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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Down to the Trading Deadline Wire…

Rumor mongers vs the real deals. Eric Gagne, Bronson Arroyo, Octavio Dotel, Bobby Kielty, Ryan Church or Reggie Sanders? 4 way deal for A-Rod? Have at it. ...and Carlos, MVN's own "The Transaction Guy" is monitoring every possible wire report for information on that last minute deal coming at cha. (OK, so it's a shameless plug)

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Griffey and Arroyo for Jones, Marshall, Murton and Petrick? Haha...just kidding...

ESPN 1000 reporting that the Red Sox have reached a deal with Texas, and Boston is negotiating with Gagne to get him to drop his no-trade.

If we got Kielty, then Murton wouldn't be the only redhead on the team unless we had to trade Murton to get Kielty

It must be frustrating as hell for other GMs to try to make a deal with Jim Bowden. It seems that his only goal is to screw the other team. He's completely unrealistic about the value of his players. Other GMs must hate calling him (or avoid him completely).

"It must be frustrating as hell for other GMs to try to make a deal with Jim Bowden. It seems that his only goal is to screw the other team. He’s completely unrealistic about the value of his players. Other GMs must hate calling him (or avoid him completely)." Sounds like many of my fantasy adversaries.

Some love for the Farns courtesy of Yahoosports- "Quite obviously, if the New York Yankees are going to make a run at the Red Sox or, more likely, the wild card, they'll have to find a pitcher or two – they're in on Gagne – to put in front of Mariano Rivera. Or, as one Yankee official groaned recently, "In all of baseball, nobody gets less out of more than Kyle Farnsworth." Farnsworth is due $5.5 million next season, $6 million if he leads the team in Rolaids Relief points, or, coincidentally, if Joe Torre can down a whole roll of them before Farnsworth throws his final warm-up pitch."

Hey, I just read on the Bottom Line that we traded Rob Bowen for Jason Kendall. Great job, Jim.

Hey, I just read on the Bottom Line that we traded Rob Bowen for Jason Kendall. Ha... at first I read that as the Cubs trading Kendall for Bowen, and I thought, "Hmm... that isn't a bad upgrade!" :) And yea... doesn't look like MVN can really handle the heavy trading deadline load. What is going to happen in the playoffs?

Dotel to Braves for Kyle Davies a done deal. Padres agree with White Sox for Rob Macowiak.

Stark reporting that the Padres have acquired Rob Mackowiak from the White Sox for a minor leaguer.

Rosenthal says Dye to Boston is all but dead. He says he thinks Cubs, Angels, and the D'Backs may still be in on it.

"Griffey and Arroyo for Jones, Marshall, Murton and Petrick?" HA HA. Not funny.

Okay, so what is left out there? Griffey - haven't heard anything about him in a few days... Dunn - I think I saw the Reds said that he was not going to be dealt. Church - Seems available, Levine keeps mentioning him, but why? Gomes - barely heard anything about him. Seems to fit though...

This Dye stuff is quite a moving target.... It seems like they're drawing team names out of a hat every time they report the rumors, then just alternate between the Red Sox talking and no longer talking...

Rosenthal reporting that OBP is now considered the only stat worth anything. And I think that, yep, just got a confirmation from an unnamed source close to the commissioner: AVG is officially dead. This same source said a man going by the name of Chad ran screaming into the dark about those idiot TCRs. We will follow up when we get more news.

White Sox wanted Gabbard in exchange for Dye, but now that he's involved in the Gagne deal, they don't seem to be interested in talking with anyone else regarding the outfielder. I don't know why Wily Mo Peña and Craig Hansen were all the Red Sox offered Williams for Dye. Both are failed prospects with one tool -- never living up to their expectations. That's not what the White Sox need.

This is your two hour warning. Thank you. That should be ONE hour, not two hour. The deadline is at 4:00 pm ET, 3:00 PM CT, etc...

Boston Globe is reporting Dye will stay in Chicago. Piniero has gone from Boston to St. Louis, according to Kevin Kennedy

Boston Globe is reporting Dye will stay in Chicago. Piniero has gone from Boston to St. Louis, according to Kevin Kennedy

Trying to keep the faith in Jimbo here but I am not real happy right now. Gimme something! This team is not good enough to stand pat. Even a Reggie Sanders just to be the right handed pinch hitter off the bench would work for me.

Morgan Ensberg now a Padre. They've got the not-very-good player market cornered. Barrett Milton Bradley Scott Hairston Ensberg Way to go, fellers.

chifan, i am pretty sure that as long as the paperwork is in by the deadline they can wait longer than that. I don't think there is much of a limit on the official announcement. IIRC the Nomar trade was announced like 2 hours after the deadline.

Wow, the Ensberg deal is puzzling. He needs to be carried on the 25-man roster and they already have capable bench players who can play third base better than Ensberg. I think they're going to bench Kouzmanoff for good, even though he's been hitting pretty well lately.

