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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-23-2024
 
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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Game 158 Thread / Cubs @ Marlins (2 of 3)

Game Chat : BR Preview : Game Notes Jason Marquis vs. Daniel Barone Lineups:
Soriano LF Ramirez SS
Theriot SS Uggla 2B
Lee 1B Hermida RF
Floyd RF Cabrera 3B
Ramirez 3B Jacobs 1B
DeRosa 2B Linden LF
Jones CF Treanor C
Kendall C De Aza CF
Marquis P Barone P
Young Barone makes his first-ever start against the Cubs, hoping to capture his first-ever win as a Major League starting pitcher. Barone has appeared in 15 games this season, five as a starter. In those five, he's pitched to an 8.31 ERA, given up 9 home runs in 21 2/3 IP, and walked more men (11) than he has struck out (10). Sounds like the kind of guy who gives us trouble. The Marlins' Jeremy Hermida, whose second-inning double was a key moment in Tuesday night's Florida win, is hitting .335 since the All-Star break. He went 2-for-3 with a home run against Marquis when the Marlins beat the Cubs on May 29th at Wrigley. This will be Marquis's final regular season start unless the Cubs and Brewers need to meet in that Game 163 playoff, in which case I will be dead from stress and disappointment so I won't see it anyhow, therefore I'm counting tonight as Marquis's final regular season start no matter what. Nasty outing last time for Jason going up against the Pirates and the Wrigley Field jetstream, in which Marquis gave up seven runs in just 2 2/3 innings. Let the magic number reduction begin. Please.

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barone made one start vs. iowa cubs for albuquerque in july - details on 'road to wrigley'

Barone. First name Rusty? ---------------------------------------- Ray? Robert? Frank?

Wait... Wes is pitching against the Cubs tonight? No wonder why he hasn't responded in the previous post!

Just another hunch. Believe me though, my hunches are usually right, because I work in the....nevermind.

That lineup sucks, what's Theriot doing hitting second? Why Kendall and no Soto? Cliff Floyd a clean up hitter on a playoff team? Give me a break. (it's Marquis, says Lilly)

"If the first-place Chicago Cubs are serious about winning the NL Central, they should probably figure out a way to beat the Florida Marlins." From the sportsline write up. couldn't agree more.

After that questionable call doubling up Soriano at first you could hear a guy in the stands yell out "That must be the same umpire from last night" or something to that effect. You gotta love an empty ballpark.

Before this week is out, I want the NAME and the HOME ADDRESS of the JERK who posted a link to "historical evidence" that no team had EVER blown a lead of 3.5 games with a week to go.

Don't worry. We have Steve Trachsel pitching tomorrow and Marquis again for the one-game playoff that we be lucky to get to after another Marlins sweep.

Leave it to the Cubs to find a way to piss away a fucking three and a half game lead inside 3 days.

I think I've said if the Cubs can't win 3 or 4 from the Marlins and Reds they aren't a playoff team. I still think they will pull it off even if they lose tonight...down 7-4 in the eighth right now.

Just looking at that chump ass, stupid shit pretend baseball stadium the Marlins play in is irritating. Add to it listening to those glib Marlins announcers on the damn direct tv ticket I pay $200 for...just obnoxious. Having to root for the dumb ass Cardinals on top of it....

the umpires could have done the cubs a favor by throwing ramirez out of tonight's game also. he just is cold cold cold. sure hope trachsel can pull a miracle out of his gear bag tomorrow. but hope is for suckers, like me. how soon is panic around here permissible?

The Cardinals have just brought on someone named "Brian Falkenborg" to protect their one-run lead in the seventh.

Panic time should wait; it'd be appropriate if the Brewers come back tonight and the Cubs lose another full game tomorrow. The Reds are without Dunn, Griffey, and Hamilton. The Cubs will win and the Brewers will lose at least one of the remaining four, and if the Brewers lose tonight, that makes three, enough for a tiebreaker. Just one of the other six wraps it up.

end of 7 3-2 cards. awful to need to rely on your competitor to lose for the day to be a success.

So...Marquis' best month since May was a 4.45 ERA in August and yet Sean Marshall is the one taken out of the rotation? I at this point would rather have Sean in our playoff rotation over Marquis.

The Reds are without Dunn, Griffey, and Hamilton. ron, i hope you prove to be correct, but all the damage done to cub pithcers last week came from phillips and hopper and keppinger and encarnacion. those folks remain sickeningly healthy. and the cub collars were nowhere near as tight last week as they will be in cincy, under must win conditions, this weekend. somebody has to stagger acroos the finish line first; here's hoping it's our fellas and not wisconsin's fellas.

