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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 eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
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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
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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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Phillies @ Cubs: Nola vs. Hammel (Game 97 Thread)

PHI (36-63): RHP Aaron Nola (0-1, 1.50)

CHC (51-45): RHP Jason Hammel (5-4, 2.82)

First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Hernandez# 2b

Herrera* cf

Franco 3b

Howard* 1b

Asche* lf

Galvis# ss

Brown* rf

Rupp c

Nola p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* c

Bryant 3b

Rizzo* 1b

Soler rf

Coghlan* lf

Castro ss

Hammel p

Russell 2b


Hammel gave up 1 ER in 5 innings for a no-decision in Cinci on Tuesday. He hasn’t won a game since he beat Washington on June 6. He’s 0-2 with a 2.98 since then. In his 4 career starts against the Phills, he’s 1-2 with a 6.58 ERA. They are 9-34 (.265) against him. Francouer is 4-9 (.444). 

The 22y/o Nola lost (6 IP, 1 ER, 6 Ks, 1 BB) to Tampa Bay in his MLB debut last week. He went a combined 10-4 with a 2.39 ERA in the minor leagues. The LSU Tiger was the Phills first-round pick in the draft last year. He was the fourth first rounder from that class to play this year--after Finnegan, Rodon, and our man Schwarber.
 

Go Cubs!

 

Comments

maddon ordered the team not to take BP today, fwiw. get no-hit, cancel BP the next day. moneyballs. it's PHI...the cubs should win even if they showed up at the park after spending the morning golfing and drinking.

Not to nit-pick with the last sentence but . . . Wasn't Conforto of the Mets also selected in the first round last year and had a helluva a game for the Mets last night? Looking forward to seeing Nola, he was this armchair GM's choice for the Cubs last season. Glad they didn't listen to me. Still, a polished, middle of the rotation starter that would have filled a need wouldn't have been the end of the world.

Nola debued first. I changed "is" to "was" which accounts for Conforto--which I was too lazy to check on. Grammar is never nitpicky.

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In reply to by Sonicwind75

for a "weak-ish" draft class, there's not only been some quick trips to the majors, but a lot of the guys still in the minors are doing really well. going into the draft it was pretty much a given who the top-3 guys were and they went in picks 1-3. it was a toss-up after that. it could end up being one of the best draft classes in quite a while.

Bryant misses a 3-rn HR by about 2 feet, then Rizzo drills a bullet right at the 2B for a DP. C'mon Luck -- we need ya on our side today!

wow...cueto to KC. missed the tweet bar notice from an hour ago...still...wow.

woo...fowler 3-2 game...back in it

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In reply to by crunch

..until more terrible Phillie players score off of one of our top 3 starters. #7 & #8 hitters, and the pitcher, on the worst team on baseball. Truly remarkable. Given the opponent, pitching match ups (including Arrietta/Hamels) and where the Cubs were in the standings, this has the potential to be the worst home series in a long, long, loooong time. Imagine what you could have got in Vegas for betting a Phillies sweep. Meanwhile, the Pirates win against Scherzer and the Mets are beating Greinke. Hope Joe has more magicians on speed dial.

This underlines my comment post-game yesterday. They overachieved until this point. I hope they can at least finish around .500 by the end of the year. I suppose the silver lining is Theo will not be pressured to give up choice prospects for a rental player this year.

d.ross warming in the pen...looks like we get a clown show to finish up this game. cubs down by 9...sigh. cubs down by 7...woo a.russell HR (1st since june 17).

Rough weekend. Worst offense in the NL beats our 3 top starters. We can't beat Jerome Williams. Motte blows a save and our two All-Stars can't get the winning run in from second in the 9th to help him out. Hey, it happens. Who's up next? Oh, good! A last place team is coming to town....and they have scored 10 runs through 3 innings so far today. Cue the scary music. May be time for Joe to set a curfew for the kids -- Cubs are now 4 under in day games, +9 at night.

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In reply to by The E-Man

Actually, coming in to the weekend, things felt pretty good -- 8 games over, 4-3 road trip out of the break, great pitching match-ups against the Phils coming up, Schwarber!....then the tough loss Friday, get shut down by a good pitcher Saturday, and a throw-away game Sunday. And the Giants are on fire, which makes this weekend feel even worse. But, the Cubs have never been more than +9 vs. .500, now they are +5. Not that big of a swing. But, I agree -- other than Schwarber and Fowler, nobody is hitting much. On days that Ross catches, 6-9 in the lineup is pretty brutal. Early in the year, I think we were all surprised how much teams were pitching around Bryant and giving him nothing to hit. Now, they seem to be going after him more. It's as if he were a mythical figure that teams now realize is still a rookie with a huge uppercut. His BA and OBP have plummeted recently. Interesting race for NL Rookie of the year -- other than Pederson's 21 HR, nobody really has any eye-popping stats.

Let's put up a good week against the Rockies and ARam-less Brewers, and things will feel much better next Sunday.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    azbobbop: Yes. 

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    I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Very well played game all around tonight.

  • crunch (view)

    best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.

    little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.

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  • azbobbop (view)

    The level of conversation on this site is intelligent, reasoned and informative. Miles ahead of other Cub sites.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    This was Jaxon Wiggins previous "live" BP on 4/5: 

    JAXON WIGGINS
    ONE INNING (20 pitches - 10 strikes) 
    one batted ball in play (F-9 by Stevens)
    one walk (B. Davis) 
    one HBP (B. Davis)
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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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    JAXON WIGGINS
    ONE INNING:
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    no batted balls in play
    two walks (Suriel and J. Diaz) 
    three strikeouts (Carico, Lubo, and Escobar - all three swinging)
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    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
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    one WP 

    ETHAN ROBERTS
    ONE INNING 
    15 pitches (7 strikes) 
    two batted balls in play (G-3 by Carico and L-9 by Suriel) 
    two walks (Lubo and Carico)
    no strikeouts  
    no swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    eight called balls 
    one WP 

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    MAT PETERS
    TWO INNINGS 
    44 pitches (23 strikes) 
    five batted balls in play (F-7, L-7, F-7, G-6, G-3) 
    three walks 
    two strikeouts (both Lubo and both looking)
    six swing & miss 
    three fouls 
    nine called strikes
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  • crunch (view)

    wall stole a HR from busch...double.  nice to see him destroy a curve ball.

    upon further viewing, that might not have been a homer in too many parks...it had a lot of hang time, though.