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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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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)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

    also, wisdom and taillon are both in chicago.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • 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.

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