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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 @ Astros: Lackey vs McHugh (Game 141)

Submitted by CTSteve on

Astros 2, Cubs 1
W: McHugh (10-10); L: Lackey (9-8); S: Giles (10)

PREVIEW
CHC (90-50): RHP John Lackey (9-7, 3.36)
HOU (74-67): RHP Collin McHugh (9-10, 4.96)
First pitch: 12:05pmCST

Lackey threw 76 pitches and lasted 5 innings for a no-decision against the Giants in his first game back from the DL on Sunday. He gave up 1 ER, struck out 4, and walked 1. The Astros are 10-41 (.244) against him. Castro is 3-7.

McHugh had a no-decision against Rangers his last time out, giving up 5 ER in 4.1 innings. He’s had a tough season, including going 2-3 with a 5.01 in August. The Cubs are 5-16 (.313) against him. Coghlan is 3-4.

Arrieta (16-6, 2.84) versus Fiers (10-6, 4.29) in the getaway day nightcap on ESPN tomorrow at 7:05pmCST.

Go Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:43 am

Another off day for Russell -- and Miggy is DH? I thought we might see Almora in CF today to give Dexter a day off.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:32 pm

watching heyward swing is alarmingly sad...sad because he can barely catch up to fastballs with his slow/long swing, and alarming because he's owed a zillion dollars while doing it. that said, it's hard to do worse than this season. a return to "normal" would be good enough to make most people happy.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:23 pm

his 2nd half since the break has been scary. he just took a 3-2 count to a popout (0-3 on the day so far). he's had 2 walks in his last 31 games as a starter (3 games played in there, too, where he didnt start and got 0 walks). his average is around .195, his ob% is around .225, and his OPS is very close to dropping below .500.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:54 pm

"Rangers claimed RHP R.J. Alvarez off of waivers from the Cubs." ...and nothing of value was lost.

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:18 pm

Bats have been a little sleepy the past few games -- time for Javy/KB/RIzz to wake the group up.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:34 pm

Season over for South Bend after 10-inning (continuation) loss to West Michigan. Myrtle Beach and Eugene continue to next round.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:43 pm

I am of the strong opinion that should the Cubs lose in the Playoffs, they are going down with Heyward as their starting RF.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:51 pm

if he keeps sucking it might be brought up, but i can't imagine them going with anyone but heyward. even with a past track record of suck it's never been on this level. so far his epic horrible 2nd half has mostly flown under the outrage radar, but he's busted through some crappy numbers-based milestones lately for both his 2nd half and his full season. he might start seeing some media heat soon unless he reverses back through those milestones.

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Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:21 pm

Funny how everybody immediately writes Hammel out of the playoffs after a bad start (or two), but Heyward, who had been terrible literally every week of the entire season, somehow gets a pass. Offensively, their best lineup is KB and Soler in the outfield and Baez at 3rd. Doubt they would do that, but, if they lose an early game or two, they might have to.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 09:24 pm

rich hill was perfect through 7ip and only threw 89 pitches before being removed because the dodgers didn't want to push him coming back from the blister issue. tough one...

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 09/11/2016 - 09:30 am

from BP... some Trevor Clifton Love:
Trevor Clifton, RHP, Chicago Cubs (High-A Myrtle Beach): 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K. Dylan Cease is the Cubs best pitching prospect, but Clifton isn’t far behind at no. 2. He doesn’t throw as hard as Cease, but he does have a plus fastball along with an above-average curveball. The change and control both have taken steps forward this year as well, so there’s a good chance Clifton is pitching in the Cubs’ rotation at some point in the next couple of seasons, most likely 2018.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=30326

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  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think it’s a bit of a chicken or egg scenario. Did they make these trades because they saw what was coming and weren’t impressed and knew to keep up with the demand for constant winning thru had to acquire impact players? Or did those additions cause a failure of resource allocation elsewhere.

    In addition, the whole they traded to acquire a star, that’s precisely what organizations should do if they feel they’re a piece away. Keep developing talent, but sometimes you need to supplement that talent. It’s what the best run organizations do. Atlanta does it. Houston in their prime run did it. Nationals during their prime run did it. Of course dodgers did it. Boston and Philadelphia too. Hell, the Cubs did it when they won. There’s no team that has had sustained success that has solely relied on their own internal development. It just doesn’t happen. I wouldn’t fault St Louis for that. What I suspect happened is in that 2020 season, in an effort to save money, they cut budget from developing and scouting. Or maybe the wrong guys got poached by other orgs. Regardless, blaming the acquisition of two of the best players of their generation for peanuts, seems off base to me.

    I do agree that we’ve more or less come to the same conclusion, but our paths to that conclusion contain almost no crossover. I think we can also agree that seeing the cardinals struggle brings a warmth to our hearts.

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    (LAUGH EMOJI)

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    azbobbop: Yes. 

  • Mike Wellman (view)

    I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Very well played game all around tonight.

  • crunch (view)

    best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.

    little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Richard Gallardo just left the Smokies game with an arm injury after going to the ground following a pitch. Doesn’t sound good at all.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Phil, do you think Wiggins will start out in ACL?

  • azbobbop (view)

    The level of conversation on this site is intelligent, reasoned and informative. Miles ahead of other Cub sites.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    This was Jaxon Wiggins previous "live" BP on 4/5: 

    JAXON WIGGINS: 
    ONE INNING (20 pitches - 10 strikes) 
    one batted ball in play (F-9 by Stevens)
    one walk (B. Davis) 
    one HBP (B. Davis)
    two strikeouts (Peralta & Escobar - both looking)
    three swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    four called strikes
    nine called balls 

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