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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Marlins @ Cubs: Cosart vs. Richard (Game 79 Thread)

MIA (35-46): RHP Jarred Cosart (1-3, 4.12)

CHC (42-36): LHP Clayton Richard (4-2, 2.09 for AAA-Indianapolis)

First pitch: 6:15pmCT

Gordon* 2b

Yelich* lf

Hechavarria ss

Baker 1b

Realmuto c

Rojas 3b

Ozuna cf

Gillespie rf

Cosart p

 

Fowler# cf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Castro ss

Coghlan* lf

Denorfia rf

Richard* p

Russell 2b

Drafted by the White Sox in 2005, Richard (31y/o) was sent to SD as part of the Jake Peavy deal in 2009. He signed minor league deals with AZ and PIT before being acquired for cash by the Cubs yesterday. The trade was prompted by the upward mobility clause in Richard’s contract. (I gotta get me one of those.) A 72-hour clock started on Tuesday, which permitted clubs to inquire about him. The Cubs swiped right, and the Pirates elected to trade him go rather than bring him up.

Richard last pitched in the majors in 2013, when he went 2-5 with a 7.01 ERA and led the league in strange diseases. The Marlins are 17-63 (.270) against him. Suzuki is 6-20 (.300). The good news is that his name is Clayton.

Cosart has made one relief appearance (4 IP, 2 ER) since returning from the DL for “vertigo-like symptoms.” Giving up 11 ER in 14.2 in three consecutive starts will do that. Only Montero (2-3) has faced him.

Roach was passed back to Iowa to make room for Richard on the roster. Soler (2-13 with 4 Ks and 4 BBs in 4 games for Iowa) is MIA. Speaking of Iowa, Schwarber is 15-40 (.375/.419/.625) with 1 HR, 5 2Bs, 7 RBI, 13 Ks, and 3 BBs.

Go Cubs!

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Bring 'em up!! I don't know who, exactly. Just somebody.

David Ross to the 7-day DL (that's the relatively-new MLB DL that was created just for players with concussions) retroactive to 7/2, and Cubs have selected the contract of veteran MLB catcher Taylor Teagarden from Iowa. NOTE: Ross can be reinstated as soon as next Thursday. 

If a player is not ready to play after the seven days are up, he can be placed back on the concussion DL for another 7 days. Then if he isn't ready to play, he is automatically transferred to the club's 15-day DL. 

Adding LHP Clayton Richard and Teagarden to the 25-man roster and 40-man roster will mean the Cubs will need to open up two slots on the 40.

One slot will be opened by simply transferring Tommy LaStella from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL (days spent on the 15-day DL are automatically applied toward the number of days required to be spent on the 60-day DL before a player can be reinstated, and LaStella was placed on the 15-day DL retro to 4/11).

Andreoli playing RF for I-Cubs tonight in New Orleans. Saving Soler for day game?

BRYANT GRAND SLAM? YEAH. BRYANT 2ND HOMER OF THE GAME IN THE 2nd? YEAH. CUBS UP 7-0 WITH 2 OUTS IN THE BOTTOM 2nd? YEAH. 'MURICA!

Here's to ERIC S who likes Bryant for his "reputation as a glove only 3b" guy so far.

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In reply to by The E-Man

I can't speak for him but I think that comment was in jest. There was a broadcaster who said that as a joke - that Bryant was all glove after he made a nice play. Fun stuff. The surprising thing to me is that he has already adjusted his throws and they've stopped sailing and he looks like he can actually be a pretty decent fielding third baseman. Yesterday he made a bit of a rookie mistake but otherwise I like how he looks out there.

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In reply to by Old and Blue

Meant in jest, thought it was self-evident. Perhaps there is a piece out there touting Bryant's D over his bat - maybe in cyrillic? I've been impressed by Bryant's D this season too. Bryant's June slash-line of 267/359/446 (and only 1 error) - mid-400's slugging better than I anticipated. Fowler (240/286/356), Castro (245/284/343) and Russell (221/309/291) not so great. Bryant 34K/16BB, Russell 26K/9BB and Fowler 25K/7BB - Castro with 13K/4BB. Coughlan (317/434/451) led with 15 BB. David Ross in 34 June ABs: 206/270/294, 3BB/15K

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In reply to by The E-Man

Oh misread your post. He is at -.1 dWAR which isn't good though I'm not sure how accurate DWar is. Either way he's not a great fielder but he's better than I thought he would be and good enough for his bat which has been very good. Hopefully overtime the defense will improve too.

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In reply to by johann

His first few weeks I was pretty sure he was a left fielder waiting to happen. His throws sailed a lot, even when Rizzo was able to do his rubberman routine and nab them. That seems to have stopped. I haven't been watching every game, but I didn't need to see every game to notice the problem early on. That's a fast correction. I wonder why they couldn't correct it in Iowa. My assumption was that, surely, they tried, and it just didn't happen, and so left field it is. He isn't gonna be Brooks Robinson out there, but he makes the plays and sometimes makes some nice ones, and has good baseball instincts overall. In order for Cult of Olt to get any life breathed back into it, the Cubs will have to make a conscious decision to put Bryant in the outfield for a spell and hope Olt can go gangbusters enough to build himself some trade value.

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In reply to by johann

Thanks Johann. I was just guessing. I just checked and Bryant is ranked 8th in the NL, behind notables such as old man Uribe, and Todd Frazier (who is gone for the year for almost a month now). But ahead of Matt Carpenter, FWIW (I take solace in my "guys" being ranked in anything higher than a Cardinal). So, not terrible by any stretch. BUT, Bryant has more total chances than any other NL regular 3b other than Nolan Arenado - 175. A-Ram and Martin Prado, for example have 30 less TC's than Bryant and "ranked" higher - but the -.01dWAR actually is tied for 3rd in the NL (Uribe) behind a guy who has been gone for a month Frazier, and two with less than 30+ chances than he (Uribe and Prado). All-in-all, I was right on with my guess that he is not only "league average" so far in the NL, but in the top 5 dWar based on those qualified and on Total Chances. Any way you slice it - for a rookie, it is impressive and should get better as O&B states...

c.richard 6.1ip 8h 1bb 4k, 2r/er he never looked sharp, but he never looked bad while getting in trouble...got the game into the 7th, though. pretty much a boring end-rotation guy performance.

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In reply to by crunch

It seems as if they have 3 pitchers like you describe. Interesting to see how long Clayton can "hang" as an MLB starter again. He had some nice success with the Pads at one time when they had a formidable staff.

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  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • 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...