The Coste of Doing eBIS-ness?

The Cubs announced today that they will be placing catcher Geovany Soto on the 15-day DL with an oblique strain, retroactive to last Wednesday. Soto suffered the injury taking batting practice before Wednesday's game at Wrigley Field. It appears that Soto's injury is worse than orginally thought, and he could be out until some time in August. And with the way oblique strains can affect hitting, he might not be back even then. I can't say this for sure, but I think it's fairly likely that the Cubs put in a waiver claim on C-1B-3B Chris Coste, who was placed on waivers by the Phillies on Wednesday. Jim Hendry must have been almost downright giddy when he saw Coste's name come through eBIS (MLB's in-house computer system) on the daily waiver list just hours after Soto went down with an injury. That's why the Cubs were waiting to place Soto on the DL. They expected (hoped) to acquire Coste Friday afternoon when the 47-hour waiver ride was over, an...