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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 @ Brewers: Hendricks vs. Garza (Game 103 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (55-47): RHP Kyle Hendricks (4-5, 3.81)

MIL (44-60): RHP Matt Garza (5-11, 5.20)

First pitch: 6:10pmCT

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* c

Coghlan* lf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Soler rf

Castro ss

Hendricks p

Russell 2b

 

Gennett* 2b

Peterson* cf

Braun rf

Lind* 1b

Davis lf

Segura ss

Perez 3b

Maldonado c

Garza p

 

Henricks didn’t have his best stuff on Monday against the Rockies (5 IP, 4 ER) but left with a lead. The Cubs went on to win 9-8. That makes six times this season he has left with a lead but received a no-decision. Hendricks pitched in Milwaukee on May 10, keeping them off the board for 5.1 in a game the Cubs would lose 3-2. He’s 3-3 with a 4.31 on the road this year. In 3 career starts against the Brewers, he’s 2-0 with a 0.98. The Brewers are 12-48 (.250) against him. Khris Davis is 3-7.

Garza has had a dreadful season. He lost in AZ (5.2 IP, 3 ER) his last time out. July (1-1, 3.57) has been his best month so far. He’s pitched better at home (2-6 with a 4.14). Garza is 1-2 with a 4.50 against the Cubs. The Cubs are 25-81 (.309) against him. Coghlan is 5-12.

Richard goes tomorrow vs. Lohse. Looking ahead to the big series with the Pirates, we’ll likely see Lester vs. Liriano, Arrieta vs. Happ (who was just acquired to fill in for the DL'd Burnett), and probably Haren vs. Locke. Missing Cole: sweet. And unless something changes, we’re not going to see Bumgarner, who’s on track to pitch in Atlanta the day before the Giants hit Wrigley. 

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:10 pm

funky cold optioned to iowa...haren to start on wednesday. montero joining AA to start rehab tomorrow.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:04 pm

RHRP Yoervis Medina was Designated for Assignment to make room on the Cubs 25-man roster for Tommy Hunter. (Hunter takes Junior Lake's slot on the 40-man roster).

Optional Assignment Waivers must be secured before Medina can be optioned to the minors, and although Optional Assignment Waivers had been secured in the previous waiver period (and once secured, the waivers were good for the entire waiver period), that waiver period ended yesterday at 4 PM (Eastern), and therefore the waivers have expired. So now the Cubs will need to run Medina through Optional Assignment Waivers in the new waiver period (and that takes two days) before he can be optioned to the minors.

The key to making this procedural move is that because the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) was full when Medina was Designated for Assignment, another player cannot replace Medina on the 40-man roster while he is Designated for Assignment (or else he cannot be returned to the 40-man roster and be optioned to the minors). So expect the Cubs to go with a 39-man Reserve List until Optional Assignment Waivers are secured, and then Medina will be returned to the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) and can be optioned to Iowa (probably on Monday or Tuesday).

BTW, that is NOT the case with RHRP Ben Rowen, who was Designated for Asignment to make room on the Cubs MLB 40-man roster for Dan Haren. So because Rowen was replaced on the 40-man roster by another player after he was Designated for Assignment, he cannot be optioned to the minors. He must be either sent outright to the minors, traded, or released.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:59 pm

per Sun-Times GordWittenmeyer: LaStella's rehab assignment slowed by "soreness" in the same oblique area of original injury. Club doesn't believe it's serious. Muskat's tweet says same info and he will play sunday. Easter bunny is real serious too.

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Submitted by johann on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:10 pm

Motte:-( But yeah it's nice to see the Cubs with the stellar, knife in the heart defense. And for anyone that didn't see it, Soler jumped up and robbed the Brewers of a 2 run HR in the 9th inning with the Cubs up 4 to 1 and Motte on the mound looking bad again.

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:12 pm

Another good "taking care of business" win. Schwarber is very exciting -- it's also very nice to be left-handed. But, Motte's time seems to be about up -- his velocity seems to be down a few mph -- more 94-95mph than the 96-97 I remember earlier in the year, and he throws nothing but fastballs -- not a good combination.

