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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, ten players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, two players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players are 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
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2 
Seiya Suzuki, OF
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 2
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

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




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Gameday Open Thread/Rockies @ Cubs & 2 Get Cut

Submitted by Rob G. on

Colorado strolls into Mesa today with lefty Franklin Morales to start and Lou trots out what might be the regular lineup versus lefties to start the season.

LF Alfonso Soriano, SS Ryan Theriot, 1B Derrek Lee, RF Milton Bradley, 3B Aramis Ramirez, CF Reed Johnson, C Geovany Soto, 2B Aaron Miles, P Chad Gaudin.

Also, Sam Fuld and Jake Fox have been sent to minor league camp and there should be more roster cuts later today.

UPDATE: As suggested, there were more cuts...Jose Ascanio will join Fuld and Fox in Triple A for the time being, with pitcher Jason Waddell and INF Bobby Scales being assigned to minor league camp. That leaves 37 left in camp. Also, Richie Robnett was outrighted to Triple A, which now leaves two spots open on the Cubs 40-man roster.

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Comments

Submitted by navigator on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:13 pm

CLAY RAPADA, 6K's 1 BB 0.00 ERA in 7 appearances for the Tigers got some kind of one year deal announced today. JOHN KORONKA, 4Hits 2K's 1BB 1.50 ERA in 6 appearances for the Marlins is said to be vying with Dan Meyer for the last spot in the bullpen.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:25 pm

says 3-4 more cuts later today, and more this weekend.

Submitted by Romero on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:52 pm

Also, chicagocubs.com reports more spring cuts (besides Fuld and Fox): Waddell Scales Ascanio This puts the spring roster at 37. And they outrighted Robnett to AAA, bringing the Reserve List down from 39 to 38. I hope AZ PHIL can weigh in on these transactions. Go CUBS!

Submitted by mastrick on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:54 pm

Richie Robnett, Jason Waddell and Bobby Scales all got sent down too. Waddell might emerge later as a situational lefty in the pen if he excels at Iowa, whether or not we see Fox before September will depend more on injuries and Fukudome's bat. FWIW Fukudome had a terrible World Classic, he wasn't even on the field last night after hitting .200 during the tournament. Dude has a lot to prove.

Submitted by Transmission on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:31 pm

I haven't been advertising for any spots in the fantasy head-to-head league I run each year at yahoo because, well, 16 of us all returned from last season to play this year. One of us had to drop out, however, so if anyone here wants in, drop me an email at trans.at.tcr at gmail.com and I'll hook you up. The brief version: A head-to-head league that uses lots of stat categories with a mildly sabrmetric bent to it, and lots of active roster positions. The big thing to know is that if a team goes "Dead" for thirty days (no activity from the owner) it will have its players dispersed to waivers to get redrafted by the rest of the league owners. So don't inquire about the league if you aren't convinced that you can stay active for the year. If you join, you get to play with 15 fellow Cubs fans in a very active and friendly league. Not a bad deal. Draft is this saturday.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:49 pm

offense is waking up..2 runs in the first. Theriot dooble, Lee and Bradley single, sac fly Ramirez

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:00 pm

soriano got a hit in the first...what happened to him as it was followed by a theriot dooble? Baserunning blunder? Boxscore doesn't say anything about out stealing, must have been thrown out at 3B. Fielder's choice on a dooble?

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:32 pm

Bradley HR, Soto dooble as well 4-2 at the moment, 3 SB's off Gaudin/Soto so far, error on Miles. 2 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K for Gaudin

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Submitted by Transmission on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:52 pm

For a good sense of his wicked sense of humor, try this.  He's the guy commenting as "The Bones McCoy of THT" in a hysterical thread about baseball players saving drowning women.

 

FWIW, if I ever drop dead, I expect Parachat to be renamed in my honor.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:57 pm

if you drop dead, how will we ever know?

I read his last article about David Cone's HOF chances and at the bottom it mentioned he was going in for heart surgery. Apparently that didn't go too well...

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Submitted by Transmission on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:59 pm

Actually meaning this seriously, it'd be through Sister Trans.  She is friends with one of Ruz's relatives, and knows of my work here.

