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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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L.A. Story

So the Cubs wandered into my neck of the woods and I was able to go to both weekend games. Saturday's mid-day tilt was a Father's Day gift from The Angefan Wife where we took the G-Twins and Sunday night was a night out away from the kids...which we needed after Saturday's family outing with the aforementioned G-Twins.

Nothing revolutionary here, but my observations after the jump...

Saturday morning rolled around and I spent the morning getting my kids excited about going to a baseball game. This mostly consisted of teaching them a few cheers of "Go Cubbies" and the promise of French Fries, chips and ice cream. By the time noon rolled around, they thought baseball was the greatest thing ever. So we headed out and I'd love to tell you what I noticed about the game, but I can't say I got to watch much of it.

  • When an Ebay auction says "Paypal account required", it's not good enough to just have a Paypal account, it has to be linked to your Ebay account. The more you know...
  • Parents should be very aware of where their seats are compared to the mid-day sun, even if the forecast says it will only be 71 degrees.
  • I was beginning to think I was some sort of angel of death when it came to Derrek Lee and first base collisions. Luckily this one turned out harmless.
  • Highlight of the Day: My daughter Katie tired and lying in my lap points to the sky and says "Sun Go Down".
  • Lowlight of the Day: 2 large lesbian women and their inability to find pants that covered their ass cracks sitting right in front of us.
  • Ice Cream makes everything better.
The kids were cranky for most of the game, which in turn got the Angelfan Wife cranky and by the time Matt Kemp hit his homer, I was cranky. We headed out right after that and apparently missed the Zambrano dugout fireworks.


As for Sunday night, I scored two very nice tickets in the Loge MVP area from loyal reader, E-man who couldn't make the trip to Los Angeles. We got a babysitter for this one and headed to the park. Notes from Sunday's game...

  • In-n-Out Burger >>>> than ballpark food.
  • After every inning that Derrek Lee makes the final out on the field, he throws the ball to a kid in the stands. So did Jim Edmonds after one inning.
  • There were quite a few celebrities at the game, certainly mugging to the national ESPN broadcast These included Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chris O'Donnell and Vince Vaughn, who was visible from our seats and very accommodating to the autograph seekers.
  • One of my favorite parts at being at a game is hearing the ball coming off the bat. Marquis gave up a few solid hits the first inning, but the rest of the game was a whole lot of weak contact.
  • All ballpark ice cream should be served in a mini-helmet.
  • I already knew they taped those in-game manager interviews on ESPN between innings and then replayed them during the game. I hadn't realizd how close they take it to the first pitch as Lou was literally taking off the headphones and mic just as Marquis was delivering his first pitch to Loney in the 4th.
  • Lou and Mike Quade had a bit of a "conversation" about outfield alignment. I think it was more of Quade not being able to hear Lou since they're on opposite sides of the dugout, nonetheless Lou was quite animated during the exchange.
  • I imagine this was on TV, but after Lou visited Marquis in the 7th, he was none-too-happy with the ESPN cameraman following him off the field.
  • Closer theme music really doesn't need to be played when your team is behind in the 9th. Saito time doesn't quite measure up to Trevor time.
  • Kerry Wood hit 97 mph on his first fastball to Martin on the stadium gun, then 98 and then the nasty slider. Great stuff.
So that be it, the Cubs escape with a winning road trip and the off-day is a little brighter following the win.

 

Comments

I have yet to see a photo of the G-Twins and if i ever do i promise not to exploit them on the internet. and i have to tell you that's not an easy promise to make for a professional photoshopper.

Thanks for the report Rob. I need to get back out there again, great baseball experience. So you didn't get tickets in the bleachers for the all you can eat hot dogs and drink pop?

Just curious whether anyone out there knows how much the Cubs spent, in total, on Mark Prior.

"2 large lesbian woman" As opposed to lesbian men? haha

Mmm... lesbian ass cracks. I bet you're sorry Dodger Stadium is no Safeco!

Cubs Minor League Update for those interested: After winning 5 in a row and 9 of their last 10, the Iowa Cubs (AAA) are now in first place in the Pacific Coast League's American North Division. The only two teams with better records (.565) in the 16-team PCL are Sacramento and Salt Lake City. The Tennesse Smokies (AA) are still in last place in the Southern League's North Divison. Out of 10 teams in the Southern League they are tied with 3 others for the 8th best record over all (.406). Daytona (High-A) is hovering near .500 at 30-33 and is 5th of 6 in its division and 9th of 12 overall in the League. Perioa (Low-A) has turned it on of late, winning 4 in a row and 7 of its last 10, but still sits at only 28-35, 7th of 8 in the Midwest League's Western Division, and 12th of 14 teams overall.

Two interesting Cubs-related news tidbits: Look at this pick by the Phillies in the draft: * Round 46, Pick 1390: Giovany Soto - Philadelphia Phillies And guess who's the Mariners' new batting coach? Hint: he absolutely despises cocksuckers.

Recent comments

  • 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...

  • crunch (view)

    wow.  what a blown call.  go cubs, i guess.