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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 eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players 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
* 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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Cubs ticket to Philly is a ticket to Legitimacy, USA.

Submitted by CubbyBlue on

It's about time for this.
The Cubs go to Philadelphia to play just the kind of team they loaded up for in the off season: A playoff team.
They won't see lefty Cole Hamels, but they will see the World's Oldest Crafty Left Handed Veteran, Jamie Moyer, on Wednesday.
At this point in the season, I don't really care about injuries or apparent career-lows from any member of this 2009 squad.
With this series, the Cubs have an opportunity to become... legitimate.
If the Cubs go into Philly and come away with 2 Ws, it'll send out a tiny ripple.
Not the biggest deal, but they haven't sent even one out yet this year.
Wouldn't it be nice for Tony LaRussa to suddenly look up in the sky and say, "There's a disturbance in the force"?

Right now, you probably wouldn't like to be playing the Cubs.
They're still not quite defined, and they just might be starting to play a little more like they were supposed to.
Alfonso Soriano - he just hit some pretty big homers two games in a row. That alone should make Phillie manager Charlie Manuel a little gassy.

Anyway, a real important series.
Am I wearing this Cub hat for a reason?
Let.
Me.
Know.


PS: Yesterday the Cubs finished their 4 game sweep of the Washington Nats. As it should be.

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Submitted by Mitterwald on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 07:41 pm

This Day in Cubs Misery July 20, 1989 This is the 20th anniversary of the Les Lancaster Game, a.k.a. the Moon Landing Game. Cubs beat the Giants 4-3 in 12 innings on national TV on a Thursday night at Wrigley For those not familiar with Les Lancaster, imagine a guy with stuff with worse than Kevin Hart's or Shawn Boskie's throwing 30 straight scoreless innings.

Submitted by O.Julius on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 07:46 pm

You've got to get up pretty early in the morning if you want to get to Legitimacy. Back in May (pretty sure - not checking) they swept the Padres at home and it felt like the Cubs were cruising. Then they got swept by them in S.D. and it's been crapola ever since ... some weeks less so than others. But I agree, if they can win this series they are back.

Submitted by Rob Richardson on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 07:35 pm

'In 18 years as the Mets' team psychiatrist, Dr. Allan Lans witnessed player insecurities, depressions and griefs "all the time." But this recent wave of major-leaguers becoming so stressed that they have been assigned to the disabled list has moved Lans, now a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, to call social anxiety disorder "the swine flu of baseball; it's crazy."' http://www.physorg.com/news167210850.html

Submitted by Jackstraw on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 07:02 pm

Until the Cubs relievers quit pitching like they got their killer instinct from PETA, they’re no threat to do anything. Guzman, Marmol, Gregg, and especially Heilman come in and either get behind immediately, or if they do get ahead throw pitches so bad that only Soriano would be tempted to swing at them. They continue to throw obvious balls until they get back behind and have to come back in. Keep that up against teams other than the Nationals and the Cubs won’t have to worry about any long winning streaks. Back when the Bulls were in their heyday I waited for seven years to hear an announcer say “Kukoc, rebound in traffic”. Never happened. I’m beginning to feel the same way about ever hearing “That’s a 1-2-3 inning by Heilman”.

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 07:30 pm

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9261 Few teams are more aggressive scouting the Pacific Rim than the Cubs are, and Lee was seen as the big catch last year, although Tommy John surgery delayed his stateside debut. It's turning out to be well worth the wait, as the 18-year-old Korean is 13-for-29 in his last six games and batting .324/.388/.417 overall while leading the college-heavy Northwest League in stolen bases (12), and ranking third in hits (35) and second in runs (25). A plus-plus runner with a quick line-drive bat, Lee's size and athleticism separates him from most Asian signees, and he's already among the best prospects in the Cubs' system. also a blurb about E-Patt... One of my favorite scout quotes in recent years concerned Patterson, when an evaluator, comparing him to his brother Corey, said of Eric, "Half the athlete, and twice the ballplayer." Acquired from the Cubs last year in the Rich Harden deal, Patterson has been playing multiple positions for the RiverCats and hitting in every one of them, as a 7-for-13 weekend that included two doubles, a triple, and a home run upped his season line to .318/.387/.517 with 33 stolen bases in 39 attempts. The A's have dreams on him turning into a Chone Figgins type who can provide roster flexibility while producing in multiple positions.

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 07:19 pm

so if Hendry and McFail do discuss a deal with George Sherrill, what kind of prospect(s) is he gonna fetch? Do you consider a Casey Coleman, Jeff Stevens? More? Less? Probably some of the talent at Boise would be on that list. I've no clue but would love to see what others who know the minor league system better think.

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 07:28 pm

wittenmeyer twitters... Lineup vs. Champs: fuky, riot, lee, rami, hoff (rf), sori, font, hill, lilly. Bradley works with Lou before game. Testy when asked about it. Actually said less verbally than he has with bat LH.

Recent comments

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Honorable mention to Jim Bullinger via BleedCubbieBlue: 

    Bullinger, a converted shortstop, had pitched in three games before he came to the plate. He had entered the game to relieve starter Shawn Boskie after four innings, and came to the plate to lead off the fifth, and hit Rheal Cormier's first pitch over the left-field wall to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead; they eventually won the game 5-2 in 14 innings. Of the 129players to homer in their first MLB at-bat, Bullinger is one of just 32 to hit that blast on the first big-league pitch he saw (including Contreras) and one of just six pitchers to do so.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Most of this activity will lead nowhere, of course, but it is fantastic that they’re looking for talent in every nook and cranny. You never know where that can lead, and virtually nothing is lost if if leads nowhere, as long as no one of superior talent and potential is losing an opportunity.

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Fun 1st Hit / HR Fact…


    Recent Cubs players to have HR as 1st MLB hit:

    PCA

    Morel

    Happ

    Contreras

    Baez

    Soler

    Castro

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

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