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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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I'm not sure Twitter is for me

The other day, one of the guys sent out an e-mail to all the other writers at TCR. He mentioned that he had setup something called Twitter. I have heard of it and seen people around me using it, but I've decided that I'm sticking to Facebook. There is something magical about being able to endulge in something that would probably be considered a high school website and get so addicted to it that you find your grandma wants to be your "friend". That being said, I put the twitter out of my mind until I saw this:

WITH a cry of "holy f**king s**t", a US man is believed to have made history by "Tweeting" the aftermath of a plane crash just moments after the accident.

Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) user Mike Wilson was on board the Continental Airline’s 737 in Denver, in the US mid-west, when it slid off the runway during take-off yesterday. 

At least 58 people were injured after the Texas-bound plane slid off the runway – sheering its landing gear – and dropped into a 12m ravine.

A fire then broke out, damaging the entire right side.

Just moments after the plane came to a rest, Mr Wilson used his mobile phone to send a message to all of his Twitter followers: "Holy f**king s**t - I was just in a plane crash!”~ (View Full Story)

Since there is no news, I thought maybe I'd tie this into the Cubs is some sort of way. It's obvious that this Mike Wilson cat is addicted to twitter. I liken it to the addiction that we have with the Cubs. The other day I see AZ Phil's post about a new minor league coach with the name Pevey and I got excited. We're so thirsty for news that, in a sense, we're just waiting to swallow the first bit of news that comes over the wire. Things like twitter make that happen. It's there you get nuggets that say someone just saw Ryan Dempster running or Lou Piniella in Nordstoms with his shirt off and rumors begin to fly. "Is Ryan Dempster training for a marathon?" "Is Lou Piniella secretly a gay pole dancer?" Is that a good thing? I'm not sure. It certainly makes for an interesting transition to the new way news and media is reported.

I'm not sure when, or if, I'll rock the twitter. What I do know is that I won't be doing it as a plane is crashing, unless of course that plane is carrying me back home from a Cubs World Series.

 

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...and I'm sure investigators documentation now and will find this Mike Wilson at fault by interfering with the electronic instrumentation on the aircraft. Headlines? "Twitter leads to life sentence" of course he might be dead which implies his life sentence might be short.

"What I do know is that I won't be doing it as a plane is crashing, unless of course that plane is carrying me back home from a Cubs World Series. " A plane made of snow, landing in Hell?

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In reply to by jacos

Just a thought... The Yanks now desperately need to unload Nick Swisher, who is a switch-hitter and hits better from the left side. 2008 was clearly an aberration, as he is a legitmate 25-30 HR/.380 OBP guy. He is owed $5.3 million for 2009, with another $15.75 guaranteed through 2011. There is an additional $1 million buy-out for 2012. Instead of signing Bradley for 3/$30 and eating 50% of Marquis salary in a lousy salary dump deal, he trades Marquis straight up for Swisher. By doing so, he'd get his RF bat, and has an extra $4.5 million to spend on his 2009 team. He'd also have Swisher for the equivalent of 3/$12.175 (or $4 million per year), which would be quite a bargain. Swisher can play all 3 OF positions if needed, and plays a nice 1B too, making him a versatile player for Lou. He is also one of the best character guys in all of baseball, unlike Bradley. Hendry, for once, can buy low and sell high.

That seems to ring true, crunch. I was afraid of what the Yanks might do as I updated the 2008 roster of my baseball video game to reflect FAs and NTFAs. If nothing else, the Yanks shouldn't be competition for Abreu, which is nice.

I think Nick Swisher is Adam Dunn with less power. Also cost less so who knows. I wouldn't mind Xavier Nady for RF. I wonder how high the Yanks are on him? But i wouldn't mind one of the group of Nady, Swisher, Matsui, or Damon. Think we can convince them to swap one of them for Marquis? LoL. I can dream.

Mets and Lowe are now deep into talks... Angels GM said there's no way in hell Manny Ramirez will be an Angel.

I always liked the way Damon played...Great idea, Swisher for Marquis. As for Matsui, I don't understand why Soriano couldn't play right. His arm is his greatest defensive asset. Playing Soriano in right would give us several more options-Dunn,etc..

Taken from MLBTradeRumors: Per Joel Sherman, the Yankees -- "He says they'll now attempt to trade one of Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, Xavier Nady, and Nick Swisher." Awesome news. Nady? Swisher? Matsui? Suddenly, a whole new market for OF opens up.

Maybe Gorilla Matsui would help Fukkake break out of his funk. Question is, can Matsui play the OF anymore with his creaky knees? If he can, there's nothing wrong with his consistent 120 OPS+ in the OF. Swisher, OTOH, can play some CF if you needed him to, as well as some 1B. A more flexible option. He damn near grew up at Wrigley Field with his Dad, so maybe he'd like to play for the Cubs. I think I'd rather take a chance on Swisher than Milton Bradley's injury history. There's no way the Yanks will move X Nady though, they need that guy for corner OF.

Of course, Matsui has been banged up 2 of the last 3 seasons, and is 34...and prolly needs 20-40 games at DH to rest those creaky knees.

If the Cubs weren't really in on Swisher for the price on him in the first trade, why are they in on him now? Because free agent prices are up? Because they can trade with the Yankees instead of the White Sox? I'd love to get Swisher on the cheap.

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    For sure. This lineup isn’t exactly stacked as is, and subbing out a Cooper or even a Tauchman for Madrigal won’t do it any favors.

  • crunch (view)

    the ESPN bottom graphic taking up 1/8th of the screen sucks.

    i only use ESPN during baseball season and i'm forced to watch a baseball broadcast designed to be broadcast in sports bars and betting parlors where the news/scores of other games is as important as what you're actually tuned in to watch.

  • crunch (view)

    morel triple to start the season....yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    LHP Blake Weiman appears to have been the last cut from the AAA Iowa roster. He is with the Tennessee group at Minor League Camp.

     

  • crunch (view)

    bruce bochy is hobbling rather badly for a guy who's had 2 hip replacements.  his gait is extremely wonky taking the lineup card to the ump.

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • 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.