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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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Friday Funnies: Anthony Rizzo, Devin Mesoraco, and the play at the plate.

 

It's always been my favorite play, the play at the plate.
When Starlin Castro blasted one off the wall with Darwin Barney on 2nd and Anthony Rizzo on first, you knew it was gonna happen.
Not really that big an explosion, but if I'm Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco I'd be thinking about lots of stuff including Rizzo's size, the collision that's about to happen, holding onto the ball, and...my health.

Rizzo slid.
Safe.
Cubs end up winning on Alfonso Soriano's 2-run blast in the 8th.
Victory over the first place Reds.
Not that I'm supposed to care about wins this year, but it just makes for a better evening, don't you think?

Comments

Vogelbach and Peralta on Baseball America's Hot Sheet. Starling Peralta Team: low Class A Peoria (Midwest) Age: 21 Why He's Here: 1-0, 1.29, 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 14 SO The Scoop: It took Peralta three years in the Dominican Summer League to show the Cubs enough to earn a visa to the States. It's taken him another two years to establish himself as a legitimate prospect, but these days Peralta has proven he's one to keep an eye on. He's still somewhat inconsistent, but what was once an 89-92 mph fastball is now a 92-94 heater that tops out near 96. His slider comes and goes, but on days like Tuesday it's a plus pitch. Clinton sure couldn't hit it, and Peralta put together one of the biggest strikeout nights (14) we've seen this year. His previous career high was eight. Dan Vogelbach Team: short-season Boise (Northwest) Age: 19 Why He's Here: .333/.429/1.000 (8-for-24), 6 R, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 4 BB, 7 SO The Scoop: Scouts said Vogelbach's bat would have to carry him, and so far it has—and in a big way. The ultra-stout Vogelbach went deep in four straight games, including a pair of solo blasts last night against Everett to run his yearly total to 13 in just 39 games. (Note that he spent his first 24 games in the Rookie-level Arizona League.) He also has 32 extra-base hits in 161 at-bats this year, good for a rate of one every five at-bats. Possessing plus-plus raw power to all fields, Vogelbach has shred 30 pounds since high school and has proven he's ready to handle full-season ball next year. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2012/…

And from the Hot Sheet chat: Will Don Vogelbach be a BA top 100 player at the end of the year? J.J. Cooper: Probably not. He's a power-hitting first baseman who has yet to play full-season ball. The margin for error on those kind of guys is pretty small because of the lack of position versatility. I like Vogelbach as a prospect, but he's likely to have to do it at higher levels to crack the Top 100. It was a pleasent surprise to see Starling Peralta put together a nice game, especially with the cubs lack of pitching depth, I know he doesn't have Ace stuff, but could he be a mid rotation type guy? and how does he rank compared to other Cubs pitching prospects? J.J. Cooper: He still has a long ways to go with consistency, but the stuff is there that when he has his slider, he can be a solid prospect. I think he's more of a 20-30 guy in the system right now, but he's taken some nice strides. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2012/…

Can anyone run down the 5 error circumstances? Rizzo with 2?! And, "Sure-Hands-Vitters"? Jackson? Castro's I would expect.

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In reply to by The E-Man

i can't, but i can tell you the wind was really crazy today...dunno what that has to do with the IF errors, though. i was only partially "checked in"...messy game all around. errors aside, chapman's velocity made rizzo's hitting setup look extremely foolish. he couldn't get through his long-setup/timing mechanism quick enough to swing with enough time to do anything with the ball being pitched.

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In reply to by The E-Man

Rizzo caught a tough hop on a sharp low-sinking liner that bounced six inches in front of him. I thought it was a tough error. Ditto Vitters,except he should have made the play. Castro was just a mental gaffe, good timing on a grounder but just raised his glove a moment too soon, too worried about getting the runner. Didn't catch the last two.

Jorge Soler hit a two out Grand Slam HR in the 3rd. Chiefs ahead of Beloit 4-3 in the 6th. http://peoria.chiefs.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t443&t=g_box&gid… --- Peoria Top of the 3rd Bijan Rademacher reaches E6. Zeke DeVoss grounds out. Pin-Chieh Chen reaches on a fielder's choice out. Bijan Rademacher out at 3rd. Dustin Geiger reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Miguel Sano. Pin-Chieh Chen to 2nd. With Paul Hoilman batting, wild pitch by Taylor Rogers, Pin-Chieh Chen to 3rd. Dustin Geiger to 2nd. Paul Hoilman walks. Jorge Soler hits a grand slam (1) to center field. Pin-Chieh Chen scores. Dustin Geiger scores. Paul Hoilman scores. Wes Darvill doubles (14) Sergio Burruel grounds out. 3-1.

Looking at the Iowa Cubs game in Las Vegas... Casey Coleman was removed in the bottom of the 2nd with 2 outs. Gameday says injury delay but not sure what happened. Smiley Caridad relieved. The game was suspended in the 5th because of rain (in Vegas). Greg Rohan played 3B. Anyone have an opinion about his abilities at third? Certainly he can hit. ...also, Almora had 3 hits in the AZ Cubs game. Hopefully, we'll get an AZ Phil recap.

from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Bob O'Brien:
Maholm’s night: Just a couple of notes to follow up on Maholm’s three-hit shutout, which included five strikeouts and no walks. He did it in 95 pitches (64 strikes), the fewest by a Braves pitcher in a shutout since future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux threw back-to-back four-hitters in September 2000, in 90 pitches against Arizona and 89 pitches against Florida.
...and some crowing about how cheaply Wren has fixed the Braves rotation (getting Sheets and Maholm for $4M) plus moving Medlin from the pen and having 6 starters once Hanson comes of the DL. Apparently the cubs threw in come cash in the Maholm/Johnson deal. This offseason they are more likely to do a Maholm II deal for July flipping into more pitching prospects. I guess Thedstein eventually can do this (Braves) kind of deal if the club were in contention. All you need is waves of prospects. http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/11/braves-gm-wren-did-…

Coleman was taken out from his last Iowa start after 1.2 IP...
The Cubs will likely use their roster exemption to add a reliever. That additional bullpen piece isn’t expected to be Casey Coleman, though, after the right-hander left Saturday’s start at Iowa early because of discomfort in the back of his right shoulder.
Apparently there is a new MLB rule where the roster can go to 26 for makeup DH's. --- @ESPNChiCubs: Cubs blog: Cubs' to put new MLB rule to the test http://t.co/zSMNFFgI

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  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...

  • crunch (view)

    wow.  what a blown call.  go cubs, i guess.

  • crunch (view)

    neris is good for 70-ish appearances and having him throw 89-91mph fastballs was something i was not looking forward to for 70-ish games.

    his splitter today was ranging 82-83mph...also a bit faster than spring performances.

  • Eric S (view)

    Holy shit this umpire sucks


    However, all is forgiven when his suckiness works in favor of the Cubs. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Neris must have been sand-baging spring training. He's a veteran, so he knew what he was doing. Had me fooled to be honest. Glad I was wrong.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    Looks like he might the cliche veteran pitcher in spring not really ramping it up and just “forking on stuff” in spring. If he gets to 94 on the regular he’ll do just fine. 

  • crunch (view)

    topped out a 94mph, threw 4 of those.  feeling a lot better about neris.

  • crunch (view)

    neris has thrown 2 pitches at 93mph out of his first 5 pitches.  that's a positive turn.