RHP Elvis Diaz placed on the 7-day disabled list

April 29, 2018 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Myrtle Beach Pelicans News Release

The Chicago Cubs have announced the following roster moves affecting the Myrtle Beach Pelicans:

-RHP Elvis Diaz has been placed on the 7-day disabled list, retroactive to April 28.

-RHP Bailey Clark has been assigned to Myrtle Beach from Low-A South Bend. He will wear No. 41.

Diaz has appeared in four games with Myrtle Beach, yielding seven runs on 11 hits in 6.1 innings. He has also spent time in 2017 with Low-A South Bend, where he pitched in two games and gave up two runs, one earned, on five hits in 5.0 innings. The right-hander struck out four and did not walk a batter with the Low-A Cubs. A native of Santiago in the Dominican Republic, Diaz was originally signed by the Kansas City Royals as a non-drafted free agent on September 2, 2011. He spent the 2012 season with the DSL Royals before getting released. In June of 2013, Diaz signed as a minor league free agent and pitched with the DSL Orioles2 in 2013 and DSL Orioles1 in 2014. After getting released in February of 2015, and did not pitch the 2015 campaign professionally. The Cubs signed Diaz as a minor league free agent on May 25, 2016, and the right-hander pitched between Short Season Class A Eugene and South Bend in 2017.

Clark comes to Myrtle Beach from Low-A South Bend, where he whiffed 19 against three walks in five games over 14.1 innings. The right-hander posted a 1-0 record and 1.26 ERA. A native of Asheville, N.C., Clark appeared in 13 games between South Bend and Short Season Class A Eugene in 2017, going 2-4 with a 4.59 ERA. He fanned 49 against 36 walks in 49.0 innings. Clark was originally drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 2016 draft out of Duke University. During his junior season at Duke in 2016, Clark helped lead the Blue Devils to their first NCAA postseason appearance since 1961 by averaging a team-high 9.7 strikeouts per game. Overall, he went 4-4 with a 5.61 ERA in 59.1 innings (64 K, 26 BB).

The Pelicans' roster sits at 25 active players, with five players on the disabled list.

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