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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 @ Reds: Lester vs Adleman (Game 161)

Submitted by CTSteve on

Reds 7, Cubs 4
W: Adleman (4-4); L: Lester (19-5); S: Iglesias (6)PREVIEW
CHC (102-57): LHP Jon Lester (19-4, 2.28)  
CIN (66-92): RHP Tim Adleman (3-4, 3.90)
First pitch: 3:10pmCST

Lester rolled off another win on Sunday against the Cardinals, keeping them scoreless through 6.2. He last lost on July 3, that nasty game in Flushing. He’s 5-0 with an 0.48 in September--aka, finishing strong. He’s 2-0 with a 1.95 in his 4 starts against the Reds this year. Overall, they are 32-138 (.232) against him. Phillips is 8-24.

Adleman won in St. Louis in his last outing (7 IP, 2 ER, 4 K, 0 BB). He had a no-decision against the Cubs before that, giving up 2 ER in 6.1 innings. The Cubs are 5-22 (.227) against the rookie. Rizzo is 2-3; Contreras and Russell have HRs.

Hendricks (16-8, 1.99) and his sub-2.00 ERA versus Stephenson (2-3, 6.27) to close out the regular season (!) tomorrow at 2:10pmCST.

Go Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 10:12 pm

lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 10:21 pm

not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.

Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.

Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)

Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)

Giants: Bumgarner and Cueto

Dodgers: Kershaw and Hill (and Maeda has been a helluva a good third)

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 10:29 pm

something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).

#fuckingbaseball

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 10:31 pm

cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 10:31 pm

be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)

Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 10:37 pm

good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.

Submitted by John Beasley on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 10:29 pm

Friday's games will be in Washington, Chicago, Arlington, and Cleveland or Boston. Someone's game is starting laaaaaaaate - 50-50 chance it's the CDT Cubs.

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Submitted by John Beasley on Sat, 10/01/2016 - 10:00 pm

Well, the AL Wild Card team will almost definitely be an east coast team unless the Mariners pull off a minor miracle. Meanwhile, the Cubs have a chance to be paired up against STL. I suspect one team or the other will have to start at 9 p.m. local time to accommodate the 4-game Friday TV schedule.

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

  • crunch (view)

    busch is having a really intense k-filled mini slump.  he deserves better after coming back to wrigley after that hot road trip.

  • crunch (view)

    i know alzolay isn't having a great time right now, but i trust hector "ball 4" neris even less than alzolay based on what i've seen coming out of their arms.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Neris reminds me of Don “Full Pack” Stanhouse.

  • Eric S (view)

    Happ, Busch, Dansby and Madrigal have a combined 25 runners left on base through 7 innings, with Busch accounting for 9 of those.  Seems like a lot. 

  • crunch (view)

    PCA finally gets a hit!  2r HR!!!

  • Charlie (view)

    They certainly could be coupled. It could also be the case that a team needs good players at the heart of the team and if they are not coming from one source (development) they have to be sought out elsewhere. I don't see the evidence needed to infer the cause. 

  • crunch (view)

    bases loaded for the cubs, 0 out...and no runs score.

    cubbery.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Walker was a complimentary piece who was well past his prime. Edmonds, Holliday, Ozzie Smith and a few others were good trades. Notably, they have almost always been quiet in the free agent market. But the fundamental workings of the organization were always based primarily upon the constant output of a well oiled minor league organization. That organization has ground to a halt. And when did that hard stop start to happen? Right at the beginning of the Goldschmidt/Arenado era, perpetuated by the Contreras signing, followed by the rotation purchases during the last offseason. The timing is undeniable and, in my mind, not coincidental.

    Again, we are all saying that player development became deemphasized. I’m just linking it directly to the recent trades and involvement in the free agent market. I don’t see how the two concepts can be decoupled.

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