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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-23-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 





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Cubs @ Pirates: Arrieta vs. Cole (Game 163; NL Wild Card Game)

This is it--one game, four years in the making.

CHC (97-65): RHP Jake Arrieta (22-6, 1.77)
PIT (98-64): RHP Gerrit Cole (19-8, 2.60)
First pitch: 7:00pmCT

Arrieta is 3-1 with a 0.75 in his five starts against the Pirates this year--that is, 3 ER in 36 innings. They are batting .151 with no HRs in those games. He’s 2-0 with a 0.82 in the three games at PNC. For his career, these Pirates are 31-176 (.176) against him. McCutchen is the only real threat (8-23, .348).

Cole is 2-1 with a 2.13 in four games against the Cubs this year, three of which were at Wrigley. They are batting .225 against him. The Cubs are 36-126 (.286) against him, overall: Fowler (3-14, .214), Schwarber (1-5, .200), Bryant (3-9, .333), Rizzo (6-17, .353), LaStella (1-6, .167), Castro (6-17, .353), Montero (3-5, .600), and Russell (2-7, .286).

Arrieta has not pitched in the postseason. Cole pitched twice in the NLDS in 2013, going 1-1 with a 2.45 against the Series-bound Cardinals. (He won Game 2 and lost Game 5.)

If the Cubs win, they’ll play in St. Louis on Friday. If they lose, they’ll be playing in March in Arizona.

Parachat will be happening--leave your shoes and sense of decorum at the door.

Go Cubs!

 

Comments

I love arriving here first thing in the morning, adding a few moronic posts (moranic for any Cardinals fans who may be trolling), and reading the sage posts of all you guys. Most knowledgeable fans on any forum, by far. So post like crazy today and help give TCR some visibility! I told my wife last night that I'm going to need a support system for tonight's game. Tonight is going to be a lot harder on me than it is going to be on these rookie bad asses.

Woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep in excitement/anticipation. Go Cubs Go!

Good Lord this season has flown by so far. I need more Cubs gifs--the four on the MLB.com article today are not enough. I need a 100 best moments of the season listicle of gifs. Rizzo: The slide, the catch. Russell: All the defense. Bryant: Pelting the video board. Soler: 125 MPH ground balls. Schwarber: DINGERS, surprising LF catches. Fowler: Walks, the many walks he should have had on 3-2 BS strike calls. Baez: That 3B play. Ross: Walk-up music? Bullpen appearance? Denorfia: Walk-off. Castro: Walk-offs. Herrera: Gum bucket hat. Strop: Pitch rhythm assortments and high-stepping. Arrieta: The whole season. Super cut of Ks. His two HRs. Hammel: Early season hitting. Coghlan: Various SMDH responses to umpires. etc. etc. Lots of stuff to remember about this season so far.

CHEERS to CT Steve for keeping this alive in 2015. Who would have thought that the season would have been so successful to this point? Thank you CT STEVE! I think I may be too nervous to watch the entire game. I will probably watch in bits and pieces - and constantly check MLB App. I will be like Blockhead: Nervous Nellie.

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In reply to by The E-Man

I can relate to that, E-Man. I don't think I'll enjoy watching a high-stakes away game like this on TV. I've watched a lot of games this season after they ended or at least after the Cubs got out to a decent lead. Since they usually win, I've gotten to see a lot of baseball. But in this case I think we should probably all watch the game live, and not let the pressure exceed the pleasure.

Yes, cheers to me! I've noticed a fairly strong correlation between my tenure and Cubbie victories. 

And thanks to Michael for our new diggs--and to y'all for sticking around! 

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In reply to by CTSteve

Which means if you shut this place down, and the Cubs go back to their old ways, we will all have to hunt you down, kidnap you, and strap you to a chair to listen to Tim McCarver and Joe Buck repeatedly, with dollops of Hawk Harrelson thrown in for good measure.

Sports symmetry in Chicago tonight -- Cubs begin what will hopefully be an extended period of playoff appearances; Blackhawks open their season by raising their 3rd championship banner in 6 years. Similar models -- years of badness, built a young core and got a good coach -- here's hoping. Also -- the city has added a bunch of cops around Wrigley, anticipating a small-scale riot if the Cubs win. I am excited and nervous, but, I mean, It's a Wild Card game.

Cubs players, coaches, instructors, trainers, and staff attending instructs will be watching the game as a group in the auditorium at the Under Armour Performance Center at Riverview Park in Mesa this evening (starting at 5 PM Arizona time).

A number of scouts and members of the Cubs Player Development Department will also be there.

The instructs schedule was changed from the normal morning workout to an afternoon workout, with everybody invited to stay late for pizza and to watch Cubs baseball on an EXTREMELY large screen TV.

The players seemed unusually stoked & animated during baserunning & bunting drills this afternoon, and Eloy Jimenez hit at least seven 450+ foot bombs onto the roof of the UAPC beyond the LF fence on Field #3 during BP.

So as you're watching the game tonight, think about the 150+ screaming Cub fans at Riverview Park who are joining you in cheering on their team.

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

Very fun PHIL. In some way, I am sure you are seeing some of your "kids" out there in the National. Prime-Time spotlight. I hope they can keep it going past tonight. I always think of your opinion on Castro being a better 2nd baseman. Quite a turnaround for the kid this year.

Good luck tonight Cubbies! I won't be here for everyone's play by play, but I am with y'all in spirit. Or spirits.

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.