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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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Hendry on Brink of Trade Deadline Fail

Submitted by Rob G. on

With less than 48 hours to go on the trade deadline and the Cubs season over long ago, Hendry seems on the brink of not being able to move any of his overpriced talent.

Well-done sir.

The latest of course is that Derrek Lee wouldn't waive his NTC to go to the Angels  who happen to reside in Southern California where he is building a home. As a 10/5 man, he has earned that right,  so fair enough. But please don't invoke the love of the city or your teammates because you're kind of screwing them over.

"I think the bottom line is family. I like Chicago, I enjoy my teammates. It was the decision we made."

You may be thinking that he just didn't want to go to the Angels who are pretty much out of it, but according to Bruce Levine, the Rangers came up with an offer as well and they're very well on their way to the playoffs at the moment. I don't know anything about Lee's personel life, but for the $13M he's making this year, it seems like he could overcome the 2-month inconvenience. Since Lee is still having a crap year and the team is obviously moving on past him for 2011, it'd be nice if he was benched for prolonged period of times to start giving whomever the Cubs think might be next year's first basemen some much needed game experience (Colvin, Soriano, Ramirez, Hoffpauir, etc).

- Ted Lilly seemed like a slam dunk to get moved, but teams seem to be balking at picking up his salary. The Cubs should of course just offer to pay most of it, if it can net them a decent pair of prospects, but Hendry still can't figure out how free agent compensation works, so I'm doubtful he'll figure out the idea of sunk costs. The Phillies are of course out now as they picked up Roy Oswalt, leaving the Mets, Twins and Dodgers as the most likely targets, although all seem hesitant at this late hour.

On the other hand, if these teams are so hesitant to pick up his salary or Lee's, both should easily clear waivers and if they don't, dear god Hendry, just let them go and save the money since there's no way in hell you'll offer them arbitration cause you never do that.

- I haven't heard much on the Ryan Theriot front lately past the Rockies and Tigers rumors. Xavier Nady's continued awfulness has nullified his trade value.

So at this moment, we all have the joy of following a terrible team that can't even conduct a proper fire sale. Cubs fever...catch it.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 07:30 pm

Submitted by QuietMan on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 8:15pm. It's 4 pm eastern. ============================ QUET MAN: You are correct, sir. The non-waiver trade deadline is one hour prior to the end of the waiver period. And then the new waiver period begins at 05:00 EDT on Saturday. Because weekends are only considered "business days" during Spring Training, players cannot be placed on Trade Waivers until Monday August 2 at 2 PM EDT. And therefore the first batch of players will clear waivers at 1 PM EDT on Wednesday 8/4. So there can be no trades starting at 4 PM EDT Saturday until Wednesday at 1 PM EDT.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 07:40 pm

Submitted by Ross_Barnes on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 8:42pm. Hi AZ Phil, Do you see either Guyer or Thomas (Tony) getting promotions before the end of the year? Both have really turned it on offensively over the past few weeks, and the looming 2B vacuum at the big league level makes it seem like a no-brainer to see how Thomas can perform against AAA pitching in a significant number of ABs before camp breaks next spring. ========================================== ROSS B: As things stand right now, I believe three of the players who are eligible to be Rule 55 Minor League Free-Agents (OF Brad Snyder, RHP Thomas Diamond, and C-IF Robinson Chirinos) will be added to the Cubs 40-man roster by the deadline for adding Rule 55 Minor League FAs (no later than the 4th day following the conclusion of the World Series). Players who are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft must be added to the 40-man roster no later than 11/20 to avoid being eligible for selection, and I believe RHP Chris Archer, INF Darwin Barney, and OF Brandon Guyer are the three Cubs players eligible for selection in the December 2010 Rule 5 Draft who will be added to the 40-man roster, although Guyer might have to have a good showing in the AFL to secure the slot. Of those six, I would think Barney and Snyder will very likely be added to the 40-man roster and placed on the Cubs MLB Active List in September (Snyder will be out of options once he is added to the 40, so the Cubs need to get him as much playing time as possible in September and Spring Taining 2011 to find out if he can hit big league pitching), while the other four might not be added until the applicable deadlines because the Cubs need to create roster space for them. (Archer, Barney, Chirinos, and Guyer would have three minor league options available in 2011, while Diamond would have one left over from when he was previously on 40-man rosters). Archer and Guyer will just take the roster slots opened when Lee and Lilly file for free-agency, while Diamond and Chirinos will have to take the roster slots of players dropped from the 40-man roster prior to the 4th day following the conclusion of the World Series. Some of the roster moves the Cubs might make in September and October would be to transfer Esmailin Caridad from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL (players on the 60-day DL do not have to be reinstated until the conclusion of the MLB Free-Agency Filing Period) and release Bob Howry (that opens up slots for Barney and Snyder), and either release or trade Xavier Nady and maybe outright Jeff Gray (he will be out of options next season) to open slots for Chirinos and Diamond. And then Jeff Baker, Koyie Hill, and Angel Guzman are likely 12/12 non-tender candidates, although the Cubs could outright any of the three prior to 12/12 to clear additional roster slots (and if that happens after to the conclusion of the season, the player will almost certainly refuse the Outright Assignment and become an Article XX minor league FA, presuming the player is not claimed off waivers).

