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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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The Bear Truth: Saints Came Marching In

A tough week for the Bears against a tough opponent...

The Good: The Bears were very much the equal of the Saints for first 35 minutes of game time.  And then Cutler got blindsided (thanks Kellen Davis), fumbled and then like a boxer with a cut over his eye, the Bears methodically got pummeled into submission by the Saints the rest of the game. But they were within a score at halftime, the Bears defense got a three and out, the offense got it within a field goal, got another three and out by the defense before the aforementioned fumble and second half ass-whooping.

Matt Forte played like a man on a mission (for a new contract), busting tackles and (sadly) showing that he's the best receiver on the team. And even though he accounted for 90.5% (rough estimate) of all the good things the Bears did on offense, it didn't feel like they called his number quite enough, what with just 10 rushing attempts while Cutler was running for his football life on just about every passing attempt.

The Bad: The Bears defensive philosophy is to make teams try and drive down a long field, counting on forcing a mistake or keeping them to field goals. That means no 79-yard throws over the safety for scores. To the Saints credit, that was a perfect throw in stride by Brees to Henderson, a ball that Cutler either overthrows or Hester drops. It wasn't make or break, but certainly turned the momentum for the Saints at that point of the game. Still they gave up 30 points on the day and that's without the Saints even trying in the fourth quarter, although one TD was on a short field after the Cutler fumble. Not a terrible perfomance, but they've certainly done better versus this very same team and same offense.

As for Cutler, let's just get the excuses out of the way. The wide receivers and offensive line are still as horrible as ever. The receivers do a poor job of getting separation (Aikman commented on it a few times if you don't want to believe me) and then drop passes right in their goddamn hands for first downs. The offensive line acts like stopping a blitz is something you consider doing only if you're in the mood.

That being said, Cutler made poor decisions and flat out poor throws throughout a lot of the game, sometimes under pressure, sometimes not. It certainly wasn't his best effort as a Bear.

The Ugly: It might not have been so close if not for two rather generous calls in the first half. The Saints got nailed for a roughing the passer that kept the Bears first TD drive alive. A play where the defender was flagged for driving Cutler to the ground, but it appeared to be as clean a hit as you could have made. The following drive, the Bears clearly nailed the Saints receiver after he stepped out and the Bears didn't get flagged. Gabe Carimi could be out for a month with a dislocated knee. Two games in and Mike Martz is back to his 90/10 passing to run split(also a rough estimate) that Lovie had to slap him out of last year.

Big division game versus the Packers next week, where Cutler will undoubtedly be running for his life against the backdrop of about 35 stories of the NFC championship game last year and his lack of "courage" or whatever inappropriate terminology Fox will use.

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In reply to by jacos

Gabe Carimi out for month with dislocated knee. --- I'm not sure what his injury really is as this is not a very well thought out description. If it's a dislocated patella (which is moderately common), it's the same injury former Bears 1st round lineman Marc Columbo (29th pick, 2002) had...and see how long it messed him up. Patellar dislocations do have a range of severity though and partial dislocations (subluxations) can recover more quickly but it's all about how much soft tissue damage occurs to the medial side of the patella and distal quadriceps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Colombo If it truly was a dislocated knee, meaning the entire knee (femur on tibia) dislocated, he'd be out for a year or longer. To dislocate the entire knee, the ACL and PCL get torn (other structures often get damaged too). So I doubt it's really a dislocated knee and just the patella...or it's just poor translation (the media relations person?) by someone as to what is wrong with his knee. --- Wiki on Columbo: In 2002, as a rookie, Colombo was placed on injured reserve after suffering a dislocated patella and femoral nerve damage during a road game against the St. Louis Rams on November 18. He missed the entire 2003 season after being placed first on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list on August 13, and then on injured reserve. He also missed most of the 2004 season; he was finally activated from the Reserve/PUP list to the active roster on November 8, 2004. In 2005, he played in the Bears season opener; however, he was waived the next week, on September 13, 2005.

against the backdrop of about 35 stories of the NFC championship game last year and his lack of "courage" or whatever inappropriate terminology Fox will use ------- This alone makes me not want to watch the broadcast. I didn't see the Saints game, but I expected the Bears to be 0-3 to start the year. Defense can be great, but no O-line still and decent at best receivers. I can't stomach Forte with only 10 rushes. Make Tice O-Coordinator for christ's sake

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Do athletes need their kneecaps attached?...people who can grab their knee caps and move them around. --- The patella has some side to side mobility when the quad muscle is relaxed and the knee is mostly extended, which is normal. Some people have more joint laxity than others and often it involves multiple joints but the patellar mechanism is one of the areas that we commonly see excess laxity. If the kneecap is not tracking centrally against the opposite side of the joint called the femoral trochlea, it usually leads to cartilage damage over time, referred to as chondromalacia. The patella has tendons on both ends, the quadriceps tendon above and the patellar tendon below and both are critical for knee extension. A person can put up to 10x their body weight across that part of the knee joint when walking up stairs. The patella by moving the lever arm of the muscle-tendon unit away from the center of the joint gives the quadriceps the leverage to do that. The quadriceps muscle has 4 parts and the part near the kneecap called the vastus medialis oblique or VMO is a key in situations where the patella tracks laterally or has dislocated laterally (to the outside). The vast majority of patellar dislocations/subluxations are when the patella moves laterally beyond it's tracking groove thus injuring the medial supporting structures including a key medial patellofemoral ligament and the VMO. Much of the rehab on this injury focuses on strengthening that part of the quad. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0115/afp20070115p194-f1.jpg

during Bears/Falcons game? weren't real... http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/09/22/fox-apologizes-for-cutler-headli… During the Bears’ 30-12 win over the Falcons, FOX aired graphics of three headlines that said “Cutler leaves with injury”, “Cutler lacks courage” and “Cutler’s no leader”. While the graphics were shown, analyst Darryl Johnson said they were “actual headlines from local newspapers in Chicago” after last season’s NFC Championship game against the Packers. Turns out, they weren’t. FOX has since been under fire for running the headlines as many believe the network is fueling the criticism Jay Cutler constantly faces.

Recent comments

  • Charlie (view)

    I worry that Morel will lose starts at 3B as long as this roster lacks a compelling DH.

  • 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.