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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

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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Game 119 Thread / Reds @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Game Chat Phil Dumatrait vs. Ted Lilly Lineups:
Hopper CF Theriot SS
Keppinger SS Kendall C
Griffey Jr. RF Lee 1B
Phillips 2B Ramirez 3B
Dunn LF DeRosa 2B
Conine 1B Fox RF
Encarnacion 3B Murton LF
Jorgensen C Jones CF
Dumatrait P Lilly P

Comments

On an almost related point from the last thread, what is the best baseball game available on the internet. Miniclip's "bottom of the ninth" and Candystands "bullpen blast" were the best I could find. ...

Your Ted Lilly Fan Club Super Computer (TLFCSC) Projection for tonights game. 6 2/3 IP 3 ER 5 K 2 BB 1-2 2B, Sac Bunt, 1 Professional Outing, W. Enjoy. We hope the weather comes through

Sorry the projection took an extra 5 minutes, Mark. Intern Richie spilled his sippy- cup on the SC and shorted it.

mark, bullpen blast is a real fun game. we play it at work all the time. Actually, I've never made it out of the seventh but my employee has throw the perfect game.

No problem tlfcsc. Always look forward to your view. Typical intern richie - schoolboy error. Agreed chad. I have actually managed a perfect game too. That is because I went through a period of playing it non-stop though. That I haven't been fired surprises me everyday.

Chad, try bottom of the ninth too. It's quite good. Easy and medium levels are a walk in the park. Winning on the hard level is pretty tough though. Haven't managed it yet.

Winning on the hard level is pretty tough though. Haven’t managed it yet. Chad, allow me to save you the trouble. We have three words for you, Mark. On...Base... Percentage.

Neal, is that for real? (Excuse the pun.) That is nothing like what we expected.

Let's please not have the obp conversation again. Even in the context of an online game.

Real Neal, Because Hendry went Pacman this winter this might be our best offer for Vitters.

I know it's a lot "cooler" to bash beat writers, but I happen to like Wittenmyer. I've read many of his articles, disagreed with some, agreed with some. He was just on talking to Len & Bob.

I think DeRosa's a good player and that was a nice play by Conine, but after slugging .355 in July and .306 thus far in August, he really shouldn't be hitting in the middle of the order. He hasn't gone deep since June.

How about our starting pitchers are bums for not being able to go deep in the game and throwing everything on the bullpen? Murton, though, rocks. GO MURTON!

I don't know if you guys heard this but Len and Bob just mentioned on WGN that the Cubs signed Vitters. Booyah.

Note to self: FOR THE 1,000TH TIME: Do NOT stay up late to watch the Cubs, you dumbass. You know what will happen. Oh, brother -- swept by the Astros, now about to drop 2 at home vs. the Reds. I can't stands no more. Bleep this bleeping game.

The only realistic hope: Have Marmol pitch every inning of every game. Time for bed -- I cannot bear to watch that fat turd Weathers close us out again.

cubs start hitting cubs stop pitching sounds like a broken record from years past we always seem to do one well.

and look at this future hall of famer vs. the cub david (stormy) weathers will pitch bottom of ninth.

I just cant' understand why Howry throws that inexplicable fastball just above the belt. The previous two were fouled off. Hamilton showed that that pitch was not getting by. Nice work bullpen!!!!

We were doing okay till Piniella started managing in the top of the sixth inning. He had a plan: Wuertz, Marmol, Howry and Dempster would do an inning each to protect a three-run lead. The plan started to unravel after Wuertz threw one pitch in the sixth. Four problems with the plan: 1) Wuertz, 2) Dempster, 3) & 4) Marmol and Howry are overworked. Marmol has lost three or four MPH on his fastball. Lilly could have pitched the sixth, and then Wood and Pignatiello could have pitched. But Piniella doesn't want to use Wood or Pignatiello to protect a lead. So far Wood has not been given the ball with a lead. Why? These games are too important, we're fighting for first, or we're fighting for the wildcard, you just have to make the playoffs, this could be our year, etc., etc. Meanwhile, the Reds manager puts in triple-A lefty and he shuts us down for two innings. In other words, our manager choked.

I'm so glad the Cubs gave Hamilton to the Reds for nothing. And yes, 50K [or whatever Hendry pocketed] is nothing. And no, don't give me that crap about how no one knew Hamilton was going to perform [just like no one knew Dontrelle Willis would ever do shit]. Obviously the Reds GM knew. So the Cubs get stuck filling in constantly open outfield slots with the likes of Yet Another Patterson, Pie, Pagan and Daryl F. Ward [to the tune of a million bucks]. I guess that 50K can maybe buy Zambrano a farewell lunch or something at the end of the year. But YAY, the Cubs overpaid some draft pick who will probably pan out to shit because the organization doesn't know how to judge talent.

when's Zambrano's next start? i mean he's our stopper, our $20MM man...he'll right the ship....right?>

Stick a fork in this team. The bullpen is spent and the starters are starting to pitch to their caliber.

#30: Do NOT stay up late to watch the Cubs, you dumbass. You know what will happen. Not to brag, but at age 36 (32 of which have been spent identifying as a Cub fan), I have mastered the correct approach. I watched them take the lead 9-6 and choke it back 9-9. I went to bed right after that, thinking "they are going to lose. 11-9." Sensing futility and correctly predicting the final score. Nobody can tell me I'm not a real Cub fan. OH CRAP and I have to do stuff at work today with a Sox fan asdfsrserweqsadf;alfajfwpjafl;s

I’m so glad the Cubs gave Hamilton to the Reds for nothing. Give it up. Hamilton has been out of baseball for a couple of years, and had had only played 23 games above A ball (and played pretty poorly in those 23 games). There is/was no question that Hamilton is talented, but there were HUGE questions about whether or not Hamilton could play in the big leagues AND stay clean. The Reds took a risk, and it paid off. And oh yea... you do know that Hamilton has spent much of the year on the DL, right?

Cubs take risk, but they very rarely pay off. Wade Miller, anyone? He'll probably be in a Reds uni next year, and will throw 3 CG shutouts against us.

Cubs take risk, but they very rarely pay off. Ryan Dempster has paid off. Jason Marquis has paid off, for the most part, so far. Jason Kendall has paid off, for the most part.

dave says: August 16th, 2007 at 6:23 am I’m so glad the Cubs gave Hamilton to the Reds for nothing. Give it up. * No. The Cubs burned their pick on Hamilton to sell him to the Reds for squat. Obviously, the Reds were onto something and the Cubs, as stupid as the Brer Fox, fell for it without thinking twice. How many games as Hamilton cost the Cubs this year? Two? I hope we don't miss the Division or WC by two games. If so, I hope Hendry invested that 50K in a ticket out of town on a private jet. *Hamilton has been out of baseball for a couple of years, and had had only played 23 games above A ball (and played pretty poorly in those 23 games). * So? Matt Murton has been in the Major Leagues for the better part of the last two years and he's not as good as Hamilton. *There is/was no question that Hamilton is talented, but there were HUGE questions about whether or not Hamilton could play in the big leagues AND stay clean. * And for little to no money or risk, the Reds got a pretty nice player, while the Cubs can't keep the same 3 or 4 or 5 guys in the outfield for the whole year. *&The Reds took a risk, and it paid off.* Yep, while the Cubs seem to only take risks on guys who have had their arms surgically re-attached and it usually DOESN'T work out. To the tunes of MILLIONS of dollars. *And oh yea… you do know that Hamilton has spent much of the year on the DL, right?* And yet, he still has more homers than 95% of the Cub team. How many combined days have Ramirez, Lee & Soriano been on the DL?

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • 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.