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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are 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 4-21-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 14
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 





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Game 137 Thread / Phillies @ Cubs (4 of 4)

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SP *Jamie Moyer
SP *Sean Marshall

11-7, 3.81, 102 K, 50 BB, 160.2 IP

3-3, 3.52, 43 K, 13 BB, 46 IP
       
SS #Jimmy Rollins LF
Alfonso Soriano
2B *Chase Utley CF
Reed Johnson
LF Pat Burrell
1B
Derrek Lee
1B *Ryan Howard
3B
Aramis Ramirez
CF #Shane Victorino
2B
Mark DeRosa
RF
Jayson Werth C
Geovany Soto
3B
Pedo Feliz RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
C
Carlos Ruiz
SS
Ronny Cedeno
P *Jamie Moyer
P *Sean Marshall

 

Carlos Zambrano was scheduled to start Sunday for the Cubs, but Z and his dead arm ("muscle fatigue in his triceps," according to the Cubs) are going to skip a turn. WSCR also reported this morning that Rich Harden, whose velocity was markedly down against the Phillies on Friday, will skip his next turn, meaning he won't pitch until sometime after the Houston series. Can I say it? Oy, oy, oy. (Nice to have an 11-game lead in the Wild Card race, however.)

Sean Marshall, who was three years old in 1986 when Jamie Moyer made his Major League debut for the Cubs, will start in Zambrano's place this afternoon against the 45-year-old Moyer.

Marshall is 1-3, 3.97 in four starts this season and last pitched in a starting role two weeks ago in Miami, when he allowed 2 runs over 5 IP in a 2-1 Cub loss.

Moyer, who bettered Steve Carlton (of the Phils, ironically) in that long ago Cub debut, pitched against his former team back in April, and the Cubs knocked him around good. They knocked him around real good.

With a win, the Cubs will clinch the 7-game season series from the Phillies.

 

Comments

Two second basemen - guess we're doing the Howard shift for the whole game? ; ) Is that Gwen Stefani reference? I read an Indian newspaper article that described her as 'buxom'. Obviously that writer had a different point of view than the typical American when it comes to that word.

Cubs offense not exactly hitting on all cylinders last 5 games. Certainly concerned about the health of our starting pitching, but if the offense keeps it together in September, we'll be fine.

Got the split. Could have been worse. The offense has gone a little dead. Still happy to have the cushion over the Brewers, I'm sure we're going to need it with the tough September schedule. Gotta keep winning series.

I love what the Cubs are doing, but I still cannot escape the nagging suspicion that our offense is a house of cards. We have a lot of people hitting who could all easily stop hitting at the worst time... Still, optimism! Trying to be optimistic! Perhaps it's because I've actually been able to watch our last two losses.

Cubs have scored a total of 6 runs in innings 1-6 over the last 5 games. Puts a heck of a lot pressure on your starters. I suppose what shows the strength of the team is that even with the offensive struggles, Cubs won 3 of 5, and had the go ahead run at the plate in the 8th of the two losses. Milwaukee keeps crushing bad teams. They aren't rolling over at all and now with the WC pretty close to in the bag they can really be aggressive and go after the Cubs. Phillies are the first NL team this year to win the season series from the Cubs.

Would have been nice to get the series win, but this just happens to be a pretty good Phillies team. Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the opposition, no matter your own struggles of late. Go get 'em tomorrow, boys.

The Brewers will call up top prospects Mat Gamel, Alcides Escobar and Angel Salome on Monday. They'll add 10 players in all. The others are pitchers Mitch Stetter, Tim Dillard and Mark DiFelice; infielders Joe Dillon and Brad Nelson; outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. and catcher Vinny Rottino.

I had mentioned last Wednesday that the only NL team that scared me is the Phillies. I believe Jacos, or Dmac, or someone else perhaps disagreed. The evidence is there as to why. Very capable starters, improved pen, and THEY RAKE. In any case - MArshall is no substitute for Z - "tired arm" or not. He will be no more than a 5th starter, imo, on any team. It was almost amusing watching the "Slowskys" duel at Wrigley. Or - as Cubster said during the game, "Slow and Slower". Our guys do not fare well against Slowskys. In fact, they usually look bad. We again had chances, but the big two-out hit alluded us (Reed!). Let's Mow the Stros!

