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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

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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Rule 5 Draft 
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Cubs 2000's Decade Trivia

Which NL franchises did the Cubs have the best and worst records against from 2000-2009? Click on the links or check after the jump.

Best: .590% - Cubs lose the season series just twice in 2000 and 2006.

Worst: .403% - Cubs win the season series just twice in 2003 and 2008.

Complete list and other decade trivia after the jump.

Pittsburgh Pirates: 95-66 (.590%)

Colorado Rockies: 37-28 (.569%)

Milwaukee Brewers: 84-76 (.525%)

Cincinnati Reds: 84-78(.519%)

San Francisco Giants 32-30 (.516%)

Houston Astros 83-80 (.509%)

Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos: 33-32 (.508%)

St. Louis Cardinals: 81-85 (.488%)

New York Mets: 30-32 (.484%)

Los Angeles Dodgers: 31-36 (.463%)

Florida Marlins: 30-36 (.455%)

San Diego Padres: 31-39 (.443%)

Atlanta Braves: 28-40 (.412%)

Philadelphia Phillies: 27-39 (.409%)

Arizona Diamondbacks: 27-40 (.403%)

733-737 (.499%) overall for the Cubs


Here are the Cubs that led in individual categories from 2000-2009. You can click on the link for the full leaderboard or skip to the bottom for the answers.

1. Cubs 2000's HR Leader: 238 link

2. Cubs 2000's Hits Leader: 961 link

3. Cubs 2000's SB Leader: 86 link

4. Cubs 2000's RBI Leader: 630 link

5. Cubs 2000's BB Leader: 428 link

6. Cubs 2000's GIDP: 93 link

7. Cubs 2000's Most Outs: 2342 link

8. Cubs 2000's OPS Leader(at least 1200 PA's): 1.002 link

9. Cubs 2000's OPS+ Leader(at least 1200 PA's): 156 link

10. Cubs 2000's Lowest OPS Leader(at least 600 PA's): .639 link

11. Cubs 2000's Lowest OPS+ Leader(at least 600 PA's): 62 link

12. Cubs 2000's Win Leader: 105 link

13. Cubs 2000's ERA Leader (at least 350 IP): 3.51 link

14. Cubs 2000's ERA+ Leader (at least 350 IP): 127 link

15. Cubs 2000's WHIP Leader (at least 350 IP): 1.145 link

16. Cubs 2000's Worst ERA+ Leader (at least 200 IP): 87 link

17. Cubs 2000's Saves Leader: 87 link

18. Cubs 2000's K Leader: 1324 link 

19. Cubs 2000's Games Pitched Leader: 316 link

 

 

 

 

1. Sammy Sosa

2. Aramis Ramirez

3. Corey Patterson

4. Aramis Ramirez

5. Sammy Sosa

6. Aramis Ramirez

7. Aramis Ramirez

8. Sammy Sosa

9. Sammy Sosa

10. Ronny Cedeno

11. Ronny Cedeno

12. Carlos Zambrano

13. Mark Prior

14. Carlos Zambrano

15. Ted Lilly

16. Jason Bere

17. Ryan Dempster

18. Carlos Zambrano

19. Kyle Farnsworth

Comments

"Arizona Diamondbacks: 27-40 (.408%)" -snicker- -laugh- did we lose any important games to them? hehe...

wow. mitch williams on MLB Network with a bit of personal info... because of the way he fell off the mound on his follow-through he claims (seriously) to have never actually completed a play at 1st for an out, but he did get his most serious knee injury attempting to cover 1st on a play. -edit- the Carb. WS has been pretty damn awesome, though the winner is pretty much DR. last night's VEN/DR game was won by 1 run on a steal of home in the bottom 7th. today's game with DR/PR has been pretty awesome. VEN/MEX tonight...

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In reply to by Little Nate Lewis

It's really more a matter of me being broke [read: cheap] and only going for the "limited basic" plan. What's actually strange about it is that I get only 20 channels and one of them is WGN (even though I'm in Florida) but I don't get ESPN or ESPN2 (although I do get the SPEED network, so I can watch drag racing 24/7 if I wan't to). It's really a much better deal for me as a Cubs fan than if I got ESPN but not WGN.

I would've bet a lot that it was the Phillies for lowest win %. We've been horrible against them, especially in Philly, and especially in the new park. Makes me not want to go there to see a game knowing there's an 80 percent chance the Cubs will lose.

