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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* 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: 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Saturday Funnies: Carlos Marmol is Nausea's favorite pitcher.

Pretty cool game last night.
Johan Santana vs Travis Wood in New York with the Mets in 2nd behind Washington in the East and the Cubs sort of a related development.
But whatever, Reed Johnson led off with a homer, got 4 hits and scored 3 times.
Jeff Baker hit one out, Alfonso Soriano went 2 for 4 and knocked one in (he's now 26 RBIs from 1000).
Geovany Soto got 2 hits to raise his average to .175!
But the star of last night's game was young stud pup Anthony Rizzo.
4 for 5 including a 3 run homer in the 5th off Santana and breaking the Mets' back.

Cubs up 8-4 and man are things ever comfy here in the 9th.
But then in comes Carlos Marmol.
Who throws for like another hour.
He gave up a couple hits including a homer, walks 3 in a row, and 3 runs.
When David Wright came up as the tying run I was...well I was with some friends sitting at the bar of a nice Italian place called Mia Figlia over on Devon.
Behind me is a roomful of respectable people - the kind who make an effort to dress nicely even though it's one hundred and three degrees outside.
They're all enjoying their excellent Italian meals and I thought man, if Carlos Marmol makes me hurl right now I'll ruin everyone's dinner.
He walks Wright, which was better than the homer I thought was about to happen, and it was then that I heard a familiar voice.
"Carlos Marmol is my favorite pitcher!" said Nausea.
It's never good to hear from that guy.
Finally, by the grace of the Baseball Gods some Met hit an easy liner to Marmol who tosses to first for a DP that ends the game.
Young Travis Wood gets to keep his W, and we all go home happy.
Except Nausea.

 

Comments

lengthy BP article mostly on Castro by Sahadev Sharma (also at ESPN Chicago)...
Castro is far from perfect, but with Rizzo garnering all the attention of late, it’s as if people have forgotten just how valuable Castro truly is to the franchise. The first symbol of the Cubs’ (hopeful) future triumph may have been Rizzo’s call-up to the big leagues. However, the most important step could come this offseason, when Epstein and General Manager Jed Hoyer should attempt to lock up Castro to a long-term extension.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17557

rizzo...that "out of sync" D. like castro, we gotta live with some of this stuff. it's not blatant ignorance...it's not laziness...it's just the things you learn over time and he's learning on the job even if he is more advanced in age than castro. he was out of position on a ball he assumed the pitcher would cover his bag on...the track of the ball should have tipped riz to return to 1st while the 2nd baseman covered it. even if riz got to the ball he'd have his back to the play and momentum going opposite of the play. ninja had a non-confrontational chat with him after the play. this all happened in a matter of seconds and it's just an instinct play. he'll "get" these things as he matures as a defender.

man on 2nd, 0 out...why is ninja swinging and not bunting? -edit- ground out to 2nd on a 2-2 count...runner advances...no harm. woo. also, fwiw his K-rate compared to ABs is pretty low for a pitcher (around 20%) this season...so that might be part of the thinking. also also, run scores... 1-3 top 6, 1 out.

Cubs Minor Leaguers Ian Dickson (@dicksoni), James Pugliese (@Pugs51), Roderick Shoulders (@RockBigFly24) and Tayler Scott (@taylerscottsa), who are all with Class A Boise, had a friendly competition with Class A Peoria third baseman Dustin Geiger (@D_Geiger) on Saturday while riding their respective buses to games. They tried to see who could get the most Twitter followers. The two sides raised the ante, too, with Scott offering a traditional African bead bracelet and the Chiefs offering autographed items. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120707&content_id=34…

rotoworld writeup... Carlos Zambrano struggled in a losing effort against the Cardinals on Saturday, allowing three runs on seven hits over his five innings of work. Big Z fanned four and walked two on the day. All of the damage came in the fourth inning where the first four Cardinals reached, including a two-run triple from Tony Cruz. After starting off the season strong, Zambrano has seen his ERA rise from 2.81 to 3.84 over his last six outings. He finishes the first half of the season with a 4-7 record and 75/53 K/BB ratio in 100 2/3 innings.

Vitters makes his 15th error of the season in the 3rd, low throw 1B-Lalli couldn't scoop it but C-Esposito backed up the play. The error lead to the Omaha run. Iowa a head 2-1. bottom 3rd. Smiley Caridad staring. Not sure if there is a problem with Chris Rusin who was supposed to start. Ty Wright on the DL with a stress fracture in his leg (he's been out of the lineup since June 29th)

I wish we had an AZ Phil of basketball around. I don't understand how the Heat can keep signing these guys. Now they get Ray Allen. I know he took half the money Boston I guess offered and he's 36, but don't they have a damn salary cap? The Bulls can't get a thing done because of theirs.

Recent comments

  • Charlie (view)

    I worry that Morel will lose starts at 3B as long as this roster lacks a compelling DH.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.