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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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Cub Ticket Lawsuit Fever—Catch It!

So maybe you and a group of acquaintances divvy up some Cubs season tickets. Now that the boys are going to the playoffs and playing an as-yet-undetermined number of games at Wrigley, what do you do? What else—you sue!

The Tribune offers this story about litigious Cub fans, including Laurence Wright, a Northbrook businessman who is sick of getting ground under the heel of The Man...even when The Man is an 84-year-old with heart and hip problems.

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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080926&content_id=3552133&vke… there's the rundown... if Phils, Mets, Brewers are tied, then Phils play Mets on Monday for the East and loser goes to Milwaukee on Tuesday to decide the wild card. I don't think it matters much for the Cubs, I mean the Rockies did alright playing a tiebreaker last year. More importantly is that the races are still open on Sunday as all 3 teams have their aces scheduled (Hamels, Sabathia and Johan).

via Rotoworld Mark DeRosa was spotted "wearing a boot and limping around the clubhouse" on Thursday after leaving Wednesday's game with a strained left calf. Manager Lou Piniella said DeRosa will be out for the rest of the regular season and we're thinking he might not be available for the entire National League Division Series. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=238213&src=152 I think the boot is pretty common these days and speeds up healing (paging Cubster), so don't completely freak out.

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In reply to by Rob G.

The initial word was a minor calf strain, indicating muscle injury to the calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus) which attach to the achilles tendon. We've been through this before with Soriano and ARam but there are more minor versions of this meaning missing just a few days or a week. The boot is also called a cam-walker brace. The brace has a rounded bottom (or rocker bottom) which rolls instead of putting the foot flat (which normal shoes do) in an attempt to lessen the strain on the achilles tendon (therefore lessening the strain on the calf muscles). This brace is removable and is very commonly used for a wide range of injuries including calf strains, ankle sprains and hairline fractures in the foot and ankle. I wouldn't think using such a brace excludes him from being ready by next wednesday. I'm sure he's getting alot of therapy from the trainers as a minor strain might be the lingo one step above a cramp and one step below a grade 1 injury (although by definition if it's a minor strain it is a grade 1 injury). Unless we hear that they are going to use an MRI to look at it further, I'll assume they think he still day-to-day-to-day...until it's finally today. It will be more clear how things are going wrt DeRosa by monday. You can get your own on eBay for $61.99 (and see if DeRo will autograph it, then...well, use your imagination) http://cgi.ebay.com/Equalizer-CAM-fracture-Walker-walking-air-cast-boot…

named game 1 starter for Dodgers if we play them likely Billingsley and then Kuroda Lou wants to get Z some more innings before the playoffs, might pitch in relief for a few innings this weekend.

I just checked run differentials for the first time in, well, a while. It's pretty amazing. Cubs at +186, Brewers at +59. The only other NL team above 100 is Philly at +109. Boston is down 2 games to the Rays but has a 60pt higher differential (165-105). I don't really have a point, I just thought I'd share that. Also, it'd really suck to lose DeRosa.

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

not that you'd want to put 8 Ozzie Smith's out there, but I think defense is a little more important in the playoffs if it's not a ridiculous offensive advantage.

All his struggles, Fukudome's still managed a .371 OBP vs lefties and no real significant split. Hell, even if DeRosa is healthy, I'd rather see him out there in RF and DeRosa at 2b.

vs righties and if DeRosa is healthy, I'd like to see DeRosa in RF and Fontenot at 2b.

and I want to see Ronny Cedeno eaten by a rancor. 

 

Here is a crazy thought...Cubs could easily go Dempster, Harden, Lilly in any combination and use Zambrano in middle relief to possibly bridge the gap for Marmol and Wood. With Z's previous problem with his shoulder he might be experiencing weakness and can't bounce back as fast. He looked great coming off the DL but since then not so much. I would like to see Zambrano in the rotation but maybe going 2-3 innings in relief at full speed is better help to his team than trying to go 6-7 at 80% or whatever. I don't know just thinking crazy.

hardy (mysterious hand injury) is in the lineup for MIL tonight as of right now...

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080925&content_id=35… "We'll give [Kosuke] Fukudome a little work at second," Piniella said. "He was an infielder." The Japanese media around Piniella looked at each other. "No, no -- I'm just joking," he said. and it looks like my hopes of Howry not making the roster are pretty slim... "I've been resting Bob as much as I can, trying to get him as strong as we possibly can," Piniella said. "Hopefully, it works. I like Bob. He's a no-excuse guy, and goes out there and pitches and does the best he can. I have all the respect in the world for him. He's had some struggles, but nobody is immune from that. "I like his experience, too. Notice I've been pitching [Jeff] Samardzija as much as I can in late-inning situations to get a real good feel for that. He's holding his own. It's not the easiest thing in the world for a young guy pitching in these type of situations." NLDS roster shaping up to be: C - Soto, Blanco INF - Lee, Ward, Hoffpauir, DeRosa, Fontenot, Cedeno, Ramirez, Theriot OF - Edmonds, Soriano, Johnson, Fukudome SP - Z, Harden, Lilly, Dempster RP - Wood, Marmol, Samardzija, Cotts, Marshall, Marquis, Howry

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In reply to by Rob G.

In Lou's defense ERA is a pretty new metric and really may not be an accurate measure of his worth as a relief pitcher. The only way to really know how effective he'll be is to send him out there in the playoffs with the game on the line and see.

just in, the starters have been announced for the playoffs Dempster Z Harden Lilly feel free to talk amongst yourselves

I like Z pitching Game 2...if we win game 1. If we lose game 1, the pressure could be enough to make his head explode. I would have prefered to flip Z and Harden...but I guess having Z pitch at home where he could have a little more support and less stress, could be a good thing.

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In reply to by Chad

Chad. It's 2008. Z has been awful in 8 of his last 9 starts...and has given up 13ER in the last 6.1 innings (including 2 Grand Slams). Last year he went into the playoffs with a hot September. This year he is going into the playoffs with 2 of his worst starts in his career. Do I think Z is capable of dominating. Yes. Absolutely, and boy do I hope he does. But fact is, I don't know what were going to get from Z, and I think I could count on him more with a 1-0 lead then down 1-0 in a must win game.

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  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.