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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 eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players 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
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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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No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Rob G. on

Carrie Muskat is  back with her weekly mailbag column, responding to the asinine questions from Cubs fans with a healthy mix of stock answers and utter disdain for her readers.

More importantly though, mlb.com has opened up comments on articles.

Oh dear....

(Emphasis added)
Kabalzo wrote:

Jake Peavy is a very good pitcher. However, he had a dismal year...

That's right, a 2.85 ERA is now dismal...holy balls.

bmar1784 wrote:
.... If San Diego want center field and infield help Cedeno and Pie here you go. And I dont think they'll what Jeff's contract so I dont think we'll have to worry about that.
That $2 to $3M a year that Samardzija will make a year is certainly going to be a problem for a team trying to unload a $52M contract. 
mavericks2 wrote:
I may not be right but i heard that B.J. Upton is a free agent.

cha ching!!

if thats true there is our answer to center field
it's not true, you're a retard. And who the fuck uses cha ching anymore?
fansince45 wrote:
In my opinion, Theroit, Fontenet, DeRosa, and Marmol were the heart of the Cubs team and most steadily reliable. Do we really need all those high-priced on-again, off-again players?
Nope fansince45, the Cubs need more mediocre players that bleed scrappiness. Screw talent, we need HEART!!!
jesusbig1 wrote:
.... this is what needs to happen: Soriano needs to be moved in the lineup, him, lee, and fukudome need to get better, and we need to find someone in centerfield. Marquis has been an alright 5th starter, I think if he would've not been skipped in the rotation as much, he could've won as many as 15 games, hell maybe more. Big Z needs to quit being a little bitch. when he gets his head up his ass, he just stops producing, and that is the main problem, He is supposed to be a leader, and when he cries, i think it makes the other players get down and play worse. WE can win with the exact same team we had this year, will it be the exact same team? no, we just need to play better, you know why? because 9=8
jesus recommends the Cubs just play better. Why the fuck didn't any of the rest of us think of that? Of course, since this is jesus, maybe he can just make them play better.
 
I'm sure there's plenty of more nuggets in there and I'm guessing any negative comments about Carrie are immediately deleted. Nonetheless, that should make for some good comedy this offseason.
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Comments

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:27 am

The Cub Reporter slogan: "TCR: Over-analyzing the Cubs since July, 2001" needs to be No good will become of this it just works on too many levels

Submitted by John Beasley on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:27 am

I know that having to answer questions only from people who obviously know less than her limits potential mailbagees, but what the fuck? Anyone who can use the Internet knows Upton's not a free agent; why the fuck would you even print that? Cubs.com will be completely useless when the team finishes its transition to having 100% of seats sold through scalpers.

Submitted by Dmac on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:39 am

If you've ever read the comments section in the Trib's sports sections lately, these would not be surprising.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:32 am

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/1232381,CST-SPT-cub21.arti… ''I don't want to get into payroll speculation until Jim and [assistant GM Randy Bush] and their team have done their work,'' said Cubs chairman Crane Kenney, who nonetheless made it clear he doesn't expect the kind of jumps that increased the payroll from in the $90 millions in 2006 to $130 million by the end of this season. ''I'm not sure we're going to have any major offseason moves that would require significant payroll capacity,'' Kenney added. ''We'll leave that to Jim and Randy and the guys to work through, and we'll see where we are in a couple of weeks. ... We try not to lose sight of the fact that we won 97 games for a reason. We have a core that's pretty damn good.''

Submitted by The Joe on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:55 am

I don't have an insider account, so this is Buster Olney via MLBTraderumors (sue me): "Mark Prior, who had a second, less-invasive surgery on his right shoulder earlier this year, is in the midst of a throwing program and should be ready for the start of the 2009 season, said his agent, John Boggs." I just needed some more amusement.

Submitted by Dmac on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:34 pm

Maybe Kenney can invite another priest to say some more holy platitudes on the field - and presto! A bigger payroll for '09!

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:06 pm

Hey, so was Jesus... ============== Was that brisket on Jesus' plate at the last supper Passover seder?

Submitted by Bigz on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:31 pm

ESPN 1000: "Three things are recession proof: alcohol, tobacco and cubs tickets"

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:18 pm

you pull a piece on me, and I'll rip it out of your hand, stick it up your ass and pull the trigger until I hear....click. ========== is that game called: Russian Roulette for assholes? (not a cardinal reference I presume)

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:05 pm

I actually agree with Big Jesus there. Soriano doesn't need to get better, necessarily, maybe get healthy, and Zambrano does need to act like a grownup. I didn't understand the rest of it.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:17 pm

2009, then every 4 years (first was in 06). supposedly they're gonna tweak spring training or the series or something to solve the timing conflict...i forget... btw, i love the classic...i wish it was every 3 years insted of 4. i think it can become something nice with enough time as long as the "babying" rules don't get out of control. they already have rules for pitcher use pitch counts according to what round they're in (which i don't mind).

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Submitted by Chifan on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:27 pm

Yep it is. I do admit I enjoyed last time around, as it was as close enough to real baseball as there could in March. The good news for us is that many of the Venzulans stars are likely to boycott due to a lack of organization of team adminastrators. Off the top of my head at 11 PM CT here a list of Cubs players who could be on the teams: USA No one (I think Team USA can find 2 or 3 better 1B's than Dlee) Domnican Republic Soriano Ramirez Marmol Ceda Castillo (i dont know what his nationality is, but if he is from the Domnican Republic He would likely be their starting C given the lack of depth they have at the postion) Canada: Dempster (he is likely enough to resign to consider him a Cub) Harden (though its is very likely the Cubs would ask him to not to particiapate) Australia: Cody Hams Ryan Serle (2 lower level minor league guys, I'm sure AZ Phil would know what their status in for the event, I think one these guys had season-ending arm surgey though last year.) Holland: Dwayne Kemp ( samp camp as Hams and Serle) Japan: Fukudome (I doubt he wants to play, but might do it out of political pressure by NPB to repeat. Honestly it might be a case where it helps him as he would face a higher level of pitching than being in Mesa in the later rounds of the tourney) Korea: That good young SS we signed last year (I cant think of the name) Italy: Derosa (he did play for Italy last time around) Venzula: Z Blanco Cedeno Puerto Rico: Soto

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 10:59 am

Scott...Eyre...is...in....the...World...Series. Sorry if that is hard to read...the stains from my tears may have blurred some of the letters.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 10:33 pm

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I gots questions.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

  • crunch (view)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

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