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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Submitted by Cubnut on

Update: Paul Sullivan reports in the Tribune that Soto underwent an MRI today and has "minor inflammation in the biceps area." He will not be going on the DL.

Soto is likely to sit out the Friday and Saturday games in Milwaukee and "possibly all three depending on how he feels this weekend." Aaron Miles will be the designated emergency catcher behind Koyie Hill while Soto recovers.

Geovany Soto is supposedly in Chicago today so Cubs team orthopedist Stephen Gryzlo can take a look at that sore shoulder. If the defending NL ROY lands on the Disabled List, the logical move would be to summon 33-year-old Mark Johnson from Iowa. The lefthanded-hitting Johnson, who was originally drafted by the White Sox back in '94, went 4-for-19 at Mesa this spring.

Over parts of eight Major League seasons with the Sox, A's, Brewers, and Cardinals, Johnson has compiled a hitting line of .218/.314/.318. In other words, in the temporary catching tandem of Koyie Hill and Mark Johnson, the big bat would be...nobody.

He is, however, said to "call a good game," the catching equivalent of being a blind date with a winning personality.
Let's keep a good thought re: Soto's check-up.
If you've been on the Web for even a few minutes today, you already know about the car crash that took the lives of Angels pitcher, Nick Adenhart, and two other people. The whole tragic story is here.

 

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Comments

Submitted by Old and Blue on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:32 pm

I normally consider myself a pretty dedicated follower of AZ's posts but, still, I haven't even heard of Mark Johnson. I guess I don't pay as much attention as I thought I did. Too bad about the kid.

Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:36 pm

22 years old, it's just tragic. At the end of the day neither all the money in the world nor material things do you any good. All you have are the stories, influence, and inspiration you leave behind.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:05 pm

Carpenter is working on, and losing a no hitter in the 6th versus the Pirates.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:30 pm

This a time for Cubster's insight. Unfortunately, he is in mainland China, no doubt sporadically checking his iPhone, and scouting Bejing club teams for more LH Ofers and ss..

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:34 pm

Maybe Rob G should put up an auto-populating tally board for Dunn, Abreau, De Ro, And Woody. This way we'll have an at-hand accounting to those of us who want to constantly grade Hendry on his off-season moves.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:42 pm

being apprehensive about milton is one thing, but it's kinda hard to complain about a 3/30m contract, imo. that's when it all went out the window for me...

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Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:15 pm

Actually, Crunch, I have read several reports it's a two-year deal with health benchmarks and a club option for the 3rd year. So essentially, it's a two-year thang.

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Submitted by mannytrillo on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:27 pm

Abreu only getting 1 year/$5 million was a good deal for LAA.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:05 pm

That is indeed a good deal for the LAA. Again, there HAS to be a way we could have stats auto=populate daily so we all can play armchair GM, and see how Hendry ends up "doing" this year.

Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:05 pm

Wow KC & White Sux are ... ummm ... how do I put it ... Evenly matched.

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Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:19 pm

And this has always been Guillen's achillies heel, imo... he uses wayyy too many relievers in a game. You can play matchups, I guess, but when you use 7 pitchers in a close game, all it takes is for one of those guys to have a bad day.

Submitted by The Joe on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:18 pm

DeRosa 0-4 today. Still batting 0.00. [edit] Add his first error of the season to that.

Submitted by The Joe on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:15 pm

Gotta love Larusa. Motte destroys in ST, but looks ugly in his first regular season save...Denys Reyes gets the call next time out. Nice confidence booster, there, Tony.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:50 pm

larussa reactionary and weird? imagine that. how come carpenter didn't bat 8th today? it's like larussa doesn't know how to read a spreadsheet or something. what an asshat. fwiw, he's having a fun time saying the past few days that he never officially named a closer...a bit too fun, really.

Submitted by kmokeefe on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:09 pm

Kerry appears in nonsave situation for Cleveland...2B, K, 2B,K, BB, K

Submitted by dB on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:52 pm

WMVP: apparently Soto has bicep tendon inflammation and although he says he should be ready to go on Mon the Cubs will have to decide if they want to DL him in order to have a backup ready to go.

