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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Projected Cubs Stats

Submitted by Rob G. on
Inspired by this post from the MVN Brewers site, a look at some Cubs players projected stats from their ESPN.com player pages (through Friday's games). Derrek Lee 126 R, 276 H, 12 HR, 126 RBI's, 102 2b's Alfonso Soriano 111 R, 208 H, 15 HR, 37 RBI's, 89 2b's Aramis Ramirez 89 R, 179 H, 33 HR, 117 RBI's, 7 3b's Mark Derosa 60 R, 140 H, 27 HR, 100 RBI's, 7 3b's Michael Barrett 46 R, 139 H, 27 HR, 113 RBI's, 13 2b's Ryan Dempster 81 IP, 87 K, 23 BB, 29 Saves, 6 HR Allowed Michael Wuertz 81 IP, 81 K, 23 BB, 12 HR Allowed Jason Marquis 23-6, 220 IP, 110 K, 75 BB, 12 HR Allowed Rich Hill 17-6, 203 IP, 168 K, 64 BB, 17 HR Allowed Ted Lilly 12-12, 220 IP, 220 K, 35 BB, 12 HR Allowed Carlos Zambrano 11-11, 223 IP, 163 K, 123 BB, 50 HR Allowed

Comments

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:32 pm

I don't think the win-loss record for Z and saves for dempster have been updated for today's game though.

Submitted by Chad on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:46 pm

"Aramis Ramirez 89 R, 179 H, 33 HR, 117 RBI’s, 7 3b’s" Minus the triples, this may come true.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:57 pm

Another very good win by the Cubbies. They are beating these teams they should be beating. I hope they have turned the corner and have .500 in their sights. They have a tough late May stretch, that will be a real good test.

Submitted by JustanoldCubfan on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:20 pm

Cub team won/loss projection: .500 record certainly an improvement over last year in major leagues weakest division.

Submitted by Seamless Baseb… on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:38 pm

[...] So, without further ado, here are the big issues going into the weekend: Aside from the King Felix/Dice-K matchup, the most intriguing showdown in the young season will take place Friday: Cole Hamels vs. Tim Lincecum. I’m predicting either 20 K’s or 12 BB’s between them, maybe even both. How will Brett Myers handle his first weekend in the closer role? Will Soriano and Lee (who is on pace for 276 hits) stay hot, pushing the Cubs past .500? What to make of the Toronto closing situation? Accardo or Frasor? What will Phil Garner do next? After a chat with Barry Bonds, when will Ryan Howard finally start hitting? [...]

Submitted by Dave in Pittsburgh on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:46 pm

By my figuring, the recent stretch of 6 wins, 1 loss in seven games, equals the BEST stretch (also 6-1) in ALL of last year, which started about ten days after the ASG. But of course we know how that ended up, more or less 0-for-August. Actually it was a 3-18 stretch, and as I recall we were practically eating our young on the chatboard out of disgust and frustration. Things are better now, aren't they? Just from today put DLee and JJ video highlights into your brain and savor. PS I hope the CF-RF grandstanders can do something to show props to JJ for decent throws and hustle lately.

Submitted by steve on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:08 pm

Teams starting to play like the team I envisioned. D-Lee is murdering the ball, Soriano is starting to hit, Theriot has been good and needs to start, and JJ is seeing the ball well and hitting it on the nose. He hasn't had a big blunder in the outfield either. I agree with Dave, he's hustling and playing well and the fans need to acknowledge that.

Submitted by Eric the Great on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:22 pm

Floyd hasn't been awful either. De Rosa has been OK. Marquis, Lilly and Hill have been ridiculous. Wuertz and Dempster have replaced Howry and Eyre as our two best relievers. Good stuff overall. Problems--Barrett not hitting and his usual suspect defense. Where has "Cy" Zambrano gone? Howry, Eyre and Ohman, abducted by aliens? Ronny Cedeno still sucks. Felix Pie so very promising, but not ready. Who has kidnapped Matt Murton? Daryl Ward is fat and a waste of roster space. Cesar Izturis is just plain BAD. One possible solution--Trade Murton to a team that can better utilize him, see if we can pawn off one of the unwanted vets with him, and get a solid reliever or nice prospect in exchange. Send Cedeno to Iowa where he belongs, allowing you to keep Pie as a 4th OF and defensive replacement. We need a 5th starter, Guzman can't get the job done. Bobby Howry to Philly for Jon Lieber and cash?

