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Pine tar manufacturers enjoy job security thanks to guys like Mahle, whose slider elicits wicked swings that send logs of lumber sailing. So batters can't get enough of the adhesive stuff to try and keep a grip. More often than not, however, the righty's offspeed stuff still gets foes fishing before watching their timber twirl away again.
Used mainly in relief last year, appearing in 56 games for Bucs; he wound up campaign with 8-7 record. Briefly with Chicago Cubs, he joined Phillies in 1939 - wound up season with 12-15. In 1941 he was traded to Dodgers and remained with them until 1947 when he was sent to Pirates. In 1941 he had a 22-9 record and a .710 percentage.
Signing Cody for 2023 was a Cubs coup. The former National League Rookie of the Year (2017) and MVP (2019) homered in his fourth game, stroked three hits in his fifth, then went 5-for-5 on April 17.
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