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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are 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 4-18-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Sammy Sosa in 2-D

Submitted by Rob G. on
Thanks to Deadspin and "The Greatest Blog in The World" for this YouTube find. You can find more clips at the link above. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/9W7L-RJH704" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] They dutifully recreated the awkward Rocky/Apollo man-hug quite well I must say.

Comments

Submitted by Dave in Pittsburgh on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 03:34 pm

yeah, what a piece of work, but not sure about the goodness.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 03:48 pm

ha...this was animated by the same sweatshop that used to produce GI Joe and etc.

Submitted by Transmission on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 03:58 pm

Did you not see this when it was first on WGN? It appeared a couple of years ago - after the broken bat, but before the congressional testimony: about the same time that Chicago opinion had decidely turned against Sosa. This hagiographic flick was just another brick in the "it's all about Sosa" wall. Seriously, this was on WGN in something like 2004 or 5

Submitted by cubster on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 03:11 pm

animatedl like Clutch Cargo...where is Spinner and Paddlefoot when you need them

Submitted by Steve Christmas on Wed, 03/14/2007 - 03:15 pm

As a fan that endured a lot irrational hatred of Sammy when the Cubs first got him, I continue to feel vindicated when people still irrationally complain about him. Face it, he was a great Cub on the field. He has some personal flaws (I have no idea if he was any worse than dozens of other egoistical "stars") and may have artificially enhanced his performance* but I still find it bizarre that he is considered "obviously" guilty by the majority. *The most bizarre thing is the selective use of public vilification of athletes that may or may not have used banned substances. Many athletes that have tested positive and even admitted to using banned substances get cut more slack than Sammy. Hell, Bonds. that has admitted use under oath (it was not supposed to be made public), seems to get more slack. Lance Armstrong has had many teammates come out and speak against him, he actually works and gets money from the companies that make the banned substances (!!!!), and yet people attack the merest hint that his accomplishments were tainted. Hypocrisy is the greatest luxury.

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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