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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: 14
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 @ Giants: Lester vs Cain (Game 41)

Submitted by CTSteve on

Waiting for the word on Heyward…

Update: He has a nasty bruise and will be out 3-5 days. Meanwhile, Szczur is back and Ramirez is DFA'd.
CHC (29-11): LHP Jon Lester (4-2, 1.88)
SF (25-19): RHP Matt Cain (0-5, 5.87)
First pitch: 6:15pmCST

Lester lost to the Pirates on Sunday (6.2 IP, 1 ER, 9 K, 2 BB), thanks to the fickle Cub offense, which managed only 1 run on 4 hits. Lester is 3-0 with a 0.92 on the road so far this year. For his career, these Giants are 16-67 (.239) against him. Posey is 4-11, and Span is 8-23.

Cain had a rough and abbreviated 2015 (2-4, 5.79 over 11 starts), which he’s in the process of repeating. He was effective in his last two starts (15 IP, 3 ER against AZ and TOR), however, so don’t be surprised if he reels off a good one. The Cubs are 28-126 (.222) against him. Bryant is 2-5 with a HR.

Hendricks (2-3, 3.51) versus Bumgarner (5-2, 2.45) on ESPN tomorrow at 7:05pmCST. Sorry, cordcutters.

Go, Cubs!

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Submitted by johann on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 05:55 pm

Per Jesse Rogers Cubs still awaiting MRI results but Heyward is doing better than last night and is with his teammates at the park.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 05:53 pm

Patrick Mooney ‏@CSNMooney #Cubs say Jason Heyward has a contusion on his right side/rib area and will not need to go on DL.

Submitted by Ryno on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 05:44 pm

1. Kind of strange to say this about a guy with a .611 OPS, but thank god he's ok and won't be going to the DL. What an incredible catch. The J Hey Kid. 2. What did I miss with Neil Ramirez? He was serviceable, wasn't he? I just remember him being put on the bereavement list abruptly, but then I didn't see him.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 05:52 pm

im just glad it's not his shoulder. he's already a weak hitter who's having issues this season...last thing he needs to deal with is something else screwing with his swing. no amount of great D in RF can make up for his bat losing any more value. a good part of his contract was based on his age, health, and the prospect of maybe returning more of the power he had years ago. hopefully he's not gonna be rushed and he's physically ready to come back so he's swinging without compensating/over-stressing other parts of his body.

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Submitted by Charlie on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 05:38 pm

I'm skeptical that a Ramirez DFA means Ramirez is done with the Cubs. Lots of walks this year, but also a ton of K's and still not quite 27, and not a free agent until 2021. Meanwhile the Cubs are still carrying around Clayton Richard and Travis Wood, both free agents at the end of the year. Could a DFA just give them more time to figure out a move they might like to make while also enjoying Szczur's services during the Heyward injury? I thought a team can retract a DFA'd player within 10 days. Seems like something AZ Phil could answer.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 05:56 pm

CHARLIE: The only time an MLB club can add a player back to its MLB 40-man roster after the player has been Designated for Assignment is during the MLB regular season when the player is Designated for Assignment for the purpose of removing the player from the 25-man roster while Optional Assignment Waivers are secured. 

For example, if Ramirez had minor league options left (he does not), he could have been Designated for Assignment for the period of time (47 hours) it takes to run a player through Optional Assignment Waivers (which are revocable if a claim is made, so players are almost never claimed off this type of waivers). Then he could be returned to the club's 40-man roster and optioned to the minors once Optional Assignment Waivers are secured AS LONG AS the club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) wasn't full when the player was Designated for Assignment AND the player's slot on the club's MLB 40-man roster wasn't taken by another player after the player was Designated for Assignment. But again, Ramirez has no minor league options left, so Optional Assignment Waivers do not apply here. 

Since Ramirez is out of minor league options, the Cubs have ten days to either trade him, send him outright to the minors, or release him. And before he can be sent outright to the minors, Outright Assignment Wivers would have to be secured, and unlike Optional Assignment Waivers, Outright Assignment Waivers are irrevocable (waiver request cannot be withdrawn if player is claimed). 

