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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, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* 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: 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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All-Star Game Thread

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SP Ben Sheets
SP
*Cliff Lee
  10-3, 2.85, 108 K, 28 BB, 123 IP

12-2, 2.31 ERA, 106 K, 20 BB, 124 IP
       
SS
Hanley Ramirez (FLA)
RF
*Ichiro Suzuki (SEA)
2B
*Chase Utley (PHI)
SS
Derek Jeter (NYY)
1B
#Lance Berkman (HOU)
CF
*Josh Hamilton (TEX)
DH
Albert Pujols (STL)
3B
Alex Rodriguez (NYY)
3B
#Chipper Jones (ATL)
LF
Manny Ramirez (BOS)
RF
Matt Holliday (COL)
DH
#Milton Bradley (TEX)
LF
Ryan Braun (MIL)
1B
Kevin Youkilis (BOS)
CF
*Kosuke Fukudome (CUBS)
C
*Joe Mauer (MIN)
C
Geovany Soto (CUBS)
2B
Dustin Pedroia (BOS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ASG comes to The House That Enrique Wilson Built for the fourth and final time as the National League tries to win the damn thing for the first time since 1996. Our man Fukudome and young Geo bring up the bottom of the NL order.

Come gametime, join all the cool kids in Parachat. I hear they're just going to be hanging out, drinking beer, and shooting off fireworks.

Comments

great. manny being manny. leaving bats lying around for Geo to slip on. stupid all star game.

Z... that was brilliant!!! Loved the playful toss at Manny... and then the pickoff of Parker Brothers. Rock on.

Dear NL all stars, please win this game for once because the cubbies need the home field advantage. thanks!

Dear Clint Hurdle, You're a retard for taking out a guy who just struck out two batters to bring in Billy Effing Wagner.

Wow, if we need a new goat to come to Wrigley to break the curse we might as well just get Dan Uggla. Inning-ending GIDP with a runner on third followed by back-to-back errors. You fucking bum. --edit-- Followed by taking his sweet ass time on the throw to home on what should have been a double play. God I hate this guy. --2nd edit-- Holy shit, Old Man Tejada saves Butt PlUggla with a great defensive play. Let's hope Marmol doesn't need to come anywhere near the mound tonight.

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In reply to by Doug Dascenzo

My god, that had to have been the single worst performance in All Star game history. Possibly in any game's history. He had the chance to redeem himself, and struck out with the bases loaded and one out. Then ANOTHER ERROR!!!! Buck tried to bail him out saying it was a bad bounce, but he's a fucking major leaguer. The ball hit him in the glove - he should make that play.

Dan "Laces Out" Uggla. Sweet. Uggla single handedly ruined the NL's chances at this one. GIDP, E4, E4. Sweet.

Holy Crap. I can't believe Cook got out of that. And a helluva' play by Tejada.

OK, I eat my words. That was some gutsy pitching by Cook, and I love the Tejada play to end the 10th. Its so weird to root for these guys. I was excited about Pujols going 2-3...it burnses...

Someone explain to me why you don't walk the next two guys w/ Guillen on third? Load the bases, a run wins it, so it doesn't matter. Set up the force at any base?

Uggla really really doesn't want the Cubs to have home field advantage. Really.

Props to Tejada, Martin, McLouth and most of the NL pitchers. Great outings by Z, Demp and Zeus. Pity for Uggla. Great game, but I hated the outcome. NL should've won this. Seriously.

Great All-Star Game strategy once again. Let's make absolutely certain that Puhols and Berkman have no chance to bat with the game on the line. Either this is about winning, or it's about getting all the whiny kids a chance to play in a real live al-star game. Every damn year, they can't seem to figure out which it should be. Guys like Puhols and Berkman should play the entire game. Period. Why the heck am I forced to watch Ryan Ludwick and Christian Guzman? Is this what the fans are clamoring for? More playing time for the second string? Screw you, Hurdle.

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In reply to by Horatio

You really cant blame Hurdle for doing what everyone does. He actually held his starters in a bit longer than most managers have done in recent years. The only bad thing he did was not taking out Uggla after the 9th. He could have easily played McCann at C, Martin at 3rd and Guzman at 2nd. All of the non-Cub starters played into the 6th. Also was it just me or when TBS did the Selection Show didnt they say Valverde was on the team?

