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

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Cubs @ Cardinals: Roach vs. Wacha (Game 73 Thread)

CHC (39-33): RHP Donn Roach (7-1, 2.21 for Iowa)

STL (49-24): RHP Michael Wacha (9-3, 2.85)

First pitch: 6:15pmCT

Fowler# cf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Castro ss

Coghlan* lf

Baxter* rf

Roach p

Russell 2b

 

Wong* 2b

Carpenter* 3b

Peralta ss

Heyward* rf

Molina c

Grichuk lf

Scruggs 1b

Bourjos cf

Wacha p

The 25-year old Roach--we picked him up off waivers in the off-season--pitched mostly in relief for SD last year, where he went 1-0 with a 4.75 ERA in 16 appearances. He had one start (against AZ) in which he gave up 3 ER in 4 innings but avoided the loss. Lefties were 14-41 (.341) against him. Let’s hope he’s done some maturing since then. He induces a lot of ground balls, so our infield should be put to the test. He’s going to be on a very short leash.

Wacha managed to somehow give up 5 ER and lose to the Phillies on Sunday. He’s 2-1 with a 3.20 ERA lifetime against the Cubs. As a team, the Cubs are 18-50 (.360) against him. Castro is 5-11 with a HR. Rizzo is 4-11 with a HR.

Medina was optioned to AAA to make room for Roach on the 25-man roster. Rafael Lopez was DFA'd to make room for Roach on the 40-man.

Go Cubs!

 

Comments

btw, Cubs optioned RHP Yoervis Medina to Triple-A Iowa to make room for Roach. Roach's two mlb starts were tonight in Stl and in Colorado. He must just not feel lucky. and Cubs designate Rafael Lopez for assignment to make room for Schwarber to get some serious catching. Schwarber is catching tonight, so far is 2-2 with a single, double...and Homers in his 3rd at bat, to CF

There is no way in hell the Cubs can beat the Cardinals this year. There is still much work to do to be able to be considered on a par with this Cards team and organization. I'm sure Theo realizes this and will act prudently when it comes time to maybe trading for a starting pitcher. To mortgage something for a rental player in the hope they can win ONE playoff game - should it come to that - is probably not the best thing. How many years will we see this go on - with the Cubs getting their asses handed to them all the time - no one knows. It sure grates on my nerves. Fucking Packers - er Cardinals!

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In reply to by The E-Man

I couldn't possibly agree with you more. You can really tell this team isn't ready for the big time, even tho they have done pretty well against most good teams. They really have to scrap for those wins - and they honestly don't seem to be able to master the timely hitting thing. It's not time to trade Hammel again, but I hope they don't become buyers to the point where they start pushing prospects out the door. We've already seen that the hype on prospects is not quite what reality brings us. None of the prospects has established himself as a bonafide star, so it is silly to expect them to get far in the playoffs. I think Bryant and Soler will both become stars, but the rest are still big question marks. Well, Russell probably will, too. I have my doubts any of them will really end up with a dominant year this year, tho. This stuff takes time, and baseball is really hard, especially at this level. It can be maddening to watch at times, but Theo did warn us at the beginning of the year that there'd be stretches like this. So, he's aware. I'm thinking the farm is secure, unless a steal presents itself. EDIT: I'll self argue a bit and say that the 9 walk offs sort of belie the timely hitting remark, but mid-game, the RISP doesn't seem so good. A stats checker should help with this. I'm too lazy.

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In reply to by The E-Man

I agree. I will say there is no way the Cardinals are as good as they are playing tho. They'll come back to earth in the 2nd half. I've never seen a team absorb tragedy/injury like they are doing. It's really stunning. 2nd as far as Cubs being buyers the one thing that I wonder about and many of you especially AZPhil probably know more about this, but are there some prospects we need to think about trading for time of service / 40 man / rule 5 reasons? In other words are we going to lose some of them anyway so do Theo and Jed have to make some gambles. If so maybe a package for a pitcher is inevitable even if we know we can't beat the Cards. And yes the Cardinals are infuriating. Wow. We beat the good teams and pitchers, lose to the bad teams and pitchers, except for the Cardinals who just womp our asses regardless.

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In reply to by Carlito

...except for the Cardinals who just womp our asses regardless. Such a sad reality. The last year I can recall (and I'm too lazy to look it up) within the last 10 years where the Cubs got the better of them was 2007 when the Cubs took like 11 or 12 games from them. That was a beautiful feeling. But even that was 8 years ago!

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

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