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:20 pm

I like the way Maddon handled the 9th -- gave Motte a chance, but got him out of there before another 4-run meltdown. And Soler!! Thank god he didn't break his leg on the way down....

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:23 pm

Wada got knocked around at Iowa tonight -- 6IP, 9 hits, 5 ER.... Javy 2-5 with a 2B and 3 RBI so far.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:37 pm

Tsuyoshi Wada's Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment expires on Thursday, so the Cubs will need to decide within the next two or three days whether to activate him from the DL and return him to the 25-man roster, trade him, release him, or try and convince him to accept an optional or outright assignment to the minors. 

Just as a point of information, Wada accepted optional assignments to the minors in 2013 (with Baltimore) and again last year (with the Cubs), so it's not for sure that he won't consent to getting sent to the minors. (As a vested NPB player, Wada has Article XX-B rights, just like an MLB player with six-plus years of MLB Service Time, so he canjnot be sent to the minors without his consent). 

The sticking point this time around might be Wada's $2M in potential performance bonuses, which he can't reach if he's pitching at AAA. So the Cubs might have to guarantee some or all of the $2M to get him to agree to a minor league assignment this time. 

The further question is what the Cubs plan is for Wada now that Dan Haren has been acquired. Obviously it would be nice to have Wada as a fall-back option at AAA in August and September (and in the post-season, if the Cubs get there) in case a starter goes down with an injury, but his $4M salary (plus the additional $2M in performance bonuses) is a lot pay a guy to be an emergency Plan "B" (or even Plan "C") at AAA (it would appear that Clayton Richard is presently the Plan "B"). 

I would think if nothing else Wada would get some interest from the also-rans who traded away starting pitchers at the dealine, so if the Cubs can't convince him to accept a minor league assignment, they might be able to trade him. 

Submitted by cubbies.4ever on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:02 pm

Will somebody please explain to me why Theo keeps DFA/Outrighting all of these younger players (Donn Roach, Gonzalez Germen, etc) and then lose them, yet they still have Schlitter on their 40-man sitting at Iowa. If they lose Medina then the Wellington Castillo trade was a waste.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:35 pm

Ok I will try to explain it to you: Donn Roach is bad. Germen is 27 years old now and not much of a prospect - 1st as a starter, now a reliever, He had a WHIP of over 2 in a short stint with the Cubs big club, and is over 1.5 in Colo. Just not worth a roster spot with better options coming. Medina I suspect the Cubs will try to pass through waivers. Theo took a flier on him as we needed bullpen help, had a surplus of catchers, and Welly - well, his offense wasn't great, and defense wasn't great either. We have upgraded our catchers with experience, framing, and more offense. After a mediocre year last year, and early with the Cubs 2015, he also stunk in Seattle. Happy to see he's doing better with the D-Backs. Plus, the circumstances gave Schwaber a chance to get his feet wet. They are soaked. Schlitter is a head scratcher...but he has been rebooted in Iowa. I never want to see him again, frankly. Or Medina for that matter.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:44 pm

Yoervis Medina just needs to be run through Optional Assignmernt Waivers before he can be optioned to the minors. Optional Assignment Waivers (like Trade Assignment Waivers) are revocable, so it's basically a procedural move, because in practice clubs almost never claim players off Optional Assignment Waivers (although it is possible). So I don't think the Cubs will lose Medina off waivers, although there are no guarantees.

The Cubs will need to make another roster move tomorrow (Sunday), when Clayton Richard will be recalled from Iowa and get the start versus the Brewers. Richard is already on the Cubs MLB 40-man roster (he was Designated for Assignment last week but was returned to the 40-man roster after Optional Assignment Waivers were secured and he gave his consent to be sent to the minors), but somebody will have to be moved off the 25-man roster.

If there are no obvious candidates for the 15-day DL, then I would guess it will probably be Taylor Teagarden, and the Cubs will go with 14 pitchers and two catchers until Miguel Montero completes his minor league Rehab Assignment.

