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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Cubs @ Cardinals: Roach vs. Wacha (Game 73 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (39-33): RHP Donn Roach (7-1, 2.21 for Iowa)

STL (49-24): RHP Michael Wacha (9-3, 2.85)

First pitch: 6:15pmCT

Fowler# cf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Castro ss

Coghlan* lf

Baxter* rf

Roach p

Russell 2b

 

Wong* 2b

Carpenter* 3b

Peralta ss

Heyward* rf

Molina c

Grichuk lf

Scruggs 1b

Bourjos cf

Wacha p

The 25-year old Roach--we picked him up off waivers in the off-season--pitched mostly in relief for SD last year, where he went 1-0 with a 4.75 ERA in 16 appearances. He had one start (against AZ) in which he gave up 3 ER in 4 innings but avoided the loss. Lefties were 14-41 (.341) against him. Let’s hope he’s done some maturing since then. He induces a lot of ground balls, so our infield should be put to the test. He’s going to be on a very short leash.

Wacha managed to somehow give up 5 ER and lose to the Phillies on Sunday. He’s 2-1 with a 3.20 ERA lifetime against the Cubs. As a team, the Cubs are 18-50 (.360) against him. Castro is 5-11 with a HR. Rizzo is 4-11 with a HR.

Medina was optioned to AAA to make room for Roach on the 25-man roster. Rafael Lopez was DFA'd to make room for Roach on the 40-man.

Go Cubs!

 

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Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 06:24 pm

btw, Cubs optioned RHP Yoervis Medina to Triple-A Iowa to make room for Roach. Roach's two mlb starts were tonight in Stl and in Colorado. He must just not feel lucky. and Cubs designate Rafael Lopez for assignment to make room for Schwarber to get some serious catching. Schwarber is catching tonight, so far is 2-2 with a single, double...and Homers in his 3rd at bat, to CF

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 06:26 pm

There is no way in hell the Cubs can beat the Cardinals this year. There is still much work to do to be able to be considered on a par with this Cards team and organization. I'm sure Theo realizes this and will act prudently when it comes time to maybe trading for a starting pitcher. To mortgage something for a rental player in the hope they can win ONE playoff game - should it come to that - is probably not the best thing. How many years will we see this go on - with the Cubs getting their asses handed to them all the time - no one knows. It sure grates on my nerves. Fucking Packers - er Cardinals!

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 06:11 am

I couldn't possibly agree with you more. You can really tell this team isn't ready for the big time, even tho they have done pretty well against most good teams. They really have to scrap for those wins - and they honestly don't seem to be able to master the timely hitting thing. It's not time to trade Hammel again, but I hope they don't become buyers to the point where they start pushing prospects out the door. We've already seen that the hype on prospects is not quite what reality brings us. None of the prospects has established himself as a bonafide star, so it is silly to expect them to get far in the playoffs. I think Bryant and Soler will both become stars, but the rest are still big question marks. Well, Russell probably will, too. I have my doubts any of them will really end up with a dominant year this year, tho. This stuff takes time, and baseball is really hard, especially at this level. It can be maddening to watch at times, but Theo did warn us at the beginning of the year that there'd be stretches like this. So, he's aware. I'm thinking the farm is secure, unless a steal presents itself. EDIT: I'll self argue a bit and say that the 9 walk offs sort of belie the timely hitting remark, but mid-game, the RISP doesn't seem so good. A stats checker should help with this. I'm too lazy.

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Submitted by Carlito on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 06:40 pm

I agree. I will say there is no way the Cardinals are as good as they are playing tho. They'll come back to earth in the 2nd half. I've never seen a team absorb tragedy/injury like they are doing. It's really stunning. 2nd as far as Cubs being buyers the one thing that I wonder about and many of you especially AZPhil probably know more about this, but are there some prospects we need to think about trading for time of service / 40 man / rule 5 reasons? In other words are we going to lose some of them anyway so do Theo and Jed have to make some gambles. If so maybe a package for a pitcher is inevitable even if we know we can't beat the Cards. And yes the Cardinals are infuriating. Wow. We beat the good teams and pitchers, lose to the bad teams and pitchers, except for the Cardinals who just womp our asses regardless.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 06:14 pm

...except for the Cardinals who just womp our asses regardless. Such a sad reality. The last year I can recall (and I'm too lazy to look it up) within the last 10 years where the Cubs got the better of them was 2007 when the Cubs took like 11 or 12 games from them. That was a beautiful feeling. But even that was 8 years ago!

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

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  • fullykräusened (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

  • crunch (view)

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    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

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