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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 161 Thread / Cubs @ Reds (2 of 3)

Game Chat Rich Hill vs. Aaron Harang Lineups: Who Cares?

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"Lineups: Who Cares?" thread of the year.

What do you think the playoff roster is going to b Phil? I see Blanco, Monroe, Trax and maybe Eyre left off.

my name's not phil, but im a loudmouth, so whatever... monroe's probably got a 'bye' into the postseason cuz he's a righty who can cover all 3 OF slots. JJ cant be risked to cover CF by himself and pie's barely worked recently (and is a lefty). monroe could/probably make it based solely on his given tools, independent of his batting performance so far.

God, I'm an idiot. Or I'm still drunk. Either way, I forgot that THAT'S how you put a big photo into Word Press. Thanks, Rob!

Mets up 5-0 in the 2nd.... so how bad would it be for the Phils to go up a game and then blow it?

and Eyre will make the roster, he's been pretty lights out since the ASB (0.84 ERA) I do wonder how short the leash will be on Dumpster?

Brick's photo is awesome. Now 8-0 Mets...someone put something in the pregame spread, I think. BP Odds Report on Playoff Opponents: The way things shook out last night, it really looks like we will face the Diamondbacks, an 82.5% chance. There is an outside 12.5% shot of facing the Padres, a 3.5% chance of meeting the Phillies, and 1.5% chance of meeting the Mets. The odds of a Wild Card tie decreased significantly yesterday with the Rockies and Mets losing and the Diamondbacks and Padres winning. I like our chances against the Diamondbacks, in part because Phoenix is a familiar environment for the team. Essentially the entire major and minor league coaching and training staff will be available to them. I don't want to come within 100 miles of the Phillies this October.

OK, I'll bite. Here's my 25-man roster for the first round: Starters: Zambrano Lilly Hill Marquis Bullpen: Dempster Howry Eyre Marmol Wood Ohman Wuertz Catchers: Soto Kendall Outfield: Soriano JJ Murton Floyd Pie Ward Infield: Ramirez Theriot DeRosa Lee Fontenot Cedeno I'm assuming that Uncle Lou will want 11 pitchers, and he'll be able to get by with four starters. I can't Monroe making it, he's just not done well enough, and Blanco has barely played at all in the last month.Ohman makes the team as a LOOGY. We don't have a long man, but hopefully we won't need one - I can't recall a game this year where a long man was brought in to pitch the bulk of a game when the starter faltered. Marshall and Trachsel are ready reserves, in case someone gets hurt. Just my $0.02 worth.

thanks Brick, your photo looks fantastic as a desktop for my 20" apple monitor!

Lineup - um, someone in another thread and chat mentioned Dave Veres picking up a few innings today. What I heard anyway.

On Cubs.com, it shows Gallagher getting the spot start over Rich Hill...

i hate u fox. evidently the mets are in a fighting move...and i can't see it. its being described as "classic" amongst other things.

fighting mood... lots of punches, multiple bench clearings... THAAAAAAAANKS FOX.

theriot, fontenot, murton, Soto, Pie, Cedeno (3B), Blanco (1B), Fuld (RF), Hill vs. Hopper, Keppinger, Votto, Phillips, Encarnacion, Cantu, Ross, Ellison I expect some of the regulars to get a couple of Ab's tomorrow.

Interesting... Theriot is the one guy whom I thought would sit for sure because of his back. But it makes sense to get Cedeno some defensive reps at 3B in case he's needed there during the playoffs.

I turn to fox to see if they cut to the Mets game and lo and behold, it's the Cubs v. Reds!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Theroit could have used an offday. I probably would have called up Fox put him at 1b and put Blanco at 3rd. Though I guess if he sits tomrrow that is still 3 days off before Game 1.

Too funny. I predicted this exact line-up last night with the exception of Cedeno at 3B instead of Theriot.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome your 2006-2007 Iowa Cubs to Great American Ballpark!

