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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 eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three 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
* 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
* 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 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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 @ White Sox: Hendricks vs Shields (Game 99)

Submitted by CTSteve on

This game thread is stealing third base—just because we can.CHC (59-39): RHP Kyle Hendricks (9-6, 2.27)
CHW (49-50): RHP James Shields (4-12, 4.99)
First pitch: 6:10pmCST

Hendricks beat the Mets on Wednesday (6.1 IP, 0 ER, 7 K, 1 BB). He’s has 19.2 scoreless innings in July and is 5-0 in his last 7 games. The Sox are 17-46 (.370) against him. Sanchez is 4-5.

Shields lost to the Tigers his last time out (6 IP, 2 ER, 4 K, 1 BB). He’s 1-3 with a 2.28 so far this month. Overall, the Cubs are 16-69 (.232) against him. Rizzo is 2-5.

Turner (0-1, 14.73) versus Hammel (9-5, 3.35) in the good park tomorrow at 7:05pmCST.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 07:30 am

Been quite the roller-coaster the past two days -- both games, plus the Chapman kerfuffel. How about a couple of nice, comfortable wins before facing Sale? Cubs should definitely wear throwbacks for that game.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 07:42 pm

...i hate espn. nothing like settling into a cubs game to get a few minutes cutaway for an ortiz AB in the 6th inning of the det/bos game. oh, at least they're doing split screen now...i guess.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 07:57 pm

Team is .500 since early May and is playing like a .500 team. Lack of offense seems to be putting a lot of pressure on the pitchers...and they aren't handling it terribly well. .500 the rest of the way still may win the division though.

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Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 07:14 pm

I came to that realization tonight. I kept expecting them to play better, but now I realize they aren't going to. They are a .500 team now. - They have one reliable starting pitcher. Jake's magic is gone, and it doesn't look like it's coming back. Lester has been lousy recently. Lackey's ERA goes up every time he pitches. - Heyward has been dead weight all year. I can't remember a single series where he was a significant offensive contributor. Not one. Great defense, but but if he were hitting .270 with 10 HR and played average defense, the Cubs would be better off. - Zobrist's crazy May is long gone. The league seems to be better positioned against him now -- he hits a lot of ground balls up the middle, right into the shift. - Russell is a nice player, but average, if that, offensively. This puts all the pressure on Rizzo (who can handle it) and Bryant (who has one RBI in his last 16 games). Bryant is chasing a lot of low pitches -- it started with Familia in NY and continues. Last night's base running was also a killer. I guess I should expect "youth mistakes" from KB, but I don't. Then, add in the odd dynamic of adding Chapman (who said today that Theo never spoke to him about behavioral expectations), which feels like the Nomar deal in 2004. So, as you say -- maybe .500 from here on out makes the playoffs. But, it's gonna be painful.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 07:20 am

Unfortunately, a pretty good summary. It looks like next year Heyward will be getting yet another batting stance adjustment. The recent good news has been Baez. I'm afraid about the next league adjustment on him, though, which is probably right around the corner. Bryant I don't worry about too much. Just not seeing the ball well right now. He'll turn it around. Russell's been good with men in scoring position all year and he's 22ish. He'll be fine but next year is likely to be his breakout year.

Submitted by The E-Man on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 07:17 pm

I expect they will go 5-9 games above .500 the rest of the year. 96-98 wins will win the Division. They should have one more 2-3 week hot streak in them. However, several players are just "average" for the last month: Zobrist, Ross, Russell, Ceasar. Montero is terrible, plus he cannot throw anyone out. -WAR. Heyward is abysmal at the plate, but a plus in the OF. Still with RISP he has been terrible. KB has not been driving in runs as of late. But Apparently the team is still above average with RISP according to S Sahadev. So, I just hate losing to the Sox, but we should get two here and typically these teams play even no matter the record. They sure can use the "good" Soler soon, however.

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Submitted by chitownmvp01 on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 07:56 pm

Interesting split on Heyward according to ESPN. As a CF, his slash line .292/.363/.375/.738. At RF: .212/.204/.300/.604. 21/72 as a CF, 58/273 as a RF. He's also been better when batting 2nd, but he had a nice start in the 6 hole, but has slumped ever since. He was heating up before the All Star break, but is only hitting .108 in the 2nd half.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 07:18 pm

If Travis' back-to-back-to-back walks cost Hendricks the ERA title, that would really suck.

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  • 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.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Amen to that last point!

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