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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are 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
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Cubs @ White Sox: Lester vs Pelfrey (Game 101)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (53-47): LHP Jon Lester (7-6, 3.95) 
CHW (39-59): RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-7, 4.46) 
First pitch: 7:10pmCST

Lester pitched a great game and beat the Cardinals his last time out (8 IP, 2 ER, 10 K, 0 BB). These White Sox are 23-81 (.284) against him. Cabrera is 13-45 with a HR.Pelfrey—oh, I guess he's with the White Sox now—gave up 1 ER in 5 innings for a no-decision in Kansas City on Saturday. Only Heyward (6-18, HR), Zobrist (1-9, HR), and Jay (1-6) have faced him.

Quintana (6-8) and Suter (1-1) in Milwaukee tomorrow night at 7:10pmCST for the Battle of the NL Central.

Go Cubs!
 

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:19 am

thanks to the linked b.anderson tweet in the sidebar i'm now familiar with b.anderson's twitter. looks like i finally found a good reason to miss him. there's gold in there if you dig around a bit.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:14 am

RACE FOR THE BOTTOM: If the MLB regular season ended today, this would be the draft order for the first ten picks in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft (and December 2017 Rule 5 Draft): 1. PHI 2. SF 3. CHW 4. CIN 5. SD 6. OAK 7. DET 8. MIA 9. LAA 10. NYM

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:44 pm

Was 15 - Mil 1 - 4th inning. Nats have 8 homers in 4 innings Brewers just letting the pitchers take the fall in prep for Cubs series

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Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:25 pm

I just love seeing that the Brewers used 4 relief pitchers to pitch 5 2/3 innings the day before going into a series against the team that just took first place away from them. Very big for the Cubs if they can force their lefty starting pitching to throw lots of pitches early and take advantage of the mistakes; and Cubs do very well against LHP. Edit: I guess they used 5 relief pitchers for all 8 innings, as the starter was new bullpen guy doing a spot start. Gotta think that they will be sending him and at least one other guy down for some fresher arms for their pen... Maybe so, maybe not...

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Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:03 pm

That's ok... If we get to them quick tomorrow, it puts them in a bad position that will take a domino effect into the 2nd game of the series and so on. If we get their starter out by the 5th inning tomorrow, can they bring all of the same guys out again? I doubt that, so they will have to go to guys they won't want to use in certain situations, which can bite them later on in the series.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:33 pm

Classic Dusty Baker -- Max Scherzer throws six innings and 109 pitches despite a 15-1 lead after four innings. Also, that was HR-HR-HR-HR-F8-HR for Nats in the 3rd off Blazek.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:47 pm

Question to ponder: Are the Dodgers the 2016 Cubs, or the 2015 Cardinals? Whatever, they are ridiculously good.

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Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:11 pm

I'm not so sure they will get any of those guys without giving up some of their best talent. Look what happened when the Cubs had tons of talent; every time they engaged in trade talks for pitching the other team was always so greedy it was hard for them to make reasonable deals. I think the Dodgers are very stubborn in trading away any of their top talent, which is why they always have rookie of the year candidates (and legitimately so), but they do need to realize they have to pay the price that's asked or they risk being another division winner and playoff loser.

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Submitted by nickel23 on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:44 pm

If they add Darvish the 2016 Cubs, if not the 2015 Cards if they play the Dbacks in the NLDS or inbewteen cause as they have enough to get past the Rockies but not the Nats or Cubs. If I were a Dodger fan i'd be upset that after the Urias ordeal that they insist they won't move Walker Bueheler who is 23 and already has had TJS surgery. I'd think Buehler, Willie Calhoun (their Schwarber but a likely a better hitter) and a pitcher they can stick in their rotation next year like Ryu, Meada or McCarthy gets a deal done with Texas.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:27 pm

Things that I like to see from the Cubs...that didn't seem to exist before the all-star break Leadoff double groundball to right side advancing runner Sac Fly

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:30 pm

oh lord lester... at least the out was recorded even if it killed a few worms from the mound to 1st. contreras, stay healthy.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:45 pm

j.jay takes one hard to the helmet. he didn't go down. he's acting like it's nothing. hopefully it is nothing. maddon is amused, but concerned, while checking on him with the trainer. jay is staying in...and hopefully he avoids the concussion DL.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:49 pm

Not overwhelmed with Cubs base running this year. Still can't get over trying to steal 2nd and 3rd with two outs in a one run game against the Cards last week. Caught Stealing with guy sitting on 3rd and one out is a little less aggregious, but still seems questionable.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:25 pm

schwarb is good at this DH thing. it's been weird watching him go from chubby-big to weightroom-big as the season progresses. he's not slim and cut, but his body is changing.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:39 pm

he'll never be speedy, but hopefully he can get conditioned enough to play LF regularly. even going from where he is now to "average" or close to it would be nice. he's teetering on being a liability out there. that said, aside from how slow he is, he's also newly getting used to the position. he's still got time to prove he can do it...or be mark trumbo.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:08 pm

I think he is improving in LF. You need to give him some credit there. Not great, mind you. But, Manny-esque and with the arrow pointing up. The cutoff throw to Russell to Willy got Matt Carpenter nailed against the Cards last week. That was a terrific play, as was his divng into the stands for the PO.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 07:50 pm

cubs win the crosstown cup! 1.5 game lead on the nl central...7 games over .500

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  • Bill (view)

    I would have kept Cooper rather than Wisdom, but at least I can understand why they did it.  In a team that lacks dominant power hitters, Wisdom can be a dominant power hitter, at least in streaks.  I suppose that there is always the possibility that the streaks longer in both duration and frequency.  I will be content if they essentially make a 100 % DH commitment to Mervis against righties and Wisdom against lefties.  When a regular needs rest, give them total rest, rather than a DH rest.  Do this for at least 2 months, and then re-evaluate at that point.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    This is Cubs adjacent but…


    Jordan Walker just was optioned by the deadbirds. For all the talk of the Cardinals development machine, they’ve really missed on a lot of can’t miss superstars lately. Walker has struggled. Gorman has been okay. They’re already trying to push Carlson out the door. Their pitching system has been so bad they had to go out and sign basically a full rotation over the last two offseasons.

    They’ve still developed a few of those pesky solid players, like Donovan, Edman, and Nootbaar. Their two best prospect to MLB players have been Adolis and Arozarena, neither of which is a cardinal.

    I hope they never figure it out again. Cardinal failure brings me such joy.
     

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

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