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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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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
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Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

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* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

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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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Comments

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

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Word is that Counsell thought Mervis and Wisdom got too much work in yesterday so it will be Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    no days off til may 9th.  moves may happen if the pen gets too worked tomorrow.

  • Cubster (view)

    On top of all that…Wicks scratched for Sunday due to “forearm soreness.” Bullpen day again starting with Mervis or Wisdom (or Wesn).

  • crunch (view)

    "Morel told reporters after the game that he felt alright, just a little banged up — specifically noting his right hip and both elbows. He did say that he was optimistic about his ability to play on Sunday, though manager Craig Counsell may have other plans."

  • crunch (view)

    rsox putting pablo reyes up to pitch...an infielder...cranking 70+mph stuff.

    ...and of course he gets out of it with no runs scored...that kind of day for the cubs.

  • crunch (view)

    ...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.

    busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

    wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

    cubs run differential getting destroyed.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.

    he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.

    through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs.  no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.

    on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count.  ha.

  • crunch (view)

    he's hugging canario in the dugout cuz morel will shrivel up and die if he doesn't hug at least a dozen people a day.

  • crunch (view)

    and morel is injured...nice.

    morel trying to play LF from 3rd...runs into canario while leaping and comes down ribs/arm-first.

    hopefully he sticks around to finish this terrible game, or at least is going to avoid the IL.

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