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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 162 Thread / Cubs @ Reds (3 of 3)

Game Chat Ted Lilly vs Homer Bailey Lineups:
Soriano LF Keppinger SS
Fontenot 2b Hanigan C
Lee 1B Votto LF
Floyd RF Encarnacion 3B
Ramirez 3B Cantu 1B
Jones CF Coats CF
Cedeno SS Ellison RF
Kendall C Lopez 2B
Lilly P Bailey P

Comments

Man, we're never getting into the playoffs with this lineup. Oh, that's the Brewers, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Nice to see Lou treat this like a ST game. Get the starters an AB or 2 to keep sharp and pull them. Injurys are always possible, but would be more likely to happen after 4 days off and then going 110% in the playoffs.

Regardless what the Cubs do in the playoffs - I think Jim Hendry and LouPa did a great job. Congrats to both men.

Mets/Glavine meltdown in the top of 1st...5 runs, one out before Randolph removed Glavine. Glavines last pitch hits Dontrelle Willis to drive in the 5th run. Might be Glavine's last mound appearance in NY or anywhere.

Mets loss equals Cubs @ Dbacks on Wednesday. but the Muts won't be eliminated if the Phils lose today...they would have a nl east tiebreaker tomorrow if that happens.

also melting down at the moment.....Jason Marquis Two innings and then he loses it

I'm guessing he meant Glavine. As for Marquis, he needs to get it together. He's put together two or three straight bad starts, and he wonders why he was left off the Cards' playoff roster last year. Still, I suppose he's better than Trachsel.

If Rothschild knew what was wrong with Marquis at the end of last season and could fix it, does this 2.2 IP 7 earned runs vs last place Pitt 5.0 IP 4 earned runs vs last place Fla 2.2 IP 4 earned runs vs Cincinnati replacement team mean that Marquis has something different wrong that Rothschild can't fix?

Cubs' SP ERA 3.83 Lilly 3.92 Hill 3.92 Marshall 3.95 Zambrano 4.60 Marquis

does dumpster still get a "oh he's okay" free ride? 7 homers given up in sept. 5 all season last year, 4 all season the year before...1 all season this year leading up to sept. 14.2ip 23 hits. something isnt right...and it isnt cuz he's in a non-closer situation. he's given up a year and 1/2's worth of homers in less than 4 weeks.

4.60 Marquis' ERA 4.72 Dumpster's ERA Maybe Marquis should be our closer. /sarcasm

I thought it interesting that Lou went with Eyre of all people yesterday in the 9th inning. He's been pretty great post-ASB. If Dempster just doesn't work out in the playoffs, I'd be comfortable with Howry or Eyre in the closer role.

NO MORE MR. FOURTH GUY Lou Piniella yesterday; "I would think Marquis would be the fourth guy if we use a fourth guy," Piniella said. "We'll play this thing by ear."

Put me down for Howry in the 9th inning closer role with Zeus and Kid K the main setup men. Relegate Demp to Mets shutdown specialist :-) Think its pretty safe to assume that if a game 4 loss would eliminate the Cubs, look for Z to start.

validation day - shakiest starter: Marquis; shakiest reliever: Dempster. hope they're not allowed to hurt the team in the NLDS.

So it looks like we'll play the D-Backs and they've already announced their starters as well. As of know it would be: Zambrano vs. Webb (3.01) Lilly vs. Davis (4.25) Hill vs. Hernandez (4.93) Marquis or Zambrano vs. Owings (4.30) or Webb

Don't know about you but the thought of Marquis pitching in an elimination game makes me queasy.

Yeah, I think if the Cubs are down 2-1 at that point Zambrano comes back. What will be more interesting would be if the Cubs were up 2-1 - do the D-backs pitch Webb, then do we throw Marquis out there and save Z for a possible 5th game? Or do the D-backs think that Owings can beat Marquis and then save Webb for game 5 rematch with Z? And there will probably be a rainout at some point that will screw everything up!!

Orton?

Padres squander a 3-0 lead, Brewers now ahead 6-4 in the bottom 5th (2 on, 2 out) Rocks 0-0, bottom 3rd Phillies ahead 5-1 top 7 Muts down 8-1, bottom 7

"Fans sitting near home plate watched in disbelief as a visibly angry Piniella had an animated conversation with pitching coach Larry Rothschild after Marquis was yanked. The object of Piniella's displeasure was obvious." --Sullivan, today, speculating that Marquis might not make the playoff roster cut. The problem is that you can't insult a guy that you still have to pay $7 mil to next year and again the year after. So Hendry's generosity has the club in a bind once again. Marquis is absolutely untradeable. So you have to keep him around, including in the playoffs. Hendry will be fired immediately by the new owner not because of personnel decisions but the way he throws away other people's money.

Padres being crushed 9-4 Looks like the Rockies have their fate in their own hands. Still 0-0, top 6. Phillies fans going nuts, fun to see.

wasn't VA PHil the one pimping Fontenot's FULL SEASON numbers? just sayin' .

I know at this point everyone wants to see Dempster out of the closer role but I think Lou is going to go with got him there at least for the first series, all we can hope is to for Dempster to get hot. As for Marquis, if he gets a start they'll just have to hope he can keep it close and have a short leash on him.

Brewers announcers speculating that the wildcard matchup monday would be Peavy vs Fogg. But it would be in Colorado. 10-4 Brewers, 2 outs/bottom 7

Rockies have only been in the playoff's once in their history. (In the 90's but I forget what year.. and they lost the NLDS to the Braves 3-1) It'd be fun to see them in it again. Think about this. If the Rockies make it, they play Phili. Meaning that either Phili or Col would make it to the NLCS... who'd have thunk THAT on Sept 15!

I thought it interesting that Lou went with Eyre of all people yesterday in the 9th inning. Umm... yesterday's game meant nothing. Which means any decision that LouPa made yesterday also meant nothing.

Last I remember, Dempster has been very good the past multiple times he's been in in closing situations. And he's been bad the past multiple times he's been in in non-closing situations. When is the last time he blew a save? Been a while. Also, here are Marquis' numbers: April/Mar. 2.35 ERA May 3.38 June 5.09 July 6.29 August 4.45 Sept./Oct. 5.23 So not a good month since May, with August his best. By comparison, here's Marshall: May 2.70 ERA June 3.82 July 2.31 August 6.18 Sept./Oct. 3.00 So one bad month and 4 great months. His one bad month isn't even as bad as the one Marquis had. It's absolutely ridiculous to decide Marshall should be yanked for struggling, but to continue to run Marquis out there when he clearly has nothing.

Good to see Wood, Weurtz, Marmol and Howry take keeping sharp seriously. My prediction. 1st blown save in the playoffs by the anyone besides Marmol and Wood takes his place.

Which means any decision that LouPa made yesterday also meant nothing. --------- In yesterday's pregame, LouPa said Trammel was managing the game. I assume when Eyre got into the game wasn't much of Lou's doing.

Padres lose 11-6 Rockies take the lead 2-1 on a bases loaded single by Adkins

Virginia Phil — September 30, 2007 @ 2:05 pm Hendry will be fired immediately by the new owner not because of personnel decisions but the way he throws away other people’s money. -------------------------------------------------- I doubt that.......

also nice to see the Dbacks bullpen go out on a sour note in their last regular season inning of work

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

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