07-09-2009, 03:35 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The Cubs sent right-hander Kevin Hart to Triple-A Iowa on Thursday and are expected to call up right-handed reliever Jeff Stevens, who was acquired in the Mark DeRosa to Cleveland deal, on Friday.
Hart, who allowed one run in five innings on Wednesday in his first major league start, will be recalled after the All-Star break to start the fifth game of the second-half in Philadelphia. Since the Cubs will need another reliever for the four games in three days series against St. Louis, Hart was expendable.
Stevens is 0-3 with a 2.18 earned-run average at Iowa.
The Cubs also will remove left-handed Jason Waddell from the disabled list and option him to Iowa. No decision on Geovany Soto will be made today after the MRI confirmed the original diagnosis of a left oblique strain. The Cubs won't call anyone up to replace Soto, who will not play this weekend.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hart, who allowed one run in five innings on Wednesday in his first major league start, will be recalled after the All-Star break to start the fifth game of the second-half in Philadelphia. Since the Cubs will need another reliever for the four games in three days series against St. Louis, Hart was expendable.
Stevens is 0-3 with a 2.18 earned-run average at Iowa.
The Cubs also will remove left-handed Jason Waddell from the disabled list and option him to Iowa. No decision on Geovany Soto will be made today after the MRI confirmed the original diagnosis of a left oblique strain. The Cubs won't call anyone up to replace Soto, who will not play this weekend.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->