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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, ten players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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Cubs Down to 31 Healthy Bodies

Submitted by Rob G. on

I lost track there for a bit, but it seems the Cubs have moved 10 bodies since my last update:  D. McDonald, Javier Baez, T. Wada, N. Ramirez, B. Parker, B. Schlitter, C. Yong-Lim, C. Valaika, C. Wells and J. Sanchez. Wada was subsequently re-signed to a minor league deal today.

LOCKED IN (MOST LIKELY) - 23

Position Players: Castillo, Kottaras, Rizzo, Castro, Barney, Schierholtz, Ruggiano, Lake, Sweeney, Valbuena

SP: Samardzija, Wood, E. Jackson, Hammel, C. Rusin

RP: Veras, Strop, Wright, Russell, Carlos Villanueva, A. Cabrera, Grimm, Rondon

DISABLED LIST - 3

Fukijawa, Arrieta, J. McDonald 

ON THE BUBBLE - 6

Murphy, Olt, Roberts(NRI), Bonifacio(NRI), Kalish (NRI), Coughlan(NRI)

MOST LIKELY CUT OR OPTIONED - 2

J. Baker (NRI), E. Whiteside (NRI)

ALREADY OPTIONED OR RELEASED - 32

Soler, Bryant, Almora, Alcantara, Szczur, Watkins, Valdez(NRI), Pimentel(NRI), Jokisch(NRI), A. Cunningham, M. Hatley (NRI), Beeler, Hendricks(NRI), Rosscup, J. Vitters, B. Jackson, Christian Villanueva, A. Vizcaino, A. Rivero(NRI), M. Maier(NRI), R. Lopez(NRI), Baez (NRI), T. Wada (NRI), T. Hottovy (NRI), D. McDonald(NRI), N. Ramirez, B. Parker, J. Sanchez (NRI), Yong-Lim (NRI), B. Schlitter (NRI), C. Valaika (NRI), C. Wells(NRI)

Since most teams break camp with 13 pitchers, it appears all 4 left are gonna make the team; Rusin as your 5th starter, Villanueva to the pen(guess they could flip-flop) with Cabrera, Grimm and Rondon also breaking camp with the club. I'm presuming J. McDonald will find his way to the disabled list of course.

That leaves 2 spots open for the 8 position players in camp that I still consider on the bubble. Baker and Whiteside don't look like they'll dethrone Kottares for the back-up catching duties, so scratch them off. Valbuena is having too good a camp to be cut, so he will either take the majority of at-bats at third base if they're not quite ready to give Mike Olt the permanent job, or maybe act as a flex starter splitting time between 2b and 3b depending on match-ups. Regardless, his roster spot is safe, which leaves just the 2 open spots for Olt, Murphy, Roberts, Bonifacio, Kalish and Coghlan.

Unless Olt's shoulder needs some more time, I'd be surprised if he doesn't head north with the club. He's had a good spring and not much left for him in the minors to learn, leaving 1 spot for Murphy, Roberts, Bonifacio, Kalish and Coughlan. If they're going by spring training numbers, Roberts has the edge by OPS: Roberts (.767), Bonifacio (.695), Kalish (.689). Coghlan (.621), Murphy (.589). Positonal versatility may be the key, or at the very least an ability to play some outfield so the Cubs have a 5th outfielder, in which case Roberts and Murphy sink to the bottom with Bonifacio, Kalish and Coglan edging towards the front. Of course last man on is usally first man off, so don't get too worked up over it.

In other news, Castro took some minor league at-bats today and seems to believe he'll have no problem being ready for Opening Day which I presume the Cubs agree, otherwise Baez would probably still be in camp.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 03/24/2014 - 03:57 pm

veras and grimm with another bad night...though veras has been doing somewhat decent recently. boni 1-4 with his 4th triple of the spring. rizzo hit a single off a lefty, adding to his string of hits he's gotten off lefties this spring. b.schlitter threw 1ip and struck out 3 (1h, 0bb).

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 03:09 am

FWIW, Brian Schlitter was consistently hitting 95-96, and Neil Ramirez was topping out at 97. 

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 03:19 am

i still can't believe n.ramirez was the ptbnl in the garza trade... olt + cj edwards coming over as main pieces with grimm thrown in...and n.ramirez as icing on that trade cake? n.ramirez is better than grimm in that package and arguably better than olt at the time it was made...even with ramirez's injury concerns. he may end up in the pen given his injury past and inability to build a starter workload over his career, but that wouldn't exactly be a failure given he wouldn't have to hold back for stamina and could fully bring the velocity through his appearances. i hope he can make it as a starter, but i wouldn't mind seeing him in the pen...whatever works. i still don't understand wtf TEX was thinking with that kind of trade on a 2.5 month rental. i could understand olt OR cj edwards as a main piece...not both. grimm is a piece they could afford to throw in as a deal sweetener. ending up with both olt + cj edwards...with grimm...then throwing in n.ramirez...wtf TEX? even though garza was the best available to-be-had pitcher not under multi-year commitment, it's not the same situation the cubs were in when they picked up garza and had 3 years of club control (including a guaranteed 1 cheap year + 1 under-market valued year) tied to garza. TEX had a lot of spare parts in their minor league system and they didn't give up anyone they needed, but they really blew a chunk of those spare parts for this rental.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 03:59 am

Remember to add a level of old school Cubbery to "what ifs". More in likely the Cubs would have rushed Archer to the majors, he fails, they try him in the bullpen, then back to minor league rotation, mess with his delivery, add in a few minor injuries and he finally becomes a decent back end starter for the past couple years. The Cubs would now be looking to trade him for a prospect as part of "the plan." It's like having a mathematically equation that includes "times negative one" just substitute "times Cubbery."

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  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Have to admit I was initially disappointed the Cubs traded away the upside of Jackson Ferris but Busch is making a believer out of me.  If I still lived in midwest guessing we would have invented some drink special named a Busch Bomb at the local drinking establishment to celebrate his homers.  

  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

    i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

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  • Cubster (view)

    Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

    AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

  • crunch (view)

    You have to C it! (tm)

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

    Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

    Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

    Best pitcher: IL after one start 

    Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

    Noice 

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki 10d IL.

    right oblique strain.  ow.  that's generally more than a 10d thing.

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    Seiya on IL with an oblique strain

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