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In reply to by Horatio

I think if they're going to keep this stupid home field advantage rule, then the manager of each team should be the manager of the team with the best record in each league at the break. Clint Hurdle has absolutely no incentive to win the game because his team isn't going to sniff the postseason. Lou may have managed the game much differently because he's got a serious vested interest in winning. --edit-- Maybe the manager of the team with best record as of 7/1 or something, just to make sure they know a little ahead of time who is going to manage.

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In reply to by Horatio

I totally agree. If the game has to mean something, then the very best players should play until they are injured or pulled for a legitimate baseball reason, not just to get a Pirate an at-bat. And the fans choices of starters should only be a suggestion, not a rule. I like seeing everyone get their chance to play and seeing all the teams represented, but I like winning a whole lot more. If this stupid game continues to have a meaningful result, I think the fans will understand if their favorite player doesn't get in the game.

I dont think losing homefield tonight is that much of a deathblow to our chances to win the World Series. I'll take our chances of Z and Harden splitting the first 2 games and then sweeping the home games. All this really means is that I dont want want to see the Angels in the WS. There probably a better road then home team.

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In reply to by nohit

Well... I don't really think it matters. Once you look beyond the gaudy win-loss record at home, he hasn't pitched much worse on the road. He has had two bad games on the road, which have blown up his road ERA a bit, but he has been pretty damn good both at home AND on the road.

I think the idea of having a U. S. versus "World" format might be the better way to play the All-Star game in the 21st Century, like they do with the Futures Game. Just make it an exhibition or pagent or celebration or whatever and don't make it mean anything.

And then compare the interleague records of the two World Series teams to decide home field advantage.

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

I'm pretty sure the US would get destroyed every year if that were the case. I like the concept though. Maybe North America versus the World. That might skew it the other way, but at least we'd get to cheer for a winner for a change.

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In reply to by Doug Dascenzo

Hmm... I think the US wins big. Or... they at least have the better team. US: Chase Utley (PHI) Derek Jeter (NYY) Lance Berkman (HOU) Josh Hamilton (TEX) Alex Rodriguez (NYY) ?? Chipper Jones (ATL) Matt Holliday (COL) Milton Bradley (TEX) Ryan Braun (MIL) Kevin Youkilis (BOS) Matt Holliday (COL) Joe Mauer (MIN) Dustin Pedroia (BOS) Justin Duchscherer, OAK Roy Halladay, TOR Scott Kazmir, TB Cliff Lee, CLE Joe Nathan, MIN Jonathan Papelbon, BOS Joe Saunders, LAA George Sherrill, BAL Jason Varitek, BOS Justin Morneau, MIN Ian Kinsler, TEX Michael Young, TEX Joe Crede, CWS Evan Longoria, TB J.D. Drew, BOS Grady Sizemore, CLE Milton Bradley, TEX Kerry Wood, CHC Brandon Webb, ARI Brian Wilson, SF Dan Haren, ARI Brad Lidge, PHI Tim Lincecum, SF Aaron Cook, COL Ben Sheets, MIL Billy Wagner, NYM Russell Martin, LA Corey Hart, MIL Brian McCann, ATL Nate McLouth, PIT David Wrightª, NYM Dan Uggla, FLA Ryan Ludwick, STL World: Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) Hanley Ramirez (FLA) Albert Pujols (STL) Manny Ramirez (BOS) Kosuke Fukudome (CUBS) Geovany Soto (CUBS) Mariano Rivera, NYY Francisco Rodriguez, LAA Ervin Santana, LAA Joakim Soria, KC Dioner Navarro, TB Carlos Guillen, DET Carlos Quentin, CWS Carlos Marmol, CHC Edinson Volquez, CIN Carlos Zambrano, CHC Ryan Dempster, CHC Miguel Tejada, HOU Adrian Gonzalez, SD Aramis Ramirez, CHC Cristian Guzman, WAS

Russell Martin and Justin Morneau are Canadian, and Carlos Quentin is from San Diego. 

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In reply to by big_lowitzki

After thinking about it a bit more, I think the World team would have better pitching and the US team would have better hitting. You also have to factor in guys who didn't make the All Star team. - Harden - Sabathia - J Santana - Matsuzaka - F Hernandez

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In reply to by Doug Dascenzo

Yeah I thought the US team would win the World Baseball Classic too and they got handled, even by teams full of non major leaguers. Now I think being in mid-season form would help the US team a lot, but still, only about 15 of those guys on the US list would get in the game. So while the depth is perhaps better, a strong starting 9 and a few solid pitchers would make it a battle.

Recent comments

  • Charlie (view)

    I worry that Morel will lose starts at 3B as long as this roster lacks a compelling DH.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.