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Submitted by Paul Noce on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 07:33 am

I know he hasn't done much at all to impress this year, but I would have liked to see Jeff Baker get to play 2b every day, vs rhp and lhp, for an extended period of time earlier this year. Instead we got force fed a platoon and then Theriot. Now if Riot happens to be traded and Baker gets regular ab's, they'll just say it's at the end of the year and doesn't matter (kind of like Baker's performance last year). It's hard to believe but Baker has only started 13 games all year at 2b. I'm not saying Baker would turn into anything, but it's been a problem throughout Cubs history to get rid of guys before we know what they can do. Last year Baker's BABIP for the Cubs was way out of whack, and then he got off to a slow start platooning and got buried on the bench. It's kind of crazy to be getting rid of people when you never gave them regular playing time (and it's not like we had a solid starter blocking him).

Submitted by Cubster on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 07:54 pm

per Rosenthal: Twins get Capps and cash for Ramos and LHP Joe Testa, recently demoted from AA to A would have been a nice trading chip had the Cubs gotten Capps...woulda, shoulda, coulda. Kerry Wood coming off the DL tomorrow. Lilly for KW...just to add to the DLee and LouPa lame duck but feel good, wrap-up the 2010 season tour.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 07:16 pm

"it'd be nice if he was benched for prolonged period of times to start giving whomever the Cubs think might be next year's first basemen some much needed game experience..." As we have seen, Hendry gives the veteran the last say. Always. Dusty. Lou. DLee. Any "good soldier". Indeed, we have not reached the deadline yet. So -we have to wait and see...

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

    p.wisdom was not in today's lineup in iowa (rained out) and he was removed from the game last night mid-game, but not for injury.  good bet he's with the team in the bigs, too.

  • Bill (view)

    A good rule of thumb is that if you trade a near-ready high ceiling prospect, you should get at least two far-away high ceiling prospects in return.  Like all rules-of-thumb, it depends upon the specific circumstances, but certainly, we weren't going to get Busch for either prospect alone.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    I suspect Brown will spend some time in the bullpen due to inning restrictions.  Pitched only 93 innings last year and career high is 104 innings in 2022.  I would expect them to be cautious with a young player with his injury history.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I wanted Almonte gone last week, but that was before Merryweather went down and Little got demoted. Almonte in his last 5 appearances has gone 4.1 IP with no ER or Runs. NO hits, 3 BBs and 8 SO. He did hit 96 with his 2S FB in AZ on Tues.
    I don't see Jed waiving him when we have injuries all over and guys with options that can be sent down.
    I probably won't like the move Jed makes, but he can't play the "let's hope no one wants his 1.7mil remaining deal and we can hide him in Iowa" card.
    That's why I think the current Bullpen stays as is and Wicks goes to Iowa.
    I don't like that, but that's the fix I see.
    We'll find out soon enough!!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Teheran minor league deal is done, per MLB.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Based on Phil’s sound analysis it sounds like a no brainer for Almonte to be placed on waivers as today’s roster move. We shall see.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I suspect Counsell/Hottovy will use the piggy-back extensively, with Taillon and Hendricks pitching as the "pig" (and with a very short leash) and some combo of Wicks, Brown, and Wesneski (whichever two do not start) as the "backers."  

    Keep in mind that Keegan Thompson has a minor league option available, and if Yency Almonte is not outrighted by 4/26 he cannot be sent to the minors without his consent after that date. Almonte is out of minor league options, so I am talking about him getting outrighted to the minors if he is not claimed off waivers, and if he is claimed off waivers, the Cubs save the pro-rated portion of his $1.9M salary, which helps lower the Cubs 2024 AAV.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Totally agree. The 26 man roster very rarely consists of the 13 best position players and 13 best pitchers.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Based on what Jed has done in the past, I’d say the plan is to

    -give Hendricks another few starts
    -give Taillon some runway ot get his season underway

    -Mix and match in the bullpen and see what sticks

    Jed usually doesn’t do a whole lot of waiver wire plays in-season, at least early in the season. He only reallly did that after he blew up the rosters in 21 and 22 because they needed bodies (guys like Schwindel, Fargas, etc).

    I think he’s a little handcuffed by a full 40 man in that he can’t really maneuver much with giving anyone showing ability at AAA (R Thompson/ Sanders/ Edwards etc). Brewer has the most tenuous grip there, and we will see what kind of chance he gets. Other than his spot, there isn’t a ton of 40 man wiggle room.

    I’m very curious to see what happens with Brown now that Taillon returns. Bullpen? Wicks to Iowa? 

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