I don't know how Jim Henry can stay pat. This is BullS**T. Did Jim Henry get a new job and no longer casre whatr happens to the Cubs I am sure somebody wants Murton, Cedeno, anybody but WE NEED a Stating Pitcher (to replace Marquis in the rotation for the playoffs), Rightfielder and a Left handed Pitcher for the bullpen. The Brewers made trade for pitching and the Cardinals made a trade for a pitcher while Jim Henry has his head up his butt. Why don't he get Jermaine Dye or Ken Griffey Jr. since we know Cliff Floyd is not going to play and we need a Power Bat in the line-up everyday..WAKE UP JIM!!! This is Fu*%kin stupid!!! JIM wants to continue to say he has the authority to make deals, trades and his hands are not tied where he can't make a move. Yeah Jim you are shwing us that as long as we have a decent record and make the playoffs you are content but not willing to make the move to pujt us over the top by filling the spots where we are weak!!!

WE NEED a Stating Pitcher And who do you suggest the Cubs get? And you act that Dye or Griffery would just be given away. Trades demand two teams, not just one, and you can't expect to get everything that you want. If there deals were there, Hendry would make them. But obviously he hasn't thought he was getting a good enough deal. At least not yet...

Chad, I know that, Iwas just saying there can be a delay. Also Levine has us in on Dye.

I think that bitching about Hendry's lack of action is way premature. At least have the patience to wait until we have all the facts before you start ripping him for not doing anything....

a bench bat will be available after the trade deadline, not worried about that. A big-time slugger would have been nice though, but only Teix has moved so far. Dye...I'm 50/50 on. Doesn't sound like Griffey was ever really available.

CHAD - re: wordpress * Are you sure you have the correct username and password? * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname? * Are you sure that the database server is running? I'm annoyed as you are!!!

cant say i share your need for pitching sadcubs... personally, i think the only thing the cubs need is a "legit" RH RF'r who dont mind not playing everyday...preferably with a strong arm and power. outside of that...nothing seems too interesting to me...snagging arroyo for one of the cubs excess LH starters (hill/marshall) does interest me, though....or lilly if they'd take him, which they wouldnt...heh.

The Cubs aren't going to add years/salary with the team up for sale. That was the buzz going around before the deadline and it looks like that is what happened. Hendry can't do a damn thing about that.

Okay, now Mark Gonzales is saying that he think Dye is gonna sign an extension with the Sox... What the hell? Holy smokescreen!

From Jerry Crasnik, on ESPN Radio: - Gagne deal to Boston is very close... Gange needs to waive his ntc, but Crasnik thinks it is basically "crossing the t's and dotting the i's." Thinks it will go through. - Dotel deal done. Mackowiak deal is done to SD. - Surprised none of the relievers have been moved (Reyes, Cordero, Rauch, etc). Wouldn't be surprised if one or more of those guys would be moved in the next half hour. - Can you imagine that big markets (mets, yanks, cubs, dodgers, angels) may stand pat and not do anything? Each situation is different - clubs have people - pedro is coming back, juan rivera is coming back for the angels, etc. Teams are now willing to try their young players. - It is a bit puzzling why the yanks/mets were unable to afford (i.e. give enough) for gagne. - a lot of people like the braves now, phillies have a "nice vibe", yada, yada, yada maybe more... they are still talking

I don't understand the "Cubs can't add any payroll because they're being sold" argument. Whoever buys the Cubs is going to spend between $600 million - $1 billion. What difference does a few more million dollars of payroll make?

Jace, Either KW is stupid or he thinks every other MLB GM is stupid. That team needs to get younger and after all the talking about how he is going to be making changes, he is going to look stupid if his big deal is Iguchi for some non descript A ball pitcher.

SWEET LOU: Yes. I am not a billionaire, or much of a thousandaire either, but wouldn't the CW be that the team would be even more valuable with its ace signed and a division title under its belt?

Sweet Lou, are you on the ESPN chat too? Rumor on XM is Gagne will waive his No Trade Clause to go to Boston...

Stephan A. Smith is so incredibly annoying and somewhat sexist. Get him off my freaking radio, ESPN.

Yeah Johann. I can't listen to him, either, even as a "sidekick" for Eric Caselius, who I actually like quite a bit...

chifan Yesterday Bruce Levine reported that Kenny Williams was trying to rob Jim Henry by requesting Carlos Marmol for Jermaine Dye. I can imagine once Kenny requested that, ole Jim let him hear the loud At&T dial tone.

I know that yesterday after he mentioned that he said that Dye wasnt coming here. Now he said there in there hunt, which leads me to believe that his price dropped to something reasonable.

chifan, The trade dead line is OVA!!!! Hope we got Jermaine Dye. I would hope Jim didn't stay pat.

I think that not doing anything says to me that Hendry is not sure that they have what it takes this year. I don't think that's a good message to send to the team. I know some will say that he is saying that he has all he needs, but he could have gotten more...

And Jim Hendry stood pat. There's still a ten-twenty minute period in which deals could be announced, but any blockbuster or significant trade would've been announced by now. Thanks for all your hard-work, guys.

Well Jim made his deals early. Traded Barrett Traded Izturis Traded for Kendall Getting KW back is like making a trade............... I hope the PTBNL from Pittsburgh is Jason Bay

670 the Score Terry Boers & Bernstein says they will have Kenny Williams on a conference call in 5-15 minutes to talk about trades. Maybe he will tell us the level of the Cubs interest.

There goes Levine again, saying that the Cubs will pursue the Ryan Church trade through waivers...

How does “acquiring a player by trade through waivers” work? AZ Phil explained the process in a new post.

I think that not doing anything says to me that Hendry is not sure that they have what it takes this year. Huh? Post of the day.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.