Thanks to AZ Phil I know why they made that move. If I remember and understand correctly, we now have the option of putting three or possibly four of the September call ups on the postseason roster -- Guzman because he's been on ML DL and exemptions to replace Fox and Hill with the possibility of a fourth if Lieber is placed on the DL again. I think Guzman and Hoffpauer make the most sense, but wonder if we'll see a couple of right handed bats get a chance to audition for a spot as a RH bat off the bench.

Anyone know if Dubois is going to get the call up? Presumably after Iowa's playoff games are over? He could be just the kind out of nowhere player that you see make a September run now and then.

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not sure the point...but that means the Brewers were 14-7 without Sabathia on the mound. That shows that the team is the real deal.

"I believe Jacos, or Dmac, or someone else perhaps disagreed." Not me - I haven't seen any Phillies games since the April series, which was too early for me to make any kind of evaluation.

I am worried about this 2 game losing streak. I could cost us the division. I will let this quote sum up my fears: Kent Brockman: "Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?" Professor: "Yes I would, Kent." In other news, I can't say it enough. After the break if we go 2 out of 3 or better against the bad teams and .500 or better against the good teams, the Brewers can't catch us. We did exactly what we had to do. Split vs. a playoff quality team. We need to take 4 of the next 6 and we will be fine. The Astos aren't horrible but we get them at home. The Reds are pretty bad and we should be able to handle them. Let's all put the gas cans and matches down.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

  • crunch (view)

    myself, i make a good amount of outrageously unrealistic comments that are sometimes "violent"...like my recent suggestion of "pulling the bandaid off" by having hendricks throw every inning of every game until he's on the IL.

    i would hope any athlete that cares about what is written on the internet realizes how casual fans can be about treating their lives like scripted TV characters that don't have real lives.  it's not an excuse to do it, but there's a lot of it out there.

    but yeah, in real life i'm rooting for guys to have long and healthy careers even if i'm not happy with current performances...except for some guys...and i'm pretty sure i don't leave grey area for those comments...and almost all of them are not good humans whether they're playing baseball or not...

    hendricks was getting a good amount of boos in his last game.  i would bet a million that he will get a standing O every time he visits wrigley in his post-playing days, or a return with a new team should his career continue...or if he comes back and puts in an oldschool good performance.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    What are the chances we can back off on gloating over other people’s misfortune?  One of the things I appreciate about the TCR community is that the remarks are more productive and add to how I like to follow the game.  

    Lately, however, I’m reading comments that are just mean.  If I were an MLB player, I would hate to get a back or finger injury and have someone write ‘hurrah!  I hope we never see him again!’  Especially when it is someone we were praising not long ago.  I’m not saying ‘don’t express how you feel’ but some comments lately seem downright mean spirited.  Stuff I expect from other communities but don’t often see here.  The TCR community has always spoken the truth but never with such a dark tone.

    Just my two cents.  I hope Hendricks comes back and is the professor we all know. He can pitch for the Cubs as long as he wants in my book.  

  • crunch (view)

    happ is back (and starting), mervis DH, tauchman gets RF.

    morel 5th in the lineup.  hoerner continues to lead off, even vs a righty.

  • George Altman (view)

    I don't care to see Hendricks or Smyly on the 26-man Roster the rest of the season. Both, stupid signings and option pick up by Jed. 

  • crunch (view)

    i know the cubs are paying the guys, but for the sake of the win/loss column this is some great news.

    woo!  people getting injured!  kick ass!

    sportsball is cruel.

    would have liked to keep cooper, but it looks like they're gonna go with wisdom if they have to pick a righty who's gonna K 1/3rd of his PA's.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Edwards would be my guess, or maybe they’re hoping Sanders or R Thompson can finally figure it out