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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 





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Game 148 Thread / Cubs @ Cards (2 of 4)

Game Chat : BR Preview : Game Notes Ted Lilly vs. Braden Looper Lineups:
Soriano LF Miles 2B
Theriot SS Taguchi LF
Lee 1B Pujols 1B
Ward RF Ludwick RF
Jones CF Edmonds CF
DeRosa 3B Molina C
Soto C Cairo 3B
Fontenot 2B Looper P
Lilly P Ryan SS

Comments

Well, as usual, the "top" of the order really is an automatic out. So, keeping with the usual suspects, and with the professional hitter D.Ward in the "cleanup" spot, it is not a bad lineup after a night game. If Fonty can get on with no outs, and assuming he can get in scoring position with Lilly and Sori getting their usual outs, it will let TheRiot drive in a run with two outs. Anyone want to take a crack at the night game lineup prediction? Also, those who have been bitching about Dempster, I sympathize, but just do not see Lou adjusting roles now for 2007. It would be great if there was a lock-down set-up guy in the 6th or 7th inning OTHER than Marmol, but we have Oh-Man!, Eyre (who has been pretty decent post AS), and Wood, who has been - well - "Roller Coaster Ronny". Dempster pre-oblique injury, was the best I have seen him pitch. But that guy is gone.

So what now? We need six outs. We can't afford any mistakes and we definitely can't afford an extra inning game when there is still another 9 to play tonight.

Cubs Win!

Standings...............GB Chicago 77-71 Milwaukee 74-72 2 St. Louis 69-77 7 Cincinnati 68-79 8.5

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! 4 game winning streak, 2 games above MIL, 6 above STL. Wooha!

How did he look? Was his fastball any better? Did he use his fastball? Did he use Mentos?

Heh, honestly never thought I'd see that again after the start of this year, cubster.

My lineup prediction for game 2: Soriano 7 Kendall 2 Lee 3 Floyd 9 Ramirez 5 Jones 8 DeRosa 4 Cedeno 6 Marshall 1 If Ramirez had started Game 1 and Theriot had sat, I would have thought we'd maybe see Soriano take Game 2 off.

OK, what is that 84-88 mph flat pitch that Dempster throws up the strike zone? I cringe every time I see it.

As one of Dempster's fierest critics of late...that was really, really great to see. Get one of the final 2 on this trip and we are in excellent shape. Even if worse comes to worse and we lose the next two and Milwaukee ties us...We get the significant schedule advantage back..with Milwaukee having no big home field advantage.

" Even if worse comes to worse and we lose the next two and Milwaukee ties us" Can't happen. We lose 2 and they win one, we're still up a half game but 1 back in the loss.

I was fine with the numerous bunt sacrifices in Houston the other day. But I have no friggin clue what Lou was thinking with Jones/Derosa today in the 9th.

27 blockhead I have no friggin clue what Lou was thinking with Jones/Derosa today in the 9th. lou was thinking the exact same thing that you and i and many others were thninking: putting dempster on the mound with a 1-run lead is a slippery slope. when jones got back to the dugout, lou was pretty cool about the "caught stealing". awful tough for derosa to try and bunt a pitch at cap level. that's my take anyway. lineup prediction for game 2: soriano lf jones cf lee 1b floyd rf aram 3b derosa 2b kendall c cedeno ss marshall p

Today is the perfect example of why fans are fans and players are players. Half this board is ready to throw Dempster under the bus every time he gives up a run or 'blows' ......what is it?.....yeah, 3 saves blown all year. Who knows what happens in Game 2 if Dempster is needed or over the next 2 weeks. But for 148 games, you know what? Dempster has done the job he's paid to do as well as almost any closer in the show. And I'm not an officer in the Ryan Dempster fan club. Next year is next year and Lou can figure that out during the off-season.

Recent comments

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    In honor of dispatching with the Astros, this painting is titled “The Sweep”. 
    I retired a couple years ago, and took a job at Wrigley as a security guy. SO cool having Wrigley as your office. SO cool being there when PCA got his first hit. 
    “The Sweep” happens at the end of every game - the security staff sweeps through the ballpark making sure it’s empty.
    (Hopefully I’ll be putting this painting up often this year.)
    Lastly, because working for the Cubs, they understandably don’t want you voicing opinions on social, which is why I’m only painting the banners here. 

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Honorable mention to Jim Bullinger via BleedCubbieBlue: 

    Bullinger, a converted shortstop, had pitched in three games before he came to the plate. He had entered the game to relieve starter Shawn Boskie after four innings, and came to the plate to lead off the fifth, and hit Rheal Cormier's first pitch over the left-field wall to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead; they eventually won the game 5-2 in 14 innings. Of the 129players to homer in their first MLB at-bat, Bullinger is one of just 32 to hit that blast on the first big-league pitch he saw (including Contreras) and one of just six pitchers to do so.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Most of this activity will lead nowhere, of course, but it is fantastic that they’re looking for talent in every nook and cranny. You never know where that can lead, and virtually nothing is lost if if leads nowhere, as long as no one of superior talent and potential is losing an opportunity.

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Fun 1st Hit / HR Fact…


    Recent Cubs players to have HR as 1st MLB hit:

    PCA

    Morel

    Happ

    Contreras

    Baez

    Soler

    Castro

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does he remind anybody else of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.