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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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Cubs @ Brewers: Hammel vs. Jungmann (Game 102 Thread)

CHC (54-47): RHP Jason Hammel (5-5, 3.20)

MIL (44-59): RHP Taylor Jungmann (5-2, 2.14)

First pitch: 7:10pmCT

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* c

Coghlan* lf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Soler rf

Castro ss

Hammel p

Russell 2b

 

Gennett* 2b

Lucroy c

Braun rf

Lind* 1b

Davis lf

Peterson* cf

Segura ss

Herrera 3b

Jungmann p

 

Hammel lost to the Phillies (3.2 IP, 6 ER) on Sunday. He’s only allowed more than 2 ERs only twice over his last 8 starts but has no victories to show for it. He’s 4-2 with a 2.21 in night games. The Brewers are 23-86 (.267) against him. Davis is 3-10 with a HR.

Jungmann had won his last three games before losing in Arizona (6 IP, 2 ER) his last time out. He’s 1-1 with a 1.59 ERA at home. None of the Cubs have faced him.


Today, the Cubs acquired Dan Haren and cash from Miami for Ivan Pineyro and Elliot Soto. Ben Rowan was DFA’d to make room on the roster. Haren just pitched, so we’re still in need of a starter for Sunday. The Cubs also traded Junior Lake to the Orioles for Tommy Hunter.

The big winners are: Dombrowski and the Tigers, for knowing when you’re going to fall short and having the stones to retool; the Mets for finally pulling the plug on something to shut up their fans; and the Padres, for being responsible for 70% of the chatter and 0% of the action. The big loser was me, for wasting an(other) entire afternoon on Twitter.
 

Go Cubs!

Comments

enough time has passed that it's doubtful there's any late-coming "woah" trades left unreported. i'd rather have wada up than haren as the 5 starter, but at least there's now an injury replacement option between wada/haren if anyone else goes down. it opens up options and it cost nothing of high value. adding hunter to the pen is nice for his price. probably not a high impact addition, but he strongly upgrades the pen vs current available alternatives.

I'm thinking Dave Stewart is full of shit @Gambo987: Dave Stewart tells Burns and Gambo the Padres wanted Paul Goldschmidt from the Dbacks for closer Craig Kimbrell....WOW

Cubs send OF Mike Baxter outright to Iowa.

As an Article XX-D player, Baxter has the right to elect free-agency immediately, or he can defer it to the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season (unless he gets added back to an MLB 40-man roster in the meantime). 

future HOF'r m.olt hit a triple tonight in iowa...lulz. in case anyone's been missing it, he's on a hell of a tear after getting a slow start coming back from his hand issue.

3 in a row :D ...and SF lost. 1 game back of their 2nd WC slot.

Very nice "taking care of business" win tonight. Scored 3 against a good starting pitcher, and our pitchers held down their weakened lineup. More like that, please.

Coming up schedule is gonna be very interesting with Bucs and Giants. Five years since August has been interesting... Keep it going Riz and Castro!

Maybe now that the trade deadline is over Starlin is going to relax and be an OPB guy like Mallee wants him to be. Turns on sarcasm font.

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In reply to by Old and Blue

I actually do think he will relax and improve a little. I don't think this is the same as 2013 though. I think he's confusing himself right now ... I don't feel like an approach is being put on him, and Theo and Jed aren't idiots, they saw 2013 too. I just think he needs to chill out ... maybe it's just an adjustment to the pressure of games that matter. Nice defensive plays last two games too.

BP article by Sahadev Sharma on Addison Russell's improvement since the All-Star Break, switching away from a toe-tap to a leg kick (article has some nice videos)...
"I just felt like I was getting tied up inside a little bit," Russell said when asked about his different look at the plate. "I felt like I wasn't seeing the ball well, but ever since I switched to the leg kick—which was right after the All-Star Break—it's working out tremendous. It quickly felt right. I was talking to (hitting coach) John Mallee and he said, 'That's you.'" Russell is slashing .308/.364/.425 in the 12 games since the break. It's not the type of hot stretch that many would take notice of, but it's not just the results that have Russell optimistic that the change is the right move. "I started switching it up a little bit, I'm seeing the ball fantastic, I'm barreling the ball up," Russell told me. "The thing is, I'm just missing them, I'm catching everything out in front, but it's definitely a step forward. I'm tapping into a little bit more power with the leg kick and also it's putting me in a better position to hit. I'm not getting my foot down early, I'm just doing what comes natural to me and it's working."
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=27099
Russell not only sought out a coach to discuss an adjustment he thought might work, but he worked hard with that coach to implement those adjustments, quickly worked it into gameplay, and has been steadily improving ever since. That's not just a good sign for Russell and the Cubs in 2015, but it could lead to the young infielder tapping into his elite talent, ensuring he reaches his high ceiling.

CCO says that Clayton Richard will be called up to start Sunday's game vs Brewers Junior Lake went to AAA Norfolk (Orioles).

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In reply to by Cubster

all of this is 100% legit. DFA wada. seriously, i know the guy isn't going to throw 120 pitches a game, but i'd be willing to bet he can do a better job over 5-6 innings than beeler/clayton. btw, wada is getting his 11th AAA "rehab" start tonight (12th counting his single AA rehab start).

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it