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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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A Trade Possibility...

Submitted by Rob G. on
Rotoworld had a blurb today that Kevin Frandsen is taking a break from playing shortsop. This is on the heels of Omar Vizquel being sidelined with a knee injury. Rotoworld speculates the Giants will probably be looking for a shortstop by the time spring training is ending and it made me think the Cubs might be able to help them out.

As previously mentioned, by a number of folks including our own Arizona Phil, center fielder Rajai Davis is out of options and could possibly fill that right-handed hitting, three-spot outfielder the Cubs have been searching for since the offseason began. A speedster, who is known for playing hard at all times, his major and minor league numbers suggest that, at the very least, he's not immune to taking a walk. The Cubs, of course, have a shortstop named Ronny Cedeno who happens to be also out of options.

So Jim Hendry, if you're out there, go ahead and contact me and I'll let you know where to send the consulting fee once this goes through.
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Comments

Submitted by John Beasley on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 03:00 pm

I'd love that move. Do it to it. And for the record, there's probably no one better on the planet for Ronny Cedeno to learn from than Omar Vizquel.

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Submitted by GEOvITC on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 03:50 am

Why not just trade Schoenweis and Castillo to the Cubs for Marquis, DeRosa and Murton? It solves problems for both teams and wouldn't gut the farm system as the Roberts trade. 1. Castillo bats behind Soriano. 2. Schoenweis becomes provides a nice lefty option out of the pen. 3. Cedeno plays CF, SS & 2B off the bench in a platoon with Pie. 4. Cintron plays SS, 2B & 3B as a back-up. 5. Jake Fox (PH/OF/1B/C), Henry Blanco (C/1B) & Daryl Ward (PH/OF/1B) finsih out the bench. For the Mets: 1. Murton solves their need for an outfielder that can hit in the middle of the order. 2. DeRosa replaces Castillo - with more power. 3. Marquis eats innings.

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 03:45 pm

Of course, it leaves the Cubs with Alex Cintron as the backup SS in all likelihood...so yeah.

Submitted by Chifan on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:27 am

Cedeno is worth more than Rajai Davis and I do not even like Cedeno that much. We should be targeting Brian Anderson for the right handed backup OF, the White Sox seem to want a back of the rotation guy give them Marshall or Dempster depending if they want a vet or young guy.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:56 am

That would be a decent enough proposal for both sides. Unfortunately they already got a SS backlog with 2 guys who are possible starters and/or paid like starters in cabrerra and uribe. Agreed that cedeno is worth ore than r.davis...fontenot i wouldnt have an issue with.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:08 am

100% certain that no one is going to trade for Mike Fontenot to play SS for them.

But yeah, probably would be happier just keeping Cedeno and teach him how to shag flyballs. 

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:33 am

yeah, fontenot has a hard enough time ranging 2nd base. the "well, he does have experience playing there" can only get you so far. may we never see more than 1 inning of d.ward playing RF in anything but a blowout game in 2008, please...wow...yeah...

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Submitted by Timmer on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:06 am

Brian Anderson?! The guy can't hit his weight.

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Submitted by Dr. aaron b on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:26 am

He can hit the shit out of John Mabry.

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Submitted by Timmer on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:34 am

He can hit the shit out of John Mabry. I had forgotten about that. It was a great baseball fight.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:43 am

fwiw...things like trading for pro-level players in march tends to not happen til the last week or so of march. i could only find offseason trading records back to 2003, but there has only been one pro-level talent exchange prior to the last stretch of ST. trade was a dbacks march 8th 2006 a.cintron to the wsox for whosit mcwhatshisface, btw. so what's this mean? nothing. just something to be aware of while the rumors grind us down.

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:31 am

I didn't really know much about Davis, but after looking up his stats, I'd be all for this trade. In 190 at bats he hit .279 with a .361 OBP, in addition to 32 runs, 11 doubles, and 22 stolen bases. Take those numbers out to a full season (roughly multiple by 3) and you get a pretty good player. 30+ doubles, nearly 100 runs scored, and over 60 stolen bases. In the minors he regularly stole 40-50 bases a season, has a career OBP of .373, and it looks like he is a pretty good outfielder as well - has had double digit assists twice. And even though it's a small N of just 67 games, fwiw he has a 1.000 fielding percentage in the bigs.

Submitted by rokfish on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:43 am

the cubs should at least float the possibility out there and let andy the clown see it.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:42 am

I have always liked: Randy Wynn? He has always played well against us. Hits for power. Some speed. Solid defensively.

Submitted by dleturno on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:08 am

Brian Anderson? Pew. I thought we were looking for basically a "bench" guy that bats right-handed and can play all outfield spots? Randy Winn is a starter. I'd be all for welcoming Rajai to the squad. I saw him play several times when he was an Indianapolis Indian and he plays hard and would upgrade the Cubs team speed. If Felix flounders or twists his other nut, I don't think we'd miss a beat with RD. Love the trade idea, Rob.

Submitted by Timmer on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:42 am

I still like Rob G's idea of sending a reliever to the Tigers for Inge and then flipping him to the Angels for Figgins.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:08 pm

not sure I can take credit for that, the newspaper report was the Tigers asking us about bullpen help and mentioning Inge, I think "the Joe" was hoping we can then flip him for Chone, which is pretty doubtful. I had, earlier in the offseason, mentioned trying to work a 3-way deal between the same 3 teams though where Angels get Inge and something, Tigers gets some relievers and pitching rotation depth (Marhsall, Gallagher, Hart type guys) and we get Figgins. That's just me, floating stuff though.

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Submitted by Timmer on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:28 pm

I think "the Joe" was hoping we can then flip him for Chone, which is pretty doubtful. I'd be happy with Willits -- not on the same level as Figgins, of course, but he would be an excellent 4th outfielder/platoon CF for the Cubs.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:28 pm

Early cut for Colvin, considering he was in the RF discussion until Fukudome was signed. When do the minor leauge games start?

Submitted by Hrothgar on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:36 pm

awright, so who's the poor schlub who wasted his 1st round pick on pujols? i swear those guys sold their soul for that world series.

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Submitted by Chad on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:22 pm

I have thought about selling my soul for a long time. But screw the Cubs. If I'm selling my soul, I would get to be a rock star. And not some crappy ass rock star like Pete Wentz but a real rock star like Gene Simmons or Mick Jagger.

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Submitted by Dr. aaron b on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:43 pm

Probably better use of your soul there Chad. Selfishly I would rather Sacrifice your soul for the greater good of Cubdom. It was nothing personal against you I assure you. It was just a sacrifice I was willing to make. Surely you understand.

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Submitted by JoePepitone on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:13 pm

"And not some crappy ass rock star like Pete Wentz but a real rock star like Gene Simmons or Mick Jagger." I thought Gene Simmons is a cartoon character...

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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