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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Braves @ Cubs: Wisler vs. Hammel (Game 122 Thread)

ATL (53-70): RHP Matt Wisler (5-3, 4.65)

CHC (70-51): RHP Jason Hammel (6-5, 3.37)

First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Markakis* rf

Maybin cf
Freeman* 1b

Swisher# lf

Garcia 3b

Peterson* 2b

Ciriaco ss

Lavarnway c
Wisler p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Coghlan* 2b

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Soler rf

Hammel p

Russell ss


Hammel had another short outing on Tuesday against the Tigers (3 IP, 5 ER, 62 pitches) but didn’t factor in the 10-8 loss. Since June 12 he’s 1-3 with a 4.29 ERA, which is more in-line with his career numbers (65-75, 4.48) than we’d like him to be. The Braves are 27-83 (.325) against him. Freeman is 5-7 with 2 HR, and Markakis is 8-16 with a HR.

Wisler, a 22y/o Ohioan, came to the Braves in the Kimbrel-Upton trade with the Padres in April and was promoted from AAA in June. He started out strong but has gone 0-2 with a 7.20 in his four August starts, including losing to his old team (5 IP, 2 ER) his last time out. Undefeated at home, he’s 2-3 with a 5.30 on the road. None of the Cubs have faced him.

We’ll see Kluber (8-13, 3.52) vs. Lester (8-9, 3.58) tomorrow for the quickie with the Tribe before heading out west for the big games with the Giants (yes, Bumgarner) and Dodgers (Kershaw, no Greinke).

Go Cubs!

Comments

1 pitch, 1HR...fowler. playing these crap teams has been awesome lately.

So if Chris Coghlan finishes this season with at least a .340 OBP and ~18 HRs, where is he on opening day? Cubs LF, RF, 2B, bench, or on another team? Assuming they go with Schwarber in LF and Coghlan doesn't make more strides on infield defense, this seems like a conundrum to me.

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In reply to by crunch

Definitely a good problem to have. I also think his D at 2B is a real question mark at this point--he's not obviously bad, and it's not clear he can't get better (nor is it clear that he will get better or that he's bad). If Castro, Soler, and Schwarber are the guys he shares 2B, RF, and LF with, he could still see 300+ ABs a year (plus the occasional rest day for Bryant at 3B). I am fully convinced he is not a CF, though.

20 over .500 woo. SF/PIT is a night game.

So Schwarber is going to spend time this off season with Montero to learn more about catching. That's pretty neat. I hope Jorge Soler has someone he can hang with to learn how to run routes.

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In reply to by Charlie

Hits a lot of line drives that don't leave the infield. JD talks about Soler needing to elevate the ball. Soler had 167 games, 652 PAs in the minors. (Bryce Harper's equivalent numbers were 139, 569.) Look at Soler's experience, not his age. He's a work in progress.

I hope the Giants, Pirates and Cards don't play the Braves the rest of the season.

PIT wins over SF... CHC has a 6 game WC lead (3 behind PIT for the #1 WC slot). awesome.

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In reply to by Old and Blue

Obviously people are going to say that the problem is passing 2 good teams. That said I have maintained that the Cardinals would be passed for first place. But they keep playing well. There is just no way with losing Wainwright, Holliday etc that they wouldn't suffer a slump but so far they have defied the odds and actually thrived with some very fortunate (some would say unsustainable) pitching luck (see the Twitter sidebar). I think that the Cubs or more likely The Pirates WILL catch them. Putting all that aside for a minute I don't know anyone who foresaw the Cubs being 20 games over .500 in the last week of August. Maybe The Sporting News but I thought they were just trying to sell their publication.

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In reply to by Old and Blue

Well in that 18 games we have 3 games against Giants, Dodgers and Cardinals and we will catch some very good pitchers. So more than catching the Cards having that record at the end will have meant proof that we are indeed a very good team. I really want to see if we can finally beat the Cards. This team still has some stuff to prove before the post season and this will be the stretch to see it.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...