Garrett Cooper Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 5" / 235 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 12/25/1990 (33)
- Experience
- 7
- College
- Auburn
Garrett Cooper Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Garrett Cooper News
The Chicago Cubs traded first baseman Garrett Cooper to the Boston Red Sox for cash considerations on Saturday. The Red Sox will be taking on the remainder of Cooper's $1.75 million salary for 2024. Cooper was designated for assignment by the Cubs earlier in the week. Boston has been decimated by injuries to start the season, including their starting first baseman Triston Casas who suffered a torn cartilage in his ribs last week. That injury spurred the need for Boston to add a first baseman to the roster and Garrett Cooper appears to be their man, at least in the immediate future. Cooper slashed .270/.341/.432 in 41 PA for the Cubs, a line that easily exceeds the production the Red Sox are seeing from Bobby Dalbec. Fantasy managers should grab Cooper off the waiver wire as he should be thrust into a starting role fairly quickly.
The Chicago Cubs designated outfielder Garrett Cooper for assignment on Tuesday, according to a source. Cooper wasn't exactly slumping at the plate, but the Cubs think he's expendable in order to bring up first base prospect Matt Mervis as another right-handed bat. The 33-year-old Cooper was hitting .270/.341/.432 with a home run, double, triple, six RBI and three runs scored in 41 trips to the plate and 12 games for the Cubs before getting DFA'd. He had walked four times and struck out 13 times. For now, Mervis is likely to see most of his time as the team's designated hitter, at least until outfielder Seiya Suzuki (oblique) is able to return from the injured list. Mervis is worth a pickup in NL-only leagues for now.
Free-agent first baseman Garrett Cooper signed a minor-league deal with the Chicago Cubs on Sunday that includes a non-roster invite to major-league spring training, according to a source. Cooper will compete for playing time at first base this spring alongside newcomer Michael Busch and Matt Mervis. The 33-year-old veteran was an All-Star in 2022 with the Miami Marlins, and he hit .251/.304/.419 with a career-high 17 home runs, 18 doubles, a triple, 61 RBI and 42 runs scored in 123 games with the Marlins and San Diego Padres last season. At best, Cooper will probably be on the short side of a platoon at the cold corner in Chicago against left-handed pitching. In his seven seasons in the big leagues, he has never reached the 20-homer mark and has just one stolen base in 481 career games.
Batting Order
1 | Jarren Duran |
2 | Rafael Devers |
3 | Tyler O'Neill |
4 | Wilyer Abreu |
5 | Connor Wong |
6 | Masataka Yoshida |
7 | Enmanuel Valdez |
8 | Bobby Dalbec |
9 | Ceddanne Rafaela |
Garrett Cooper Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Jarren Duran |
2 | Rafael Devers |
3 | Tyler O'Neill |
4 | Wilyer Abreu |
5 | Connor Wong |
6 | Masataka Yoshida |
7 | Enmanuel Valdez |
8 | Bobby Dalbec |
9 | Ceddanne Rafaela |