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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

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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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Game 133 Thread / Cubs @ Pirates (3 of 3)

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SP Jason Marquis
SP *Zach Duke
  8-7, 4.76, 71 K, 52 BB, 134.1 IP

4-12, 5.29, 72 K, 42 BB, 151.1 IP
       
LF
Alfonso Soriano RF
*Nyjer Morgan
SS Ryan Theriot
SS
Jack Wilson
1B Derrek Lee
CF *Nate McLouth
3B Aramis Ramirez
1B
*Adam LaRoche
CF Reed Johnson
LF
*Brandon Moss
RF
Mark DeRosa
2B Freddy Sanchez
2B
Ronny Cedeno 3B Andy LaRoche
C
Henry Blanco
C
Raul Chavez
P *Jason Marquis
P *Zach Duke

 

The Cubs go for the sweep, and once again I am reminded that I don't know how to add Rob's broom graphic to the game results box at the top of the right-hand column. I'll make you a deal, Jason Marquis: you win the game, and I'll work on the broom.

As they try for their 13th victory in their last 14 road games and their 14th win in 18 games against the Pirates this season, the Cubs will go with their all-righty starting eight, including Henry Blanco in place of Geovany Soto behind the plate.

I hope Hank got the memo about our catchers being required to contribute at least 7 RBI per game. 

 This Month

Pitcher GS
W-L
IP
H
ERA
AVG. GAME SCORE
Jason Marquis
4
2-1
 23  24 5.09
46
Carlos Zambrano
5
1-1
 26.2  31 7.43 39

Comments

It's a "travel day" lineup today, clearly. Good for Soto to have the day off, but why DeRo - and in that case, not why DLee? AZ Phil, can you add your thoughts about the AZ Fall League selections and why the Cubs chose to target these individuals for that coveted assignment?

Alfonso Soriano, Oh no! Ryan Theriot no go Derrek Lee's not studly Aramis Ramirez who says? Reed Johnson is pondscum Mark DeRosa where's Sosa? Ronny Cedeno is no volcano Hank White has no fight Jason Marquis pitches BP This poem sucks.

what happened on the Derrek Lee out in the first? Yahoo has Soriano on third and a groundout to SS. Did the Pirates have the infield in?

Soriano needs to get his head out of his ass. Another error in the first where he took his eye off of the ball and then picked-off trying to steal second just now - out by 10 feet.

Can we get Lee out of the 3rd hole already?!? Man on 3rd less than 2 out, Ground Out to SS (We need a flyball) Man on 2nd No out, Ground Out to the left side, instead of the right side!! At this point we need start playing the hot hands. Ram 3rd Derosa 4th Lee 5th Edmonds 6th Soto 7th Anyone else agree?

suicide squeeze by Blanco?

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In reply to by Rob G.

Yeah, bad bunt that worked out well. Popped up down the first base line but no one caught it and it didn't roll foul.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Yep, despite the well pitched game by Marquis -still dislike him. He is exceptionally average, but as Rob G. and others have repeatedly pointed out he is a solid #5. Maybe it's his personality/public comments (with a healthy dose of above-market contract)? I remember him being offended by questions re Marshall taking his spot in the rotation, not referring to his pitching (which was equal to Marshall in ST), but suggesting he'd take a trade before he'd move to the bullpen. Now seems to be annoyed (and not motivated) by Lou's skipping him "to give him rest." All-in-all comes off (to me at least) like he's entitled to his position, regardless of his performance. Or, it cd just be me. I guess I shd just accept the (temporary)appearance of his doppleganger with a beer and a "Holy Cow."

Nice that the Cubs had their stopper going today! I soooo love it when the Cubs win an early game. You gotta think that demoralizes MKE a bit when they look at the scoreboard.

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In reply to by champsummers

Except that Chicago is a huge market, with the wherewithall to field a winner -- we simply had to hope that the owners, front office and scouts would get their heads out of their assesmake good decisions and eventually get the right talent on the field. Pittsburgh? I don't know man. It's a proud baseball city, but it's really hard to see a light at the end of that tunnel. My heart goes out to the fans of that team. They're living the kind of hell Cubs fans lived for years, and they have less reason to hope for better.

Updating Cubnut's numbers after the game: This Month: Pitcher: GS | W-L | IP | H | ERA | AVG. GAME SCORE Jason Marquis: 5 | 3-1 | 30 | 29 | 3.90 | 50 Carlos Zambrano: 5 | 1-1 | 26.2 | 31 | 7.43 | 39 Props to Jason, concern for Carlos.

Well, Cubs can go 2-27 and match last years division championship performance. Something leads me to believe it will take more than 85 to win the division this year. If Cubs go 8-21, Cards and Phils would need to go 18-11 to tie. I like the Cubs chances of making the playoffs this year.

I'm old enough to remember when the Pirates were perenially near or at the top of the National League - teams that had Manny Sanguillen, Willie Stargell, Clemente and so many others. If they had proper management at the top, they could be very competitive. But Dave Littlefield wasn't the right guy, and did some damage for which they'll need some time to recover.

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In reply to by Rob G.

Unless I'm mistaken, the financing of PNC park by the public was engineered over their objections, which had been expressed through the rejection of a public referendum. Again perhaps mistaken, but the same true for Heinz field I believe. Thus the understandable public disgust at the continued "unwillingness of Pirates ownership to field a winning ballclub" as if it is ever this formulaically simple. As an adopted Pittsburgher now for eight years, IMHO the disillusionment with the team has reached a "steady state" and you're looking at the continuing model for "how to make a neat profit from MLB profit sharing" which isn't likely to change any time soon. The owners know they put a stinker on the field, but can now count on a finite but steady amount of ticket sales due to promotions and an increasing proportion of fans who turn out to see the OTHER TEAM. [Last night was no exception- easily majority vocal Cubs fans, even Santo commented on it today during the broadcast.] Add in the MLB cash to the predictable amount of red ink, and they're in the black to an extent they're apparently happy with? When the season ticket sales and attendance continue to slide (as they have since the 2006 ASG) then ownership's response: this ain't coming out of our pockets, we're going "youth" and letting big payroll go.

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In reply to by nohit

Regardless of payroll, if you have a losing record for 16 straight years, your front office is just awful. If you're drafting in the top 5 every single year, you should eventually get some impact players. And then if you can't pay them, you trade them for more young, impact players. That's where the Pirates have continually fucked up. Trading a young, 36-homer 100 RBI Aramis for Bobby Freakin Hill is the perfect example, and I'm sure there have been plenty more I'm not aware of. Did they even get anyone decent for Bay? I'm sure in the next year or two they'll trade away McClouth for some shit too.

Btw, wasn't Littlefield hired by the Cubs as a scout or something? ------------ Rob, you hit that one out of the park! Right now, as I type, there is a round of golf going on with Ed Lynch, Grady Little, Dave Littlefield and Hendry is fleecing ALL those bobo's out of their milk money. two littles and a lynch...as Jack Brickhouse would say...whooooboy! it's an honorary position I'm told, and they do have to wear Cub Scout uniforms for their golf outings. http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?ctlg=05NDC&ctgy=PRO…

personally i ike b. moss who came over in bay deal alos whenever i here sister sledge WE ARE FAMILY i think of the 79 pirates stargell parker hebner moreno sanguillen and so on

Recent comments

  • Charlie (view)

    I worry that Morel will lose starts at 3B as long as this roster lacks a compelling DH.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • 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.