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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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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.

Recent comments

  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

    i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

    hack wilson, ryne sandberg, sammy sosa, christopher morel, and michael busch.

  • Cubster (view)

    A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554

  • Cubster (view)

    Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

    AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

  • crunch (view)

    You have to C it! (tm)

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

    Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

    Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

    Best pitcher: IL after one start 

    Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

    Noice 

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki 10d IL.

    right oblique strain.  ow.  that's generally more than a 10d thing.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Seiya on IL with an oblique strain

  • crunch (view)

    cooper and morel are on the field doing pre-game stuff so it's not them...

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