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28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Highlights from Cubs 2012 Schedule

The Cubs will open and close the 2012 season at Wrigley next season. The opener will be Aprl 5th vs. the Washington Nationals and I presume Stephen Strasburg. They'll close against the Houston Astros on October 3rd. Interleague series include the annual home and home versus the White Sox (@ Wrigley from May 18-20 and @ The Cell from June 18-20). They'll travel to Target Field againt the Twins on June 8-10 and host the Tigers(June 12-14) and Red Sox (June 15-17). 16 of their first 26 games will be versus the NL Central. Full schedule can be found at cubs.com.

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urlacher's mom passed away suddenly, has left the team. Status unknown for Sunday.

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/wells-and-minor-nl-starting-… Wells’ WHIP in August was 0.91 because one of the lowest BABIPs I’ve seen in a while: .181, which is so obviously unsustainable, it hardly bears mentioning. He induced a large amount of infield flies — a season-best 13.2 percent — a 13.2 percent increase from his July rate. Wells is a groundball pitcher at heart and that’s not going to change in the season’s last month. As he gets back to inducing grounders and his BABIP returns to non-ridiculous levels, his results should normalize as well. He isn’t as bad as he looked in July or as good as he looked in August, but somewhere pleasantly between. gee, thanks for that.

Castro SS, Johnson RF, Ramirez 3B, Peña 1B, Soriano LF, Byrd CF, Barney 2B, Soto C, Coleman P vs. Phillips 4 Renteria 6 Votto 3 Bruce 9 Heisey 7 Francisco 5 Stubbs 8 Hernandez 2 Cueto 1

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In reply to by Rob G.

I am looking forward to the promised article about "Old Man Skills" once Dunn finishes putting the bow on his sub .600 OPS season. I wonder if the White Sox fans blame him for the team's shortcomings as much as the Cubs fans blamed Bradley.

didn't realize they're changing their name with the move to the new stadium.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Beckett, despite a decent career WHIP (1.22), will be 32 next year, has only 124 career wins (yeah, he was a Marlin, but HoF voters look hard at Ws) and a less-than-stellar 3.89 career ERA. His career WAR of 28.8 is only better than one current HoFer and ranks him completely out of the top 100 eligible non-HoFers (year-old list here: http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/6195) Carpenter is 36 (!) and, like you said, has sucky counting stats -- 142 wins, 3.80 career ERA -- and a career WAR of 31.4, which would tie him for 96th among Hall-eligible pitchers. Youkilis is 32 and hasn't even cracked 1,000 hits yet, and his career WAR of 30.3 ranks him about 200th among Hall-eligibles.

LaHair was only 1 for 4 last night. That's unacceptable, he should be out of the lineup. With production like that we might play under .500 ball.(Tongue firmly in cheek).

Adduci9/Lake6/Ha8/Ridling3/Vitters5/Clevenger2/Samson7/Mota4/Carrillo1

moneymaking scheme and all, but that's sounds awesome Steiner Sports offering fans to take batting practice at Wrigley on 9/25. At least 8 mins of swings for $100. Seems cheap.

#191 to leadoff the game

with coleman...i can't remember being this "uggg" on watching a young cubs starter being marched out so much since c.marmol. i doubt his story will end as well, though. righty with a high 80s fastball, spotty control, hittable...awesome!

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In reply to by crunch

He's fine to keep in AAA next year and make an occasional spot start, but there is little to like about him going forward. He's not really a suitable injury replacement for part of a season. There has to be someone in the organization that would benefit more, and benefit the club more, by starting these games. JJax is an easy example - needs to be added to 40 man, good run to end the year, more long term potential than Coleman. The whole thing is inconsequential, but I'm here, I might as well share my thoughts. Cueto may be hurt. Dusty taking him out?

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In reply to by Jumbo

jay jackson should be up instead of him...the problem is that it took j.jackson the last few weeks of 2011 to show he deserved to be called up. at this point they probably want him to go home, forget about 2011, and just be happy he ended on a mini-run of good starts with good stuff. ...not like even at his best he projects/projected for much more than a 3-5 end of rotation guy. still, when they run 400K to a couple million a year for 3-5 years they're useful. r.wells is pretty useful, imo.

--short night for Coleman Is it asking to much to never have to see him in a Cubs uniform again? I would pay not to see him. Are you reading this Ricketts? New revenue stream.

Is it me or is Castro starting to become more selective at the plate and taking more walks? As this year has gone on, it appears to me that he is starting to mature as a hitter (developing power, being more selective, etc.) and develop more from experience than just from his natural talent.

