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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
 




Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

How's the Future Looking?

Submitted by Rob G. on

The major league team is going through the motions of a 100-loss season and is frankly, boring as hell right now. There's plenty to keep our eyes on if we need a baseball fix, will Castro and Rizzo rebound/improve, is Olt a legitimate starter or just a platoon-mate, can Barney, Schierholtz and Hammel do enough to get some trade value in return and what exactly will Samardzija's trade value be in June/July? But the answers to those questions aren't coming for awhile and neither are the future questions in Baez, Bryant and the rest of the minor leaguers, but I find the hope in their bats and arms far more interesting than the reality of the Chicago High Draft Picks currently playing in Milwaukee.

Javier Baez - early DL trip probably not helping, but currently at 164/207/327 with 21 K vs 2 BB's along with 4 errors.

Kris Bryant - 312/442/597 with 5 HR's, 7 2B and a surprising 5 SB vs 0 CS... 25 K  in 77 AB's about the only blemish at this point.

CJ Edwards - 20.2 IP/20 K/8 BB/0 HR and a 2.61 ERA before the injury lightning strike hit with some shoulder issues. No structural damage but in the midst of a 2-week rest period and then probably another 2-3 weeks before seeing the mound barring any setbacks. See him in June hopefully...

Albert Almora - 284/299/405 with 7 K vs. 0 BB's...kind of boring right now.

Jorge Soler - what did he have? A double of Mat Latos and immediately to the disabled list...currently shagging groupies in Arizona I think.

Pierce Johnson - late start to the season and was making his second start of the season as I write this...checking boxscore...8 BB in 4 IP...moving on.

Arismendy Alcantara - 301/310/554...6 SB vs 0 CS, but 20 K vs. 2 BB's.  Just one error so far on the season.

Jeimar Candelario - 174/296/290, not really justifying that #8 spot on the BA Top 10 list.

Dan Vogelbach - 234/314/338 - 2 HR's, 9 BB vs 10 K is encouraging.

Arodys Vizcaino - 7 IP/8 K/3 BB/ 0 HR/1.29 ERA and hitting high 90's.

Honorable Mentions

Kyle Hendricks - last outing in Colorado was a bit rough as was his first start of the season, but overall a 4.11 ERA and 29 K in 30.1 IP against just 8 BB's and 0 HR's on season. In-season call-up seems to be looming...

Corey Black - had a great start his last time out (6 IP, 8 K, 0 H) and overall with 16 K in 17 IP and a 2.65 ERA, but 12 BB's to go with it.

Overall, a bit of a disappointing start to the minor league season for the Cubs, but the path to the majors is rarely straight up.

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Comments

Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 04/27/2014 - 04:12 pm

Collin McHugh following up his unlikely 12 K performance with a 7 IP/6 K/ 1 H performance so far vs. Oakland.

#baseball

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Sun, 04/27/2014 - 04:18 pm

Great start by Hammel, Strop a nice inning, Rondon with 3 Ks and the save; Castro 2 HR, good ABs by Rizzo and Olt. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon. If only the chances of seeing a good performance like this was better than say 1 in 5, sigh.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 04/27/2014 - 04:46 pm

though he only projects for middle-end rotation at best, and he's a junkballing lefty... e.jokisch 24.2ip 24h 3bb 18k (2hr), 3.65era 1.10whip even if he finishes the season well he probably won't crack anyone's top100 prospect list and maybe not even the cubs top10 prospect list, but he's worth keeping an eye on given his years of consistent production.

Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 04/27/2014 - 04:05 pm

Does anybody know if firstinning.com is gone for good, or are they just going through extended server problems like they were last year?

Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 04:14 am

I think one thing that gets lost in all the hoopla over how great the Cubs prospects are supposed to be is that, for one thing, the product on the field is embarrassing, more so than it should be at year three, and for another thing, the Cubs are hardly the only team with interesting prospects. This franchise will survive another horrible year, but if it isn't turned around pretty drastically in year four, the franchise will start bleeding fans. Young kids aren't going to gravitate to a team with moldy ivy. I was won over in '69, despite the collapse. If there's nothing for kids to watch, they will go to the White Sox, who are at least consistently competitive, and Wrigley will become a tomb. The clock is really ticking here. We honestly could see a complete collapse of this franchise if the Jedstein plan doesn't work out. I seriously doubt there are many kids excited about this team right now. You need to grow your fan base, not depend on idiots like us who have been suckered into the whole Wrigley thing all these years. Add to the current team's woes the financial situation of the Ricketts, which seems pretty precarious, and I'm not an optimist.

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Submitted by Ryno on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 04:44 am

Cripes, O&B... what did you expect this season? :) In the final years of the Hendry regime, the Cubs had neither a farm system nor a big-league team. The organization was in shambles. So when you talk about the hoopla over the prospects, it's not that the Cubs prospects are supposedly so much better than other systems (although many websites have the Cubs system in the top 5), it is that the Cubs didn't have a farm system in the past, but now they do. That's an interesting development. I don't think a club with a history like the Cubs is worried about their fan base. The first time they return to the playoffs, all the lukewarm fans will come out of the woodwork.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 04:52 am

It's a great development, but it may not be enough. As for what I expected this season? Not much, at the beginning of this year. When the gents were hired, I expected a little more progress in year 3, however. It may still come. The season is young, Starlin seems back, and Rizzo would be putting up better numbers if they weren't pitching around him so consistently. I know all about the history of the Cubs' farm system. And I'd have to disagree about the fan base. Fan bases are created at a young age. What kind of kid is rushing to his iPad to watch the Cubs on MLB.TV right now? Sure, the die hards will come out if they ever start winning, but they'll lose their future fan base if it doesn't turn around.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 04:18 am

And, what the hell IS going on with Soler, anyway? Are they hiding him from the human traffic smugglers?

