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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

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PITCHERS: 13
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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Sunday Funnies: How's your faith hanging there, Cub Fans?

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Steve Clevenger, Geovany Soto, and Wellington Castillo.
You can find them all on the same page - the injury report on MLB.com.
3 catchers going down at the same time is incredibly ridiculous, and the result is Koyie Hill.
Like a ghost from last year's horror movie.
But in the learned words of Lou Piniella, "What are you gonna do?"
The baseball gods are messing with us big time, as usual. 
It's the year of we're-not-supposed-to-expect-to-win, so I guess we just laugh it off.
I sure could use one stinkin' W against the Sox, though.
That too much to ask, baseball god?

 

Comments

Submitted by artskoe on Sun, 05/20/2012 - 05:50 pm

Fah-getta-boutit, dere ain't enough money to buy a catch-uh, specially since Kid K gone. Dat makes no sense, so I now believe in the throw away season theo-ry. Dale, I trusted you, ya bum!!! An I gots 3 tickets in Houston startin' tomorrow night. Sigh... Gettin' out the Tony Robbins-Joel Osteen-Buddah sermon CD's, rabbits feet and my Ernie Banks 8 X 10! Pouring it on for the Astros last rights! there's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home...

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:32 am

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 8:56am — Dusty Baylor Isn't June when his due date for club control is? ================================ DUSTY B: If the Cubs wait until June 23rd to recall Rizzo, they gain one more year of control before he can be a FA (post-2018 instead of post-2017). But that's assuming the 2012 MLB regular season ends on October 3rd & isn't extended an extra day or two due to rainouts at the end of the 2012 season involving a team or teams still on the bubble for the post-season, which could add an additional day or two to the end of the MLB regular season that would give an extra day or two of MLB Service Time to any player on an MLB 25-man roster at the end of the season (including players from teams that aren't playing in the game) who did not get credit for a full year of MLB Service in 2012. If they were to recall him prior to 6/23, they could still gain an extra year of control if they send him back to AAA again at some point for as many days as is needed, but that is kind of artless and obvious and might cause some bitterness with Rizzo and his agent, especially if he hits the ground running. The best way to do it would be wait to recall him until the homestand that starts on 6/25. That would give the Cubs a couple of extra days beyond 6/23 in case there is a day or two added to the end of the MLB regular season. BTW, if the Cubs want to delay Rizzo's eligiblity to be a "Super Two" post-2014, they would have to wait until at least mid-August to recall him, and I don't think they would wait that long, unless he gets hurt.

Submitted by MikeC on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:07 am

Its time for that fun game of will he or wont he? LaHair is now in an extended slump, hitting .238 for the month of May. It's that dreaded adjustment time, the league has figured out how to get him out, what will LaHair do? Flail away and be an all or nothing hitter? Or actually adapt? This is the part of the season i have been waiting on to see if LaHair is another joke or the real deal.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:14 pm

"(Reuters) - The key government witness in the perjury trial of former Major League Baseball star pitcher Roger Clemens said on Monday he also provided two other players with human growth hormones and helped a third to obtain the performance-enhancing drug." a.pettitte and c.knoblaugh, btw... baseball will not tolerate a cheater...unless they can help the team on the field. baseball will not tolerate a cheater in a position of power over younger players...unless you're a good hitting coach. both should expect boos and stuff thrown at them if they do manage to get employed again...or a standing O of forgiveness from the fans of the team that hired you.

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Submitted by MikeC on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:14 pm

But has Clemens ever tested positive for the use of Steroids or HGH? The evidence that McNamee turned over can't possibly be used against Clemens because no rules of custody took place. Anything could have been done to tamper with the evidence. Which is what is coming out now in the trial..... But McNamee, who admitted to multiple lies on Thursday, conceded on Friday that evidence contained in a crumpled beer can that he turned over to government investigators included medical waste from at least one player other than Clemens. McNamee, who was Clemens' personal strength coach, said Clemens did not use an orange-tipped needle that would have been used to administer HGH (something McNamee had previously testified Clemens did not receive in 2001). Asked if the cotton balls in the beer can were used on Clemens, McNamee replied: "Not for certain." Asked if a blue-tipped needle, the type used to administer steroids, was used on Clemens, McNamee replied: "Might have." But Clemens is on trial for lying to Congress and the best evidence against him is a crumpled beer can with other peoples DNA mixed in. Clemens gets off big time in a seriously flawed case that should have never went to trial.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:31 pm

yeah, but i still believe andy pettitte...and he's had plenty to say about his activities and his buddy clemens. about time he decided to be the "good Christian" he claims to be. to me, this is about all those minor leaguers who were shut out of the game...or worse...joined the "cheaters" gambling with their bodies and using an unfair advantage over their peers. you make -nothing- in the minors...you are still eligible for food stamps on your standard minor league pay right up until AAA and many players tap it (many in AAA are still eligable, too). yes, you "only" work 6 months out of the year (you don't get paid for SpTraining), but it's crap pay you only see for 5 months. this self-consuming cycle should have ended 20 years ago and it's my belief that these cheaters did the entire game a disservice.

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Submitted by MikeC on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:45 pm

Pettitte isn't telling the truth because he feels its the right thing to do, he is telling his version of reality to save his own ass. His claim was he used it to recover from an injury not to gain an edge which is just complete bullshit on his part. Pettitte only came forward when the Mitchell Report exposed him, and he did damage control to save his career. I only used it for 2 days I swear i am telling the truth! Please forgive me......just complete bullshit. And anyone who believes him is a fool. Brian Roberts who was also mentioned in the Mitchell report swears it was only for 1 time! "In 2003, when I took one shot of steroids," said Roberts. "I immediately" -- immediately! -- "realized that this was not what I stood for or anything that I wanted to continue doing. I never used steroids, human growth hormone or any other performance-enhancing drugs prior to or since that single incident. I can honestly say before God, myself, my family and all of my fans, that steroids or any performance-enhancing drugs have never had any effect on what I have worked so hard to accomplish in the game of baseball." The question i ask is who is falsely accused by steroid allegations? We know McNamee came clean to save his ass from prison. It appears that his so called evidence was manufactured to give the Government what they wanted no matter how tainted it was. Pettitte is still trying take back his comments from years ago and McNamee is trying to stay out of prison. Is Clemens being falsely accused? Maybe, but we will never know. I just hate accusations based off of hearsay and no evidence.

Submitted by artskoe on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:59 pm

I feel like Mike! Mike W., that is. Altho I am on the opposite end of the country from Des Moines, Cubs AND Astros fans are treated tonite to 2 AAA ballclubs in Houston. Last time I was here Carlos Marmol gave up a 9th inning grand slam to blow another save/win. THAT CANNOT HAPPEN TONITE...because Dolis can serve it up for Carlos. At least maybe there wii be a few good SP innings tonite. From deep in the heart of Texas y'all...

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

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