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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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Marmol to Close

Gordon Wittenmyer's tweets that the Cubs will go with Carlos Marmol as closer...as expected. It's like choosing your death by slowing draining the blood out of your body versus stepping on a landmine. Good luck with that Cubs...

Ryan Theriot is back tonight....and the great scrap-off of '09 can commence between him and David Eckstein, who scrapped out a the tying run with that walk in the 9th. Theriot, Bradley, Lee, Ramirez, Fukudome, Soriano, Baker, Soto and Dempster go for the Cubs.

Comments

‘‘They believe in me, and I believe in myself, too,’’ Marmol said. ‘‘I think that’s the reason he made the decision.’’ also...you happen to be the tallest midget in the bullpen

I would rather a guy who's unhittable (be it strikeouts or walks) than a guy who gently places the ball on a tee, with the laces out.

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In reply to by msiak

I'd rather take a bullet to the head than have my parachute fail, but you know same result.

some #'s:

Marmol 4 BLSV, 4 SV, 27 HOLDS, 2 Losses - of course his blown saves come earlier in the game and the team can still recover, on the flipside he can often be called in tougher situations.

1 Blown Save turned into a win for the team, another was an unearned run on his own error and the Cubs lost in 10 innings to Florida, after the Cubs came back with 3 in the 7th against the Cards early in the season, he gave up a run in the 8th for his first loss, 3rd BLSV was giving up an inherited run in a game the Cubs came back to win in extras, 4th BLSV vs. White Sox coughing up a 1-run lead that the Cubs dropped, lost his 2nd game versus Marlins on that last road trip, could have had a loss last week versus Phillies, but Cubs rallied in 9th to tie.

Gregg 6 BLSV, 23 SV, 0 HOLDS, 5 Losses, 4 of those Blown Saves ended up to be Gregg losses as well, 1 turned into an extra inning loss and one into a win (a week or so versus Marlins)

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In reply to by Rob G.

The upside of Marmol to closer is this. He might very well revert to 07-08 form with a lighter 1 inning defined workload. Lou likely hasn't done him any favors with his 3 year workload. Might as well find out now!

Marmol in the 9th...maybe it's good for his confidence, might actually force him to throw more strikes and a few more fastballs (I know, it's wishful thinking)

Soriano: 16 million Gregg: 4.2 million Bradley: 7 million The guy who really needs to go is Jim Hendry for Bushian investments. The answer is: Finkle is Einhorn, Einhorn is Finkle

Peoria 14-1 over Quad Cities, 21st win in 26 games, big blows struck by Perez, Burke and Lake. Tennessee 2-1 over Chattanooga on walkoff homer by Colvin.

So are we talking a West Coast Sweep? Or, will the Cubs manage 1 or 2 games? Rob G are you going to a Dodger's game?

intentional walk to fukudome to pitch to soriano with a runner at 2nd ...my how the $18M has fallen

and he hits a rocket (actually len called it a floater) for an rbi single...and his 1500 career hit and a tie game

Kyle Banks inside-the-park HR (2009 season fades to black)

len sounds tired...bob sounds disgusted when he can bother to comment.

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In reply to by crunch

ladies and gentlemen. the titanic is sinking and will eventually be completely submerged. time to regroup and make some changes for next year. maybe we should get ryno to manage? god, would that be a fresh breath of air

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In reply to by msiak

if ryno can play middle IF and hit...or throw some decent pen...he might be useful. if any change this offseason involves just changing what elderly fat man is in charge then *puke* minimum...i wanna see a new middle IF option and a solid option to back up guzman/marmol in the pen (or two...) i don't even want to get into this whole world "let's trade milton/soriano" or etc, really...there's just so much that could or could not happen there.

Story of the 2009-10 off-season: How much of Soriano's contract the Cubs will have to eat in order to find a taker for him.

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In reply to by Cubnut

My guess is he will revert closer to his career numbers. Not this bad. Not 40-40 good. I just want him to do it somewhere else. there are just plenty of shitty contracts to go around. My god - it is a deal signed with the Devil himself. Last year was the "Shot".

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In reply to by Cubnut

I would say that right now Soriano (.243/.303/.425) is worth about half of what Adam Dunn (.282/.414/.574) is making, plus he's four years older and seems to be fading fast. In any trade, the Cubs would be on the hook for about $70 of the $90 million--might as well eat the whole thing and get rid of him today. Soriano's toxic contract should have been a disputed item in the sale of the team, and I don't know why it wouldn't have been. Who in his right mind would take over that contract without getting concessions from Zell for it? I'm embarrassed to root for a team where a Derrek Lee--never mind the younger players working for the minimum--has to watch a mutt like Soriano ride the elevator to the upper floor (where the suites are located) of every road hotel. I hate those two corner-outfield free agent mutts, which is why I spend more time following Tennessee and Peoria these days than the Cubs.

My prediction should pan out now from earlier. I'm expecting a 2-7 Road trip to the West. And, you can bet, I will be getting a Playoff Invoice soon.

Tennessee and Peoria these days than the Cubs. --- the above teams are definitely more talented too.

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...