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 04:30 pm

If you're looking for positive signs, here's something. At least in the last week, something has been going on down on the Cub farm. Tennessee may still be scuffling, but Iowa has won its last five games, KC its last six, and Daytona seven of its last eight. And while the big-name prospects may have started slowly, some of the second- and third-tier prospects are doing rather well--guys like Logan Watkins at Iowa and Andreoli and Rafael Lopez at Tennessee and this Rademacher guy and also Marco Hernandez at Daytona. In theory at least, the franchise is moving toward having a critical mass of guys who know how to get on base and also hit some. Watkins always has a good OBP but this April it's .433. He can play defense and he can run a little. He would be an improvement at second base over what we have now, but several players on the big-league team are being marketed, which does get in the way of putting your best team on the field. So we wait a little longer.

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/28/2014 - 04:59 pm

rain delay in Cincy...

Baez hits HR #3 in Iowa, 3-run shot in first...Jokisch pitching

C. Black goes for Smokies

Zastryzny going for Daytona, 3 IP, 6 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 2 HR so far, opposing pitcher not doing well either though, tied 6-6; Candelario HR

Blackburn going for Kane County

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Indeed they do TJW!

    For the record I’m not in favor of solely building a team through paying big to free agents. But I’m also of the mind that when you develop really good players, get them signed to extensions that buy out a couple years of free agency, including with team options. And supplement the home grown players with free agent splashes or using excess prospects to trade for stars under team control for a few years. Sort of what Atlanta does, basically. Everyone talks about the dodgers but I feel that Atlanta is the peak organization at the current moment.

    That said, the constant roster churn is very Rays- ish. What they do is incredible, but it’s extremely hard to do which is why they’re the only ones frequently successful that employ that strategy. I definitely do not want to see a large market team like ours follow that model closely. But I don’t think free agent frenzies is always the answer. It’s really only the Dodgers that play in that realm. I could see an argument for the Mets too. The Yankees don’t really operate like that anymore since the elder Steinbrenner passed. Though I would say the reigning champions built a good deal of that team through free agent spending.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    The issue is the Cubs are 11-7 and have been on the road for 12 of those 18.  We should be at least 13-5, maybe 14-4. Jed isn't feeling any pressure to play anyone he doesn't see fit.
    But Canario on the bench, Morel not at 3B for Madrigal and Wisdom in RF wasn't what I thought would happen in this series.
    I was hoping for Morel at 3B, Canario in RF, Wisdom at DH and Madrigal as a pinch hitter or late replacement.
    Maybe Madrigal starts 1 game against the three LHSP for Miami.
    I'm thinking Canario goes back to Iowa on Sunday night for Mastrobuoni after the Miami LHers are gone.
    Canario needs ABs in Iowa and not bench time in MLB.
    With Seiya out for a while Wisdom is safe unless his SOs are just overwhelmingly bad.

    My real issue with the lineup isn't Madrigal. I'm not a fan, but I've given up on that one.
    It's Tauchman getting a large number of ABs as the de factor DH and everyday player.
    I didn't realize that was going to be the case.
    We need a better LH DH. PCA or ONKC need to force the issue in about a month.
    But, even if they do so, Jed doesn't have to change anything if the Cubs stay a few over .500!!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Totally depends on the team and the player involved. If your team’s philosophy is to pay huge dollars to bet on the future performance of past stars in order to win championships then, yes, all of the factors you mentioned are important.

    If on the other hand, if the team’s primary focus is to identify and develop future stars in an effort to win a championship, and you’re a young player looking to establish yourself as a star, that’s a fit too. Otherwise your buried within your own organization.

    Your comment about bringing up Canario for the purposes of sitting him illustrates perfectly the dangers of rewarding a non-performing, highly paid player over a hungry young prospect, like Canario, who is perpetually without a roster spot except as an insurance call up, but too good to trade. Totally disincentivizing the performance of the prospect and likely diminishing it.

    Sticking it to your prospects and providing lousy baseball to your fans, the consumers and source of revenue for your sport, solely so that the next free agent gamble finds your team to be a comfortable landing spot even if he sucks? I suppose  that makes sense to some teams but it’s definitely not the way I want to see my team run.

    Once again, DJL, our differences in philosophy emerge!

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    That’s just kinda how it works though, for every team. No team plays their best guys all the time. No team is comprising of their best 26 even removing injuries.

    When baseball became a business, like REALLY a business, it became important to keep some of the vets happy, which in turn keeps agents happy and keeps the team with a good reputation among players and agents. No one wants to play for a team that has a bad reputation in the same way no one wants to work for a company that has a bad rep.

    Don’t get me wrong, I hate it too. But there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

    On that topic, I find it silly the Cubs brought up Canario to sit as much as he has. He’s going to get Velazquez’d, and it’s a shame.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Of course, McKinstry runs circles around $25 million man Javier Baez on that Tigers team. Guess who gets more playing time?

    But I digress…

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Seems like Jed was trying to corner the market on mediocre infielders with last names starting with "M" in acquiring Madrigal, Mastroboney and Zach McKinstry.  

     

    At least he hasn't given any of them a Bote-esque extension.  

  • Childersb3 (view)

    AZ Phil:
    Rookie ball (ACL) starts on May 4th. Do yo think Ramon and Rosario (maybe Delgado) stay in Mesa for the month of May, then go to MB if all goes "solid"?
     

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

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