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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, 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

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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
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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TCR Friday Notes

Submitted by Rob G. on
- Wade Miller is scheduled for a rehab start in AA on Tuesday. The Cubs can keep him on a rehab assignment for up to 30 days before having to make another move with him. - Same article says Kerry Wood has yet to throw off a mound. - Some theories on Carlos Zambrano's struggles from the Sun-Times and Ken Rosenthal. Some choice cuts from Rosenthal's article:
Maybe Zambrano's ERA would have been 5.83 after eight starts if the Cubs had finalized his five-year, $80 million-plus contract. ----- Zambrano wants to stay with the Cubs, but he needs to postpone further negotiations until the end of the season, if only to clear his head. ----- Tribune executives are probably too preoccupied with the sale to care, but they had a heck of a deal with Zambrano in place. ----- If the negotiations dragged into November —and Zambrano still chose to stay in Chicago — he could perhaps double the team's initial $80 million guarantee. Try explaining that to Cubs fans. Or to the team's next owner. Tribune can't.
For what it's worth, Zambrano emphatically states that it's not the contract that's distracting him and his early season problems stem from issues with his mechanics. - The same Rosenthal article says that Ryan Dempster has the 4th lowest batting average against for closers with at least 5 saves.

Comments

Submitted by Tom C on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:20 am

the Cubbies have moved up to 8th from 15th place in ESPN power rankings...for what its worth...

Submitted by CT Steve on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:31 am

Someone just called up WFAN and proposed that the Yanks trade Cano and the Farns for Derrek Lee. As if..! Oh, the arrogance of New York fans.

Submitted by ZHL on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:35 am

How about Cano, Melky, Phillip Hughes, Humberto Sanchez, and about $50 million? That might get it done. Nah.

Submitted by ZHL on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:37 am

"play the youngs" - Failed, but for Dusty it must've seemed like a radical success "don't overpitch Eyre and Howry" - Failed "don't worry yourself to death over wins and losses" - Success ... one outta three ain't bad.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:45 am

that sounded like those instructions were given to him after Maddux was traded for the last 2 months fwiw....

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:47 am

Dusty's working full time making himself unhireable. "At this point I'm not ready to [call a game at Wrigley]. I don't need any more abuse, you know what I mean? I was booed and jeered enough. You use every experience to your advantage to learn. Some you'd just as soon forget; some you don't. But it wasn't all bad."

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:35 am

WEAVER: I truly was astounded how well he pitched for the Redbirds. Go figure... Apparently, he's just punching a clock, now.

Submitted by vorare on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:48 am

As far as Z goes, my money is on back problems being the cause of his terrible pitching. It might account for his weird arm angle issues and the general goofiness of his mechanics lately.

Submitted by Chad on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:05 pm

"Someone just called up WFAN and proposed that the Yanks trade Cano and the Farns for Derrek Lee. As if..! Oh, the arrogance of New York fans." What was the response from the host of the show? And if we can make trades like that, I say we trade Wade Miller and Ronnie Cedeno for ARod.

Submitted by dave on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:05 pm

I truly was astounded how well he pitched for the Redbirds. Umm... Weaver had a 5.18 Era with a 1.50 WHIP for the Cars last year after coming from the Angels. Opposing hitters hit .297 against him. With the Angels last year he had a 6.29 ERA with a 1.52 WHIP. Opposing hitters hit .309 against him. He was a bad pitcher last year also. He did pitch better in September, but was by no means good. He did come out of nowhere and pitcher very, very well in the playoffs, but that went against a clear pattern of crappy pitching over last few years.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:23 pm

DAVE: "He did come out of nowhere and pitcher very, very well in the playoffs..." This is really what I was alluding to. To go from being a pretty crappy #5 (I think) on the Cards, to notching a WS win, and pitching exceedingly well in the playoffs, to me is very interesting. Maybe the Cubs will get a whack at him again when the Pilots...er...Mariners come to Wrigley?

Submitted by Newport/Racine on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:47 pm

Speculation continues that former Minnesota Twins general manager Andy MacPhail will become baseball's next commissioner when Bud Selig decides he has had enough. Yikes! From Yahoo! Sports Rumors.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:54 pm

andy's got a pedigree of experience/relatives plus knowlege of all the existing owners. non-confrontational and without a huge ego, too. has an ability to accept blame and spin without sounding like a victim or a bully. hopefully he can keep his hands off the game. selig has had a lotta fun playing with how the game is played and the expansion of territories. he's probably put the greatest impact on the game during his tenure since the creation of free agency and the DH in the 70s. for better (the current playoff system and 3-tier division, imo) or for worse (the over expansion of teams)...selig's had has hands all over the game seemingly yearly with a new quirk to "innovate" the game.

Submitted by Rynox on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:19 pm

The E-Man: Maybe the Cubs will get a whack at him again when the Pilots…er…Mariners come to Wrigley? Good theory. Unfortunately he pretty much shut down the Cub's lineup in ST. :(

Submitted by Wes on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:57 pm

Still agree with Z's mechanics not being right. I've said it a few times, but he still has to get that elbow up a little bit. He has said something to that effect after every start, but then goes right out there the next time and has his arm in the same slot. You can't outcoach being stubborn. I think I read something where Roth said that he and Z have talked several times about where his elbow needs to be, but then Z goes right back out there and doesn't change anything.

