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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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Gameday Open Thread/Giants @ Cubs

Submitted by Cubnut on

The Giants visit the Cubs in Mesa Wednesday afternoon (3:05 Central). Ryan Dempster and A-Ram are expected to be in the starting lineup. The game can be heard via mlb.com Webcast.

Here's your Cactus League Attendance Trivia for Wednesday:

The two highest-drawing Cactus League games ever have been played in the last three weeks. The top draw was yesterday's Cubs/Dodgers game at Camelback Ranch (13,046). Now in second place is a February 28th game which drew 13,010. It was also played at Camelback, this one hosted by the White Sox...also against your Chicago Cubs.

There seems to be a pattern here.

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Submitted by Romero on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:10 pm

According to Muskat, two more roster cuts: Esmailin Caridad Ken Kadokura Both were sent to minor league camp, reducing the spring roster to 43.

Submitted by Wes on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:15 pm

Love my daily Cactus League Attendance Trivia. Almost as good as that word of the day I get when I check my email. Today's word - vendee. Exciting.

Submitted by Cubster on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:19 pm

Gabor Bako 0-2, 2K's. I hope his remaining handful of at bats are against mvp types (ie Lincecum)...ending the ZaZa Gabor era, Hello Koyie era.

Submitted by allinginge on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:40 pm

I have booked in a weekend trip from London for the Dodgers series.I got tickets when they were released but looking at where they are situated they look pretty poor seats (cost only $32 - terrace box but in row 22 -best available when i got through ), i am going to try and get better seats, basically is stubhub my best option (at over double face value plus 10% fees) or should i wait and haggle with the scalpers?? any advice? or other reputable ticket outets? Thanks

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Submitted by John Beasley on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:15 pm

StubHub is the truest marketplace and the prices are usually the most competitive, although yes, the transaction fees there are rough. As for scalpers, it varies widely across the board, but that's going to be a high-demand series, so I wouldn't anticipate getting your seats a hell of a lot cheaper, unless you wait until the third inning to buy and they start getting desperate to unload. That's the kind of strategy I used to employ when I lived 7 miles away, not when I traveled across an ocean to get there. Also, if you rent a car, budget plenty of money for that as well. One last thought: Keep an eye on eBay, and sometimes a relatively cheap set of tickets will fall through the cracks.

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Submitted by SJS on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:11 pm

If you are flying into O'Hare don't bother getting a car. You can use to CTA everywhere and a cab in the few spots other than the hotel, downtown, and Wrigley that you need to go to.

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Submitted by CPH2133 on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:22 pm

I second what Beasley said. Keep looking at ebay, especially this early. The closer to game day, the auctions will go up. But sometimes good tickets can slip through the cracks. Last year I got tickets to Brewers/Cubs for a July game (in MIL) for under face value in March. I didn't make the trip and just sold them closer to game day for a nice 200% profit.

Submitted by Cubster on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:53 pm

Dempster 5 shutout innings, 4K's 4Hits 4-0 Cubs Bottom first (vs Lincecum): Soriano leadoff HR, ARam walk, Hoffpauir rbi triple, Fontenut rbi single. Bottom 4th: Gathright single, SB, Riot rbi single ex-Cub Manager Whitey Lockman (age 82) passed away today...he replaced Leo Durocher as mgr of the Cubs in the early 70's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Lockman

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Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:11 pm

I love geniuses who before a player plays game one for their new team, handicaps the GM's moves, who has had the the team in the playoffs, with the best record in the NL last year. Gabo is not a huge investment, either. DeRosa deal is waaaaay to early to to put a stamp on. You were probably complaining about HEndry signing him in the first place as quite a few were here. But this is before Jim Hickman's Bat time. Time will tell. We'll see what happens.

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Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:28 pm

Geez, aren't you friendly? I was big-time for the DeRosa signing, and I'm not negative on letting him go, either. I understand the logic, and I'm perfectly happy letting Fontegod move up as the starter. The beef that Hendry deserves criticism for is that he (a) didn't get at least one respectable prospect for an inexpensive and flexible player coming off a 20/90 season, and (b) that if $$ were the primary driver, then turning around almost immediately and spending half the DeRosa money on a bit player like Miles defies logic. Yes, that deserves a raspberry. As for Gabor, please, I don't care if he's free. He stinks like raw eggs, most of us were plenty pleased to see him leave town the first time, how could he conceivably have gotten better years later?

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Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:09 pm

No problem. Yeah, I loved Hickman as a kid, don't know why he was the one I glommed onto. My pop was a major Santo guy. I guess my biggest issue with Miles is the money...I know, it isn't our money, why should we care? But to evaluate a GM, money management vs. player choice is a legitimate issue, and one of Hendry's biggest flaws as Cubs GM has been a maddening propensity (fetish even) to overpay for fringy bench players. Why I have no idea. Miles has no pop, is OK defensively but nothing special, and really doesn't have much 3B experience which the Cubs need from a middle infielder reserve. Hendry couldn't have found something at least as good, or better, for significantly less than a $5MM, two-year commitment? I'm not ragging on Hendry's overall job btw, just these particular choices. Overall, I think he's been a good (not great) Cubs GM, certainly better than most the Cubs have had over the years. I'm not even ragging on his overall job this year, I think he made 4 nice decisions this winter: 1. Unlike some here, I liked the Ceda for Gregg swap at the time, it looks even better so far this spring. 2. From an emotional fan standpoint, it was tough to see Woody go, but I support that choice 100%. 3. I really like the Heilman trade, even if you view it as essentially Pie + Cedeno. 4. I think going with Bradley was a much better choice than the apparent two leading alternatives (Ibanez and Abreu). For the sake of completion, I'm probably neutral on the Dempster re-signing (like it, but the 4-year length is a bit worrisome) and the Gathright signing.

Submitted by Chifan on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 03:12 pm

Youk now the latest Team USA injury with achilles's heal soreness: http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/index.php/2009/03/18/a… The bigger problem for Johnson is that both the Indians and Nats have requsted both Dero and Dunn (the only guys on the Team USA roster for this round that besides Youk have MLB expirence at 1B) not play there. I dont know why the tribe is taking that stance since Dero has played all his usual postions (other than 1B) except for the one they plan on using him at, 3B. I dont know why you let him play the OF or 2nd, but not 1B.

Submitted by artskoe on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 03:05 pm

I agree with A-Phil, Cubs will help Gaudin right the ship and keep the Cajun Cubs together. Maybe give the umps some Tibby-doh mud with crawdad shells to un-shine the balls before the games. Hoffpauir, who grew up 60 miles from Shreveport will crush 'em and Chad will add some dipsy doodle to his slurve. Dat OK, char-bebe?

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

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