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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

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

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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Cubs Finish Off Perfect Road Trip

Submitted by Rob G. on

The Cubs finish off the road trip a perfect 0-6, scoring a grand total of five runs in those six games and are now 21-21 on the season. $140 million doesn't buy what it use to in this crazy world.

Why the Cubs Lost:  Because God hates the Cubs and all their fans.

Ted Lilly pitched...not particularly good or bad, but he pitched, giving up five runs in his 6.1 IP. Aaron Heilman came in to try and bail him out in the seventh with a man on third and one out and struck out Scott Hairston. This would be when I remarked in Parachat that he'll still end up letting the run in and after intentionally walking Adrian Gonzales, Heilman hung a slider to Kevin Kouzmanoff and three runs later, the game was completely out of reach.

The offense sputtered along once again with no baserunners until a Mike Fontenot single in the fifth with two outs. They manage to mount a few rallies in the upcoming innings that predicatbly fizzled out including a sharp two-out grounder by Ryan Theriot up the middle that Chris Young kicked to the second baseman that would have scored a run. Reed Johnson did knock a meatball into the front row in left field for the Cubs only two runs and the Cubs come home with their tails between their legs and hoping the Friendly Confines live up to their name.

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Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Sun, 05/24/2009 - 05:54 pm

The only good news right now is that it looks like they will still only be 4 games out after losing 7 in a row. This has gotten mighty ugly, mighty fast, but stranger things have happened then the Cubs suddenly playing decent baseball after looking horrible for a week. I'm not giving up yet.

Submitted by Washington on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:54 am

For me, at this point forward it is on Lou. This is what we pay him for right here. He's done all the typical manager tricks to try to get them going, now its time to go above and beyond. They don't know their place on this team and Lou has to show them. Aramis is gone, and they've had nics and cuts, but that isn't the whole thing at this point. The next two weeks we'll see what Lou is made of. Time for another umpire charge? That's the only manager's trick he hasn't pulled out this year yet. Should've done it 7 times already. If Lou doesn't REALLY want it....

Submitted by Washington on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:27 am

Thinking about it more, sans Lou punching out a Card fan, an Illinois Democrat, or an ump, they should bring Fox up and bench Derek and boardgamehead until Jake and Micah stop hitting. But I don't know crap and I'm just frustrated because this team should be a team and it should win. Lou's the manager. Is the uncertain ownership crap being delayed by federal investigations really this much of a drain on them? Please start winning.

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:21 am

Well, Foxie made an error @ 1B yesterday but did extend his hitting streak to 16...gonna go to the holiday matinee today & watch the minor millionaire duel ex-Cub/current River Cat Sean Gallagher; will let you know what I see there - take a moment of silence in the spirit of the occasion sometime today...

Submitted by superjimmer on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:41 am

three things from my perspective: 1.) I was much more terrified about our bullpen than our bats (and I still am terrified about our bullpen, but looks like we may not be competitive enough to get late enough in the game for it to matter.) I honestly don't know what Hendry was thinking bringing in so many new arms. And unproven arms as well. Pure potential at best . . . and aging potential too which is just plain stupid. 2.) Much of this year's trouble at the plate in my opinion can be traced to LOU's bullcrap excuse making in the playoffs regarding needing left handed bats. That is not why we lost in the playoffs, Lou . . . 3.) BUT somehow Hendry buckles to that excuse making and brings in weak hitting left handed bats. Obviously injuries and mysteries and aging have accounted for the real outtage (ARam, Soto, Lee, Milt, etc.) but this team is considerably weaker at the plate and and particularly in the bullpen. I am not sure if a firesale is the fix. But I am sure Hendry won't do that. What he will do is try and get a budget superstar (whether it's a oft injured free agent or a guy who is on the verge of retirement - Hendry will find a NAME that is cheap.). But clearly we need more than that. Also I will now go on record of saying that it is impossible for the Cubs to win it all with Lou. We need someone more progressive.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:05 am

A firesale isn't the fix for THIS year, but it's probably the team's best hope for a decent future. However. Do I trust Hendry to even know what kind of prospects to acquire? At this point, I do not. I'd like to see some young, fresh blood up and down the organization. From the GM on down. Honestly I wasn't all that shocked that last year's team played cream puff baseball in the playoffs. They played over their heads all year (except for the pitching). Last year's working the count magic was obviously a fluke. It's never been who this team is. It was a miracle that they did something they had never done before. This year, they're doing what they always do. Plus, now they're a target. Teams this year have their A game on, even the mediocre ones, when they play the Cubs. It's like a playoff game for some of them. This team couldn't play 3 games in a playoff atmosphere last year. So I'm not shocked they can't play 162 this year.

Submitted by MikeC on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:45 am

According to the Sun-Times the Cubs are looking at Kouzmanoff. Thats great but can he play 2nd base when Ramirez gets back? And I don't think the Padres would trade him anyways. Also Milton Bradley went off on MLB umps and claimed they are out to get him. Ahhhh another one of my predictions of him comes true. Throwing out the victim card and blaming everyone else but himself when he screws up. Hey the good news, if they werent out to get him before, they sure are now. Way to work those player umpire relations what with his past of spitting on them, trying to physcially assualt them, calling them racist, and just being a general asshole to them. I am sure this will win him over with the Umps.

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:35 am

Dunno what the Aramisless 3rd basemen have hit for us, but certainly not that well. --- http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/1590239,CST-SPT-cubnt25.ar… I'm not harping for Kouzmanoff but saw this stat in today's sun-times about the Cubs 3B post-ARam and it couldn't be much more ugly. ----- Considering Cubs third basemen have gone 5-for-45 (.111) with just four RBI -- all in the same game -- since Ramirez injured his shoulder May 8, Kouzmanoff's .236 and four homers alone is an upgrade. The third-year player has 44 homers his first two seasons, including 28 outside of Petco Park, to go with a .282 career average away from San Diego.

Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:39 am

so, you guys are saying Ty Wigginton who Hendry could have gotten on the cheap instead of Dog-Crap Miles, is not able to get pried fron the O's?

Submitted by nohit on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:42 am

I'd like to thank the 2009 Chicago Cubs... ...for validating my decision not to spend for the MLB Extra Innings package this year. Hours of my life and dollars in my pocket I get to keep!

Submitted by Hook on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:45 pm

It really bewildered me how an entire team could go into such a deep, dark batting slump all at the same time. Then I remembered how all the girls at one sorority would wind up on the same cycle and it became abundantly clear.

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:12 pm

revised lineup...dlee not ready because of flu although he was in the original lineup given out tonight Soriano, Riot, Bradley, RJohnson, Soto, Hoffpauir, Freel (3B), Miles, Dempster

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:37 pm

per WSCR... DLee and Scales out of the lineup due to flu, DLee so sick he was sent home. Marmol not available as he wife is due to deliver, he went to New York to be with her. add invisible Patton and this is a very short roster. Pray for rain.

Submitted by Brick on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 05:54 pm

I'm off to tonight's game. If I recall, I was there for the last Cubs lead, last Sunday against the Astros. I'll do what I can to create another one tonight.

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  • Charlie (view)

    The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cubs sign 28 yr old RHRP Daniel Missaki. He was in MiLB from his 17yr old to 19yr old years and did pretty well.
    He's been in Mexico and Japan the last four years and has done well also.
    He's supposedly Japanese and Brazilian.
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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.

    Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.

    They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.

    I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.

    I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.

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    Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
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