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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 20 Thread - Halladay vs. Maholm

Submitted by Rob G. on

So is Halladay vs. Maholm a mismatch or the biggest mismatch ever?

Phillies Cubs
*Pierre, LF
 *DeJesus, RF
Polanco, 3B
 *Campana, CF
#Rollins, Ss
 Castro, SS
Pence, RF
 *LaHair, 1B
#Victorino, CF
 Soriano, LF
Wigginton, 1B
 *Stewart, 3B
Ruiz, C
 Barney, 2B
Galvis, 2B
 Soto, P
Halladay P
 *Maholm, P

Good news is the Phillies offense has struggled quite a bit without Howard and Utley. Bad news is they're still the Cubs at the end of the day.

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:53 pm

i can't believe i'm going to sit through this...at least PHI isn't as strong as they could be. good news: cubs and angels have the same w/l record good news for the angels: it's only april bad news for the cubs: it's only april

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:42 pm

Z down 3-0 to the DBacks in the 6th. 5 IP, 10 H, 3R, 3ER, 2K, 2BB, 1HR not pitching up to his salary yet (hoping to have the Cubs get their money's worth).

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:45 pm

Bears trade up 5 slots in the 2nd round, 45th pick (13th in the 2nd round). Get big WR from South Carolina, Jeffrey Alshon; 6'4" 230 (some controversy about his weight). Supposedly not that fast but great on balls up in the air.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:47 pm

and Campana spark plugs another round of scoring in the 6th, 3-0 Cubs. Soriano looking stoopid getting tossed out in a quasi run down between 3rd and Home, just trotting toward home to get tagged. Course he did get a nice rbi single to score Campana before an rbi double by Stewart.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:27 pm

If I'm remembering the play correctly, Soriano's mistake was not running home on the play, it was stopping halfway. He was running on contact, and his job was to score or get tagged out, not to get in a rundown. Why? Because if he stopped halfway, they would get the force at first and then resume chasing him. He turned an out at home (with the runner behind him replacing him at third) into a double play that ended the inning.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:10 pm

Bob Brenly, bottom 7th, Mayberry vs Russell, 2-2 count based on questionable calls by home plate ump CB Bucknor. "that's strike four, man is he bad. If a hitter were this bad he'd be somewhere in the minors or be carrying a lunch bucket." rant continues.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:13 pm

and soriano makes the 3rd out on a fly ball in left that he misjudges, quite the adventure...but eventually he lopes back toward the wall for the catch.

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Submitted by superjimmer on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:20 pm

But meanwhile Brenly has used the term "scuffled" as a direct replacement for "struggled" 3 times in the last inning. This is my biggest pet peave on earth and started happening in sportscasting about 3 years ago. Ugh! I know you can possibly argue it applies, but a scuffle is typically a scrappy fight between two entities . . . To say somebody was scuffling earlier in the year when they gave up 12 runs in 12 innings is moronic. Just cause it sounds like struggling and sometimes has the word 'struggle' in the definition doesn't mean it works there. Aaa agh! Oh hi guys. Didn't see you there. As you were . . . Nothing to see here.

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Submitted by superjimmer on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:27 pm

Huuuuge stretch. I am aware of all that ... But all it is is these guys using it in place of struggling. Watch for it, it's not used well. And there is NO WAY these guys are using it in the almost allegorical sense that you are able to understand it. This is a damn sportscast. They've turned it into "struggling" period. Maholm was not dragging his feet earlier in the season. That is a form of defiance. He was sucking, struggling, etc.

Submitted by superjimmer on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:38 pm

Stewart either has money on the Phillies tonight, or he cannot see the ball to his left. Those lunges to his left have looked comical. And he usually plays those balls. I really do wonder if the green screen behind the plate is throwing him for a loop. Really weird looking plays AND he let starlin have a third one.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:16 pm

Bears 3rd round pick is Brandon Hardin, safety from Oregon State. Big: 6'3", 217 lbs. Missed the entire 2011 season from injury.
Weakness: Hardin has been held back significantly by injuries throughout his career. He is a bit of a slow-footed athlete, and his size makes him a tweener despite his cover skills. He hasn't played enough snaps at Oregon State to show he is NFL-ready and worthy of an early round pick. Strength: Hardin is a physical cover corner who excels playing up close to the line. He has serious value for a Cover 2 team that likes big and physical corners who can support in the flats. He is a good athlete and has impressive hip fluidity for a man of his size, and he uses his length well in-phase. Overview: Hardin is a physically imposing corner who is an intriguing prospect, considering the little playing time he has received the past two years because of multiple injuries. While these injuries are a concern, if teams can look at Hardin's potential, he will likely be picked in the middle rounds as a developmental defensive back who could potentially move to safety.

