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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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Game 48 Thread / Cubs @ Pirates (1 of 3)

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SP Carlos Zambrano
SP
*Zach Duke
  6-1, 2.45, 46 K, 19 BB, 66 IP
2-2, 4.23, 20 K, 19 BB, 55.1 IP
       
LF
Alfonso Soriano 2B
Freddy Sanchez
SS
Ryan Theriot
CF
*Nate McLouth
1B
Derrek Lee LF
Jason Bay
3B
Aramis Ramirez 1B
*Adam LaRoche
C
Geovany Soto RF
Xavier Nady
2B
Ronny Cedeño 3B
*Doug Mientkiewicz
RF
Mark DeRosa
C
Ronny Paulino
CF
Reed Johnson
SS
Chris Gomez
P
#Carlos Zambrano
P
*Zach Duke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, the Washington Generals host the Harlem Globetrotters yet again.

The Cubs enter the game with an 8-1 record and 69-38 run differential this season against the Pirates. The lone loss occurred last Saturday at Wrigley Field, when these same two pitchers hooked up, and Zambrano, who has been so stellar in the first couple months of the campaign, went completely mental. Neither pitcher figured in the final decision, a 7-6 Pittsburgh win.

Tonight, Fukudome gets the night off, DeRosa moves to right, and Cedeño, who has hit Duke well (8-for-21), gets a start and gets to hit in front of DeRosa, who can't seem to hit at all on the road this year (11-for-62, .172, 530 OPS).

Alfonso Soriano, who cooled off against the Astros (5 K's in 8 AB) following that torrid homestand, is 10-for-18 with 2 HR lifetime against Duke. On the flipside, the Pirates' Jason Bay is 12-for-36 with 5 HR lifetime against Zambrano.

This will be Zambrano's first start since reports emerged that he was dealing with a sore shoulder and that the Cubs medical staff was on high alert. Zambrano and Lou Piniella denied the reports flatly, uncategorically, and apparently with great gusto.

As they did last weekend, the Bucs will throw three lefties at the Cubs in this series. Lou's crew is 10-5 this season against southpaws, 18-14 vs. righties.

The Cubs enter this series with a one-game lead over the Cardinals in the NL Central and holding down the top spot in Baseball Prospectus's Hit List Power Rankings, where the team is sized up this way:

The Cubs' lead atop the NL Central tightens up as they drop a series to the Astros, but both PECOTA (BP's statistical projection system) and their run differential suggest there's little reason to panic. The offense is cranking out 5.7 runs per game, tops in the majors, and they're getting above-average production at every position except center field, with five positions putting up a .400 OBP or above. Alfonso Soriano isn't among that quintet, but his 21-for-44 performance, including seven homers in six games, is a big reason for the team's recent 9-2 run.

Comments

this year's schedule is one of the worst ever as far as spacing/variety goes. love beating up on PIT, but it just seems so empty/hollow to be in 1st with almost 1/3rd of your wins getting you to 1st is vs. 1 team you've played 9 times...12 games with PIT in april/may...wtf?

Let's hope that when we no longer are afforded the luxury of playing the Pirates every third series that we remain on top of the central division. Our performance against the Astros was less than awesome.

Len just said: The Cubs are the only team in MLB that hasn't lost 3 in a row. I do not want to be overconfident this early in the season. I also recognize crunch's and Jordan's point re: the way the never-ending Pirates saga contributes to the above fact. But still: Wow!

if I recall the '84 Cubs didn't lose three in a row all year...until, well, they lost three in a row to the Padres 1984 Cubs lost three in a row to the Reds, May 25-27; 4 in a row to the Phillies June 14-17; 4 in a row to the Astros and Reds August 13-17; and 5 in a row to the Mets, Pirates, and Cardinals Sept. 16-21. Like I said, not trying to be giddy here, and the stat about not losing 3 in a row probably doesn't mean that much in the final analysis. But it was nice to hear.

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • 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