And while the Cubs technically have ten days to either trade him, outright him, or release him, they really only have eight days to trade him, because it takes two days to run a player through waivers, and so if he isn't traded by the 8th day of the DFA, the Cubs would have to place him on Outright Assignment Waivers at 2 PM (Eastern) on the 8th day, and a player can't be traded while he is on waivers. 

I doubt that the Cubs would place Ramirez on Outright Assignment Waivers and risk losing him for the $20,000 waiver price. He has more value than that. And I doubt that the Cubs would be able to get Ramirez through waivers without him being claimed, either, and they almost certainly know that. 

So if I had to guess, I would say Ramirez will probably get traded sometime in the next week (by a week from tomorrow) for either a player on the other club's 40-man roster who does have minor league options left, or for a minor league player with some upside who is not on an MLB 40-man roster, or for a PTBNL (or cash) with a substantially higher cash option than the $20,000 waiver price. 

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 05:18 am

"What did I miss with Neil Ramirez? Guessing you might have missed the chronic bicep and shoulder issues. July 18, 2011 Rangers prospect right-hander Neil Ramirez (shoulder) will be shut down for 7-10 days. July 24, 2013 Neil Ramirez has been placed on the disabled list at Double-A Frisco because of a bicep strain. July 29, 2014 Cubs placed RHP Neil Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right triceps muscle. April 17, 2015 Cubs placed RHP Neil Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 16, with right shoulder inflammation May 27, 2015 Neil Ramirez is still feeling soreness in his ailing right shoulder. July 29, 2015 Neil Ramirez could be placed back on the disabled list due to recurring right shoulder issues.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 05:38 pm

lester done after 2.2ip...yow. far from his A-game today. shortest start by a cub starter this season. last time a cubs starter went less than 5ip was last september (ham).

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 05/21/2016 - 05:00 pm

This "I refuse to take a walk" approach from Almora has got to be seriously pissing Theo off. Almora was Theo's first pick in Theo's Cubs job, Theo is Mr. OBP, and the kid simply refuses to take a BB. Really remarkable. Either that, or AAA pitchers have had remarkable command when facing him over the past month.

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 05/22/2016 - 05:00 am

it was a draft where most cubs fans seemed more interested in the 3 pitchers the cubs picked behind him...not because they expected them to be future aces on the cheap, but because almora was a "boring" contact-speed-defense CF'r. no one was expecting him to turn into a power hitting machine, or an ob% machine, or steal 50 bases, etc...he didn't walk in highschool, either (but he did hit like .600). after correa/buxton/zunino (1,2,3) there wasn't much people were hyped about except appel (who was hyped beyond all 3 guys who went first)...and appel did an awesome job tanking his value with his demands. zimmer and gausman (both with good hype) went before the cubs picked. there were some guys with good hype expected to go later than the cubs slot that are better than where their hype landed them...like giolito, stroman, and mccullers. giolito was getting really strong low-pick hype for a while, but his $$ demands and health (elbow) scared teams off. WAS gambled on him with their #16 pick and signed him for $3m just before the deadline to sign him. theo was spotted in town personally scouting stroman near draft time...so he was in consideration even if they passed on him. that said, if almora can come up and manage a .330-ish ob% with 30-ish doubles and 10-15 homers while playing his already very polished D in CF...that's a nice talent to have on the cheap for 4+ years. it's not what you're looking for out of a low draft slot 1st round pick, but the talent hype going into the 2012 draft wasn't very heavy after the assumed "no-brainer" picks of correa/buxton/zunino and m.appel (which turned out to be a years-long weird ass drama).

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 05/22/2016 - 05:04 pm

here's an article about how much of a gigantic liar almora is...from feb 18, 2016. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-albert-almora-pat… "I finally understand," said Almora, who batted .356 from Aug. 5 to the end of the season at Double-A Tennessee. "I love to swing. I love to get the ball in play. But now I'm starting to swing at pitches I can do damage. That's the biggest part for me right now, just to have that confidence knowing I'm going to get my pitch in an at-bat and not to get crazy with it. When I get it, do damage. "If I get it and swing and miss or foul it off, I know that I'll have another opportunity. ... I can go deep in counts and do damage.'' ...lulz

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