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- Updated: August 12, 2016
CHICAGO — Outfielder Chris Coghlan is one of several Cubs players who have reached out to Tommy La Stella, who opted not to report to Triple-A Iowa when he was optioned on July 29. La Stella was batting .295 when he was sent to the Minors to make room for Coghlan.
“I texted him and we’ve talked,” Coghlan said Thursday. “I hate that the media makes it me or him, because it has nothing to do with that. Anyone who has been a part of baseball knows that. There’s a lot of things that happen from the quote-unquote political side.”
La Stella went home to work out and was placed on the Minor League’s temporarily inactive list. He is getting paid, but not earning service time.
Coghlan can understand La Stella’s frustration. In February, he was dealt to the Athletics to make room on the Cubs’ roster for Dexter Fowler.
“Just like anything in life, some things aren’t fair and some things are,” …
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