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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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17% of the Brewers' Home Opener is Already Shot to Hell

From coverage of this afternoon's Cubs/Brewers game, Milwaukee's home opener, in Friday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Truth be told, the Brewers and many of their fans would probably prefer a team other than the Cubs coming to town for the opening series of the season. That's because the home opener is normally a sellout, whether it's the Washington Nationals or the Pittsburgh Pirates. Plus, Brewers fans would rather see their home park filled with Brewers fans, not Cubs fans...

The question...is how many Cubs fans found a way to get a ticket to the game. At times, Miller Park has been known as Wrigley North when the two teams meet in a series.

[Rick Schlesinger, executive vice president of business operations for the Brewers] said that for the three-game Cubs series, 9% of the tickets sold by the team came from people with Illinois ZIP codes.

StubHub, which is Major League Baseball's official secondary ticket provider, reported Thursday that buyers from 32 states had bought tickets to Friday's game. Seventy-five percent of them came from Wisconsin, 17% came from Illinois, and 1% each came from Iowa, Indiana and Michigan, among others.

I'll be looking for you 17% on the broadcast. Be loud. Be proud. And please let the vehicle you urinate next to in the parking lot after the game be your own.

 

Comments

I love tailgating, and my favorite tailgate stadium in MLB is definitely Milwaukee. I've been to Miller at least once a year since 2003 and plan to go back May 9. That said, dealing with Brewers fans in the parking lot can be a little trying. They like to think they own the right to tailgate. They think shouting derogatory things about the Bears somehow gives them bragging rights in June. Last year, a young lady - possibly drunk - came over and actually had the nerve to tell us we were idiots for eating our sausages on sandwich buns. We calmly tried to explain that they were not sausages but in fact whole flatiron steaks smothered in mushrooms and onions, but I'm not sure it made any sense (or difference) to her. So yes, invading Milwaukee is one of the great joys of Cub fandom. While you can always count on Sox fans to show up at Wrigley with relatively the same force as we can at the Cell, there's no comparison between Cubs-Brewers - we travel way better, and that really, really pisses them off.

As a Cubs fan now living in the Cincinnati area, I can tell you the local fans, radio station and Reds owner do nothing but bitch about the number of Cubs fans that show up for games. I usually tell them they shouldn't cry about the sea of Cubs blue, they should be looking at the Green-the Money we bring to the city and which also goes to their team. Milwaukee makes it hard not to go: it's easier to get to than Wrigley, the beer is great, no rainouts, the brats are great, they do a good job presenting a baseball game ("Beer Barrel Polka" during the 7th inning)and of course, the tailgaiting. I understand it sucks to be the hometeam and outnumbered by the visiting fans; hell, look at what we have to put up with at every game at Wrigley. And then when tourists go and act asshole-ish-they're tagged as Cubs fans. Every team charges more for the Cubs games and we still come. We cannot be stopped. Bwahaha.

I was at the game Friday, and let me report that the Brewers fans are becoming worse with each series. Back in 2003, I remember going to a game, and leaving after 1-0 Brewers win, and the fans were not total assholes about it. The last 3 years however have seen a steady-rise in moronizing. Except for the few friendly people around me I was elbowed going to and from my seat to the bathrooms, threatened once I got to the bathroom (and go figure it was because I had a Cubs jersey on...the dude threatening me was from Iowa of all places, and a kind Brewers fan stepped in and told the guy to take a shit or he'd be eating one). Lastly, the large migration over the bridge and to our cars, while not fisticuffs were going on as much as I know, the Brewers fans acted like they just made the playoffs (and some were actually saying that they just won the championship). Too bad after the game both teams were tied with 2 wins and 2 losses...oh yeah, and that each team still had over 150 games left to play. I predicted yesturday that Sat/Sun will bring in more Cubs fans, and I hope that is the case.

Recent comments

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.

    I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.

  • crunch (view)

    Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
    Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far. 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I hope they keep Mozeliak a few more years. Marmol too!

  • crunch (view)

    wow, counsell coming with the early lineup.  rarity.

    canario/tauchman/happ RF/CF/LF

  • crunch (view)

    PCA called up.

  • crunch (view)

    welp...

    bellinger...fractured rib.

    a not-very-ready PCA will probably be called up when it would be much better for him to be in AAA getting regular ABs.

  • crunch (view)

    i have no hard data, but i'm seeing the same thing.

    there used to be some parks where that was rampant (colorado during the todd helton days comes to mind), but i'm seeing it all over the place the past couple seasons.