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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

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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 @ Cardinals: Arrieta vs Martinez (Game 45)

Submitted by CTSteve on

What a difference a game makes.The starting pitching returned to form, Soler is showing patience and power, and Rizzo seems to be ending his slump. And Heyward is back and hitting in the #2 spot--to annoy crunch. All is right in Cubbie world, especially with Arrieta on the mound.

CHC (30-14): RHP Jake Arrieta (8-0, 1.29)
STL (24-22): RHP Carlos Martinez (4-4, 3.56)
First pitch: 12:45pmCST

Arrieta beat the Giants (7 IP, 1 ER, 8 K, 2 BB) on Friday. He was 0-1 with a 3.65 in his two starts at Busch last year. The Cards are 24-135 (.178) against him. Adams is 5-15.

Martinez is suffering through an awful May, having lost all four of his starts and running a 5.85 ERA. He gave up 4 ER in 5 innings against the Diamondbacks his last time out. He went 4-0 with a 1.93 in April, including his win against the Cubs. For their careers, the Cubs are 23-92 (.250) against him. Fowler is 5-14, and Rizzo is 4-15 with 2 HR.

It’s an off day tomorrow, then Morgan (1-2, 5.61) and the surprisingly competitive Phillies are in town to face Lester (4-3, 2.60) at 1:20pmCST.

Go, Cubs!

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:05 am

Martinez is one of my least favorite pitchers in baseball. I'd love to see a game like yesterday's against him. Send Soler down!

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:34 am

Eloy Jimenez atop the leader board for minor-league home runs in the Cub system, with seven. Tied with Balaguert and Vogelbach, two 24-year-olds. Jimenez won't be 20 until late November. Leads the Midwest League in SLG and OPS. Maybe he'll get promoted to the Myrtle Beach squad that visits Woodbridge, VA, in June or Frederick, MD, in August. Watched two Pelican games at Frederick the other week. Was most impressed by Stinnett and Happ. Happ may swing harder than Javier Baez, though more compactly. (Also got to see Brockmeyer hit a bomb.)

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:50 pm

CB Bucknor not having a good day....

also this...

Jesse Rogers ‏@ESPNChiCubs  Yeah, there was plenty of chatter before the game about home plate ump today. Knew he would be a factor.

#conspiracytheory

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:13 pm

~shrug~ he's CB Bucknor, he's usually awful.

But today he called 2 pitches balls that really looked like strikes, one looked particularly obvious. Even Arrieta jawed at him and that's rare for Arrieta. He also didn't bother to ask anyone or notice Molina clearly reaching his arm out to get hit intentionally.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:22 pm

Bucknor tried to turn a 4-pitch walk to LaStella into an interesting AB, but LaStella prevailed.

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:22 pm

Looks like the Cubs got short end of the Castro Warren deal so far. He is atrocious. Even in games with huge leads he sucks ass. Wonder what they saw in him? Maybe he is a better starter? Ugh!

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:49 pm

not that I'm agreeing with E-Man in anyway here, but Warren's FIP and peripherals are not really good (5.20 FIP/5.19 BB/9/.128 BABIP), although his actual results are a lot better. Well until today...

Trade was also to make room for Zobrist and it'll be a few years before we can really judge it.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:26 pm

phew

Submitted by Brick on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:26 pm

Arrieta starting. Leads of 6-1 and 9-4. You don't expect to have such a sense of relief when they win.

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:15 pm

Very satisfying, gut-check win today. The beers on the trip back to Chicago are going to taste fantastic.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:31 pm

Strangest win of the year, and one of the sweetest. Twice I thought it was easily in the bag, then after the first 2 hitters in the 9th I thought all was lost. Big game for Grimm, Strop & Rondon. But, man, those Cards can hit for power.

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Submitted by johann on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:15 pm

I don't think the error call was completely out of the blue but the ball took a very bad hop and would have taken a very good play to get it. Same with one of the Stella throws where I think it could have easily been ruled a hit. Neither were cut and dry calls though imo.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 05:18 pm

Don't mess with the SI jinx. Since the Javy/Cubs cover came out, he is 2-for-20 with no walks.

Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 05:05 am

The hot start was nice, but it won't always come easy. It's nice to see them have to work for it every once in a while.

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.

    I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.

  • crunch (view)

    Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
    Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far. 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I hope they keep Mozeliak a few more years. Marmol too!

  • crunch (view)

    wow, counsell coming with the early lineup.  rarity.

    canario/tauchman/happ RF/CF/LF

  • crunch (view)

    PCA called up.

  • crunch (view)

    welp...

    bellinger...fractured rib.

    a not-very-ready PCA will probably be called up when it would be much better for him to be in AAA getting regular ABs.

  • crunch (view)

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

    there used to be some parks where that was rampant (colorado during the todd helton days comes to mind), but i'm seeing it all over the place the past couple seasons.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    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.

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