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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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Bradley's Option Clause

Jon Heyman at SI claims to have seen Milton Bradley's contract, and says the clause that would automatically kick-in the third year is that he needs to spend fewer than 75 days on the disabled list in 2009 to guarantee the full amount.

When it was first reported, Wittenmyer said it was a multilayered set of clauses, so I'm guessing the wording and legalese is a little more complicated than just spending less than those 75 days, maybe there's something about it not being due to a specific injury.

Comments

imo...3/30m for m.bradley is an insanely cheap price, especially with almost any out-clause for the team (and none for bradley in case he's exceeded his pay value by year 3). i don't think he's fit for a NL team or everyday OF, but at that price...phew...wow. before "OH SHIT! WTF MONEY AND BANKS AND BAILOUTS!" people were kicking around 3/40m numbers as a starting point even taking the injury risk into account.

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In reply to by Rob G.

meh...they're not that big. it's amazing how far upper-body fitting clothing and bras have come just in the past 10 years. according to the "women of my life" bra technology was moving faster than CPU speed technology over the same time period. =p ...that and they say now many girls are willing to shell out more loot for 3-5+ "good" bras rather than having a dozen they shop for like guys shop for tube socks. go cubs. go bewbs.

From the same article, Does Heymann have a HoF vote? No doubt where he comes down on Ron Santo, "Personally, I'll be the one crying if Ron Santo, who fielded his position brilliantly and gave so much to the game, has to watch (Jeff) Kent get into Cooperstown before he does."

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In reply to by navigator

kent should be a 1st ballot HOF'r. this is "blyleeven-ism"...pure and simple. granted, no amount of kent-hate will keep him out of the hall after all he did while playing a decent 2nd...there's no "on the fence" with kent like bly... still...kent is a no-brainer HOF'r and kent not being a very friendly baseball guy with the media (and other players) doesn't take away from what he did on the field and at bat. the whole statement stinks, though i get the sentiment behind it...ron deserves it because he is a life-time baseball man who played damn well and stuck around for decades+ adding to the game. i don't think kent needed to be thrown under a bus to make that point, though...

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In reply to by crunch

if by 1st ballot, you mean any player worthy of the HOF should be a first ballot HOF'r because nothing changes from the first ballot to the one that they get in on....

otherwise, he's pretty borderline in my opinion....Ryno hit nearly as well with better defense and far more "fame" and recognition in his career and it took him a few tries.

I think Kent's personality is going to keep him out w/o any obvious hallmarks to back him up.

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In reply to by Rob G.

jeff kent is *the* HR hitting 2nd baseman by a not-close margin...high on the all-time-all-player doubles list, too...he's no biggio there, though. and overall it all looks solid...the avg/doubles/ob% and though he was a "hitter's 2nd baseman" he managed to play there for a long time and do it well enough to not be a liability. he wasn't in the mike piazza class of defender.

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In reply to by crunch

well yeah, during a time when HR's were quite inflated...anyone who made a name for themselves from the mid 90's to mid 2000's with power is going to have to have something else to get them in, even if Kent is pretty vocal about wanting blood testing.

Robbie Alomar deserves it before Kent...think he's up next season for voting.

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In reply to by Rob G.

the game's been played for a over a 100 years and he's #1 by almost 100 vs. his peers. it's not like we're talking overshadowing his peers marginally. ...and i dont think r.alomar has much to worry about HOF-wise at all. he was pure awesome in every aspect of his game even if he wasnt hitting 20-30 homers a year.

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In reply to by crunch

he's got plenty to worry about, he was a general malcontent upstaging umps and went from slugging over .500 to unable to top .400 during the PED boom..

all that shit will come up next year or whenever he's eligible...

I think he's a no-brainer to get in, but the writers have their own whacked out agenda, like giving Jeff Kent an MVP...

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In reply to by crunch

and I'm amused by your willingess to compare Kent to his 2nd base peers for HOF candidacy but it doesn't count for MVP voting...

