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

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PITCHERS: 14
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Cubs @ Cardinals: Hammel vs Wacha (Game 44)

Submitted by CTSteve on

I’ve been through St. Louis on a horse with no name…
CHC (29-14): RHP Jason Hammel (5-1, 2.13)
STL (24-21): RHP Michael Wacha (2-4, 4.03)
First pitch: 6:10pmCST

Hammel lost to the Brewers on Thursday (6 IP, 4 ER, 7 K, 2 BB). After starting strong, he’s now 2-1 with a 3.97 in four May starts. He gave up 1 ER in 6 innings to win at Busch last month. The Cardinals are 40-133 (.301) against him. Last night’s hero/pain in the ass, Grichuk, is 3-8 with a HR.

Wacha had his worst outing of the season his last time out, getting knocked around by the Rockies (4 IP, 6 ER, 4 K, 1 BB) but getting a no-decision in a game the Cards went on to win 13-7. He was 1-2 with a 6.86 in four starts against the Cubs last year. The Cubs are 22-71 (.310) against him. Rizzo is 10-22 with 2 HRs.

Arrieta (8-0, 1.29) versus Martinez (4-4, 3.56) tomorrow at 12:45pmCST to close out the road trip.

Go, Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by Old and Blue on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:24 am

Well I guess if pitchers can keep working the edges of the plate to perfection it will be a long season. But that doesn't seem likely. Rizzo finally, fully, snapping out of it would help.

Submitted by BobbyD on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:30 am

Remember just two weeks ago, when "all" they had to do was play .500 ball the rest of the season and coast into the playoffs?

Submitted by Brick on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:14 pm

Can we please stop pointing out how ridiculous it is to panic and start panicking in earnest?

Submitted by BobbyD on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:54 pm

I think they'll be ok too. But having watched this team since the mid-60s, I never think it's time to conclude, well, thank god the drought is over. I've seen/heard way too many people who follow the Cubs say glad we're finally going to win the Series this year. Please. Weren't the National considered a near lock last year? I'm actually kind of glad to see them hit a mini skid (And sure they still have the best record in baseball, but their last 12 games (which is over 7% of the season) they've played .333) early on, maybe they stay a little hungrier/more cautious instead of bragging about how great they are at celebrating their greatness.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:06 pm

vegas isn't a fan of the game because of how erratic and unpredictable it is. SF has recently won 3 world series many thought they weren't supposed to win...BOS won a world series recently that they weren't even supposed to be in the playoffs for...favored teams with huge wins have seen 1st round exists...fun times. for the most part there's decent enough odds for picking who's getting to the playoffs, but once teams are there it becomes quite erratic. even the best of the best can lose 3-4 games over a 5-7 game series, especially vs another team good enough to make the playoffs.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:29 pm

Grichuk won the game last night but a decent CF would have caught that drive by Ross. Good Cubbery!

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:00 pm

3rd inning...soler walked twice in the game...first time since aug 4th last year in the regular season (2 times in the playoffs, amazingly).

Submitted by Eric S on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:26 pm

Pirates jumping all over Shelby Miller tonight - so glad the Cubs didn't flip a Dansby Swanson type prospect to the Braves for him. Two years of Lackey looking like a good alternative.

Submitted by The E-Man on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 05:13 pm

It is remarkable how my mood has become uplifted with one game against the Cards. That is sick. But, I have been an addict for a long time. A W tomorrow and it will be a .500 road trip. Also, to keep the losses in perspective, if the Cubs were to lose 10 games a month - a lot at this current pace - they still end up 102-60. Six months of the ride!

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