Submitted by Sheffield/Cornelia on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:23 pm

On a silly Friday note regarding this weekend, did anyone notice that the starting pitchers for this weekend's series with the Phillies all have last names starting with the same letter each day? Hill/Hamels Guzman/Garcia Lilly/Lieber When was the last time THAT happened?

Submitted by dave on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:48 pm

Unfortunately he pretty much shut down the Cub’s lineup in ST. Yea... and Wade Miller pitched great in ST also... I think I read something where Roth said that he and Z have talked several times about where his elbow needs to be, but then Z goes right back out there and doesn’t change anything. I am not sure that this means Z is uncoachable or stubborn. Patterns are hard to break, especially when you have somehow become accustomed to a certain arm angle.

Submitted by Chad on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:20 pm

"Aw, I was kinda hoping we’d face Jamie." You wanted to get shut down by yet another soft tossing lefty?

Submitted by Wes on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:29 pm

dave, that's not his normal arm angle. If it was, I might understand. He's doing something incorrectly from his normal mechanics. That's an easy fix for nearly every pitcher. Habits are hard to break, unless you can't make it out of the sixth inning. Typically, that will get you to fix whatever's causing you problems.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:36 pm

I'm not going to try and breakdown the warped psyche of Carlos Zambrano, but he knows what the problem and he agrees that it's the problem. So it doesn't make much sense that he's being stubborn, at least not to me. What makes sense to me is there's something in his body right now that's not letting him repeat his normal delivery easily even when he wants to, which worries me that there's an arm or back issue that's not being talked about.

Submitted by Jerry Swisher on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:17 pm

Z is gone unless Hendry gets permission to start talks again. There is no way he resigns during the offseason. Selig will drag his feet on approving new owners and they won't get approved until at least February, long after Z becomes a free agent in November. He's gone. The new owners get to take over with that good will gesture.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Tauchman gets a pinch hit RBI single with a liner to RF. This is his spot. He's a solid 4th OF. But he isn't a DH. 

    He takes pitches. Useful. I still believe in having good hitters.

    You don't want your DH to be your weak link (other than your C maybe)

  • crunch (view)

    bit of a hot take here, but i'm gonna say it.

    the 2024 marlins don't seem to be good at doing baseballs.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Phil, will the call up for a double header restart that 15 days on assignment for a pitcher? Like will wesneski’s 15 days start yesterday, or if he’s the 27th man, will that mean 15 days from tomorrow?

    I hope that makes sense. It sounds clearer in my head.

  • Charlie (view)

    Tauchman obviously brings value to the roster as a 4th outfielder who can and should play frequently. Him appearing frequently at DH indicated that the team lacks a valuable DH. 

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Totally onboard with your thoughts concerning today’s lineup. Not sure about your take on Tauchman though.

    The guy typically doesn’t pound the ball out out of the park, and his BA is quite unimpressive. But he brings something unique to the table that the undisciplined batters of the past didn’t. He always provides a quality at bat and he makes the opposing pitcher work because he has a great eye for the zone and protects the plate with two strikes exceptionally well. In addition to making him a base runner more often than it seems through his walks, that kind of at bat wears a pitcher down both mentally and physically so that the other guys who may hit the ball harder are more apt to take advantage of subsequent mistakes and do their damage.

    I can’t remember a time when the Cubs valued this kind of contribution but this year they have a couple of guys doing it, with Happ being the other. It doesn’t make for gaudy stats but it definitely contributes to winning ball games. I do believe that’s why Tauchman has garnered so much playing time.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Miles Mastrobuoni cannot be recalled until he has spent at least ten days on optional assignment, unless he is recalled to replace a position player who is placed on an MLB inactive list (IL, Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical). 

     

    And for a pitcher it's 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled, unless he is replacing a pitcher who is placed on an MLB inactive list (IL, Paternity, or Bereavement / Family Medical). 

     

    And a pitcher (or a position player, but almost always it's a pitcher) can be recalled as the 27th man for a doubleheader regardless of how many days he has been on optional assignment, but then he must be sent back down again the next day. 

     

    That's why the Cubs had to wait as long as they did to send Jose Cuas down and recall Keegan Thompson. Thompson needed to spend the first 15 days of the MLB regular season on optional assignment before he could be recalled (and he spent EXACTLY the first 15 days of the MLB regular season on optional assignment before he was recalled). 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Indeed they do TJW!

    For the record I’m not in favor of solely building a team through paying big to free agents. But I’m also of the mind that when you develop really good players, get them signed to extensions that buy out a couple years of free agency, including with team options. And supplement the home grown players with free agent splashes or using excess prospects to trade for stars under team control for a few years. Sort of what Atlanta does, basically. Everyone talks about the dodgers but I feel that Atlanta is the peak organization at the current moment.

    That said, the constant roster churn is very Rays- ish. What they do is incredible, but it’s extremely hard to do which is why they’re the only ones frequently successful that employ that strategy. I definitely do not want to see a large market team like ours follow that model closely. But I don’t think free agent frenzies is always the answer. It’s really only the Dodgers that play in that realm. I could see an argument for the Mets too. The Yankees don’t really operate like that anymore since the elder Steinbrenner passed. Though I would say the reigning champions built a good deal of that team through free agent spending.

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