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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)   

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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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Braves @ Cubs: Blair vs Lester (Game 22)

Submitted by CTSteve on

The Braves are in town to assume the position.
ATL (5-17): RHP Aaron Blair (0-1, 5.06)
CHC (16-5): LHP Jon Lester (2-1, 1.98)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST

Lester beat the Reds at Wrigley on Friday, giving up 1 ER in 7 innings. He walked one and struck out eight. The Braves are 44-218 (.202) against him. Aybar is 7-20, and Pierzynski, Mr. Personality, is 7-21.

Blair made his MLB on Saturday and lost to the Mets (3 ER, 5.1 IP, 1 K, 2 BB). He was among the busload of players the D’Backs sent over for (the former pitcher) Shelby Miller.

In injury news:  Montero’s back sends him to the DL, and Federowicz is called up. Bryant rolled his ankle and is having a precautionary MRI. It doesn’t sound serious, but he’ll probably get a day off.

Teheran (0-3, 4.60) vs Lackey (3-1, 4.97) tomorrow at 1:20pmCST.

Go, Cubs!


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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:25 am

Cubs have a guy you never heard of who gets hits every night for South Bend and is hitting .390 after 64 PAs. Daniel Spingola, left/left, mostly RF, 31st rounder last June.

Submitted by johann on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:42 pm

Ross just threw another runner out today and with his ability to control the opponents running game it got me thinking what the catcher plan is for Lester after this season. Montero is not good at throwing out runners and I'm not sure would be a great long term match if they decide to keep him. Schwarber if he catches definitely wouldn't be a good fit. Contreras has decent throwing #s and seems like someone who when he comes up could make a good primary catcher but do they maybe have him be that, release Montero and sign a primary defensive catcher to catch Lester? Of course Lester learning to throw to first would be the best solution but if he can't Ross leaving is going to create a difficult dilemma there.

Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:34 pm

The "I got on base" celebration is getting dangerously close to what was jokingly described in parachat a couple weeks ago. When parachat becomes reality, we all lose.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:04 pm

holy shit lester...just that. wow. double play ball turns into a single out play which turns into 0 outs...and lester is left holding the ball while the bases go loaded with 0 outs.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:06 pm

ruh roh, 24-hour Lester YIPS narratives coming at you after that failed attempt to field a bunt. Time to log off.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:14 pm

Tomorrow's Sun-Times Headline after Lester's 1 ER, 10 K effort. "150M Lester Fails to Field Sac Bunt."

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Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:22 pm

not sure either, but in most cases I imagine someone else can field it. And if you bunt it directly at him, he would have enough time to underhand toss it or just run it over?

Today's bunt, he really, really didn't want to field it. Not sure if he lost it in his glove after that or just wasn't going to make the throw. It's not ideal obviously, yet still hasn't had any real impact on the team.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:19 pm

well, how long do keep pretending that a bunt hit well back to the pitcher that would be a double play for many pitchers isn't a "thing"? it's a story. it's not like it's a physical defect people are picking on. no one gave chuck knoblauch a pass when he lost the ability to throw a ball to 1st. it's a unique curiosity for a guy who throws a ball on a professional level for a living. he has a lot of 4-5 out innings. this is at least the 2nd time he's turned a double play ball into 0 outs just this year that i've noticed and he's got a slew of "4-out" innings under his belt, too.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:25 pm

unique curiosity is a good description...

he has a lot of 4-5 out innings. this is at least the 2nd time he's turned a double play ball into 0 outs just this year that i've noticed and he's got a slew of "4-out" innings under his belt, too.

and 1.83 ERA

Cubs should trade him, get a worse pitcher that loses games instead but can make a throw to 1b.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:33 pm

that's an interesting leap. so, we ignore the thing that keeps happening and if one chooses to not ignore it then one obviously wants to replace him with dan harren. it's fair game. the guy, on multiple occasions, puts the team in 4+ out innings because a guy who throws a ball for a living can't throw to a base. it's not like this happened once or twice or three times or four times or... one can focus on the positive while...at the same time...note that he's doing something uniquely strange that puts the team at a disadvantage. there's nothing awesome about 4-out innings, increased pitch counts, or putting guys on base because he can get out of it better than dan harren.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:37 pm

there's nothing anyone can do about anything going on out there. i don't even post every one he fumbles into. i also post about HRs and other crap. it's happening, good or bad things are happening. this is an interesting thing to me. just because it's a negative thing doesn't make it "woah." we had 1000000000 posts about leadoff men and 2nd batters during the dusty years when everyone knew speed leads and contact-with-low-Ks hits 2nd. we all knew what's up. some people talked about it.

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Submitted by johann on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:39 pm

I'm pretty sure there is not a single person ignoring it at this point In all of baseball and it's a thing everyone is talking about. That said he also managed to get out of a bases loaded, zero outs situation with no runs given up and that is something very few pitchers could do and it wasn't just because of a few balls called strikes. So....Let's not just talk about Lester when there are throwing issues because there has been a lot more good than bad just this game let alone this year.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:41 pm

we might have seen another inning of lester out there if he didn't throw 30 pitches last inning because of a base throwing issue...on a day where he's very tuned in. i've accepted what's happening with lester, but turning a double play into 0 outs is noteworthy even if some people don't want to be reminded of it.

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Submitted by johann on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:54 pm

Of course it's noteworthy. I was going to make a post about it if you hadn't. But per Robs point the headline should be "Lester pitches 7 innings with only 1 ER and and 10ks" with "he got himself into a jam by not throwing on a fielded bunt which he was able to pitch out of." As a paragraph in the article and not the headline. Or as I write this the headline should be Szczur hits a grand slam but Lester kept them in it the whole game which can be a sub headline.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:55 pm

It's really not any more newsworthy than a pitcher who runs up and misses it with his glove, walks the batter instead, or throws it into right field where some runs score. Holding the ball was brilliant. He knew he didn't have the throw eyed. And then he follows up with a gutsy performance. The guy rocks.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:02 pm

I agree that it is frustrating and baffling and I am surprised more teams don't try and take advantage of it. However, in the end, I would rather have a pitcher that has 4-5 outs innings versus 4-5 runs innings.

Submitted by Rob Richardson on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:49 pm

Boom!

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:49 pm

GRAND SLAM SCZURURUWSRAURRUZUZRUZURZ

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:01 pm

17-5!

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:26 pm

Cubs record for last 3 months of regular season baseball: 59 - 23. (Aug, Sept/Oct and April, with one still to go). That's a .720 winning percentage and projects to 117 wins over 162 games. That's a lot of dance parties.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:02 pm

Looks like Soler has decided to take the "can't play in the cold" thing head-on. No longer wearing the cold-weather under gear.

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  • crunch (view)

    PCA called up.

  • crunch (view)

    welp...

    bellinger...fractured rib.

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  • crunch (view)

    i have no hard data, but i'm seeing the same thing.

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    I’ll spare the details which I’ve stated before but, in short, the Cardinals have lost their sight of their successful identity and strategy over last several dominant decades. From the beginning of the season I saw the Cardinals being in last place or near it again this year, and my prediction is that Mozeliak will be gone after the end of the season.

  • Bill (view)

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    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

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    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

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    Jed, you missed there.

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