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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player 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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Tuesday Cubs News Round-Up

Submitted by Rob G. on

- Former major league catcher Jamie Quirk has been named the Cubs bench coach. His last job was as the Houston Astros bullpen coach under manager Brad Mills, who of course came over from the Boston Red Sox.

- Ken Rosenthal reporting that the Cubs are looking in on Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, with a preference for Pujols because, well, he's better, at least in the all-around game. Of course he's also older and possibly could be doping up on HGH. Stark confirms that a phone call was made.

- Good chat with Jim Callis over at NSBB on some of the Cubs prospects.

- Speaking of prospects, Kevin Goldstein put out his Cubs Top 11 for 2012...I believe the article is free. Past BP lists can be found at Wiklifield.

- Kaplan and others reporting that Cubs are listening on offers to Matt Garza. Apparently though Sean Marshall is off limits, which makes little to no sense. They've also "kicked the tires" on free agent David DeJesus.

- Cubs have also asked about Rockies third basemen ian Stewart.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:27 pm

screw the D...the guy's swing runs on a plane regardless of where the ball is. pure mistake hitter who can't seem to capitalize on mistakes in the bigs for some reason. they used to pound him in (where he'd miss dramatically) so last year he moved off the plate more...it helped in AAA...it didn't translate to the bigs.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:39 pm

Theo and his team have complete and total authority on all baseball decisions. You as the owner cannot insert yourself into the process. "The most ridiculous thing I read during the process was "He re-signed Oneri Fleita so he won't land a good GM. C'mon." Told me he never met with Pat Gillick. "When I refuted it they said I was too arrogant to talk to him. I take that stuff w/a grain of salt."

Submitted by Dr. aaron b on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:13 pm

Garza and Soto to the Yankees for Montero and 2 of those pitching prospects at the top of their system. Who says no?

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:26 pm

written before the 2011 season The Bad: Despite all of his work, Montero remains a well below-average catcher, and someone who just isn't designed to play to position. He's a poor receiver who handcuffs balls, he has trouble blocking pitches in the dirt, and his arm strength is mitigated by the amount of time it takes his immense frame to get out of a crouch and release the ball. Offensively, he has no weaknesses other than his well below-average speed, which borders on base-clogging. could move Montero to 1B and Castillo at catcher in that scenario, still price seems steep, unless Cubs are actually in full rebuild mode. Montero's probably in the majors next year, even if part-time, but Betances and Banuelos still have a bit of work, although I guess not that far off. I'd certainly want a few just outside the top 10 prospects in that trade coming from the Yanks.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:37 pm

Sabean could be blowing smoke, but claims there will be no "sticker shock" signings from Giants this offseason. That would mean, most likely no Reyes, Fielder or Rollins.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:56 pm

Says he is just going to focus on the amateur draft under his new boss...3/44?

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:43 pm

If you look at it objectively...how many Cubs scouting directors cann match his hit rate on getting 1st rounders to the majors? If Simpson doesn't make it that will be one. If Baez doesn't make it (andhe was a consensus top 10 pick anyway) that's two. Vitters(also a top consensus top 10 pick) will get there, and Colvin and Samardjaiza, widely panned have produced in the majors.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:27 pm

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2011/11/more-draft-details-fr… - draft reduced to 40 rounds - deadline is 5pm EST rather than midnight, July 13th for 2012 - teams can announce draft signings now as they happen, no more waiting on overslot deals - lottery picks can be traded (not for cash, unless to offset a player in the deal) and can only be done during the offseason - 3/44, but failure to sign a pick reduces your overall cap money, it cannot be reallocated few other things... also read that there is a $100K limit on undrafted free agents.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:56 pm

technically, Samaramadingdong wasn't a 1st round pick (149th overall in 2006) but it was 1st roundish money.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:05 pm

Greg Maddux, same title, special assistant to the GM
"My brother is probably the majority of the reason that I'm coming there," said Greg Maddux.. "When [Hendry] left, I think it made me more open to see if there was something over on my brother's side of town. Mike is going to be a great manager, but as he worked through things, he needed to figure out some things on his own. After all that blew over, he called me to see if I had any interest in coming to Texas and I did."
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/11/rangers-expected-to-…

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:25 am

dude from CBS Sports also confirms that Cubs are in on Pujols talk. Rotoworld blurb says Cards offered 9/198 last January.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:37 am

Gosh I hope this is just gamesmanship. Even if you think the's going to be able to hit for the next 6 years, it's hard to believe his body is going to hold up for fielding and running. He was moving around like a septagenarian at the end of the season.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:24 pm

let's see what they do next... Probably hire a guy they used to work out with in Boston as the strength and conditioning coach. Seriously though, it's a head scratcher to me as well. Given that they don't have any real "number" data on LaHair's defense versus his in right... does it mean that LaHair is going to be traded for pitching or a third basemen (or a real second basemen)? I would have preferred Kelly Johnson if we are bargain shopping for free agents to upgrade what's in house. I do like that they got a club option though... Hendry never figured that one out. *Edit, oh, he played right last year and managed to accumulate 7.5 UZR in the plus, so getting a 2 win player for $5 million is a good deal, especially if you consider his offense is likely to pick up a notch which could make him a 3 win player... usual caveats about UZR aside. UZR (or something similar) is what made Crawford so appealing to Boston. It would also make Soriano seem like a better player to our new braintrust, fwiw.

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:25 pm

Bruce Levine- -DeJesus career .285 ba should be better in NL and had broken thumb in 2011 -No one is asking about Soriano now, his theory maybe Orioles would be interested but Cubs would have to pay at least 85% -Cubs have talked to both Fielders and Pujols agents -Wouldn't be suprised if both end up back with their teams -Doesn't think Z will be on team in 2012

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:31 pm

granted the AL West had a lot of great pitchers last year, it's hard to see BA being dramatically improved going from one league to another. I can buy a pitcher's ERA a bit because of the DH and I can further buy it coming out of the AL East and the offenses they face, but not sure how a hitter's BA is going to change much. Plenty of damn good pitchers and defenses in the NL. The parks are friendlier in the NL Central though.

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  • Bill (view)

    I would have kept Cooper rather than Wisdom, but at least I can understand why they did it.  In a team that lacks dominant power hitters, Wisdom can be a dominant power hitter, at least in streaks.  I suppose that there is always the possibility that the streaks longer in both duration and frequency.  I will be content if they essentially make a 100 % DH commitment to Mervis against righties and Wisdom against lefties.  When a regular needs rest, give them total rest, rather than a DH rest.  Do this for at least 2 months, and then re-evaluate at that point.

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  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

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  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

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  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

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    Phil,

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