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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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Game Preview: Cubs (26-31) @ Brewers(23-34) & Strasburg Day

Submitted by Rob G. on

Join the fun in Parachat if you're going to be tuned in to watch Stephen Strasburg's debut and stay for the Cubs game that starts an hour later or if you want to talk about the Blackhawks game(which doesn't happen until tomorrow).

Aramis is out of the lineup and is getting his hand checked out again according to Wittenmyer who hints a DL trip could be looming. With Chad Tracy having another 4-hit day down in Iowa, might not be a bad time for a couple weeks off.

The original lineup had Tyler Colvin sitting against Gallardo but Lou had a change of heart and is sitting Soriano instead. I give up trying to make sense of it.

Theriot, Fukudome, Lee, Colvin, Byrd, Fontenot, Hill, Castro, Lilly

vs.

Weeks, Gomez, Fielder, Braun, McGehee, Hart, Escobar, Kottaras, Gallardo

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 06:44 pm

Marmol finally blows one...

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 06:51 pm

Beautiful -- 2-5 trip so far against the dregs of a crap division. Can't expect Marmol to save 'em all, but this was a killer -- score in the 9th to go ahead, one strike away, chance to build some momentum....fuck. Fuck this fucking game. Bummer for Ted.

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 06:52 am

Just watched the highlight reel for Strassburg's start... my god, what a beast. He's got unbelievable stuff going on. It makes me happy for the game of baseball, but sad he's in the NL. Ps... I've heard a lot of comparisons for Strassburg, but he's really his own pitcher. 101 mph in inning 6 with nearly-pinpoint control... are you kidding?

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 06:14 am

left to his own devices riggleman will be more cautious - he is admittedly haunted by wood...the dilemma will come if/when the nats are in the late stages of a pennant/playoff race...btw, say what you will about prior's fragility, down the stretch in '03 he was the best horse the cubs have ridden since sutcliffe in '84, including maddux in '89; the ace that whathisname has never been, even if only for half a season...

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Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 06:35 am

"This year he's given up a .262 batting average on balls in play, which as any schoolboy can tell you just isn't sustainable." Ugh... okay... he's been lucky. Anyone with two working eyeballs can tell you that, but let's not pretend .300 BABIP is a naturally-occurring phenomena. He's a contact pitcher and he'll have a lot of ground outs and a low BABIP. BABIP is not a magical predictive statistical bullet.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 06:23 pm

Couple of issues here. Can you put up his career K/9 numbers along with the BABIP? Silva is pitching differently than he has in the past, any "analysis" that doesn't recongize that as a starting point, isn't worth the virtual paper it was written on. The other issue, is that groundball pitchers tend to give up higher BABIP's depending on various things. Silva is playing in a new park, in front of a new defense and throwing the ball differently. Take a look at each of his hit rates on batted balls (throw out the concept of BABIP because it's dated if you are actually trying to get a feel for an individual pitcher) and see what you get. It's entirely possible that he has a BABIP of .262 for a season. Without looking at the Cubs ability to turn batted balls into outs, and specifically the batted balls that he's likely to give up into outs - you can't really conclusively say that the number can't be sustained for a season. Over two or three years? Probably not, but it could be well south of .311 (even though BABIP is still outdated). If you're a groundball pitcher, walks and BABIP don't effect you as much as if you're a flyball pitcher - fwiw.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 06:40 pm

but the original quote says "Is not sustainable" I guess he may be meaning over the course of a career for a starting pitcher - but I tend to think the context is for 2010, so Neyer was wrong, because SP's have had BABIP's that low (Maddux once ran off a streak of doing three times in four years). Two pitchers beat that number last year, and about 20 are ahead of the pace this year. Something else that isn't possible is three perfect games in a month... wait, nevermind. I think the SABR community is a little slow to recognize the shift to pitching that is going on. Silva has also been excellent in controlling his batted ball trajectory this year - look at his GB/FB ratio by game, and then compare it to the pitching conditions for that game. For instance, his start in New York he worked up in the zone and got a lot of FB outs (and a big ol' jack to Hank White if memory serves).

Submitted by Cubster on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 06:41 pm

Virtually everyone on twitter: Cubs recalled Chad Tracy from Triple-A and placed Aramis Ramirez on the 15-day DL (retroactive to June 8) with a left thumb contusion. Reds catcher Ryan Hanigan has a broken thumb, I wonder who will get off the dl first

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  • 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.

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  • fullykräusened (view)

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  • 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.

  • crunch (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

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