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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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Reds @ Cubs: Stephenson vs Lackey (Game 152)

Submitted by CTSteve on

Cubs 9, Reds 2
W: Lackey (10-8); L: Stephenson (2-2)
PREVIEW
CIN (63-88): RHP Robert Stephenson (2-1, 4.97)
CHC (96-55): RHP John Lackey (9-8, 3.42)
First pitch: 7:05pmCST

Lackey had a no-decision on Friday against the Brewers (7 IP, 4 ER, 8 K, 2 BB). He’s 1-2 with a 6.38 in his three starts against the Reds this season. Overall, they are 44-154 (.286) against him. Cozart is 6-15 with a HR, and Votto is 5-17 with 2 HR.

The rookie Stephenson had a couple cups of coffee in April and is back as a September call-up. He had a no-decision against the Pirates his last time out, giving up 4 ER in 5 innings.

Tomorrow is an off day, then the Cardinals are in town for the weekend.

Go Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:10 pm

nats sign yadiel hernandez. damn. didn't expect the cubs to snag him, but it would have been nice to see him end up on a less powerful team...and not in the NL. fwiw, great eye at the plate...not all that powerful or fast, but not just a singles/BB hitter...corner OF guy (best in LF)... whether he's brought in for bench or fighting for a LF job vs werth (doubtful, but a hell of an insurance policy), he's got his pros/cons either way.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:49 pm

aside from not playing for a year+ vs good competition, he bulked up a bit (muscle, in good shape) and i wonder if that effected his play and what people saw during his workouts for teams. he was pretty much taken for next to nothing...leads me to believe his workouts may not have been so great. FLA was heavily linked to him and though their corner OF is locked in, i find it hard to believe they couldn't do better than WAS's deal unless they decided to not get involved.

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Submitted by chitownmvp01 on Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:04 pm

Wow. GJ Inciarte! Also, is Rob Z hurt? He hasn't pitched since 9/4 (17 days ago). I thought he had a legit chance of pitching his way into playoff roster consideration since he is a LHRP. So is he injured or reached an innings limit or something?

Submitted by fullykräusened on Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:57 pm

So Jim DeShaies gets the title of Most Literate Cubs Color Man. With Robert Stevenson on the mound, he made a reference to Cubs coach Brandon Hyde. Len didn't get the reference, which was for Robert Louis Stevenson writing The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. I have been watching Cubs baseball for fifty years, and this is the hippest literary reference yet. I like JD more than any Cub color man, but this takes the cake.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:53 pm

4 innings in and every position player has a hit except that bum k.bryant.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/21/2016 - 09:50 pm

Braves rally from down 3-0 after 6 to beat Familia and the Mets in NY -- Braves sweep the series. Baseball! Just saw the highlight -- two out in the 9th, Braves CF robs Cespedes of a GW HR. Amazin'!

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 09/22/2016 - 09:05 am

@GDubCub Cubs rearrange rotation, line up Cy Young favorites Lester and Hendricks for first two games of playoffs

Submitted by CTSteve on Thu, 09/22/2016 - 09:38 am

Arrieta--starts (only) game three, something that would have been unimaginable at the start of the season.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 09:53 pm

no dice. apology rejected. suspended without pay. “As soon as we became aware of the tweets posted by Steve yesterday we began to examine all of our options in regard to his standing on the team,” Dipoto said. “Today we have informed him that he is suspended for the remainder of the season without pay.” bonus: my favorite comment about the suspension so far...from el los deadspino "The Venn diagram of people who will bring up the first amendment and censorship at this and people who think Kaepernick should be forced to leave the country is single circle."

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/22/2016 - 09:16 pm

following an off-day with a day game during the work week should be banned. it's pretty much commie nazi type activity and totally unamerican.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 09/22/2016 - 09:37 pm

The Red Sox are absolutely kicking ass -- 4 game sweep of BAL follows 4 game sweep of NYY. Very impressive, and a bit scary.

Submitted by John Beasley on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 09:45 am

With the recent decimation of Cleveland's rotation, Red Sox now are basically equal odds with Cubs to win their respective pennants.

Recent comments

  • Charlie (view)

    The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cubs sign 28 yr old RHRP Daniel Missaki. He was in MiLB from his 17yr old to 19yr old years and did pretty well.
    He's been in Mexico and Japan the last four years and has done well also.
    He's supposedly Japanese and Brazilian.
    Interesting sign. We obviously need to RP in the system
    Injuries are mounting everywhere!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.

    Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.

    They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.

    I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.

    I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.

  • crunch (view)

    Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
    Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far. 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I hope they keep Mozeliak a few more years. Marmol too!

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