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Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:55 pm

More crap for the Bears. What is this, the freaking 4th year in a row they've drafted a safety in the 3rd round? WTF? Plus, this kid didn't play all last year as-noted in your quote, he was ranked no higher than the 5th-best safety in the draft (and I saw a couple of lists with him barely in the top 10). Projections were for a 5th round placement, at the least he surely would have been available in the 4th round. Conclusion: lousy pick. Again. I like the WR in 2, I hate this pick and the 1st round pick. Same old Bears.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:22 pm

Tribune story up on Hardin... http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0428-3rd-pic…
Hardin missed the entire season last year with a broken shoulder but did play in the East-West Shrine Game. The Bears brought him in for a pre-draft visit a little more than two weeks ago, no doubt to check him out medically. Earlier in his college career, he had a broken hand and wrist. Hardin was timed in the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds at his pro day and put up 24 reps on the bench press at 225 pounds. He was a popular prospect the last few weeks with about 15 visits as many teams wanted to do work on him. Hardin made 15 starts in college, 12 coming in 2010 when he had 63 tackles and three forced fumbles.

Submitted by JoePepitone on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 04:52 pm

It was Halladay's lousy career numbers against the Cubs (1-4 at game time) vs. Maholm's lousy career record on the road (18-43). Somebody had to lose this one.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Players on the 40 can be recalled and be placed on the MLB Taxi Squad for one day, like for example if a club is unsure if a player might or might not be placed on the IL ("game time decision"). Like maybe Happ, for example. 

    Also, a player on the MLB Taxi Squad must be returned to his optional assignment the next day if he is not officially recalled to the 26-man roster. 

    The player is NOT paid at the MLB split rate and does NOT accrue MLB Service Time while he is on the Taxi Squad. Also, it is not considered to be an official recall / option back if he is not added to the 26-man roster. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Wesneski has not spent 15 days on optional assignment since he was optioned so he cannot be recalled unless he is replacing a player being placed on the IL or other MLB inactive list (Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical, et al), a player who is traded, or a player who is claimed off waivers.

  • crunch (view)

    excited to see more power in the lineup.

    HOU going with 3 righty starters vs the cubs and their only lefty pen arm is hader.

    unless busch has a mystery injury, we should see busch+mervis working all 3 games.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    More than 50 years ago (I'm old), I was in the audience when my HS choir performed the whole thing. (It was a really elite choir and director.) That was my first exposure to the piece. You're right, Sonicwind75, there is a lot more to it than "O Fortuna," just like there's a lot more to Beethoven's Ninth than the Ode to Joy, etc. Much if it, as you say, is bawdy: "O! O! Totus florio! Iam amori virginali, totus ardeo!" Basically, "I'm really horny for these virgins!" And the guys in the choir adopted the "Skoal"- type greeting from the tavern scene: "Wafna!" 

  • crunch (view)

    i would have pause if the cubs had a pitching squeeze.   as it is, they have more guys than they have roster.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Maybe Brewer

    He'd be able to leave the Cubs. He's out of options. That would open up a 40man spot.

    I don't think Jed would do that.

  • crunch (view)

    brewer has done nothing to keep him on the big league roster...imagine that's 1 guy gone.

    yeah, it's only 2 appearances, but they were both unimpressive.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Yeah it is.....sorry......closers don't throw 89mph

    It would be unique for sure.

    But CP can't be HR susceptible

    That's what Alzolay has right now and that's what Kyle has no matter the situation.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Supposedly Happ said on a radio show he's good to go

    I hadn't read that anywhere from the usual accounts, so this could be off.

    If true, Canario goes down.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Hmmm. Maybe my idea of transitioning Hendricks into a closer role isn’t so crazy.

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