Soto is under the protection of this blog, for some reason. I guess it's because he draws a few walks, but still, he has to do more with the swings he does take. He's back in an old habit of trying to pull everything. His .220 BA is, after all, only eight points better than K. Hill's lifetime average. In any given week I feel like I can see Soto get thrown out at second, third and home.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

Soto has been very disappointing this year. But with that said, your comparison of his batting average to Hill's is just plan silly, as it ignores several things, including: - Hill, career .285 babip, Soto, 2011 babip: .278, career .303 - in other words, Soto appears to at least somewhat have been unlikely - Soto, 2011 OBP: .309, Hill, career OBP: .277 - Soto, 2011 SLUG: .392, Hill, career SLUG: .300 (and yes, I know it is somewhat silly to compare Soto, 2011 to Hill, career, but just following VAPhil's comparison) So even in a down year, Soto still has a 124 point OPS advantage over K. Hill's career numbers, and even more if you compare 2011 numbers. What most worries me this year about Soto is that he striking out more and walking less. But again, even in a down year, he still is significantly better than Hill has been over his career.

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In reply to by big_lowitzki

When you say down year, that suggests some sort of outlier, but Soto hit .218 the year before last. That's two down years out of four. I'm obviously not comparing Soto to Hill, but to people's idea of Soto, particularly on this blog. I think Soto's pretty good. I'm not really talking about Soto as much as about the kid-glove treatment he gets around here while other players who--oh, let's say, DON'T WALK AS MUCH--get constantly hammered.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

the combo of having 2 very good years in the recent past, being cheap, his age and there clearly being no better option also have a lot to do with the "kid gloves" treatment. I also personally feel he's improved his defense a bit this year. but with the down year, his value is probably at a low point (or lower than a year ago) and don't think a trade makes a ton of sense right now, especially since the only heir apparent in the system can't stay healthy.

I thought Gaub would be tentative and skittish when he finally got a chance to throw some pitches in the majors, but he's looked terrific so far. Far from being wild, he has looked sharp, throwing several unhittable strikes at the knees and on the corners. Getting comfortable in the majors would be a big deal for him. Reds' analyst Jeff Brantley has said this about Gaub in both of his appearances this week: "We're going to be seeing him for a long time, barring injury." The Cubs have three young lefties who should join Russell in the Cub bullpen sooner rather than later: Gaub, Maine and Beliveau. Russell is a control pitcher while Gaub and Maine are strikeout pitchers--both had K/9s over 12 this season at Iowa. Beliveau is a little of both. His K/9 was 10.9 this season, mostly at Tennessee, while his BB/9 was 2.3. Russell's BB/9 is an enviable 1.9, while his K/9 (5.5) is nothing to write home about. I think Beliveau will be the best of the crew, but in any event, all this lefty talent should tempt the Cubs to stretch Marshall out next spring and make an honest pitcher out of him.

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In reply to by Jumbo

Submitted by Jumbo on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 10:16am. An extra incentive to try Marshall out as a SP is that if he is successful you can offer arbitration and try to keep him year to year instead of forking out a long term contract. He may be past his arbitration timetable, too lazy to check ===================================== JUMBO: Sean Marshall is signed through next season (he gets $3.1M in 2012), and then he will be a free-agent after the 2012 season. I think Marshall would welcome a chance to go back to being a starting pitcher in his "walk" year, since free-agent starting pitchers make more money than free-agent relievers (even good ones like Marshall). And if the starting rotation doesn't work out, Marshall can always go back to the bullpen. With some combination of Russell, Gaub, Maine, and Beliveau available to provide lefty bullpen arms, the Cubs should be able to move Marshall to the starting rotation in Spring Training next season. So barring injuries, that would probably make the rotation Garza-Marshall-Dempster-Wells-Cashner (presuming Dempster opts to return, Zambrano is gone, and Cashner is moved back to the starting rotation).

http://sbb.scout.com/2/1106588.html I asked some Cubs questions Re: LaHair 'll say this, I had people telling me this guy would hit in the big leagues this year. I didn't think much of it but he sure is doing it. Whether it lasts I don't know, but he has the ability to really hit until the league adjusts. We'll see if he eventually survives that league adjustment. see if he answers the rest...

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In reply to by Rob G.

i don't buy that...the league is already pitching to his weaknesses...there's no adjustments to make that i know of. pound him inside, you can fool him outside and rarely goes for power if contact is made. his power is inside, but he also misses there a good amount. if lahair has any undoing, i think it will be his own doing...imo.

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In reply to by Rob G.

fwiw, i like FP's work, but everyone seems to be pitching and setting him up the same. lahair has a quick/compact swing, but his hands/grip pull the bat toward his body as he swings. it may generate a hell of a lot of power, but unless his hands/wrists catch up to movement inside he's going to have a higher chance to miss...and he's not going to make as much power contact on the outside. he'll murder stuff left on the plate, though...you can't make many mistakes.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.