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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, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, four players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players 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
* Richard Lovelady
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 4
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P
* Jordan Wicks, P    

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




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Diamondbacks @ Cubs: Escobar vs Hammel (Game 54)

Submitted by CTSteve on

One-third of the way through the season...

AZ (24-33): LHP Edwin Escobar (0-1, 18.90)
CHC (38-15): RHP Jason Hammel (6-1, 2.09)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST 

Hammel left his start on Monday after two innings with a right hamstring cramp. The bullpen proceeded to throw a perfect 7 innings to beat the Dodgers 2-0. Hammel ended up going 3-1 with a 3.09 in May. The D’backs are 19-85 (.224) against him. Goldschmidt is 4-11 with a HR.

Escobar lost to the Astros on Monday (3.1 IP, 7 ER, 2 K, 1 BB). He’s filling in for Shelby Miller, who decided to go on the DL with some sort of finger discomfort on his right hand, perhaps related to throwing so many gopher balls. The 24y/o Escobar was claimed off waivers from the Red Sox in April and had not pitched in the majors since two innings of relief in 2014. Zobrist, the only Cub to face him, had a double in his one AB.

Corbin (2-5, 4.96) versus Arrieta (9-0, 1.56) at 1:20pmCST tomorrow to close out the weekend.

Go, Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:53 pm

I don't get Jason Heyward. He's in a slump, pitcher throws 3 straight balls, and he has to swing sending a lazy ball to the OF. A number 7 hitter batting 2nd - take the WALK dude...

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Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:56 pm

I thought the same thing, particularly since he's an OBP guy. But, maybe, he thought the way to get out of a slump is to get a good swing at a 3-0 fastball. Unfortunately, no dice. And, it's actually hard to call his struggles a "slump" -- it's been all year, and we're in June.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:03 pm

he's had an ob% over .330 for 16 games...6 of those in the first 10 days of the season...ob% of .301 in may...and he's still hitting 2nd going into june. that said, "heyward hitting 2nd" seems to be set in stone. it's up to him to raise the bar for the 2-slot. it's hard to watch. every time you think he's almost out of it, he slides back in. at least it seems like he's elevating more stuff lately, even if not all of it is going for a hit.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:20 pm

"alright cubs and sox fans..." ...not a great way to the start the stretch. luckily, the place is both in a forgiving mood and full of recent/fly-by-night fans, and the fans not only gave them a pass on that one, but cheered for their job singing the stretch afterwards. neat.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:50 pm

strop loads the bases after giving up a homer in between getting 2 outs...ARZ down by 1 run...t.wood comes in...goes 3-2 count...lineout to a leaping zobrist. DRAMA!

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:11 pm

39-15!

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Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:25 pm

One-third done! Cubs on pace for 117 wins, Rizzo and KB both on pace for 39 HR & 120 RBI.

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:18 pm

Some lucky breaks today -- Rizzo's easy bloop drops between 3 fielders, then Hammel's grounder hits the bag at 2nd and the Cubs score 3 in the inning; then the D-Backs load the bases in the 8th and Weeks hits a bullet right at Zobrist. Interesting that Maddon pulled Strop. Having been to "Strop Games" last year and this year, I thought it was the right move. When he's off, bad things happen. Maybe it's my imagination, but it usually seems to happen on rainy/drizzly days. Addy -- please go back to hitting the ball to RF. Good things happen.

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Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 06/04/2016 - 06:32 pm

Dunno -- that ball was hit so hard that a clean bounce off the ivy/bricks may have made it hard to score from first. But, yeah, you are right -- lots of line drives get caught every game -- the timing of the Weeks liner magnified it. Great to see Jorge driving the ball.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts/details on Carico and/or JP Wheat?

  • crunch (view)

    MIL loses!

    cubs finally get to sole control of 1st place in the central.

  • crunch (view)

    MIL out here stealing 3rd with 1 out and down by 1 in the bottom 9th.

    it worked.  this MIL team is annoyingly fun to watch so far this year...

  • crunch (view)

    it took him 24 pitches, 2 walks, 2 Ks...but he got it done.  woo.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Full pack!

  • crunch (view)

    neris still doesn't have his command/control...

    i don't expect it to dog him all season, much like i don't expect alzolay to be a HR machine.

    i'll take alzolay over neris to close out a game, though...over leiter, too.

  • crunch (view)

    MOREL HR!  his first homer in like, 3 years or something...or feels like it.

    top of the 9th, 2 run shot off f'n diaz to break the tie.

  • crunch (view)

    swanson breaks it up in the 8th with a single.

  • crunch (view)

    1h and 6 minutes to get through 6 innings.

    also, the cubs are getting no-hit.  neat.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Prior to Monday's game at Salt River Fields, RHSP Yenrri Rojas threw a one inning (30 pitches) "live" BP on Field #1 at the Cubs Sloan Park complex, in preparation for what is expected to be his start on ACL Opening Day this coming Saturday morning at ACL Angels. (Although he might not be the best Cubs pitching prospect in Mesa, Y. Rojas has by far been the Cubs most effective pitcher at Extended Spring Training). 

    The other ACL Cubs pitchers who have been stretched out as SP at Extended Spring Training are RHP Luis Martinez-Gomez, RHP Freilyn Silverio, RHP Wilme Mora, and LHP Miguel Cruz (2023 DSL). Naz Mule figures to eventually be a SP, but he is not stretched out like the other five. .  

    The ACL Cubs bullpen looks to be LHP Branden Noriega, RHP Scarlyn Lebron, RHP Luis A. Reyes, RHP Gabriel Agrazal, and RHP Fraiman Marte (2023 DSL), and LHP Wilson Cunningham will report to the ACL Cubs when he finishes the Spring Term at the University of Chicago.  

    Both RHP Eligio Paredes and RHP Mason McGwire are on the Myrtle Beach Development List, so it is unclear right now if they will be assigned to the ACL Cubs or be reinstated at Myrtle Beach. 

    RHP Mat Peters has been throwing regularly in Cactus League Extended Spring Training games, but he received a PED suspension this past January that will cover the entire 2024 ACL season, so once the ACL season starts on Saturday, the earliest he can return to the mound will be at AZ Instructs (post-ACL) in August.  

    Among the rehab pitchers currently at Cubs Extended Spring Training, the ones who would appear to be closest to seeing game action are RHP Jaxon Wiggins, RHP Ethan Roberts, RHP Sam Thoresen, RHP Ben Leeper, and RHP JP Wheat. (Wiggins and Roberts threw "live" BP last week, and the others have been throwing bullpen sides on a regular basis once or twice a week).  

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