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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, ten players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, two players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players are on the 10-DAY IL

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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
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2 
Seiya Suzuki, OF
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 2
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

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




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Cubs Get 16th Pick in Next Year's Draft

Submitted by Rob G. on

Baseball America has the updated draft order for the 2010 MLB draft.

1. Nationals (59-103) 17. Rays (84-78)
2. Pirates (62-99) 18. Mariners (85-77)
3. Orioles (64-98) 19. Tigers/Twins loser (86-77)
4. Royals (65-97) 20. Braves (86-76)
5. Indians (65-97) 21. Tigers/Twins winner (87-76)
6. Diamondbacks (70-92) 22. Rangers (87-75)
7. Mets (70-92) 23. Marlins (87-75)
8. Astros (74-88) 24. Giants (88-74)
9. Padres (75-87) 25. Cardinals (91-71)
10. Athletics (75-87) 26. Rockies (92-70)
11. Blue Jays (75-87) 27. Phillies (93-69)
12. Reds (78-84) 28. Dodgers (95-67)
13. White Sox (79-83) 29. Red Sox (95-67)
14. Brewers (80-82) 30. Angels (97-65)
15. Rangers (for failure to sign Matt Purke) 31. Rays (for failure to sign LeVon Washington)
16. Cubs (83-78) 32. Yankees (103-59)

Thanks to the loss on Sunday, the Cubs first round pick will be protected in case they sign any Type A free agents. The rainout on Thursday helped as well. If they had won that game and tied the Rays at 84-78, the Cubs would have lost the tiebreaker, which is whoever had the worst record the year before and the Cubs finished a half game ahead of the Rays in 2008.

Speaking of free agent compensation, MLB Trade Rumors and Eddie Bajek have posted the final reverse-engineered Elias rankings. It's not official of course, but here is where they have the 4 potential Cub free agents (I'm ignoring Chad Fox).

Kevin Gregg - Type A,  John Grabow - Type A, Rich Harden - Type B, Reed Johnson - None

Of course the Cubs have to offer compensation to reap any benefits from the free agent compensation system and that's pretty doubtful with Kevin Gregg. Chances are they'll just resign John Grabow, but that Type B status for Rich Harden is a bit of a godsend. Other teams are always weary of losing a first or second round pick, but with Type B status, Harden won't cost the signing team anything and the Cubs would get an extra supplemental pick if he signs elsewhere. Now the Cubs just have to offer him arbitration and they'll probably only do that if they're certain he'll sign somewhere else. Considering he's the only starting pitcher with any talent on the free agent market not named John Lackey, I think it's a pretty safe bet he'll at least get a two year offer.

If that scenario does play through, the Cubs would have the 16th pick and a supplemental pick and if the money is there, going after a Type A free agent could very well be in the cards since the Cubs would get back the 2nd round pick they would lose. Better yet, the Cubs should keep all their picks, hopefully gain a couple and save their money on some "signability" kids and continue the process of getting younger and stocking the farm system to replace their suddenly aging major league roster. 

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Comments

Submitted by Hrubes20 on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 10:48 am

I pray that those reverse-engineered calculations are right. Harden as a Type B is amazing. I still think he would have gotten at least a 2 year deal if he was a Type A, but now he is much more appealing to other teams, thus (hopefully) increasing the chances that Hendry offers him arbitration. Hendry has made some stupid moves in his tenure, but can he really be dumb enough to not offer Harden arbitration in this situation? Gregg is gone. Nobody, outside of maybe Hendry himself, would give up a pick, even a 2nd rounder, for Gregg. Grabow will be resigned. It doesn't matter that Reed dropped out of Type B status, as he would have accepted arbitration anyway. He loves it in Chicago. I expect a new 2 year deal for him in the next few months.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 10:34 pm

Thank god that season is over. The past many weeks have been dreadful. Last season was disappointing, and this season has been embarrassing. Not sure how much worse 2010 can be but if Teflon Jim is around I am sure he will try to find a way. I sincerely hope the new owners fire Hendry and get a real GM in here who can lead this organization to the promise land. Hendry is clearly not the man to do so.

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Submitted by Ryno on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 10:16 pm

I thought the way last season ended was completely debilitating. I didn't watch the playoffs or follow the off season moves very closely. I didn't even want to think about baseball until March. It's because I truly believed they were good enough to go all the way in 08. The three game roll over and die fest was nauseating. This year I had pretty much come to grips with the fact that they weren't going to do anything back when they went a week seemingly unable to score a run. Good teams simply don't do that. But it was sure nice of Milton Bradley to get on base.

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Submitted by Sweet Lou on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 10:18 pm

Manny -- Your special brand of sunshine and lollipops is always appreciated :-) I know you really hate Hendry, but it's hard for me to hate the guy that has built Cubs teams that have had three consecutive winning seasons (2007-09) as well as the first Cubs teams in 100 years to go to the post-season in back-to-back years (2007-08). Hendry's last off-season was not brilliant by any means, but he still gave Piniella a team that, had they stayed healthy and played even to their career averages, could have contended.

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Submitted by Bleeding Blue on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 10:48 pm

AP is also reporting the sale is approved. CHICAGO (AP) -- Major League baseball owners have unanimously approved the sale of the Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family. The vote was made during a conference call Tuesday. Tom Ricketts, who has headed the sale for his family, could take day-to-day control of the Cubs by the end of the month. Commissioner Bud Selig says the Ricketts family will be" great owners and custodians of the Chicago Cubs."

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  • crunch (view)

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  • Eric S (view)

    Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)

  • Eric S (view)

    Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts.  Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season.  Ouch.  

  • crunch (view)

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  • Eric S (view)

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