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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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Rockies @ Cubs: Butler vs. Lester (Game 100 Thread)

COL (43-55): RHP Eddie Butler (3-6, 4.77)

CHC (52-47): LHP Jon Lester (5-8, 3.32)

First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Blackmon* cf

Reyes# ss

Arenado 3b

Gonzalez* rf

Lemahieu 2b

Stubbs lf

Paulson* 1b

Hundley c

Butler p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Bryant 3b

Rizzo* 1b

Coghlan* rf

Russell ss

Ross c

Lester* p

Herrera# 2b


Lester gave up 2 ER in 7 innings against the Phillies for a no-decision last Friday. He
pitched in Colorado in June 2010, giving up 1 ER and 6 hits and taking the loss in the 2-1 game. The Rockies are 11-59 against him (.186). Morneau is 7-22 (.318) with a HR.

Butler had a no decision (6 IP, 3 ER) against the Reds his last time out. He is 2-3 with a 3.89 ERA on the road and 2-1 with a 2.82 in day games. Only Montero (1-2) has faced him.

Ramirez (left ab soreness) returns to the DL and Beeler is back to AAA. To take their spots, Medina and RHP Ben Rowen are called up. For AA and AAA (BAL and CHC), Rowen was a combined 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA. The bigger news is that Castro and Soler sit and Schwarber gets his first start in LF. (I like it....discuss.)

So back to 5 over .500 we go, which means the Cubs have been playing .500 ball since April 28, when they went 12-7 after beating the Pirates.

For the series with the Brewers, we’ll see Nelson vs. Arrieta, Jungmann vs. Hammel, Garza (and his mouth) vs. Hendricks, and Lohse vs. Someone Who is not Named Beeler.

Go Cubs!

 

Comments

It will be interesting to see what Rowen can do. I am not sure why Medina is back up, though he did do a noble job of eating innings on Sunday with 70 pitches.

I still hope Castro is getting traded. I know it's wishful thinking. It's a day game after a night game and he has been struggling. But two nights ago he had a good game ... so it's not out of the realm of possibility they are dealing him. And yes his value is low but he's gotta go. It's Russell time at SS. I think Soler resting is because of health precautions and pacing. Schwarber in LF is awesome - today it's because of Lester/Ross but this team will be much better with Montero and Schwarber in lineup if Montero regains full strength or anything close to it!

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In reply to by Carlito

Yeah, no matter what happens the final two months, it has been great finally seeing some of this long term planning come to fruition. Fun to think that for five years or so we could have Schwarber, Rizzo, Baez (?), Russell, Bryant, and Soler. When you have 6-7 positions with young, club controlled guys entering their primes, good things will come. And Castro just seems like the odd man out at this point. They want paitent hitters who play good defense, etc. and Castro just doesn't fit the mold.

Sammy who? Rameriez ab strain due to sneeze.

everyone's running today. as of the 6th... cubs 0-2 rockies 3-1 lester would be pitching a gem of a scoreless game if he could actually hold a runner.

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In reply to by crunch

COL's 4th sb in the 8th gives lester 30sb given up in 21 games. he passed his career high many games ago. the sb's are cruddy, but the leads the runners are taking that never make it to the stat sheet probably hurt more. this is a guy who throws cy young ball who takes on extra ERA baggage because of his issue with controlling the base running game. man...

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

in a world where we debate the pros/cons of having a "pitch framing catcher" getting an extra strike or 2 a game no one should care about the combo of lester giving up huge leads and being on a pace for 45+ steals given up a year? ...not to mention what happens when he loses a couple mph off his fastball or age takes away a few ticks of time from his speedy delivery. this isn't something huge like, "he needs to learn another pitch" or "he needs to change his arm slot or he's gonna get injured." he should have only given up 1er today.

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In reply to by crunch

While it's a glaring issue that really needs to be addressed I've been going under the assumption they'll probably do so in the offseason. Seems like most of these kinds of things aren't really dealt with during the season, especially as it seems Lester has also has maybe had a few more control issues than normal and is on a team. I think everyone at this point knows it's an issue but I'm not really seeig It being worked on right now. Lot of things I think this off season that will hopefully get worked on to make this a better team, like Soler with breaking balls. Have him hit breaking all after breaking ball in the cage till he can see the spin in his sleep.

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In reply to by johann

i hope to see him do something different with the running game later this season or next season. he doesn't even have to become some ace pickoff artist. the mere threat of him being able to pick off someone knocks the breath out of a lot of baserunning issues...not just the SB threat or the huge-lead threat.

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In reply to by Tito

the SBs seem to be minor compared to the crazy leads...the blown double play opportunities, guys going 1st/3rd or 2nd/home on what should be a station-to-station hit, etc. there's too many advantages lost solely because there is no threat to the runner unless it's coming from the catcher. obviously, the SBs have caused runs, but the leads have cost outs and caused runs.

lester with 3 sac bunts today...8th of his career. it took until mid-june for the team's 1st pitcher sac bunt.

cubs win! rondon with a painless save.

OK boys -- how about a few easy wins?? Can't remember the last one of those. Bryant's day/night splits are more brutal than Soler -- KB is now under .200 during day games. Get to bed early boys -- you can party all winter. Scharber with another good day - love young guys who can take a walk.

Off topic -- I'm sitting here in my office at Olivet Nazarene and there's a bunch of football journalists in the next room frantically typing up their Bears' Camp stories on their tablets and laptops. It's in a room called the "Fishbowl" -- the interior walls are all glass. Most are sitting at separate tables -- maybe so nobody can look over their shoulder and see what they are writing?

I wonder if this takes them out of future competitive balance draft lotteries? Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale The #STLCards will now even be more dangerous with new 15 year TV extension worth in excess of $1.5 billion and potentially worth much more

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.