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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

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

Last updated 4-12-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 


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Cubs Trivia

Ten Cubs have won the NL Batting crown, a total of twelve times - name the ten and bonus points if you can name the two repeat winners.
And today is the last day to enter TCR's Free Agent Frenzy Contest!

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let's try and post our answers in one post instead of spread out over a couple...

well you did name the last 4 and one repeat winner.. (hint: 4 of them were pre-1900 including the other repeat winner)

well technically the last 4 Cubs batting champions, Madlock did it twice. On the list I'm staring at, it's the last 4. Derrek Lee .335 (2005) Bill Buckner .324 (1980) Bill Madlock .339 (1976) Bill Madlock .354 (1975)

ic. After i posted, I went and looked up the rest. If anyone gets it without looking it up, they are cheaters.

Ernie Banks Billy Williams Cap Anson 2 Honus Wagner Hack Wilson

actually 2 of 5 chifann Derrek Lee .335 (2005) Bill Buckner .324 (1980) Bill Madlock .339 (1976) Bill Madlock .354 (1975) Billy Williams .333 (1972) ____________ .355 (1945) ____________ .372 (1912) ____________ .388 (1886 ____________ .354 (1884) Cap Anson .399 (1881) ___________ .360 (1880) ___________ .429 (1876) I imagine no one will get the last 2 but everything from Cap Anson is possible.

Phil Cavararetta William Hulbert Frank Chance Billy Hamilton Everything but Cavaretta is a guess.

Known (w/o looking up): Ross Barnes (1876) Heinie Zimmermann (~1912) (?) Phil Cavarretta (1945) Billy Williams (1972) Bill Madlock (x2 - 1975 - 76) Bill Buckner (1980) Derrick Lee (2005) Guesses: Pre-1900s Cap Anson Mike "King" Kelly Ned Williamson

Mike "King" Kelly was the other repeat winner btw, and you all thought Babe Ruth was a boozer.

Ooo!! Nailed all but one! (Except I failed to guess the second two-time winner). Ned Williamson was incorrect....

Derrek Lee .335 (2005) Bill Buckner .324 (1980) Bill Madlock .339 (1976) Bill Madlock .354 (1975) Billy Williams .333 (1972) Phil Cavaretta .355 (1945) Heinie Zimmermann .372 (1912) King Kelly .388 (1886 King Kelly .354 (1884) Cap Anson .399 (1881) ___________ .360 (1880) Ross Barnes .429 (1876

Anyone have any educated guess about the last Cub batting champ from 1880? I looked it up and it's a name I recognize but I never would have guessed it. A guy with a great nickname, too, btw. Rob -- how about setting a deadline for revealing his identity (and his fabulous nickname) if no one guesses it? Or should I just go ahead and tell everybody?

George "Piano Legs" Gore? I wouldn't have known he won a batting title, but I am guessing by the talk of the great nickname that this is who we are looking for. The only reason I know him is that I remember his profile on the top 100 Cubs on Bleed Cubbie Blue last winter and some crack about him having Prior-calves. He's also considered baseball's first "hold out."

George "Piano Legs" Gore. Great example of a typical nickname from the late 1800's. I recall Bill James making some mention of him in his Hysterical Abstract....

Btw, I love the "William Hulbert" guess @ #13. Hulbert was the President of the Chicago National League ballclub in 1876 and the NL President from 1877 until his death in 1882. In 1876, he was 44 yrs old and (from photos) appeared as obese and stuffy as any fat cat industrialist of the period. I loved the mental picture of him trying to actually play the rough, barehanded game of the 1870, much less being anything close to a batting champ. Sort of like seeing P.K. Wrigley at the bat.

"1870's"

Anson * Chance Cavaretta Lee Buckner Madlock * Williams Stumped

Rob G. — November 5, 2007 @ 4:54 pm damn, Pepitone nailed them all except Ned Williamson. ========================== ROB G: Ned Williamson set the single-season MLB HR record (27) in 1884, a record that stood for 35 years, until it was broken by somebody named Babe Ruth in 1919. Williamson was also the first MLB player to hit three home runs in one game (also in 1884). Of course it didn't hurt that Williamson played his home games in Chicago's Lakefront Park, which had a LF wall that was only 180 feet away from home plate. "And there's a pop up to short... back, back, back, hey! hey!... atta boy Ned!..."

Recent comments

  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

    i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

    hack wilson, ryne sandberg, sammy sosa, christopher morel, and michael busch.

  • Cubster (view)

    A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554

  • Cubster (view)

    Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

    AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

  • crunch (view)

    You have to C it! (tm)

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

    Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

    Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

    Best pitcher: IL after one start 

    Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

    Noice 

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki 10d IL.

    right oblique strain.  ow.  that's generally more than a 10d thing.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Seiya on IL with an oblique strain

  • crunch (view)

    cooper and morel are on the field doing pre-game stuff so it's not them...