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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   

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
 




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Marlins @ Cubs: Conley vs Hendricks (Game 105)

Submitted by CTSteve on
Unless Maddon decides to pluck someone from the bleachers, Hendricks gets the start. MIA (57-48): LHP Adam Conley (7-5, 3.38) CHC (63-41): RHP Kyle Hendricks (9-7, 2.39) First pitch: 7:05pmCST Hendricks had his first loss since June 13 on the Southside on Wednesday (5.2 IP, 3 ER, 7 K, 2 BB). He went 3-1 with a 1.07 in July. In his last 35 innings, he has 29 Ks. He’s 7-1 with a 1.36 at Wrigley this year. In three career games against the Marlins, Hendricks is 1-1 with a 1.96. Overall, they are 12-61 (.197) against him in those games. Gordon, who’s just back from his susPEDsion, is 1-8. Conley beat the Phills his last time out (6.2 IP, 0 ER, 6 K, 3 BB). He finished 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA. None of the Cubs have faced the 24yo Washingtonian. Ichiro is two hits shy of 3,000 for his career. That would be cool to see—in a game where it didn’t matter. Let’s win it in 8.5 and keep Lester from having to bat, winning RBI or no. The trade deadline is today a 3pmCST, so that'll be fun. The word yesterday was that the Cubs were up to nothing, except Buster Olney's ridiculous notion that we were showcasing Matusz to someone other than his family. If he's not DFA'd today, we might have to send crunch and a delegation to have a chat with Theo. Fernandez (12-5, 2.79) versus Hammel (10-5, 3.23) tomorrow at 7:05pmCST. Go Cubs!
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Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:39 am

PHIL: Wondering what the hell happened to Pierce Johnson? He showed quite a bit of promise when drafted. Then - pfffft. Maybe he was taking advice from Brian Matusz too much in Iowa?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:58 pm

E-MAN: Like Carl Edwards Jr, I think Pierce Johnson's future is in the bullpen. He just doesn't have the durability to be a starting pitcher, but he could be a decent reliever. Working out of the pen could be a way to get his fastball velocity more consistently into the 94-96 MPH range (which he has touched occasionally as a starter). So I wouldn't discount Pierce Johnson as an MLB prospect, but you probably need to start thinking of him aa a reliever, not as a starter.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 08:10 am

Just by the numbers: Johnson has more strikeouts than innings-pitched this season, 46 to 45. Apart from a 24-year-old sometime starter at Iowa named Michael Wagner, Johnson and Trevor Clifton (Myrtle Beach) are the only starters at A+ or higher with more strikeouts than innings. This is the Cubs' minor-league pitching problem in a nutshell. How do you get outs in the majors if you don't miss bats lower down? Johnson's problem is control, 31 walks in 45 innings, and a 4.0 BB9 over 5 seasons.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:02 pm

If I was the Angels, I'd want LHP Jose Paulino back in the deal.

The Angels are actually very familiar with the lower part of the Cubs minor league system, because the Cubs and Angels play each other a lot in Minor League Camp, Extended Spring Training, and the AZL, and the Cubs & Angels operated an Advanced Instructs "co-op" team together last year.

There are several former Cubs in the Angels Player Development system (Bobby Scales, Ryan O'Malley, and Buck Coats to name three). 

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:33 pm

thinking Cahill is going to get stretched out now and be ready for rotation at least until playoffs.

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Submitted by John Beasley on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:19 pm

One-time spot starts don't meaningfully reduce innings over the course of the season. A single spot start probably shaves 1 or 2 innings off of the workload for each of the 5 guys. (Plus, the last 2 guys to spot-start got immediately moved out of the organization, so who even wants that job?). To significantly reduce innings, the Cubs either need to use the spot starts to skip certain guys on certain trips through the rotation, or else just go to a 6-man rotation.

Submitted by johann on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:22 pm

This is an odd move. Joe Smith has a higher FIP than all our active relievers except Travis and a higher ERA than all of them including Travis. His FB is averaging 88.6 with his change up at 78.6. (And a negative value pitch according to fangraphs). Lefties have a .738 OPS against him and righties have a .661 OPS against him so he seems to be a against righty only pitcher. Just puzzling what he brings to the team we didn't already have. I guess this means Grimm is staying down?

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Submitted by Charlie on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:42 pm

I don't like making numerous trades for relief pitchers. Relief pitchers are too unpredictable both in their quality and in their value to the franchise and a guy like Joe Smith seems likely to hover around replacement level--worth a waiver claim but not worth a prospect. That said, I'm glad it wasn't Paulino sent off for him.

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Submitted by Stevens on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:47 pm

The other day, Bosio was talking on the radio about the value of a side armer or "knuckle dragger" to give hitters a different look. In that conversation, he mentioned how the team didn't really have one. I wonder if that's an organizational emphasis, and thus Joe Smith.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 08:39 am

STEVENS: Sidearm-submariner Chad Bradford was in Joe Maddon's bullpen in Tampa Bay, and the Cubs drafted sidearm-submariner David Berg (6th round - UCLA) last year and he is presently at AA Tennessee and RHRP Corbin Hoffner was converted to sidearm-submarine last year at Extended Spring Training (although he was released this year), so Joe Maddon and the Cubs are not averse to "knuckle-draggers."

This type of pitcher usually is an extreme ground ball pitcher, and Smith is no exception, and they usually have splits that make them a LOOGY (if the pltcher is a LHP) or a ROOGY (if the pitcher is a RHP), although Smith's splits this year have been reversed (which is different from all previous seasons, when he was much better versus RH hitters).

Extreme sidearm pitchers do provide a different look than do other types of pitchers, and Maddon does seem to prefer variety. 

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:23 pm

"FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that Yasiel Puig ditched the Dodgers before the team's flight to Denver on Monday. Oh boy. According to Rosenthal, Puig "stormed off" after he arrived at Dodger Stadium on Monday and was informed that he would either be traded or demoted." ...sigh...or lulz...i dunno.

Submitted by James Watkins on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:47 pm

I would have thought La Stella would have gotten all the at bats he could at Iowa but for the 4th night in a row he is not in the lineup. Has he quit the team?

Submitted by johann on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:22 pm

For anyone not watching Contreras had a great throw to get Dee Gorden stealing. However what made it extra awesome was he had tried to get Gordon on a pickoff throw at 1st just before and Gordon gave him a Dikembe Mutumbo finger wag after he dove back safe. So that made throwing him out at at 2nd that much greater and more hilarious. So nice to have a catcher who can throw the ball.

Submitted by Eric S on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:03 pm

So, should the Cubs make the playoffs and hold home field advantage, which game does Hendricks start: one or two? Complete game shutout on the heels of the pen being maxed out the night before - not too shabby

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 08:16 pm

Adam Warren with 2 shutout innings and the win for the Yanks over the Mets tonight.

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Open 40 man spot might see the return of CJ. He’s been okay in Iowa. Teheran has been rocked in his starts this year. SSS of course.

    Wouldn’t be shocked seeing another 40 man spot open with Brewer losing his spot.

  • 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.

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