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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

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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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Nationals @ Cubs: Scherzer vs Lackey (Game 28)

I love it when a plan comes together.
Maddon said that he liked how Hendricks matched up against the Nationals—and the man knows his stuff. It would have been nice to see Hendricks go a little deeper, but Maddon is in playoff mode against these good teams, especially with a big and rested bullpen.

After taking the opener and having Arrieta waiting in the wings, this game becomes pivotal, if we hope to do more than split the series.

WAS (19-9): RHP Max Scherzer (3-1, 3.55)
CHC (21-6): RHP John Lackey (3-1, 4.32)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST

Lackey gave up 2 ER in 8 innings to Atlanta on Sunday but had a no-decision in a game the Cubs lost 4-3. The Nationals are 16-64 (.250) against him. Werth is 7-14 with a HR. Harper is 0-4.

Scherzer went 7 scoreless in St. Louis his last time out for the win. He went 9-5 with a 2.20 in his starts on the road last year, including a win at Wrigley (7 IP, 0 ER, 13 Ks, 0 BB). He is good. The Cubs are 17-88 (.234) against him. Heyward is 3-6, and Fowler is 4-16.

Gonzalez (2-1, 1.15) vs Hammel (4-0, 1.24) tomorrow at 3:05pmCT.

Go, Cubs!

Comments

A-Team

In listening to Maddon's post-game, he is interested in how these other teams "look" to him. He is assessing for today...and tomorrow. I love this guy. One observation from last night: Joe Ross is incredibly slow. 20-30 seconds between pitches at times. Hendrix had a nice, peppy rhythm which is great to see. I know there are plenty of purists here which I applaud, but the game just will not sustain itself unless change of pace rules come into play. Pitch clock, improve the shit-ass reviews, mound visits (there is a clock for this), batter time outs, etc.

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In reply to by The E-Man

Speaking of how teams "look", my take on the Nats- It's really weird, but the pace of the entire team seems slow. Slow walking to the plate, slow on the mound, even on some routine groundouts, it looked as if there wasn't a ton of hustle. Don't get me wrong, when the ball is hit to their outfielders, they get after the ball, I'm really referring to non-critical action- they mosey around. It's kind of odd. Maybe that "calm power" is part of the Nats ethos, idk.

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In reply to by Ryno

I went to a Nats game in DC two years ago while looking at colleges with my son -- it's a fun park, worth a visit if you are in the area. I also saw the "slowness" thing -- particularly Werth, who would mosey out of RF about 5 seconds before the inning started. Weird.

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In reply to by billybucks

"fun park, worth a visit" Things I don't like about Nationals Park: 1) the audio-out from the scoreboard. Most of the sound in the stadium is artificial, either from the amped-up scoreboard itself or induced by the scoreboard as it urges the crowd to be "LOUDER, LOUDER." 2) the paid cheerleaders in the stands 3) the chronic empty seats, no matter how well the team is doing. Is this really a baseball town, after all?

Zobrist!

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In reply to by johann

I love seeing the approach rub off on other players - some of it is Mallee maybe but when you see someone at the plate actually do it I think it means more. Javy still looks like Javy once in awhile, but he's taking stuff and going with the pitch sometimes. And he looks nothing like the Wild Thing he looked like when he came up.

+102

From now on maybe there's no point keeping score of the game, just track the run differential.

c.richard with another outing making him look expendable... hey may be a righty, but f.pena put in another strong night last night...2ip 0h 1bb 3k last thing the club seems to need is another reliever, though. the cubs starters keep putting lack-of-work pressure on the pen more than anything so far.

Somebody needs to explain to Richard the concept of run differential. Dammit, this was a tough one to absorb.

FWIW -- Lackey was the only RH batter to get a hit off of Scherzer. KB and Baez were 0-for-6 with 6Ks. Gotta love lefty/righty balance, and switch-hitters.

The awesome quote was something like "Just gotta play a little country hardball..." It was awesome. I envisioned him in snake-skin boots, Stetson, and a lump of dip in his lip with his Texas gun strapped to his hip.

.500 Check this: If the Cubs just play .500 until the end of the season, from today on May 6th, they are at 89 wins. How we would have drooled for that in 2010.

Cardinals starting pitcher Carlos Martinez removed from the game against the Pirates in the top of the fourth due to some undisclosed (arm?) injury

Carlos Martinez removed...injury/arm fatigue:
Martinez, who pitched through a respiratory illness in his last start, was knocked from this one in the fourth due to fatigue. Martinez estimated that the sickness, which has now lingered for about 10 days, has caused him to lose 10-15 pounds. "I felt like I tried my best today, and then in the fourth inning, I started feeling a little weak," Martinez said, with Brayan Pena translating. "I started coughing a lot, and I felt like it was starting to catch up to me. When the game was going on and on and on, I felt weaker."
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/176605454/jung-ho-kangs-2-homers-back-lir…

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In reply to by Cubster

"regular" fatigue makes a hell of a lot more sense than the early/premature reports of it being arm fatigue given that he was throwing mid-90s up until he was removed from the game. that said, he can feel free to have TJ surgery at any time...that's cool with me. he can bring wacha with him...and garcia...group discount.

Recent comments

  • 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...