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28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Zambrano's Own Trap Sets His Own Trap

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Well, what do you think about Carlos Zambrano maybe getting traded?
He's got a no-trade clause in his $91.5 million dollar contact which would keep him a Cub through 2012 (there's a vesting option for 2013 too).
But he's apparently going to be shopped by the Cubs, which makes sense only if the Cubs have an idea that Carlos would approve something.
There's a pretty good interview with Steve Stone on the Mully and Hanley show on the Score about this.
"Carlos has told some people that he'd be willing to go. More than one or two people, by the way." he said.
If that's true, and I think it is, then it's kinda Carlos' own trap setting his own trap.
The other news was that Jim Hendry will be returning for 2010 (plus more about Carlos Zambrano being shopped - read the end).
That's a pretty large story there.
It has seemed (to me at least) like Carlos has been sort of ambivalent about being a Cub for awhile now.
That "joke" about loving the White Sox earlier didn't sit so well, you know?
Anyway, changes are gonna come, and we should all be expecting them to.
If Carlos goes somewhere, well then I would hope the Cubs get something serious in return.


Tim Souers is the illustrator and author of Cubby Blue and appreciates the opportunity to guest blog here at The Cub Reporter.
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Comments

I just think that mediocre pitchers - even guys fresh of TJ surgery - are the most sought-after players. As you say, if we cannot get something truly of value for a number of years - fuck it. Carlos is entertaining and certainly puts butts in seats. I am surprised he has not been marketed more. If he had more success instead of letting his emotions get the better of him, he is such a personality that I could see him marketing numerous national brands. "Red Bull" is a perfect fit, for example. Anyway, he has always been one of my favorites, but something is always holding him back from becoming a true NL Ace, which he has not achieved to this point. I'd rather dump Bradley, or Soriano, if I had the choice - but I don't. FWIW, he has pitched well in the Playoffs for the most part in 2007 and 2008.

Maybe it would be smarter to find a manager and a pitching coach who can actually manage Big Z. and help him achieve the potential that he clearly has. Lou has seemed tired all year, and without leadership, it is no wonder that this frustrating season has brought out the worst in some of his players.

Well this is odd... We probably want the Cards beating the Marlins, but it's strangely satisfying to watch them a lose few games...finally! My FairyTale 1000 says the Cubs could be within 4 games if the the Cards/Marlins score holds and the Cubs win out the rest of the week. Bad news is that Carpenter pitches Saturday. I think we miss Wainwright though. The other bad news is that Bobby Scales is playing LF most every game.

I would rather take a chance on Milton being more productive than watching Ian Kennedy try and figure out how to walk as many people as he strikes out. if you want a sure fire way to last place. Trade Zambrano.

According to the chart on the right, we are actually paying $875,000 of Marquis's salary this year, so we are paying for him to win 15 games for the wild card leader. Nice.

Yeah, keep Zambrano. I am so sick of corporate media artificially stirring up shit about players in order to make it easier to make really stupid decisions for the club (and covering their own ineptitude). Classic case was last year was the Boston media turning on Manny so the Red Sox could trade him (again, they can trade him if they want but it is really stupid to feed the ignorance about "attitude"). If this is a bad year for Carlos, I want him on my team even more.

Final Fla 5 Stl 2 Sanchez GO, BB, Double (DeRosa), then Leo Nunez did a Marmol impersonation Ludwick HBP, Pujols HBP (rbi) finally Holiday 4-6-3 Double Play.

The wins lately have been nice, but people... it ain't happening. I guess they're not mathematically eliminated, so anything can happen, but let's not get go overboard with optimism.

I don't think it's official that Kenney and Hendry are staying till Ricketts says so. He's still just the "guest owner" until it's approved by the league and the court.

ESPN announcers on LAA @ BOS game (sorry, don't know the names): Announcer #1: Cubs have a realistic shot at the wildcard with their recent wins. Announcer #2: No they don't.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022.