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:37 pm

hell, ward's barely played...and he's lost a few chances cuz the pitcher sees him and says "no thanks" giving him a walk. at that point cedeno gets to play...heh. well, at least i wanna see more of him before i dismiss him...not like im expecting the world of him, but some doubles and the occasional homer would be worth 1m.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:41 pm

btw...its damn nice to have excess players without a glaring need somewhere. yeah, it'd be nice to have a SS that could both hit and field, but who's selling....a "solid" 5th starter would be nice, too, but hey, its a 5th starter.

Submitted by Chad on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:43 pm

"Problems–Barrett not hitting and his usual suspect defense. Where has “Cy” Zambrano gone? Howry, Eyre and Ohman," Good, if guys start to cool down and come back to career averages, we have a few that are to to heat up.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:02 pm

yanks pitching is just...painful. good thing they got mussina back even if his stamina isnt there and his stuff isnt was 2-3 years ago. they're trying to slug their 100million lineup through this season independant of the pitching if this keeps up.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:38 pm

Another guy who won a job based on his spring training performance bites the dust. Lance Niekro was DFA'd by the Giants today. "Niekro hit .362 with three home runs and 10 RBI during spring training."

Submitted by JustanoldCubfan on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:37 pm

Amazing how upbeat we Cub fans get after a few wins over even worse teams, Pittsburgh and Washington. Today in the stands, pennant fever was really catching on after lots of fan anger in the earlier 5 games I attended. Still I am realistic and hoping for a .500 season.

Submitted by henry on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:50 pm

sod that. we could really catch fire. our offense is just now starting to produce. if our pitching maintains, we are in very good shape. 88 wins.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:59 pm

even discouting the hot starts of marquis/lilly and settling for "they're good enough even if not this good"...the bats can produce pretty much randomly out of 6-7 slots everyday. soriano/dlee/aram ... jones/barrett/floyd-murton ... derosa/theriot/pie ... if everyone stays healthy the biggest worries about hitting should be izturis vs. theriot and barrett vs. blanco...and depending on how you feel about pie/jones, them too. personally, i'd rather have jones in CF over pie but others feel differently.

Submitted by henry on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:13 pm

jones' play is perfect. either we trade him at good value, or we have a productive outfielder who can play right or center....

Submitted by 433 on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:07 pm

Nice to see second place already. Chad, this means that your step 2 happened before your step 1 -- could this cause serious injury, given that the hole has not yet been cut in the box?

Submitted by Romero on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 05:40 pm

Nice to see second place already. Chad, this means that your step 2 happened before your step 1 — could this cause serious injury, given that the hole has not yet been cut in the box? ================ Yeah, I laughed out loud at this. TCR has the funniest comment posters in the whole Cubs Blogoshpere. You heard it here, folks. And that's without me getting warmed up at all.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 05:48 am

This one's for everyone at home who noticed right away that Z's arm angle was too low: from the SunTimes: Zambrano righted himself with a higher arm angle. ''My arm was down the first few innings,'' he said. ''After I made a pitch to Ryan Zimmerman [a leadoff walk in the third], I told myself, ''Come on, get your arm up.'

Submitted by Dave in Pittsburgh on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 05:08 am

OK all caught up on the SNL "Step one, cut a hole in a box" reference, thank you YouTube. Interestingly, I performed in a comedy revue seven years ago, and we did that same schtick-in-a-box dressed as UPS salesman, each one carrying a delivery box, doing a Chippendales sort of line dance, with the comic payoff at the end: all the guys start spinnng their boxes. Except me: mine was tiny, on a spring and just kinda flopped around. It got a big laugh.

Submitted by Rich on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 05:53 am

102 doubles by D. Lee? That would be awesome! I wouldn't even care if he had 0 HR's if he hit that many doubles.

Submitted by Virginia Phil on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 05:40 am

Tennessee had a fun time last night, 16-1 at Birmingham. 5 guys with three hits: Fuld, Fox, Craig, Dopirak and Robinson. Craig with 6 rbi. Holliman 4-0, 0.55 era.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 05/05/2007 - 05:50 am

Holliman, Holliman!!! Wonder if he changed anything this offseason?

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

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