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

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Submitted by Rob G. on

Sorry about the rather epic error message at the top of the site, working on trying to isolate the problem which seems to be somewhere on line 174 of the database. Considering I haven't changed anything recently, not sure what's going on and unfortunately I've got a full day planned around the Cubs game and the Angel Fan Wife's birthday. I hope to get it fixed by tonight.

UPDATE 7:47 PM: I think it's fixed.

UPDATE #2 7:48 PM: I'm done with this season.
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Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 08:34 pm

good news is our host company seems to have a good idea on what happened, bad news is I have to leave and I forgot my password to access the database. My apologies once again...

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 08:38 pm

Sam Fuld is awesome... everyone else sucks... might have been the farthest HR I've ever seen in person by Matt Kemp, he hit it over the bullpen in LF.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 08:24 pm

Well at least I won't have to put out thousands of dollars for playoff tickets to see them get swept. This has been the worst season, when taking into consideration of expectations, I can remember. I hope Mr. Ricketts makes the necessary change at the top and finally cut the fat. Yes i am talking you you Teflon Jim.

Submitted by B Rock on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 08:40 pm

Uh. Lots of things to complain about on this team. Sam Fuld isn't one of them. He's at least a push from an offensive productivity perspective with Soriano and defensively a comparison is frankly insulting. It would be refreshing if we didn't play Soriano the rest of the year to figure out what Fuld really has other then running into the wall catches.

Submitted by Wes on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 08:12 pm

Guessing by the timestamp on your updates, I'd say you could have probably combined those into one big update. Now you're just being frivolous. UPDATE 12:11AM: I'm reaching for something else other than this fucking piece of shit baseball team to talk about. Should have liveblogged the NASCAR race or something of equal non-value instead.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 08:21 pm

Rob, I think I slammed you for the db issue but fuck that. We're here for.... .... wait. Why ARE we here? Anyway, my God, it scares the fuck out of me that Hendry may find a way to trade Fuld before Hendry gets fired, and he'll be like, all BoSox on us for ten years

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 08:43 am

now that the season is over....the fun reading begins. Sun-Times article by David Roeder. http://www.suntimes.com/business/roeder/1729710,CST-NWS-zell23.article Summary of the transactions, titled...How Zell Botched Cubs deal. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. To think we had this baggage going on for over 2 years. --- excerpts: Oh, the tangled webs that Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell can weave. The long process he spun for selling the Cubs probably cost his debt-strapped company at least $150 million. It also gave Zell an uncomfortable role in the federal corruption investigation of now-indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But his sell-Wrigley-to-the-state gambit delayed the sale of the team for months, at a time the economy was worsening and lenders began cutting off promises of credit. By late 2008, getting $1 billion for the whole Cubs package, including Wrigley Field, was out of the question. Zell left Tribune with $13 billion in debt when he borrowed heavily to buy what was then a publicly held company, taking it private in December 2007. The transaction in which he took Tribune private was a complex one. To save on taxes, he created an employee stock-ownership plan as the official owner, though Zell exercised control by buying an option to acquire up to a 40 percent stake. Bankruptcy has made that option worthless. Zell completed the Cubs sale amid increasing pressure from creditors...his creditors are working on a plan to assume ownership of the company and elbow Zell aside.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 08:47 am

another Sun-Times link http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/1729891,w-chicago-cubs-la-… --- Through May 17, Soriano was hitting .280 with 12 home runs, 25 RBI and a .383 on-base percentage. And the Cubs started 21-15. - From that point through July 3, he hit .175 with two homers and seven RBI. The Cubs went 18-23. - He was moved out of the leadoff spot for good at that point — to sixth — and hit .367 with five homers and 16 RBI as the Cubs went 15-9 the rest of July. - Then came the August bust. He is hitting .162 without a homer and only four RBI as the Cubs have nose-dived to 7-13 this month. Bottom line: The Cubs play .600 ball when Soriano hits (36-24) and .410 when he doesn’t (25-36).

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Submitted by mannytrillo on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 08:57 am

Interesting stats... We all know Soriano is the uber streaky hitter, but never thought it was tied in so much to the teams plight. But having streaky hitters, especially one of your most important, is not a good thing for an overall look to a team. As seen in the playoffs the past two years.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 08:52 am

Glad to see Sam Fuld has taken the current title of "Cubs Flavor of the Month." Sorry Jake Fox. Unfortunately I need to agree with MikeC, if Fuld is leading off, it is not a shocker to see why this team would have problems.

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Submitted by Paul Noce on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 08:00 pm

Yes, if Fuld, with his .414 obp and rare (on this team) ability to steal a base is leading off we are so fucked. How many runs does Fuld save on defense over Soriano?

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Submitted by B Rock on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 08:03 pm

Seriously -- what the fuck is wrong with these posters? There are a lot of things to disparage this Cub team for, Fuld just isn't on the list. He may turn out to be a 5th outfielder at best but he still offers more then Soriano does at this point.

Submitted by artskoe on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 08:47 pm

You think you have problems, Jerry Jones builds a one billion dollar domed stadium with a video screen in the middle that is so low you can't punt without hitting it. Watch for a new rule book in Jerry's favor. Had the Bears that power, DB's would have to play 5 yards off Hester. Had the Cubs that power, Kevin Gregg would have a girl's tee at 50', 5". Manny would probably still hit him, though. Heck, Blanks could hit him... "Good luck, Mr. Ricketts." (Sounds like a new Tarantino film). Looking back, we deserve a Cards' collapse just as the Cubs did 40 years ago! Starts today in Mannywood! "It's Gonna Happen!"

Submitted by Dmac on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 08:47 pm

Alderson would be OK in my book - although I would hope that the Rickett's family wouldn't clean house regarding the farm system. They're starting to make some actual progress regarding future position players.

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