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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 @ Giants: Arrieta vs. Cain (Game 124 Thread)

CHC (72-51): RHP Jake Arrieta (15-6, 2.30)

SF (66-58): RHP Matt Cain (2-3, 5.66)

First pitch: 9:15pmCT

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Coghlan* rf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Castro ss

Arrieta p

LaStella* 2b

 

Aoki* lf

Duffy 3b

Belt* 1b

Posey c

Crawford* ss

Byrd rf

Blanco* cf

Adrianza# 2b
Cain p

Arrieta won his fourth straight game on Thursday (6 IP, 0 ER) against the Braves, making him 4-0 with a 0.66 ERA in August, including a win against the Giants (7.2 IP, 0 ER). He's currently tied with Bumgarner and Wacha for wins at 15. Improving on his July (4-1, 1.90) would seem to be a tall task, but he’s on pace to do it. Arrieta is actually better on the road (9-1, 2.07) than at Wrigley, which might come in handy, say, on October 7th. The Giants are 11-55 (.200) against him. Duffy is 2-5. Posey is 0-6.

Cain, making his tenth start of the season, lost to the Cubs (4 IP, 5 ER) during the four-game sweep earlier this month and had a no-decision in St. Louis (6 IP, 2 ER) his last time out. The Cubs are 38-178 (.213) against him. Denorfia is 5-13, Rizzo is 2-18, and Bryant is 1-2 with a HR.

Of Bryant’s 20 HRs, 17 have been at home, including yesterday’s walk-off. At that pace, a 600-AB season at Wrigley would give him 48 HRs.

The pitching matchups for the rest of the series are Hendricks vs. Peavy and Haren vs. Bumgarner (oof).

The Cubs are a stellar 33-25 on the road so far--which is best in baseball. I hope y’all fit in a disco nap. It’s going to be a late one.

Go Cubs!

Comments

Couple of side notes about Javy's big night last night: he played 3B & stole 2nd - headfirst...

Well, here we go. I can say without hyperbole that this week is a million times more important then any in Cubs' history. /Kent Brockman

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In reply to by George Altman

GEORGE A & HAGSAG: We were in Santa Barbara, Moonstone Beach, Big Sur, San Francisco, and L. A., got to see both the Cubs-Giants & Cubs-Dodgers series, including Jake Arrieta's no-hitter in person, which was so cool. 

Then we got back to AZ just in time for the my boyz AZL Cubs playoff game. 

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In reply to by johann

f'real...and good luck to him on that HOF vote chase. this time he can't play victim and pretend him being a "republican" rather than an asshole and his playing career has anything to do with the vote...as if pretty much everyone from his generation of player isn't a republican, too. it'll end up being someone else's fault...i'm just waiting to hear who's fault it is besides his. professional victim...

CSN was talking about Sox trading Quintana possibly in offseason, Theo better get his ass over to 35th and Shields.

Cubs adding pinch runners for Sept....Bonifacio and Quentin Berry. wake me up when they add Ricky Henderson

Which one is Schwarber again? Skinny guy? Or is he the pudgy guy with the bad facial hair? Anyway sounds like he might have a future in this league.

i imagine j.arrieta is done after 6... ...still done "on paper" after 6 as long as the pen doesn't allow the run, but he gave up a single to start the 7th before being removed. 6ip 4h 1bb 8k, 1r 0er watch out greenkey. don't slip.

Len likes to play music from the visiting cities--eg, Huey, the Dead, and some Night Ranger last night. Plus, he's a huge dweeb.

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In reply to by CTSteve

I'm not into Night Ranger, but his "Sister Christian" selection was OK. Particularly since we did not have to listen to the whole song. Maybe tonight he can play some Jefferson Airplane or Quicksilver Messenger Service. I last went to AT&T Park 2 years ago. During one of the periods between innings, the PA system played "Lights" by Journey and the scoreboard announced an "Air Guitar Solo." I'm not a big Journey fan, but I had to admit it was well done. Somewhat akin to playing "Sweet Home Chicago" at Wrigley. I think AT&T also regularly plays "Don't Stop Believin'," which I really don't like, and Tony Bennett ("I left my Heart in San Francisco"), which is hard to argue with.

The scary thing for the national league is that Schwarber is mired in his first slump. I can't really see that they are pitching him differently, he's just missing more. Classic slump. Just not seeing the ball really well right now in between thumps out of the park.

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    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • 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...