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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Cubs @ Rockies: Hendricks vs Anderson (Game 121)

Friends around the campfire and everybody's high.<--break->CHC (77-43): RHP Kyle Hendricks (11-7, 2.19) 
COL (58-63): LHP Tyler Anderson (4-4, 3.42)
First pitch: 7:40pmCST

Hendricks pitched well enough to win but came away with a no-decision against the Cardinals on Saturday (7 IP, 2 ER, 12 K, 0 BB). He’s 2-0 with a 1.16 so far in August. In his two starts at Coors, Hendricks has given up 6 ER in 12.1, but the Cubs ended up winning both games. The Rockies are 24-69 (.348) against him. Gonzalez is 4-11 with a HR.

The rookie Anderson should be well rested. He’s had an extra day between starts, and his last one was abbreviated after he was ejected in a game in Philly for hitting Maikel Franco (3 IP, 4 ER, 2 K, 2 BB). None of the Cubs have faced him.

Montgomery (4-5, 2.43) backed up by Cahill, who pitched 5 scoreless against the Brewers for the win on Tuesday, versus that old stand-by TBD tomorrow at 7:10pmCST.

Go Cubs!

 

Comments

A couple of Cub notes, including that the defense is really good and deep. "Every position except first base has had at least two players start a dozen games. Cubs pitchers -- especially Jake Arrieta (who walked seven guys on Thursday, keep an eye on that) and Kyle Hendricks -- have shown ability to induce weak contact, but it's simply a terrific defensive squad." http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/73225/five-things-we-learn…

La Stella back in the Smokies lineup today batting and playing 2nd. Ian Happ getting the night off. Update: La Stella now scratched from lineup and replaced by Happ. No reason provided.

FanGraphs says nice things about Bryant (best player in the NL) and Contreras (good enough defensively to be a starting catcher) today.

yeah, this Rizzo vs Bryant MVP debate is cute and all until you look at fangraphs and it's not that close. The actual MVP debate is Seager vs. Bryant at this point. Slugging 1Bmen are still easy to find. Slugging LF, RF, 3B with great baserunning skills...not so much.

If Kershaw comes back in September and continues where he left off, he still may edge both of them (at least in fWAR).

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In reply to by johann

i acknowledge this is not a criteria for MVP but if there is a big spot/high pressure at bat with a game on the line, out of anybody on the team, I want Rizzo at the plate. So fortunate to have Bryant and Rizzo on the team, both great players and high quality, class individuals

Anybody heard/seen anything on Papelbon? Given that the Cubs promoted 2 "mid-prospect" pitchers from Iowa, I assume they are not in on him.

J-Hey and Zobrist not in starting lineup. Contreras catching, Soler in RF and Szczur in LF. Lot of track for Soler to cover but that bat ... and that altitude

Don't know if ya'll heard that Madden is resting Mr. 4-3 for the weekend. I am torn in that he is such a talented guy, and a defensive stud, but his bat has completely evaporated this season. Will be very interesting what will develop between now and October.

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In reply to by The E-Man

He'll be more of a part-time player the rest of the regular season, starting some games and off the bench for others, not because they're trying to hide him or limit his plate appearances, but because they need everyone in the clubhouse to know he won't be a starter in October. Teams like this don't come together very often, and they can't waste 15-25 plate appearances in a playoff series on a defense-first corner outfielder. He'll have to be a late-game substitution for his defense obviously. The job's still his next spring if he can keep it.

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In reply to by John Beasley

pretty sure he'll start vs. righties in the playoffs at the very least...The Cubs pitchers aren't this good on their own.

But I'm sure they'll pinch-hit him quickly and he'll be getting a lot of days off.

.265 BABIP or whatever (and his contract) says he'll certainly get a lot of rope next year to bounce back.

 

Jedd Gyroko is f'ing annoying Just tied up the game against the Phillies with a two run homer in the top of the ninth after fouling off a jazillion pitches. His 100th homer since July 1st (don't quote me on that) And Matheny is an ass-hat

tarp is off...game to supposedly start at 10:50 eastern (8:50 mountain).

hendricks gets through 6ip... 6ip 4h 1bb 3k, 1 r/er...the 1 run was on a leadoff HR to start the bottom 1st (cubs also lead off the 1st with a fowler HR). another killer performance. 2.16 era, 1.00 whip on the season.

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In reply to by billybucks

Really a shame the Cubs haven't gotten him a couple more wins. The NL Cy Young is really up for grabs (unless Kershaw starts pitching regularly again). Giving up one run in 6IP in Colorado should get you a win. Ex-Kershaw, Kyle leads the league in ERA and is tied for 2nd in WHIP. Having just typed that, it's pretty freaking amazing. Hendricks has 11 wins -- of the top 10 ERAs, only Jake (15) has more than 13 wins.

This could be a rough trip -- Cubs don't seem to play well in Colorado, San Diego or LA. A 5-4 trip wouldn't be bad. Not sure if Grimm was an option -- but that's 4 games in 4 days for Chapman.

On the positive side, they broke in two new pitchers who looked impressive in late-and-close situations. Edwards pitched well. I'd like to see Baez get a shot at that smash to third by LeMahieu that Bryant missed. Don't remind me how the Rockies acquired LeMahieu. (Maybe the Cubs needed to write a charity donation off their taxes.) The eighth inning is too late for Travis Wood to be out there, even with a three-run lead and a short leash. Maybe the new guys will prevent that happening in the future. Zastryzny becomes the first pitcher selected in the June draft during the Jason McLeod era (2012-present) to take the mound for the Cubs. (There is also Zack Godley, who is in the Diamondback's rotation these days.) I thought it was great to see some budding talent (aside from Edwards, of course, who came in a trade) out there. Zastryzny is also the first player at any position since the 2012 draft to make an appearance with the Cubs who was selected lower than 6th overall--although I guess it's a tough roster to crack nowadays.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

Sending Lemahieu away in a package for a shit sandwich is probably the second biggest mistake the Epstein crew has made so far, after the Edwin Jackson signing.That's sort of a complement one could pay to the Epstein crew--there could have been many more and worse mistakes. I'm not pining for Lemahieu to be the Cubs 2B (his D metrics are down this year, and he's not going to put up a .380 BABIP anywhere but Colorado), but it would've been nice to get something useful back for him.

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In reply to by Charlie

I was thinking about Jackson just this morning and in one way it was a blessing in disguise. As you may remember, he was the backup plan after the Cubs missed on Anibal Sanchez, who is currently defiling the Tigers rotation with an almost 6 ERA. At least with Jackson his past performance was bad enough that the Cubs were able to wash their hands of him before 2016 even started.

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