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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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Brewers @ Cubs: Peralta vs Hendricks (Game 149)

Brewers 3, Cubs 1
W: Peralta (7-10); L: Hendricks (15-8); S: Thornburg (11)PREVIEW
MIL (67-82): RHP Wily Peralta (6-10, 5.42)
CHC (94-54): RHP Kyle Hendricks (15-7, 2.03)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST

Hendricks took a no-hitter into the 9th inning on Monday in St. Louis when Hazelbaker took him deep. He got the win, and Chapman came in to finish it off. Hendricks is 1-1 with a 3.31 in his three games against the Brewers. Overall, they are are 17-89 (.191) against him. Carter is 3-6 with a HR.

Peralta gave up 3 ER in 6 innings to lose in Cincinnati his last time out. He beat the Cubs the time before that in Milwaukee (7.2 IP, 4 ER, 6 K, 1 BB). For their careers, these Cubs are 42-136 (.309) against him. Rizzo is 16-32 with 7 HR and 3 doubles. Heh.

This will end the season series with the Brewers. The Cubs are (only) 11-7 against them coming in to play today.

TBD and the Reds are in tomorrow to face Hammel at 7:05pmCST.

Go Cubs!

Comments

Nick Cafardo's Sunday baseball notes, lead story is the Cubs but he covers all the playoff contenders. also this fun factoid:
According to David Smith of Retrosheet, the Cubs had recorded the most 1-2-3 innings this season with 499 through Thursday. The Dodgers were a close second with 497, followed by the Nationals with 455. Rounding out the top five were the Giants (452) and Indians (447). The clubs with the fewest 1-2-3 innings were the Reds with 343, the Angels with 362, the Twins with 363, the Diamondbacks with 373, and the Padres with 376
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2016/09/17/nick-cafardo-what-c…

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In reply to by Rob G.

I am sending the Braves a thank-you note and a nice fruit basket. Home field magic number down to 7. SF's 9th inning blown save/loss last night was huge -- now 1 game behind the Mets and only 1 up on STL. Unfortunately, Reyes looks like the real deal. Gotta say it: 0-for-10 w/RISP. Need to get better at this over the next 2 weeks.

Brewers have played the Cubs tough recently -- Cubs lost 2 of 3 in Milwaukee and the 2 they tried to win in Chicago. Brewers could be pretty good next year -- lots of interesting pieces.

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In reply to by jacos

i imagine more would be involved than just puig given braun's cheap contract through 2020/2021...especially since puig was in the middle of an "off" season during trade talks and he didn't exactly impress last year.

Recent comments

  • Charlie (view)

    I worry that Morel will lose starts at 3B as long as this roster lacks a compelling DH.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • 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.