 

Mordibly,

T.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:31 pm

hitting good, pitching bad today Samardzija pretty much guaranteed to go to Iowa now..

Submitted by Ryno on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:13 pm

Bobby Scales has a real nice swing, it's easy to see why he tore up AAA last year. I'd be surprised if he saw any time in Chicago with Fontenot, Theriot, Miles, German-type depth at 2B. Plus he's 31. Who knows. Too bad for him.

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Submitted by Charlie on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:51 pm

Mr. Scales has deserved a shot with somebody for years. He's got a career .285/.371./.430 line in the minors and has hit as many as 15 HRs in a single season. He could be a fringe starter with a fringe team or a backup/substitute with a number of major league teams, but instead he's been in the minor since 1999. Look at Aaron Miles's career minor league numbers: .289/.338/.401. How 'bout German's: .296/.397/.397 On offensive numbers at least, Scales compares favorably to other backup infielders. He's played almost no shortstop, but he's played plenty of 2nd and 3rd and has even occasionally played 1B and the OF. Anybody know what he does with the glove? I hope the guy finds a major league job soon.

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 03:55 pm

5 Reasons to be Concerned: 1. Kosuke Fukudome looks to be an unbelievable bust....could they swap with GMJ from the Angels? 2. D Lee has become an average-at-best 1B...and desperately needs to be moved lower in the batting order (6th) 3. Iffy health of Rich Harden 4. Iffy health of Milton Bradley 5. Potential that Aaron Miles logs more than 300 PAs 5 Reasons to be Optimistic: 1. (Hopefully) 150+ games of Alfonso Soriano's bat in the lineup 2. Sean Marshall will be a much better 5th starter than Jason Marquis 3. Heilman will be a much better bridge reliever than Home Run Howry 4. Micah HoffPOWER will be a much better bench bat than D Ward 5. If healthy, Milton Bradley's overall production > Jim Edmonds' production If you view these as roughly a wash, there's no reason not to expect a 90+ win season and a three-peat atop the Central. I'm ready for the real games to start! PS for Phil--why the hell didn't the Cubs cut Stanton? Is it more of that Jim Hendry, "showcase the veterans as a courtesy" BS for which he's become famous? Is that why others like Taguchi and Fox are still hanging around, as well?

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  • crunch (view)

    he's a low-level cubs star in the modern history of the cubs (c.zambrano, k.wood, r.dempster, etc), but that star has dimmed...and has been dimming since 2021.

    2024 has been ugly the whole way and we're only in mid-april.  homers aside (even though there's been 7 in 17ip) he gave up 29 hits in 20 spring innings and 31 in 17 regular season innings.

    he's pretty much only got 2 pitches at this point in his career and the mix isn't fooling anyone.  he threw a noticable amount more curves in his last start to add to the mix and it didn't help his issues.  he don't have many moves left to break out.

  • Eric S (view)

    Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)

  • Eric S (view)

    Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts.  Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season.  Ouch.  

  • crunch (view)

    m.busch had 0hr and 2 doubles when he was last at wrigley.

    we'll probably see a few more of his jerseys in the seats when they return tomorrow.

    wonder who will go down for taillon.  hey hendricks, you got a hangnail or something?

  • Eric S (view)

    Nice work by Wesneski with some solid defense behind him and the late tack on runs were welcome. Gladly take a 5-4 West Coast swing, particularly down two key starting pitchers … Now just don’t get swept by the Marlins for Pete’s sake. 

  • crunch (view)

    dansby takes the team lead in SB today after a SB with 2 SB total.  the team has 3.  madrigal has the other one.

    cubs also have 7 triples, 7 players each.

  • crunch (view)

    sure am ready for p.wisdom and m.masterboney to swap roster spots.

  • Eric S (view)

    The fifth inning has not been kind to Wicks this season. Giving up leadoff doubles to Tucker Barnhart is also not good for business. IIRC, the Cubs are on the hook for the majority of Barnhart’s salary this season to add insult to injury (could definitely be wrong here). 

  • Cubster (view)

    Kris Bryant to IL with low back strain. He’s keeping the Rockies docs busy.

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