BP's C. Karhl regular 'Transaction Analysis' has this on "wildman" Carlos Marmol...
With that, the Wild Man's back...Carlos Marmol, who plunked 12 batters to achieve a bruising pace of 3.58 percent of the men who stepped in against him. Historically, that's incredible, because if you look at the list of people in the database with higher rates, none of them pitched as many as 50 innings, so they had fewer opportunities to bury people at the plate. Cutting the figure to 60 IP...
and here's your top 10: Rk Blackguard IP HBP Plunk Percentage 1 Carlos Marmol, '09 74 12 3.582% 2 Jerry Spradlin '99 61 10 3.497% 3 Bob Wells '01 68.2 10 3.344% 4 Esteban Yan '99 61 9 3.147% 5 Brian Fuentes '05 74.1 10 3.115% 6t Jerome Williams '04 129.1 17 3.041% 6t Geoff Geary '07 67.1 9 3.041% 8 Chan Ho Park '04 95.2 13 3.037% 9 Charlie Hough '75 61 8 3.030% 10 Ken McBride '64 116.1 16 3.002%
...It's an interesting coincidence that Larry Rothschild managed the Devil Rays team that had Yan on it, and was Marmol's pitching coach.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=10019

My guess is none of those pitchers strikeout as many batters as Marmol or give up less hits than he does. Its a tightrope Marmol is walking, but atleast he is on the good end of the spectrum. I would rather work with a player that gives up less hits, strikes out alot of batters and has a problem with walks than trying to teach a player how to give up less hits and strikeout more batters. The 2 things Marmol has in spades you can't teach, you can work with him in reducing his walks but you can't magically transform a Kevin Gregg type pitcher into a strikeout machine like Marmol.

3 people got Bedard to Seattle https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjMn1XXWev7FdHlQMkp4RG44S0RNaG… E-man 18 (2 correct) Bryan 15 (2 correct) Michael Connors 15 (1 correct) Jim Hickman's Bat 14 (1 correct) Rob G. 13 (2 correct) JD too 13 (1 correct) big lowitzki 12 (1 correct) Sweet Lou 12 (1 correct) Dusty Baylor 11 (1 correct) the stick 10 (1 correct) Dr. Aaron B 4 (1 correct) twcoffee 2 (1 correct) Ahone Ahtwo Ahtree 2 (1 correct) H Vaughn 1 (1 correct) Damon, Dye and Branyan left

new CAIRO ratings have the cubs in 2nd rather than 3rd. kevin millar is our pujols...i swear to god. awesome. ...and WAS is poised to win the East. go them.

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In reply to by navigator

if the cubs sign j.gomes to a minor league deal the 2010 WS is pretty much going to the cubs....that's gotta be worth another 2+ wins. now if some of these projections would allow Dumpster to actually start 30-34 games rather than 20-something and going to the pen for a chunk of them like some of these projections predict and we might pick up 2+ more on top of that.

AZ Phil, a friend of my said that there are several Cubs players already working out at the spring facility. Are you or have you been to the spring faclity and observed any players working out? I will be heading out to Phoenix this week for a business trip.

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In reply to by Rob G.

"Is this the same Jerry Reinsdorf that skipped out on Pima County taxpayers who had spent tens of millions of dollars to provide him with a taxpayer-funded stadium, to come to Glendale, where Maricopa County taxpayers provided him a Taj Mahal spring-training facility?" Smith said. OH SHI... ha! and damn i'm ready for spring. picked up my ST tickets for COL and ARZ games vs. CHC in tuscon recently. at least the Carb. WS has provided me with a winter fix.

The BP starting lineup Team Health Report is out. It says "do not distribute", but the players in the red for the Cubs are no surprise: Ramirez, Soriano, Lilly, Guzman, Marmol. According to it, the Phillies and the Rays are the best bets to remain healthy.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

players in the red for the Cubs are no surprise: Ramirez, Soriano, Lilly, Guzman, Marmol. --- I wonder why Marmol's health is in red, just from periods of overuse? As a closer he probably will not see any two inning stints (although an occasional 4 out save might happen). Based on DL time last year, Soto, Z, DLee and Dempster did get yellow lights. Not sure why Marlon Byrd and Randy Wells gets a yellow. Fontenot, Theriot, Fuky and Gorz are the greens. WC only rates the 8 lineup players (and AL 9, DH), 5 starting pitchers, 1 closer, 1 'key' reliever. The "healthiest" NL teams are the Brewers (1 red-Weeks) and the Phillies (1 red-Moyer). The least healthy NL team is (as expected) the Mets with 7 "red lights" (Hank White, LCastillo, Reyes, Beltran, Maine, Niese, K-Rod). Dodgers and Reds have 6 red light players.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Apples to Oranges. Bradley has only played in 140+ games once because he is chronically injured. Byrd has not done so because he has not been very good at baseball. He's been on the 15-day DL just 3 times in his career, but he spent a month in the minors in each of 2004 and 2005, and two months in each of 2006 and 2007. He wasn't called up in 2007 until Jerry Hairston - yep him - went on the DL. To his credit he played well down the stretch and then put up OK numbers in 2008-2009, but there is not much to go on with him.

