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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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Padres @ Cubs: Vargas vs Lester (Game 31)

Submitted by CTSteve on

I’m lovin’ it.
SD (13-19): RHP Cesar Vargas (0-1, 1.10)
CHC (24-6): LHP Jon Lester (3-1, 1.58)
First pitch: 7:05pmCT

Lester beat the Pirates to complete the sweep on Wednesday (5.2 IP, 0 ER, 5 Ks, 2 BBs). The Padres are 28-135 (.207) against him. Myers is 2-5 and Norris is 3-10, both with a HR.

Vargas lost to Colorado (6 IP, 1 ER, 3 Ks, 3 BBs) his last time out. It was the 24y/o rookie’s third career start. None of the Cubs have faced him.

Rea (3-1, 3.82) vs Hendricks (2-2, 3.10) tomorrow at 7:05pmCST.

Go, Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:29 am

It's weird to say, "Wonder how they'll find a way to win THIS game." Instead of that other thing. That I've been saying for 47 years.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:35 am

It's not minor league pitching he is having trouble with. You can see him struggle with his adjustments and they are the kind of struggles I like seeing. Yesterday (or was it day before?) he took a couple called strikes. He's trying to figure this out. Best place to do that is at the level he is struggling with. This team can afford to let him keep working on it at the level that is challenging him. He'll just go to the minors, tear it up, and not learn a thing.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:43 pm

Yes and no. Yes b/c he needs to "figure it out". No, b/c he is not still and, the more he struggles the less playing time he's gonna obviously get. Therefore, he may benefit from a minors stint to re-group and play every day.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 05:57 am

Jorge Soler has one minor league option left, and it's a 4th minor league option so Optional Assignment Waivers do not need to be secured before he can be sent down.

If Soler spends at least 45 days on Optional Assignment to the minors, the Cubs get an extra year of club control before he can be a free-agent (post-2021 instead of post-2020), but it wouldn't affect when he is eligible to opt-out of his current contract (post-2017) and file for salary arbitration (should he wish to do so). 

Shane Victorino has two minor league options left, but because he has as much MLB Service Time as he does (10+092), he cannot be optioned or outrighted to the minors without giving his permission (in advance). That doesn't mean he wouldn't agree to be optioned (or outrighted) back to Iowa, just that the Cubs can't do it unilaterally. It would be his choice, and if he doesn't consent, the Cubs would have to either release him or trade him (or place him on the DL) to get him off the 25-man roster. 

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:08 am

Albert Almora's slash is still okay--.318/.348/.458(/.806)--but he may be reverting to his swing-happy style. Note that his OBP is only 30 points above his BA. He hasn't drawn a base-on-balls since April 23rd, fourteen games ago.

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Submitted by Rob Richardson on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:30 pm

"Yeah, but when you're a pitcher, you're not just gonna not challenge a guy because of their name and what they can do. You can't play scared. This is a game. It's not, 'Here's your free pass,' you know? Sometimes it calls for that, but I think it's scared baseball." -- Nationals starter Tanner Roark, on the Cubs' decision to walk Harper. "It's happened before to me -- not at this level, but definitely when I was younger in high school, college, what-not," Harper said. "They had a plan. They stuck with their plan, and unfortunately it worked." Harper seems to be a pretty smart guy.

Submitted by johann on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:50 pm

Manfred just spoke on ESPN and some highlights: He spoke of pace of play with replays and while he wouldn't say what would be done he did say 4 minute replays were too long. He said about changing the DH rule in the NL he seriously doubted anything would get done to change it and doesn't think the support is there from owners. He supports the All Star rule about home field advantage and doesn't see changing it unless someone can give him an alternative that would still make the game as important.

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Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:29 pm

The All-Star game thing is maddening. It's supposed to be "important", but it's an exhibition game. No other All-Star game tries to make itself "important" -- they are meant to be fun and entertaining. Gosh, I don't now -- how about best record gets home field? Gives teams with a big division lead a reason to keep playing to win.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:07 pm

Going to the game tonight. I fear a) a letdown loss, b) rain delays or c) both. Still working on that "Cubs positive vibe" thing.

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:12 pm

fwiw...

@chelsea_janes Stephen Strasburg has signed a "significant long-term extension" with the Nationals, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:24 pm

Beginning on MLB Opening Day up through August 31st, a club can temporarily add a 26th player to its MLB Active List on any day where two games are scheduled, as long as the second game was scheduled at least 48 hours in advance. If the second game was scheduled less than 48 hours in advance, a 26th man can be temporarily added to a club's MLB Active List for the second game only. 

1. The "26th man" must be on the club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) or has to be added to the club's 40-man roster that day. 

2. The "26th man" does not have to be a pitcher. 

3. In the case of a second game being scheduled at least 48 hours in advance, the 26-man Active List limit is in effect for both games, but the "26th man" cannot be switched between games. 

4. A minor league player can be added to a club's Active List as the "26th man" even if he has not spent ten days on Optional Assignment (or Outright Assignment) prior to being added. 

5. A "26th man" can remain on the Active List and a different player can be dropped the next day, as long as the "26th man" was not called up from the minors prior to spending at least ten days on Optional or Outright Assignment. However, a player called up as the "26th man" prior to spending at least ten days on Optional or Outright Assignment could remain on the 25-man roster if the player replaces a player who is placed on the Disabled List (or other MLB inactive list) the next day.

6. If a player is recalled as the "26th man" and is optioned or outrighted back to the minors the next day, the "10-day rule" clock (prohibiting a player from being recalled until he has spent at least ten days on Optional or Outright Assignment, unless he is replacing a player who is placed on the DL or other MLB inactive list) does not start over again. However many days toward ten that the player spent on Optional or Outright Assignment prior to being recalled as the "26th man" counts toward the ten days.

7. The "26th man" accrues one day of MLB Service Time.

Submitted by QuietMan on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 05:43 pm

Tommy Birch ‏@TommyBirch Sounds like the tentative plan is for Montero to play four games with the Iowa #Cubs. Iowa begins a four-game homestand Tuesday. #MiLB

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Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 05:06 am

Catcher Miguel Montero will join Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday to begin a rehabilitation assignment and could be activated from the 15-day disabled list by this weekend. Montero has been sidelined since April 25 because of lower back tightness.
from the Tues AM Tribune, Mark Gonzales, confirms Montero info.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 05:46 pm

Addy -- that's why you look at the 3rd base coach and not over your shoulder at the RF when you round 2B. Sheesh.

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