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In reply to by Rob G.

WARP3's Sandberg 108.7 Alomar 132.6 Kent 110.2 Add 10 to Sandberg, 6 to Alomar and subtract 2 from Kent for baserunning, and that's about how they stand.

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In reply to by Rob G.

i don't see the connection, that's why. there is no argument on the planet you can make to me that would make mauer a MVP. your ideas about the MVP aren't in the public realm on whole and that showed firmly in the voting. ranking HOF members by their peers isn't an uncommon practice and is accepted without much debate.

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In reply to by crunch

common practice was to bat the fastest guy first and the most important stat was a player's batting average...

there's good reason to debate and question the common, often out-dated practices of baseball...

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In reply to by Rob G.

well, just go back to the first comment where i don't see the two related. i don't think we'll ever live in a baseball world where a guy like mauer can win MVP with a season like last year just because he played a hard position well compared to his peers.

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In reply to by crunch

i don't think we'll ever live in a baseball world where a guy like mauer can win MVP with a season like last year just because he played a hard position well compared to his peers.

really? why do you think Pedria won it? because of  the 17 HR, 83 RBI's?

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In reply to by Rob G.

and his D, and his running, and his playing in all but 5 games, and his average/ob%...and...because he plays 2nd but...while playing a 2nd helped him...it was everything else he did that got him to the point where him being a 2nd baseman made that aspect worth looking at. i remember saying pedoria would most likely win...lot of others, too. MVP is erratic in nature (1984 AL MVP, ted williams hitting .400 and finishing 2nd, *insert a dozen other ones*), but we're yet to see the kind of voting situation you subscribe to come close to being a reality. defensive handicapping just isn't on that level...yet. hehe...

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In reply to by crunch

sorry, can't let this one go...

your ideas about the MVP aren't in the public realm on whole and that showed firmly in the voting.

well yes, the people that brought us MVP's Jimmy Rollins, Andre Dawson, Sammy Sosa, Jeff Kent and many other head-scratchers don't agree with me...clearly I'm in the wrong.

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In reply to by Rob G.

no one said you're wrong...i'm just saying you're in a minority that's been around a while but seem to be getting nowhere. i'm not calling "flat earth society" stupid or anything...i understand the argument...i just outright reject it and it doesn't seem i'm in the minority on the issue. it's a philosophy issue, not a right/wrong issue...

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In reply to by Rob G.

Cause without McGwire they would have never made the playo....ooooh yeah. They finished 6.5 games out of hte playoffs in 3rd place. Sosa carried that team himself. And if it wasn't for Bonds in 01, Sosa would have won again.

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In reply to by Chad

last I checked baseball was played with anywhere from 9 to 20 players in any one game over a span of 6 months...

by your definition, Gary Gaetti deserved some votes.....

according to Randy Bush http://blogs.suntimes.com/cubs/2009/01/will_heilman_deal_end_peavy_ta.h… ''We've had no talks about Jake Peavy since they were well documented during the winter meetings,'' said Cubs assistant general manager Randy Bush, who was speaking for the team as general manager Jim Hendry returns from a trip to Italy. ''I don't anticipate anything happening with that.'' also says, Cubs won't even pick up the phone until ownership is settled. Same info about Bako and Rich Hill from earlier.

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In reply to by Rob G.

MLBTR

6:23pm: I just spoke to a source familiar with the Cubs' thinking.  Hopefully I can further douse the flames of the Peavy-Cubs rumors - the Cubs aren't planning to restart the Peavy talks, and none of their recent trades for pitching were related to Peavy.  Keep in mind that the team's ownership situation is far from resolved. - Tim Dierkes

 

"Of course, I think odds are high Rich Harden will be doing the Mark Prior-spring-training-DL-trip around March 20th routine because he wasn't quite ready when spring training began." lol!

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  • 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.

    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?

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.