Well, the Chicago Cubs can't beat Harang, but the Iowa Cubs don't have much problem doing it.

Combined 1-hit shutout? Wow.... Didn't anybody tell the pitchers that this game was meaningless?

Hey Rich Hill and bullpen RINSE AND REPEAT, please.

"Yeah, I send Marshall in a millisecond over Ohman." I'm thinking that Ohman has experience as a LOOGY, while Marshall would need time to warm up. But today's performance was pretty impressive - granted, against an utterly demoralized Reds team. No doubt Uncle Lou and Jim will confound all our predictions.

Marshall looked pretty healthy to me.........looked like he was throwing free and easy.

AP - "Piniella wasn't aware that several Marlins suggested the Cubs were panicking while they got swept in Florida on Thursday. ``You know, they've got a lot of talent over there to lose 90 games,'' Piniella said, pointedly. ``Outside of that, I don't have much to say about the situation.'' I love it! Go Lou!! F*** the fish!

Haven't caught any of the brawl story today but seems like the fish were letting the 'spoiler' role go to their heads.

yeah, evidently marshall's pretty good at pitching on 2 weeks rest. a lot better than pitching on 8 days rest, anyway. good to see him out there today...was worried about his state of health seeing so little of him.

And most people were worried about the Reds series because there was NO way we could beat both Arroyo and Harang....the B team had no problem with Harang.

Ah, schucks. I missed the first 20 mins of the Cubs special. Have to watch for when it airs again.

URBS: "I’m thinking that Ohman has experience as a LOOGY..." NOOOOOOOOO! No Fucking WAY! ANYONE ELSE. He is not a LOOGY. Not a ROOGY! Leave this crap-ass pitcher with Trachsel OFF the Roster. PLEASE, LOU!

Ohman IS a LOOGY. That doesn't mean we need one, but he is good in that role. I personally want Marshall on the roster though. Good the entire season except for one month. Maybe he just got tired, because he looked every bit as dominating as he did the first three months. Please let him pitch over Marquis (I know, ain't happening, but I can hope.)

"The Cubs are the first team in the NL Central to go from last to first in consecutive seasons. The last NL team to pull off the feat was Arizona in 1999", Cubs.com As per my request to CHAD, Cubs are in elite company as he did some research on this previously and found that only five teams have done this during the last 30 years. We're in elite company. CWTD - You may now change your moniker back to CWTP! GO CUBS!!!!

They’re not showing the Cubs game on Fox in Chicago? Seriously? Somebody explain this. I mentioned it a couple days ago, Fox is only allowed to carry one team up to 9 times. Today was the 10th game for the Cubs, so it was blacked out in Chicago. I'm still not sure how WGN then gets the rights to a Saturday afternoon, when that's supposed to be Fox's exclusive time... BTW, Thanks Brick. Your photo is now my desktop wallpaper.

Hill's 4 K's gave him 183 on the year which will likely give him the team lead unless Lilly can strike out 10 in his 2-3 innings of work tomorrow. He also lowered his ERA under the 4 mark to 3.92 which will likely be 2nd on the team behind Lilly unless he gets rocked tomorrow. Marshall also lowered his ERA to 3.92 with his 2 innings. All 5 Cubs starters (I'm using Marshall) with ERA+ over 100.

BRICK! What a terrific shot! Many, many thanks! Jacos - That is hysterical!! =D

Brick, thanks for the picture! Jacos, thanks for the video! This is too much fun.

You know, they’ve got a lot of talent over there to lose 90 games HAHAHA... VA Phil - Lou is making fun of your Marlins!

I think the choice for the 11th pitcher will come down to Kevin Hart or Marshall. Based on experience, he would be a second lefty out of the pen, and how he looked today, you would think Marshall will get the nod. Hart has looked very good this month, though.

Well Elias was half right about the '83 Cubs, they would hit. More than could be said for the 2006 version.

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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.