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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are 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

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs @ Pirates: Arrieta vs Niese (Game 25)

Submitted by CTSteve on

All hail, Jake.
CHC (18-6): RHP Jake Arrieta (5-0, 1.00)  
PIT (15-11): LHP Jonathan Niese (3-0, 5.08)
First pitch: 6:05pmCST

Arrieta, the NL pitcher of the month, won his fifth straight game in as many starts (5 IP, 1 ER, 6 Ks, 4 BBs) on Thursday against the Brewers. It’s nice when he opts to pitch like a mortal to give the other team a shot and make it feel like a real game. The Pirates are 28-115 (.243) against him. Joyce is 7-14 with a HR. McCutchen is 8-23.

Niese, the former Met, gave up 5 ER in 5 innings in Colorado his last time out but came away with a no-decision. The Pirates have won all 5 of his starts. The Cubs are 30-120 (.250) against him. Heyward is 9-28 with 2 HR, Fowler is 5-18 with a HR, and Ross is 6-22 with a HR.

In injury news, Heyward is day-to-day with right wrist soreness, but it doesn’t sound serious. Szczur is having an MRI on his tight right hamstring. He could end up on the DL.

Lester (2-1, 1.83) vs Nicasio (3-2, 3.33) at 11:35amCST tomorrow to end the roadtrip.

Go, Cubs!

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Submitted by John Beasley on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 05:53 am

Schwarber hurt, Heyward hurt, Szczur hurt. Let's see how many guys have to go down before Soler gets his job back.

Submitted by Ryno on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 05:28 pm

Ryan Kalish writeup (by Peter Gammons last November):
~snip~ At that point (September 2014), in a professional career that began in August, 2006 with the Red Sox, who had drafted him in the ninth round out of Red Bank, N.J. and bought him out of his football scholarship to the University of Virginia, had already had seven operations. Two on the hamate bone in his hand, the second to take out what the doctors who performed the original operation had left in. Two on his neck. Two on one shoulder, one on the other. Then, after the 2014 season he signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays. But when he began running and working out, but felt pain in both knees. So he had two more operations, on each knee, one microfracture procedure “like,” Kalish says, “Grady Sizemore.” That ended any chance of playing in 2015. But by the end of October, he was running and throwing and starting to hit and chase fungo fly balls… And Saturday afternoon was on a bus driving across Puerto Rico. “I’m too young, and I have too much fun playing baseball to give up,” he says. ~snip~
http://www.gammonsdaily.com/peter-gammons-a-healthy-ryan-kalish-starts-…

Submitted by johann on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 05:38 pm

There's an interview with Heyward up on ESPN where he says the wrist thing has been lingering and he just brought it up with the team as it didn't go away. So that could very well explain why he hasn't had the same hard contact recently.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 05:03 pm

roster shuffle official per Sun Times, Gordon Wittenmeyer on twitter...Szczur to DL with minor hamstring strain, Chris Villanueva to 60 day DL, Ryan Kalish to 40 man roster and gets the call-up.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 05:10 pm

tonight: Fowler, Soler, Bryant, Rizzo, Zobrisjt, Baez, Russell, Federowicz, Arrieta

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Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 05:52 pm

Seems an odd lineup -- Soler in LF and Bryant in RF? Two guys out of position? I guess Fed has to catch tonight so All Star Gramps can catch Lester tomorrow. Or maybe Joe just wants somebody else to catch a no-hitter. Would love to see KB get the power turned on. C'mon Jorge -- channel your playoff self!

Submitted by QuietMan on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 05:55 pm

excubs ‏@EXCUB_NEWS Jake Arrieta first Cub to go 6-0 in first six starts since Three Finger Brown in 1908.

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