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

QUOTE: Byrd has not done so because he has not been very good at baseball. REPLY: His OPS over the last three years is higher than all the regular lineup dudes from last year other than Ramirez and D Lee. An OPS over 800 may not stop you from scratching your balls but it's nothing to sneeze at, either.

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In reply to by Old and Blue

I noted that he put up OK numbers in 2008-2009. My main point is that as a 29 year-old he was still in the minors with the last-place Rangers until Jerry Hairston went on the DL. He then played in 122 games as a 30 year-old, and 146 as a 31 year-old. So again, there is just not that much to go on with him. I hope he turns out well, but it's hard to look at his past track record and be confident that it will happen.

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

That's the point of the yellow flag. Staying healthy over 162 game season is a skill, we know Bradley (for instance) doesn't have that skill. We don't know if Byrd does, since he's never really had an opportunity, but three DL trips in his limited career doesn't exactly bode well in my mind.

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In reply to by Cubster

Could be Marmol was flagged because so many say his horrid delivery mechanics make him an injury waiting to happen. Hasn't really happened yet. Maybe he'll just be one of those guys who defies logic and stays healthy for a career despite the violent delivery. Hell, seven years ago we had a starter whose fluid Tom-Seaveresque delivery supposedly made him injury-proof. Of course, his breakdown might have had more to do with chemicals than mechanics.

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In reply to by Charlie

Does the overhand throw have to do damage to the shoulder? ------ It's a complex question and I haven't read anywhere that an overhand delivery vs 3/4 is more susceptible to injury. The delivery alone doesn't account for variations in anatomy let alone variations in other components of the pitching motion. There are anatomic variables such as the shape of the acromion which varies from a flat configuration, a curved configuration or a hook shape (the most likely to lead to impingement). http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514270258/html/graphic33.png Shoulder capsular laxity is also a significant factor as all pitchers get laxity to differing degrees. If the joint gets to lax, the muscles/cuff are often not strong enough to prevent impingement or instability problems. I'm sure I can come up with a other variables that make it tough to analyze which motion is "healthier" on the shoulder. Then there are lefties which defy analysis (I'm a lefty)...or we can ask Dr. Marshall, I think he works with overhand, 3/4 and sidearmers: If adult pitchers chronically train at my maintenance levels, they will have 'injury-proofed' their pitching arm. http://www.drmikemarshall.com/BaseballPitcherInterval-TrainingPrograms… Q&A sessions...haven't read through these but it would be interesting if he addresses overhand vs 3/4 as to injury risks. http://www.drmikemarshall.com/QuestionAnswerFile.html

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In reply to by Cubster

In the article, Carroll pretty much confides that no one knows what they're talking about when it comes to shoulders holding up. Some guys with 'bad' mechanics can, and some with 'good' mechanics cannot. I think Marmol's numbers probably have to do with comparables - it's very unusual for anyone to K as many batters as he has without getting hurt eventually. Then you add in the control issues, and that may be seen as a 'sign'. There's no subjectivity in the sytem (i.e. no one is looking at motions and making determinations).

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Just because genetics are different doesn't mean that people don't know what they're talking about. Just because the total force that one shoulder can exert in comparison to any other shoulder doesn't mean that, either. It makes it more difficult to predict injuries, sure, but if anybody wants to try to guess whether Marmol would be more or less likely to have some serious shoulder trouble in his career, I think you'd be pretty silly to bet against it. That doesn't necessarily have anything to do with his preferred arm slot, either. While a noticable drop in arm slot can be a warning sign of an injury, consistently maintaining a low arm slot isn't necessarily one. I'm sure Will's just trying to cover his own ass again, since he's neither a pitcher nor a doctor, but somehow knows all about injuries to pitchers.

y.petit DFA'd...please please hendry stay away from that useless 2 cent head of a pitcher even if he is a starter/reliever. i dunno how this guy kept getting work in ARZ or why SEA wanted him.

I'm sure Will's just trying to cover his own ass again, since he's neither a pitcher nor a doctor, but somehow knows all about injuries to pitchers. ----- I'd love to see WC's take on red ass injuries.

Kyle Farnsworth will compete for a spot in the starting rotation, Dick Kaegel of MLB.com reports. "We're going to lengthen him out and see how it goes," said pitching coach Bob McClure. "Because what he showed me last year was the ability to back off a little bit and not pitch with his hair on fire. And, to be a starter, you have to be able to just kind of go pitch-by-pitch." Farnsworth, who turns 34 in April, is 6-11 with a 5.81 ERA as a starting pitcher in the major leagues and hasn't made a single start since the 2000 season with the Cubs.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.