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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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 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 7 Recap - Baker's Big Day

Box Score | Highlights

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
Cubs 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1   7 12 0
Brewers 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0   4 8 2

The Gist: They took away streaming video or music from my day job which means these recaps are gonna be a lot shorter and lot less interesting. I think I got home just in time to see Kerry finish his inning and the Cubs finishing it off in the 9th. The big day obviously went to Jeff Baker who clubbed a two out, 3-run home run off Randy Wolf in the 4th off a cookie that Wolf left up in the zone. Unearned runs at that, as Rickie Weeks muffed a pop-up to start the inning. Baker then later tagged Wolf again in the 6th for the Cubs sixth run and scored the seventh run in the 9th when Byrd doubled. He ended up with 4 hits on the day, all off lefties. There's something reassuring when a platoon split works out like that.

On the pitching side, Z pitched. Not particularly well or poorly, but just good enough to get the win thanks to the generous Brewers defense and Cubs offense.  He did have a neat pick-off of Carlos Gomez off first base. The late-inning bullpen plan worked to perfection though. Marshall took the 7th and retired the top of the order with ease and some nifty glove work of his own. Wood took over in the 8th and retired his three batters with ease and has yet to give up a run this season. With a 3-run lead, Marmol decided that was too easy and  immediately let the first two runners reach to get the tying run up. He then got 2 K's in-between a flyout to end the game.

Brats and Beers for everyone!!! Garza vs. another lefty in Chris Narveson on Saturday.


 

Hitter Results for April 08
Name Level Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS
Michael Burgess A+ RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0
Welington Castillo A+ DH 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Matthew Cerda A+ 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ryan Flaherty AA PH-2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Reginald Golden                          
Brett Jackson AA CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DJ LeMahieu AA 3B-2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Marquez Smith AAA DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matthew Szczur                          
Josh Vitters AA 1B-3B 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Pitcher Results for April 08
Name Level IP R ER H 2B 3B HR SO BB
Christopher Carpenter AAA 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jay Jackson                    
Austin Kirk A 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Kenneth McNutt                    
Christopher Rusin                    
Hayden Simpson                    

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Comments

I try to watch a little at work using my iphone and the phone network -- instead of wifi, because my employer also blocks streaming video unless it's their own. I sort of set my phone up against the computer. So far this year, the MLB app has been a little buggy for me this year. It crashes a lot. And of course I'm usually too distracted to really see much. I usually just end up making a point of trying to watch Castro bat. One thing I could see with Wood, even on the iphone, is that he seems to have picked up some kind of cut fastball, a little slower and more movement on it? Hard to tell on that tiny screen and I'm no pitching expert anyway.

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In reply to by navigator

I've seen Woody interviewed a couple of times this spring/early season and he hasn't said Rivera taught him any pitch. He said Rivera is amazing, etc., but the last interview I saw, which was on the last home stand, he said that he was throwing that pitch long before he got to the Yankees, but started using it more with the Yankees (Probably after seeing Rivera clean up with it), and he's had more success using the cut fastball more often.

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In reply to by Paul Noce

I did some digging around and it appears that picture is from April 22nd, 1931... "Colliding at Fenway Park with Boston catcher Charlie Berry, an ex-professional football player, Ruth is carried off the field and rushed to a hospital. He had attempted to score from third base on a sacrifice fly." http://tinyurl.com/43l7kgr Ruth must have tried to go out and play the field before having to be removed. It's the only reference I can find of Ruth being carried off the field injured. Another note from that same link: Oct 1, 1933, 38 yr old Ruth pitches for only the 5th time in his 13 years as a Yankee and throws a complete game win over the Red Sox, adding a HR too.

s.fuld with his 5th steal of the season (0cs). it's crazy how much he can distract the pitcher, too. he's put early fear into opponents.

Baker, Castro, Byrd, Ramirez, Soto, Pena, Soriano, Johnson, Garza vs. Weeks, Morgan, Braun, Fielder, McGehee, Betancourt, Kotsay, Nieves, Narveson game on MLB network tonight, 6 PM CST start

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In reply to by Rob G.

Bullets by Weeks, Braun and Fielder lead to a 2-0 lead for Brewers early. I am overly critical of the Garza deal, but 15 hits so far in 8 innings not impressing me.

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...