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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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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

  • 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.