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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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An Argument in Support of Signing Jim Edmonds: It's Driving Cardinals Fans Crazy

From Bernie Miklasz, writing in Thursday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

The idea of the greatest center fielder in Cardinals history stumbling in wobbly pursuit of balls hit over his head is depressing. The reality that Jimmy will be teammates with Carlos Zambrano — who plunked him twice in a raucous game at Wrigley back in 2004 — makes no sense...

"He feels like he has something left to give this game," Cardinals outfielder Skip Schumaker said. "I'm happy for him. I still think he can play. I don't think he was ready to hang it up yet."

And then Schumaker said something that stings:

"I think he could have picked a few different teams he could have played for." That's right, Jimmy Baseball wanted to be a Cub. He didn't have to be a Cub — he volunteered...

I asked my pal Will Leitch, the editor of deadspin.com and a passionate but reasonable lifelong Cardinals fan. "I don't think Jim understands what this means," Leitch said. "By signing with the Cubs he may be thinking he's getting back at Cardinals management. But the fans who loved him — we're the ones who will feel this. The fan base is forever."

So let's move ahead to July 4 (when the Cubs will open a three-game series in St. Louis) ...

"Can we really give Edmonds a standing ovation when he's wearing a Cubs uniform? Can we really do that? I'm not sure we can," Leitch said. "Any other uniform, sure. It's easy. But THAT uniform? "And if we do give him a standing ovation, he'd better strike out and sit down."

Comments

Welcome to the Cubs! Once you arrive at the game tomorrow, please proceed directly to the corner of Clark and Addison, take down your pants, and let all the Cubs fans punch you in the nuts. Best of luck, TCR

what about the fun part... where you think he'll actually bat? soriano/theriot/dlee/aram/fuku/soto/edmonds/derosa is my guess. and btw, i still like the idea of giving the guy a contract...can he possibly do worse than pie? i dont think pie's junk but he's a bit overmatched and he's not going to get his chance to play out of it. he don't even get the split starts a good chunk of the time. btw...is ronnie cedeno dead?

it seems what's wrong with rich hill is really obvious and easy to fix. the bad news is it's lou and hill's fault, but mostly it's all in hill's mind. "Most of the blame falls on Hill's shoulders, but Lou Piniella's tough-love strategy is also partly responsible for his demise. Twice Hill pitched on eight days rest, something that would disrupt any pitcher's rhythm and routine. And even when he did take the mound, the quick hook always loomed. Clearly, Lou's unsweetened approach bruised the 29-year-old's fragile ego." ... "Outwardly, Hill has appeared frustrated, exhausted and dejected, but he refuses to accept the problem is mental. Instead, he says his troubles are the result of a flawed delivery." WHAT A LAZY BUM. "ALL" HE HAS TO IS ACCEPT THE ISSUE IS MENTAL. TAKE A PILL, SEE A SHRINK ABOUT THE FRAGILE EGO, AND *BAM* 3.00ERA BALL, BABY!!!! CONTROL ISSUES??? WHATEVER, PSYCHOS...THIS IS RICH "WELL ADJUSTED" HILL COMING AT YOU!!! and clearly lou just derailed the kid's career giving him 3 extra days off a couple times. yeah, me and a few others thought it was weird, but wow...we didn't know it was detrimental to hill's career and the 08 cubs on whole. thanks for ruining rich hill lou and...uh...rich hill! jerks. http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/mlb/news?slug=be-noise_050808

'FWIW' - A local [Des Moines] radio station talked @ some length yesterday w/ WGN's Dave Kaplan. Besides hammering on the Edmonds is anxious to jam a bat up the Redbirds' tail feathers angle, he declared that Pie is typically the last to arrive @ the ballpark & has acquired a rep as a lover of the Chicago nightlife, to the detriment of both his game & his standing in the Cubs' clubhouse; said he has a bad case of what the vets call, 'big league-itis'...

Interesting news Wellman......wait I thought Soriano was the egotistic, selfish, lolly gagging latin? Who would of thought it was Felix Pie! I guess it was easy to confuse the two....

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In reply to by MikeC

Well, Soriano and Pie are buddies! They probably party together.

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In reply to by johann

Haha funny you should say that, I actually saw Pie and Soriano together at a club called Funk (rush and division) last summer. They had the next day off, but it was still in the heart of the race. They were with four women in a roped off area. But I did take a leek right next to Pie. I was excited to see them until I realized that they were out drinking in the middle of the season.

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In reply to by Thisistheyear

But I did take a leek right next to Pie. I was excited to see them until I realized that they were out drinking in the middle of the season.

Mickey Mantle disapproves

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In reply to by Thisistheyear

What did Pie do when you gave him the leek?

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In reply to by Thisistheyear

"But I did take a leek right next to Pie." What are they doing serving leeks at a Rush Street bar?

With Lou and Hendry talking about getting a power lefty to bat 5th, does anybody else think that if Edmonds even hits a little we'll eventually see Fukudome batting 2nd or 3rd and Edmonds batting 5th or 6th? I wouldn't really mind Fukudome batting leadoff, but we all know Soriano isn't leaving that spot (and has been killing the ball lately), and I seriously doubt that Edmonds can hit well enough to bat higher than 6th this year. He'd make sense as our 8th place hitter right now. Pie and Cedeno were both young when they got their first real taste of Chicago. Maybe the Cubs should employ chaperons for their rookies under the age of 25.

Sure, Edmonds is a tool and his slow-down-then-dive technique of flyball catching is contrived, but the moment he puts on the Cubs uniform, guess what, he's a Cub! This notion of hating players because he once played for a rival is goofy. The only thing that matters is if he helps the team win. I could give a rat's ass if he "gets along" with Zambrano, just like I could care less if Zambrano wins 3 Cy Youngs and 2 World Series Championships with the Cubs and then ends his career with the Cardinals. The 25 guys who suit up for the Cubs on a daily basis are all I care about. Billy Williams played for the A's. Santo finished up with the Sox. Fergie bopped around. Sutcliffe and Sutter pitched for the Cardinals. Don't care. Never felt pains of regret at seeing these guys on other teams because my focus was on the 25 guys in Cub pinstripes. Most of us here have played sports and probably experienced playing against a former teammate or best friend (or even a family member), or playing with a former hated rival. You know what? As soon as that former teammate or buddy puts on that other uniform, he/she's the enemy. And as soon as that bitter, hated rival puts on your uniform, he/she's your teammate. You work together to try and beat the other guy. It's good to cheer for a player on your favorite team, but the moment that guy joins another team (MJ, Scottie, McMahon, Andre, etc.), he's kind of dead to me. The inverse, of course, is also true. I've enjoyed (somewhat fruitlessly) rooting against Edmonds, but now that he's in Cub pinstripes I'll root for him to help the team win. If he blows homeless goats, then I'll hope he gets dumped and root for his replacement. Besides, am I the only one who sees the poetic symmetry here? Can't you just imagine the image? A hated player from our most bitter rival pouring champagne over Big Z's head in a locker room in 5 months?? Wouldn't that make cosmic sense somehow??

Recent comments

  • 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

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...

  • crunch (view)

    wow.  what a blown call.  go cubs, i guess.