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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

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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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Cubs Drop 8 More from Spring Roster

Submitted by Rob G. on

Brett Jackson, Josh Vitters, Christian Villanueva, Arodys Vizcaino, Zack Rossup, Mitch Maier, Armando Rivero and Rafael Lopez are optioned or reassigned...and there were 45 (I think).

LOCKED IN (MOST LIKELY) - 18

Castillo, Kottaras, Rizzo, Castro, Barney, Schierholtz, Ruggiano, Lake, Sweeney

Samardzija, Wood, E. Jackson, Hammel

Veras, Strop, Wright, Russell, Carlos Villanueva

DISABLED LIST - 3

Fukijawa, Arrieta, J. McDonald (NRI)

ON THE BUBBLE - 13

Valbuena, Murphy, Olt, Roberts(NRI), Bonifacio(NRI), Kalish (NRI), C. Rusin, A. Cabrera, Grimm, Rondon, Parker, J. Sanchez (NRI), Ramirez

MOST LIKELY CUT OR OPTIONED - 11

Baez (NRI), J. Baker (NRI), E. Whiteside (NRI), D. McDonald(NRI),  Wells(NRI), Coughlan(NRI), Hottovy (NRI), Yong-Lim (NRI), Schlitter (NRI), Wada (NRI), Valaika (NRI)

ALREADY OPTIONED OR RELEASED - 21

Soler, Bryant, Almora, Alcantara, Szczur, Watkins, Valdez(NRI), Pimentel(NRI), Jokisch(NRI), A. Cunningham, M. Hatley (NRI), Beeler, Hendricks(NRI), Rosscup, J. Vitters, B. Jackson, Christian Villanueva, A. Vizcaino, A. Rivero(NRI), M. Maier(NRI), R. Lopez(NRI)

Castro may end up on the disabled list when it's all said and done and I might be jumping the gun on McDonald as he said it's just shoulder tendinitis, but seems that it's going towards Chris Rusin getting that 5th starter spot out of camp while they await Arrieta to get healthy and ready. That'll keep Villanueva in the pen and 2 spots left for Cabrera, Grimm, Rondon, Parker, Sanchez or Ramirez.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 03/18/2014 - 03:26 pm

i'm more interested in the software behind it rather than the machine crunching the numbers. creating a custom solution software for a single organization would probably cost nearly as much as the machine, itself. there are metadata-defined data mining solutions that are already somewhat "out of box" able to do this (my former career) once you tell the modules what metadata is being pointed to...but i wonder if they're using an already made data mining solution or creating a custom piece of software.

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Submitted by CubbyBlue on Tue, 03/18/2014 - 03:25 pm

Couple years ago I was at a Cubs Convention listening to Oneri Fieita tell an entertaining story about how in the Dominican, the Cubs used to have goats "mow" the grass.
Tied up at a small stake, they'd eat the weeds in a circle, then someone would move the stake again and again til the field was mowed.
And that was funny.
It really was.
But it's astonishing what used to be funny.




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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 03/18/2014 - 03:01 pm

NCSU owned a piece of "junk land" for decades that they decided to turn into a golf course (a big piece of junk land). it was overgrown with decades of grass, weeds, and kudzu. they used goats to clear most of it...and heavy equipment to remove the kudzu base roots (they get massive). the goats were put in temporary pens and moved space-to-space until it was clear enough to be machine cleared/graded/etc. goats are pretty good at land clearing.

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Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 03/19/2014 - 03:49 am

I think this is an awesome idea and custom software isn't needed for crunching data. We're in the big data era now, and decisions are driven by analysis. Software packages already exist for this- stata, sas... there's a long list of them and in the hands of a skilled analyst, and given enough data, these systems can help make good decisions. And it would be a mistake to assume a system like this would contribute only to baseball decisions- you could determine the best nights to offer a bobblehead, or which concessions should be added and for how much, or what team colors are most appealing to fans. Human behavior is now being measured, predicted, and manipulated at the micro-level. The only problem with systems like this is the so-called black swans- those game-changers that we can't predict or see coming: PEDs, some data-defying superstar, _________ fill in the blank- the point is we don't know the next game-changer. That said, I think the Cubs ought to get on this bandwagon (if they aren't already). As e.e.cummings wrote- "while Gadgets murder squawk and add, the cult of Same is all the chic" ;)

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

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