If it is Teagarden, he is out of minor league options, and so he would have to go through Outright Assignment Waivers (which are irrevocable) if the Cubs want to send him back to Iowa. And he could get claimed by a team in need of a veteran back-up catcher, which would leave Luke Carlin as the only catcher at Iowa with MLB experience.

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Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 08:24 am

AZ Phil: I was expecting Teagarden to go to Iowa once Montero rehabs as the most obvious roster swap. The use of Richard strikes me as a bit of a shorter term dilemma as to who moves off the roster. Can you conjure up a prediction to bridge the gap between Richard today and Montero's call up? As I see it, options include using the DL for some minor issue but it looks like they don't have anyone with options that could be manipulated for the "one start" call up. Are Soriano or Motte at risk of going away? James Russell? Madden loves Herrera (and he's actually been useful). The roster is as near to fully functional as I have seen in quite a while. Adding a bat in August (see the Chase Utley twitter box article)? Making room for Javy Baez? Javy went 3-6 with 3 rbi's last night including a double. The roster is very interesting outside of Teagarden and they already have gotten their game winning hit out of him.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 08:43 am

CUBSTER: Because Clayton Richard (presumably) won't be needed to start again anytime soon after today, and since he won't be able to work out of the bullpen until mid-week, and because even Joe Maddon probably won't want to go with 14 pitchers for more than a day or two, I think it's most-probable that OF Matt Szczur or 1B-3B Mike Olt will be recalled tomorrow and be the 25-man roster "bridge" between Clayton Richard and Miguel Montero, although Javy Baez and Arismendy Alcantara are possibilities, too.  

So it's likely that Richard will make his start today (Sunday) and then be Designated for Assignment tomorrow (again, only because Optional Assignment Waivers must be secured all over again in the new waiver period) and then be optioned back to Iowa once Optional Assignment Waivers have been secured (probably by Wednesday, presuming Richard is still OK with being sent to the minors, since he has five-plus years of MLB Service Time and must give his consent before he can be sent to the minors). 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 08:11 am

Contrary to what it being reported at mlb trade rumors, Taylor Teagarden was not Designated for Assignment to make room for Dan Haren. Rather, Teagarden was Designated for Assignment to make room on the 25-man roster for Clayton Richard. (Since Richard was already on the 40-man roster, the Teagrden DFA only applies to making room for Richard on the 25-man roster).

Ben Rowen was Designated for Asignmebnt on Friday to make room for Dan Haren on both the 40-man roster AND the 25-man roster.

Tommy Hunter took Junior Lakes's slot on the 40-man roster on Friday and Yoervis Medina's slot on the 25-man roster when he reported to the Cubs on Saturday. (The Cubs played with a 24-man active roster Friday night).

Yoervis Medina was Designated for Assignment so that he can be run through Optional Assignment Waivers, then he will be returned to the 40-man roster and be optioned to Iowa (probably on Monday)

Clayton Richard will likely be Designated for Assignment on Monday so that he can be run through Optional Assignment Waivers, and then he will be optioned back to Iowa (presuming he gives his consent) probably on Wednesday.

So once the DFA smoke clears (probably by Wednesday), the Cubs will end up with 39 players on their MLB Reserve List (one slot will be open).

As I've mentioned previously, the Cubs must decide by Thursday what to do with LHSP Tsuyoshi Wada. His 30-day Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment will expire on Thursday, at which point the Cubs will need to either reinstate him to their MLB 25-man roster, or DFA him and then have up to ten days either trade, release, or send Wada to the minors (after Optional Assignment Waivers have been secured Aand then only if he gives his consent to be sent to the minors).

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 08/02/2015 - 08:09 pm

Matt Szczur is not in the starting lineup for Iowa tonight (but Olt, Baez, and Alcantara are), so it looks like Szczur will probably get recalled tomorrow and replace Clayton Richard on the Cubs MLB 25-man roster (at least until Miguel Montero is ready to be reinstated from the DL). 

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  • 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.

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    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?!!??"

     

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  • 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

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    Jed, you missed there.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

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

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    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

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  • crunch (view)

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

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    Phil,

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  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

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