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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?

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  • 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.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.