33-year old saw a bit of a career resurgence last season posting a .858 OPS and 127 OPS+ in 269 plate appearances for the Yankees.
Although Maybin is a right handed batter he is actually a reverse platoon guy as he has posted a .714 OPS against same handed pitchers, compared to .670 against lefties throughout his career. He is a roughly league average defensive outfielder. with a DRS of -1 in 96 innings in right field.
Despite that, he is definitely a significant upgrade over Albert Almora Jr, who has become completely unplayable with the bat thanks to his very high ground ball rate and inability to hit the ball hard.
Update: In return the Cubs are sending 25-year old shortstop Zack Short to the Tigers. Short made it up to AAA in 2019 and managed to post a .338 OBP in 160 plate appearances. In .371 minor league games he has hit .241/.377/.405 in 1588 plate appearances. He shows decent pop for his size along with good plate discipline, but he profiles as more of an organization depth guy.
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