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Submitted by Chifan on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:25 pm

I think they should just DL him, if he has tendonatis and you dont give it the rest you need to heal it will likely pop up some time later on. Its April and in the next two weeks we should put up a decent record with or without Soto in the lineup so just let his shoulder heal up and nip it in the bud.

Submitted by Fireball on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:14 pm

Conflict: I love MLB Network, but I hate the blackout rules keeping me from watching Brewers/Giants. Good job keeping your product away from people who want to watch it on YOUR OWN NETWORK.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:35 pm

Submitted by Old and Blue on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 12:32pm.
I normally consider myself a pretty dedicated follower of AZ's posts but, still, I haven't even heard of Mark Johnson. I guess I don't pay as much attention as I thought I did.

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Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:08 pm

The over/under on Harden's top MPH fastball tomorrow: 91 1/2 I'll say over.

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Submitted by Doug Dascenzo on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 04:45 am

We talking average or fastest of the game? My question is, is he holding back in order to stay healthy, or can he literally not throw hard anymore? Dude used to hit 99 regularly, and now he barely tops 90. I don't give a shit if he throws 65 as long as he's effective, but I just want to know what's going on.

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Submitted by Wes on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 04:28 am

I believe he's just one of those guys that it takes a LONG time for his velocity to get up. The guy only threw 13 innings this spring. The 3 other starters we actually had in camp threw twice that. It takes some of those big power guys a good 7 or 8 starts to get their velocity right after being off all winter. Add in that he was rehabbing and wasn't actually doing any significant throwing in the off-season, and it's going to take a little while for the 95 to come back. I know that I read that throwing was part of his rehab program, but I can assure you that it wasn't all that strenuous. He's really only put 100% into that shoulder probably 2 starts worth. I'd imagine he was just trying to feel things out the first couple of starts back after the soreness. The long and short of it is that he's about 3 weeks behind everybody else right now. Now, if he's still throwing 88 the first week of May, I'm going to become very concerned.

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Submitted by Wes on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 04:16 pm

Sort of, but you're making a horrible over-generalization about all pitchers at all times. I'm talking about this one specific pitcher beginning to gain velocity after an extended period of being on the shelf. Guys throw off-speed with maximum effort, too. As weird as it sounds, it takes a while to get that change-up velocity DOWN as you start to throw in the spring, too. It seperates from your fastball as you continue to loosen out your shoulder. Harden's fastball will go UP from 88 or 89, and his change-up will go DOWN from 85-86 to 82-84. The curve and slider develop a much sharper break, too. We don't even have to worry about it because Harden's throwing 96 today anyway.

Submitted by cubbery09 on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 04:27 pm

with cubs lineup for now, I'm okay with GEO taking some time. And hills got some skillz. HA didn't even notice that. Let the catchers catch and lets hope lee starts hitting.

Submitted by Chifan on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 04:31 am

How far can you bracktrack a DL stint at the start of the year? Because if you can start it at or before Aril 4th (the day before the season started) then Harden could come off of it on April 19, when we first need a 5th starter and bring up Johnson to backup Hill for this series. I hate to see us lose a game because Hill gets hurt half way through and Miles makes a defensive miscue in a key moment. Even if can start on April 5th, you could always have Marshall go on 3-days rest or call up somebody from Iowa if they have light out starts in their first couple of starts. I really dont like the idea of a postional player being your back-up C for a complete weekend set.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 04:35 am

Submitted by Chifan on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 11:31pm.
How far can you bracktrack a DL stint at the start of the year? Because if you can start it at or before Aril 4th (the day before the season started) then Harden could come off of it on April 19, when we first need a 5th starter and bring up Johnson to backup Hill for this series.

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CHIFAN: A player's DL stint can be backdated no more than ten days, and no further back than nine days prior to the start of the MLB regular season (which is March 27th this year).

However, a player's DL stint cannot be backdated any further back than the day after his last appearance in an MLB regular season game or MLB Spring Training game. Since Harden pitched in the game at Yankee Stadium last Saturday, a Harden DL stint can be backdated no further back than last Sunday (4/5).

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