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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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Rockies @ Cubs: Chatwood vs Lester (Game 12)

Lester takes the mound in the rubber game to close out the opening homestand.
COL (6-5): RHP Tyler Chatwood (1-1, 4.38)
CHC (9-2): LHP Jon Lester (1-0, 2.77)
First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Lester came away with a no-decision against the Reds on Monday (3 ER, 6 IP). He was 7-9 with a 3.60 ERA at Wrigley last year. The Rockies are a paltry 20-103 (.194) against him. Gonzalez is 2-9 with a HR.

Chatwood lost to the Giants his last time out (5 ER, 6 IP). It was his second start after returning from the TJS he had in July 2014. The surgery was his second, with the first coming when he was 16. The Cubs are 8-23 (.348) against him. Rizzo is 2-3 with a HR.

The former-Cardinal Lackey (2-0, 5.68) vs. Leake (0-1, 6.97) in St. Louis tomorrow (7:00pmCST).

Go, Cubs!

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Nick Cafardo's sunday baseball article (nothing Cub related this week) has some fun facts about the Red Sox dilemma with Pablo Sandoval, who now has shoulder problems and is going to see Dr. Andrews.
We’ve heard stories from former teammates of Sandoval who have witnessed his food intake, and they say it’s legendary.
Sandoval’s former personal trainer, Ethan Banning of Phoenix, recently told the Boston Herald that Sandoval once gained 21 pounds in 21 days after returning home to Venezuela in 2011.
Sandoval lost 38 pounds prior to the 2011 season
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2016/04/16/nick-cafardo-what-…

More small sample size but fun facts from Paul Sullivan in today's tribune: Last Cub team with better run differential (+43) through 9 games: 1885 Cardinals are last in defense in majors going into the weekend with 12 errors. Pirates last in clutch hitting, stranding 88 runners in first 10 games.

Sunday: Fowler CF, Heyward RF, Zobrist 2B, Rizzo 1B, Bryant 3B, Soler LF, Baez SS, Ross C, Lester P Baez moves to SS, Russell gets the day off.

man...baez will swing as some crazy stuff...with all the self-control of an angry meth head having a seizure. soler and baez back-to-back sure is interesting to watch.

Heyward is a mess right now -- swinging and missing by a mile. Maybe a return to STL, and some night games, will help. Nice for him the team is off to a good start -- takes the focus off the big contract.

Relax.

Man, when the ball left Zobrist's bat, I thought we had a tie game. Dang. Tough game, but that Rockies pitcher had it going today -- always ahead in the count, but nothing in the middle of the plate.

Rizzo, Heyward, Zobrist and Bryant all hitting under .230 -- Cubs are due to break out the lumber in St. Loo. Fowler the only regular who is significantly above his norm. And they're 9-3. Nice!

Recent comments

  • 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

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...