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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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Gameday Open Thread / Rockies @ Cubs

The Rockies visit HoHoKam this afternoon at 3:05 Chicago time. It's Rich "89.4 MPH" Hill vs. Franklin Morales.

And Lou Piniella confirms: when he said he'd have a rotation announcement by Friday, he meant it, dammit.


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"Cesar Izturis went 0-for-3 and committed an error Thursday against the Marlins. Izturis is batting .163 and he's up to seven errors in the equivalent of about 12 full games at shortstop." (Rotoworld) Glad he's not in the picture anymore.

He started the inning off with his sixth walk out on a missed bunt K Aramis made a throwing error Hill made a throwing error Hill gave up a double past CF KFuk yanked

mlb.com is saying that the recently demoted OF Josh Kroeger came in to relieve Hill in the 2nd, and got the next two hitters out... I don't believe that... Anyone know what really happened?

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In reply to by Transmission

You need it on "Rich-Text" if you want to use the toolbar when you write an article. Unfortunately for the 6 of us, it'll also default to that in the comments. It was one of the 8,000 emails I've sent out, I'm sure you missed it. Some of the writers have two accounts, one for writing stories and one for commenting, then you don't have to worry about it. Otherwise, if you just want to post a link and a bit of info, I've just gotten in the habit of hitting "Disable rich-text" and then switching the "input format" to "filtered html". The only benefit is that it automatically hyperlinks any links and truncates them if they're over 50 characters.

But no, it won't stick...you have to change it each time you want to do that.

Ryan Theriot walks Soriano batting, E-1 on pickoff attempt Theriot steals 3b Theriot scores on a WP ball four to Derrek Lee

Wow, just got a phone call from Pappa Trans, who is at the game! On his regular spring trip with the wife's family to AZ, and says it's a beautiful day. Beyond that, I'll just say that Pappa Trans's ability to comment on spring training games is somewhere below that of Arizona Phil's.

G Jones now pitching? Can't wait to see Az Phil's writeup ...Lou on the phone to the bullpen in the 2nd inning after the 6th walk from Hill, "send the bus to the minor league camp and bring back some pitchers, I'm going to be damned if I burn out my bullpen in March."

Is it possible that Hill could start in Iowa if he does not settle down? A rotation of Z, Lilly, Demp, Lieber, and Marquis to start the year if a trade is not made before opening day might sound bizarre, but possible. Trade Marquis or Dempster for the coveted RH CF/OF later and bring Hill back after the trade. Does Hill have any options left? Just a thought.....

Cubs Win 8-6. Wuertz 1 1/3 IP and a save, 2 K's. Nobody's said it yet but maybe he's our closer. Certainly he's been a good "fireman" this spring.

It's entirely possible that Hill starts the season in Iowa. Mainly because he hasn't had one start where he met his required pitch count. He's had shorter than desired outings. He'll need to stretch his arm out somewhere and that somewhere is very likely Iowa and Lou will go with a 4 man rotation early. I know he said he wasn't going to do that, but the most overrated Cub since Jason Dubois has screwed that up. Funny I don't hear anyone comparing him to Bedard anymore. LOL what a bunch of fools.

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In reply to by Rich_Hill_is_a…

eh? they're both lefties with good curves, but i dont recall people going out of their way to compare hill and bedard. they dont even have comparable fastballs. maybe i missed something but i dont recall the bedard/hill comparison and love being expressed.

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In reply to by Rich_Hill_is_a…

Ok, now I get it. Alright, thanks for coming here to criticize them. In other news, Fukudome is really struggling. All those fools who were comparing him to Vladimir Guerrero sure look stupid now! Idiots.

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In reply to by The Joe

haha another one who thinks Hill is just as good as bedard. FWIW, i'll be here all season and when Hill finishes with a 4.40 ERA and you can no longer use the "it's spring traing dude" excuse, I'll remind you of Hill's 2 pitch average ass. BTW, i've had this username before his suktacular ST.

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In reply to by Rich_Hill_is_a…

And when that happens, you'll find an army of overly impressed readers. You will be the king of prognostication and we shall bow down before you. Oh wait, nevermind...no one gives a shit.

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In reply to by The Joe

i dunno if its funny or sad that a lotta people compare fuku to a young/prime mark grace...from expected output at the bat to quality of D (though at a significantly different position). even if fuku performs on that level he's simply a "solid" player rather than a guy who carries the team. yeah, you cant have a team of Arods unless you wanna spend $200+m and anything complimenting dlee/soriano/aram is bonus...still... he's gonna K a lot...hopefully he'll walk a good amount, take pitches, manage to put 15-20 over the fence, and stick somewhere around a .350ob%...

The only fool i see is using spring training stats to go "See i told you so!" By using this guys logic Rich Hill is wayyyy better than Bedard. Erik Bedard has a 9.69 ERA in spring training and he isnt striking out anyone. Ohhhh i am sorry did i poke a hole in your stupid analysis? Poor fool.

"Bedard is getting hit hard because he's working on a cutter" And it's not possible that Hill working on his changeup and cutter? You're argument sucks. No one is saying Hill is as good as Bedard. Maybe you can't compute Hill's spring ERA, but according to my calculations its 7.11 which is better than Bedard's. So according to your own spring training argument, Hill is indeed a better pitcher than Bedard. So who do you think is better?

Recent comments

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I really am not interested in the wesneski head case experience again any time soon. Give me smyly over wesneski. Hell give me keegan Thompson over wesneski every day of the week. His stuff isn’t as good but at least he doesn’t melt down mentally every time something goes mildly awry. 

  • crunch (view)

    they might not want to start the clock on brown and give us wesn.  hopefully it won't come to that.

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal ground rule double!

    he blows a play and hits a double.  we're getting bizarro madrigal.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Close up video shows Steele saying to the Trainer "no it just cramped up"

    Hope so

    Ben Brown and not Smyly please

  • crunch (view)

    agreed and agreed.

    he walked off on his own, but we may not find out for a few days how this will impact the club.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    Looked like a hamstring rather than a knee, not sure if that’s better or worse. 

  • crunch (view)

    steele leaves the game with a hamstring or knee injury.  sigh.

  • crunch (view)

    ...and a madrigal "non-error" leads to a sac fly for a tie game.  nice.

    having a ball clank off your glove, but still getting it count as a hit because it was hit hard is a nice stats gift.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    For sure. This lineup isn’t exactly stacked as is, and subbing out a Cooper or even a Tauchman for Madrigal won’t do it any favors.

  • crunch (view)

    the ESPN bottom graphic taking up 1/8th of the screen sucks.

    i only use ESPN during baseball season and i'm forced to watch a baseball broadcast designed to be broadcast in sports bars and betting parlors where the news/scores of other games is as important as what you're actually tuned in to watch.