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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 @ Padres: Hendricks vs Clemens (Game 126)

Submitted by CTSteve on

If Addison keeps this up, they’re going to have to name a street after him.CHC (80-45): RHP Kyle Hendricks (11-7, 2.16)
SD (53-73): RHP Paul Clemens (2-2 4.82)  
First pitch: 2:40pmCST

Hendricks held the Rockies to 1 ER in 6 innings in Colorado on Friday but ended up with a no-decision. He had a no-decision against San Diego in May, giving up 2 ER over 6.2 innings. (All these no-decisions...damn.) Overall, the Padres are 8-59 (.136) against him. Norris is 2-7.

Clemens has bounced around a bit and was claimed off waivers in June after being released by the Marlins. (That’s some rotation they’re building.) He had a no-decision against the D’backs his last time out (5 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 3 BB). The Cubs are 5-23 (.217) against him. Montero is 1-2 with a HR.

Tomorrow is an off day, then we see the Kershaw-less Dodgers to finish the roadtrip.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 08:38 pm

Rizzo getting a well deserved breather today with Bryant at 1B. Soler back in lineup batting cleanup and playing LF, otherwise all of the all-stars batting 1-5 again (what a luxury)

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Submitted by Rob Richardson on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 08:43 pm

Well I assume Ross is going to catch Lester in the playoffs, and it looks like Contreras is going to catch everyone else. I could see the Cubs keeping three catchers on the playoff roster as it would give them flexibility and Montero would have a left handed bat with some pop (at least historically) off the bench.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 08:44 pm

that was a very kind 3rd strike to hendricks to end the 3rd.

man on 3rd, 0 outs and got 2 pop-ups and a K...Maddux-lite indeed

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 08:54 pm

unsurprisingly, the White Sox continue a tradition of stupid stuff....

@DannyEcker BREAKING: Guaranteed Rate has purchased naming rights to U.S. Cellular Field. Will be known as Guaranteed Rate Field thru 2030.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 08:55 pm

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Submitted by Jackstraw on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 08:16 pm

Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Gabby Johnson for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particularly glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.

Submitted by Eric S on Thu, 08/25/2016 - 08:33 pm

Twitterverse reporting that Almora's examination by a hand specialist went okay, it's still just a hand contusion.

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 08/25/2016 - 08:37 pm

Maddon was pimping Russell for Gold Glove honors recently as a manager should do...

Here's some defensive numbers:

Fangraphs

  1. Crawford (22.2)
  2. Seager (16.9)
  3. Cozart (14.2)
  4. Hechavarria (13.5)
  5. Russell (12.4)

Baseball Reference

  1. B. Crawford 2.3
  2. Russell 2.0
  3. Hechavarria 1.7
  4. N. Ahmed 1.6
  5. Z. Cozart 1.5

.....

13.C. Seager 0.7

Traditional stats

Crawford

.978 FP, 11 E, 333 A, 162 PO, 562 Chances, 4.27 RF, 72 DP Turned

Russell

.978 FP, 10 E, 307 A, 130 PO, 447 Chances, 3.85 RF, 43 DP Turned

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Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 08/26/2016 - 08:02 pm

The Cubs great pitching has a lot more to do with their great defense this year and plenty of good luck  (#1 in ERA, #4 in FIP behind Nats, Mets and Dodgers with a rather ridiculous .258 BABIP against Cubs' pitchers).

Cubs pitchers do strike out more hitters than Giants pitchers and do walk more hitters than Giants pitchers so that's a few more balls in play. Cubs' pitchers actually have a higher groundball rate though. Crawford is just really good and baseball happens.

(sidenote: expect Heyward and Baez to be starting in the playoffs most games imo. They're glovework is and will continue to be essential).

Submitted by John Beasley on Thu, 08/25/2016 - 08:11 pm

i'm happy enough with the Lester signing, but Scherzer has more than earned the extra money so far. If he was in the rotation instead of Lester, this team would feel practically bulletproof to me. Blaspheme maybe, but I think Scherzer is the best pitcher in the NL right now.

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Submitted by John Beasley on Fri, 08/26/2016 - 08:22 am

Objectively true. Scherzer's FIP is almost a half point higher than his ERA, mostly I deduce because his BABIP is .249 so something ridiculous like that. It's not like the guy can't be scored on, but when I watch him, I sometimes feel that he's the most in control of the game moving around him.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 08/26/2016 - 08:28 am

nothing gets you going like someone talking about lester, eh? i hope you're on his payroll or he sends you used underwear or whatever you're into. btw, he holds runners like shit. he does things with runners i've never seen another pitcher do in my life...even going back before i was born as far as i can tell. would you like to discuss it? that sounds like it could be educational and fun. hit me up, bruh.

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