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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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Gameday Open Thread/Rockies @ Cubs & 2 Get Cut

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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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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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?

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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In reply to by Transmission

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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In reply to by Transmission

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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In reply to by Rob G.

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.

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

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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In reply to by Ryno

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.

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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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    LHP Blake Weiman appears to have been the last cut from the AAA Iowa roster. He is with the Tennessee group at Minor League Camp.

     

  • crunch (view)

    bruce bochy is hobbling rather badly for a guy who's had 2 hip replacements.  his gait is extremely wonky taking the lineup card to the ump.

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.