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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Cubs @ Reds: Richard vs. Lorenzen (Game 91 Thread)

CHC (49-41): LHP Clayton Richard (1-0, 5.79)

CIN (40-49): RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-4, 3.53)

First pitch: 6:10pmCT

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* c

Bryant 3b

Rizzo* 1b

Soler rf

Coghlan* lf

Castro ss

Richard* p

Russell 2b

 

Phillips 2b

Votto* 1b

Frazier 3b

Bruce* rf

Byrd lf

Suarez ss

Barnhart# c

Lorenzen p

Hamilton# cf

Richard might be looking at his last start for a while, regardless of how he pitches. No pressure, there. He gave up 4 ER in 3 innings against the Cards after Hammel went down. It wasn’t pretty, but it was appreciated. It would have been borderline heroic, were it not also the Strop game--about which we will speak no more. The Reds are 7-29 against Richard.

Lorenzen gave up 2 ER in 6 innings in Miami for his second straight loss in his last outing. The Cubs are 5-16 against him. Fowler has a HR.

And of course Jackson got DFA’d yesterday to make room for Soriano.

Go Cubs!

Comments

I was at the Strop game (the scars linger) and actually felt bad for Richard. He clearly wasn't expecting to pitch, then had to get physically and mentally ready in a hurry. He wasn't good, but that was a very tough spot.

My friend in Philly says the word on the street is that Papelbon is coming to the Cubs for Edwin Jackson and Jake Stinnett. Probably not true.

Never mind: fake Twitter account. Are people that bored?

cubs being down in a close game makes me wonder if having teagarden stick around as the 3rd catcher is a good use of his roster spot. wonder if d.ross is "not quite, but good enough" healthy or something...

cubs seem to have lost the ability to field the ball in the 7th. soler + castro with back to back cubbery.

j.herrera pinch hitting with a man on 3rd and 1 out...laaaaaaaame is it 2014? 2013? 2012? -edit- extremely weak infield groundout to 1st...awesome

Someone was asking (Hagsag?) Tommy Birch ‏@TommyBirch Madison said that Tennessee INF Dan Vogelbach has a strained oblique. Estimates he'll be back sometime around the beginning of August. #Cubs

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In reply to by QuietMan

More Tommy Birch quoting Jaron Madison (Cubs director of player development), from a Des Moines Register article includes this update on Javy Baez...
“He’ll play in rehab games starting Thursday and then he’ll hopefully be back here in a little over a week,” Madison said before Iowa’s 7-1 win over the Round Rock Express Monday before an announced crowd of 5,464 fans at Principal Park. “Hopefully — assuming everything goes well.” Baez, who hasn’t played in a game since June 7, is on the disabled list with a non-displaced fracture in his left ring finger. Madison said that Baez, who has been in Arizona after spending a week with his family, could be back by July 28.
Also the Vogelbach oblique mention and expect DV and McKinney to stay at AA for the full season. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/iowa-cubs/2015/0…

It's official -- Chapman is not human. Throwing 100+mph after throwing 44 pitches yesterday -- holy crap. Man, going into this game, if you told me Richard would leave with 2 outs in the 6th, with nobody on base, the Cubs leading and Grimm coming in....I would have gladly taken that. Bummer.

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In reply to by billybucks

I just looked at the pitch he threw to Bruce. Middle of the plate, no movement, and he was ready. Just a meatball. He had nothing tonight. Grimm is one of those guys that you "hope" will keep the team from losing steam and you hope he doesnt have many of these nights. If his fastball is flat, even @94 like it was tonight, and down the middle of the plate...later.

We really need the big bats to start hitting HR with men on base the next couple of days -- Cincy should be a launching pad for Bryant, Rizzo and Soler.

r.soriano: 1ip 1h 1bb 0k (0r/er)...he was throwing 90/91, nothing special about the inning with the fastball or slider n.ramirez continues to not look so slick with 0.1ip 2h 0bb 0b (0r/er). his 1st appearance back from injury he looked sharp...since then, meh. it's only been 6 appearances, though.

mets + giants lose...so there's that at least. pit won and gained a game on the 1 slot for the WC.

Mark Gonzalez/Trib notes:
Extra innings: Catcher Miguel Montero’s left thumb was examined by a hand specialist in Phoenix. ... Zac Rosscup (left shoulder) had his rehab assignment transferred to Double-A Tennessee. ... Dallas Beeler likely will start the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader.

Peter Gammons tweet 1 minute ago That's three people who've said that Cubs VP Jason McLeod has a great shot at the Mariners GM job

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it