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40-Man Roster Info

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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Great Moments in Awkward History

Not since some bright guy invited Stephen Colbert to the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinners, have we been able to witness a more uncomfortable public verbal flogging.

Hat tip to Big League Stew for the link.

Comments

I'm not sure if it's true, but I always think of Soriano as being a guy with very limited english speaking/comprehending skills. Assuming he understood what was being said, it seems odd that he'd just stand there. Unless he was prepped for what was going to go down and was complicent in the whole thing, he'd have been better suited to have just laughed dismissively and walked off. Very odd.

JR- "Well Miz is letting Soriano have it..." INTERUPTED by NWA "F#ck the Police" blaring over speakers. JR screams _"Wait a minute!! By GAWD!! That's Milton Bradley's Music!!" Bradley walks to ring with empty water bottle. JR- "Buziness just picked up!!"

Fonzi was likely paid to be part of that, at the very least his evening was comped by whatever lame group runs those things. If Fonzi had been told what the skit was, then he's an idiot for being part of it. But I doubt anyone told him, they probably were looking to take advantage of him. It's tasteless garbage from a phony sport with an even bigger PED problem than MLB. Check out this article about how many wrestlers have had steroids related deaths in a 10 year period, it's 60 something. http://www.ickypeople.com/2007/06/60-wrestlers-under-45-dead-in-last-te…

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In reply to by champsummers

they're not technically a sport and WWE, especially, has been very active for many years to brand themselves as anything but a sport. they steroid test wrestlers in washington state or oregon...i think oregon...not sure. anyway, you don't see much wrestling there. the biggest problem, though...imo...is how these people treat their pain. there's house shows (non-televised/taped) performances in between the TV stuff. most of these guys work matches 4-6 times a week and some never take much time off. it all looks choreographed and etc, but really...take all the fancy moves and keeping moving while the match is going on, the acting, etc...just imagine being picked up 6-8' in the air and thrown down for a living as a starting point then think about all the other gymnastic and stunt-man crap they do. lot of pills and booze. i'm actually surprised there's not more killing/injuring themselves with their automobiles before they get to the point where they're OD'ing on something.

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In reply to by Paul Noce

ah, it's just a bit of fun. he probably just got choice seats for him and friends, a really nice ride there, and food/drinks. the "heel" with the mic was just there to make damn sure everyone in the room knew they were supposed to hate him. it's a lot more classy than dressing sgt. slaughter up as an iraqi sympathizer during Gulf War 1 (the one with the nifty trading cards...war is fun sometimes). ...and yes, it's a classless sport...or entertainment...

Wow. A total setup and a shameless use of Soriano and the Cubs, but still hilarious. I don't think he could have handled it much better though. One wonders if this won't fire Sori up a little bit. :)

no wonder BB and Clemens are so crabby. ...it's the hot sauce treatment that makes em crabby. old style cure for crabs: cut away half the hair light the other half on fire smash crabs with hammers as they run from the fire to the hairless side

Sort of on topic, looks like the WWE and the Nuggets have a little conflict of dates. Both have booked the Pepsi Center next Monday, even though the WWE actually have a signed contract. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4176082 In it Vince McMahon takes a pretty good jab at the Nuggets owner. Not sure how they can move the WWE out of that spot now with so many tickets sold. Looks like the NBA will have to move the date of the game. It will be interesting to see this play out as McMahon will love the attention it gets and will be very hard nosed I am sure.

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In reply to by Paul Noce

I was reading Doug Melvin's statement to the press when he signed Catalanotto last week, and he said Cat was going to the minors and had to prove himself first. And from the latest article I linked to above, he's not coming up right now to replace Weeks roster spot. "One option to bring up from the minors is 2B Hernan Iribarren, who is batting .311 at Class AAA Nashville. But whomever comes out will not be a regular player. Melvin said he'd have a replacement by game time tomorrow in Houston. Melvin did say that shortstop prospect Alcides Escobar would begin to get some action at second base at Nashville in the event there is another injury. But Melvin said Escobar would not be coming up now. For the present, Counsell will handle the bulk of the duty at second with right-handed-hitting Casey McGehee getting some starts against lefties." And Bill Hall will still be riding the pine quite a bit, as they have Matt Gamel up now to take away Hall's playing time. Interesting times in Milwaukee. It's about time our division foes starting having their own share of injuries.

Inbox: Can Harden work deeper? (14-yr old chuckle)

This was so uncomfortable to watch. It would have been better if it had been Manny, A-Rod, Clemens, and their dealer getting ridiculed at the 'roid show. Also check out for things to do around Wrigley that don't involve lame wrestlers at mywrigleyville.com

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!