In other news--- The Nationals just swept the Mets. In New York. Phils now a game back. Don't make any plans for Sunday -- it could be a very wild day.

way cool- 3 cardinal runs in top 8th (so far). no sense stopping now, guys, pile on about 6 more. or 7 including the extra point.

Man it was fun watching Turnbow just absolutely melt down. It brought joy to my heart. Watching Hall take a spill on the warning track caused me to laugh out loud. Go Cards go.

Brewers play with fire by bringing in a doofus pitcher (McClung) to intentionally hit Pujols as a retaliation for an earlier beaning of Fielder, warnings were given when Fielder was hit so McClung was ejected and so was Yost (2 games in a row)...all after yesterday's game with beanball action. So they bring in Turnbow who winds up walking in a run, and the big hit was Taguchi's double with the bags loaded. Hope the Cards pen can close this puppy down...ahead 7-2

Cubster, thanks for the explanation! I was following the game on Yahoo and of course missed all of that subtext. I really wish the Cubs had won, but at least they're not headhunting in the middle of a playoff race. That is criminally stupid. Hope the Cards can make them eat it.

Rayn Franklin 3 up 3 down against the Brewers in the 8th...one more inning to go notice that the Mets lost again blowing a 5-0 lead.

Four games to go -- and no one in the NL has clinched a playoff spot. Cubs can't beat the Fish, Mets get swept at home by the Nats, and the D-backs have lost their first 2 to the Pirates. Sheesh. All the AL spots are taken. By very good teams. If the playoffs were an 8-team tourney, the top NL team would be seeded 5th.

I really, really, really hate being happy when the cards win... *grumble* *grumble*

Take a breath. Lead still 2 games. Magic number now 3. All Hail So Taguchi and Jason Isringhausen. But seriously, tell the pitchers its OK to actually, you know, pitch well. And the fielders that it's OK to turn 2. Geez.

FINAL Stl 7 Milw 3 glad that's over, it's wasn't fun rooting for Stl Magic No @ 3

Who would've ever thought I'd be rooting for the Cardinals this late in the season?

Breathe in...breathe out. Repeat. OK -- enough fooling around, boys. Get it together and seal the deal.

THANK YOU CARDINALS Magic # = 3. Let's just get the win tomorrow afternoon, and we are in incredibly good shape no matter what the Brewers do.

And thank you, Seth McClung (and Ned Yost?) for what might be the dumbest beaning of all time.

Pitchers in Milw vs SD Thurs Cassell vs Gallardo Fri Maddux vs Capuano Sat Chris Young vs Bush Sun Tompko vs Suppan I've seen the SD pitchers listed as above, just going on their current sequence after Gallardo for the Brewers

Peavy is pitching effectively against SF with hella run support but his stuff does not look Peavyesque. Black would be stupid to run him out against Milwaukee on Sunday on a day-short rest, especially considering how he looks tonight. If he does, he's liable to take a beating. And if it does come down to Sunday in the NL Central (fuck I hope not), that will definitely make it MUST-win for the Cubs.

Interestingly, Pujols scored 3 runs tonight for a season total of 96. He's going for 7 straight seasons of 100 RBI and 100 runs scored...he has the RBI's; four games left to score four runs. He was stranded on 3rd at least twice last night and would have scored if he wasn't so gimpy. Might not have hurt our cause if he had... Anyway, what do I care?? Go Cubs!

That's how Yost is going to get the Brewers the division: he's going to get himself suspended. I'm not sure they could find a person on their bench who would be a worse manager than him...

re #57 7 ip 5 h 2 r 1 bb sure only 1 k but he didn't even hit 100 pitches. If the Pads need to win on Sunday I would run Peavy out there. And as a Cub fan, well, it 'shouldn't' matter as if the Pads need to win on Sunday they probably already won 2 previous games. I don't think a split will get them in the playoffs. Remember, I said 'should't'.

He was stranded on 3rd at least twice last night and would have scored if he wasn’t so gimpy. Might not have hurt our cause if he had… On the wild pitch? I didn't see the play, but from several who did, there was NO way he scores on the pitch even if healthy. I think it was Rob G who said, "Juan Pierre would have been out on the play" or something like that.

Ned Yost is an idiot. If they retain him as a manager the Brewers will be going nowhere. Settling scores during a pennant race?? Moron.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.