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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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Pirates @ Cubs: Taillon vs Lester (Game 88)

Submitted by CTSteve on

PIT (41-47): RHP Jameson Taillon (5-2, 2.73) 
CHC (43-44): LHP Jon Lester (5-5, 3.94)
First pitch: 12:10pmCST

Lester gave up 5 ER in 5 innings to lose to the Rays on Tuesday. He’s 0-1 with a 3.55 in his two starts against the Pirates this season. Overall, they are 47-178 (.264) against him. Bell is 2-3 and Stewart is 3-7, both with a HR.

Taillon won in Philly his last time out (5 IP, 0 ER, 9 K, 2 BB). He’s 1-1 with a 3.00 in his two games against the Cubs this season. For their careers, they are 22-68 (.324) against him. Rizzo is 6-11 with 2 HR, and Baez is 5-7 with a HR.

The chance of us winning this one to end the first half at .500 is as close to certain as you can get in baseball. And then we break.

Go Cubs!
 

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Submitted by Eric S on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 07:00 am

And of course Javy is on the bench, weird given his success against Taillon. And no Zobrist walk up music, a welcome reprieve.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 07:31 pm

Cubs really brought their A game today. And by that, I mean they are playing baseball at a Low-A level, if that. Fitting end to the first "half". Looks likes a team with their bags packed and tee times tomorrow morning.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 07:59 pm

So, that move to shift Lester to get an extra pre-AS start? Didn't work out so well. Two of his worst outings of the year, including this one, which has got to be his all-time worst.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 07:49 pm

I think b/c of the World Series legend, these guys are not gonna be that worried, or that embarrassed the rest of the year. They'll need to finish in 3rd or 4th to get a grip again.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 07:17 pm

Dead team walkin'. Six game homestand, and they lose 2 of them vs. division rivals by 9 and 11 runs. This is Cubs 2013-14 stuff.

Submitted by chitownmvp01 on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 07:37 pm

As of yesterday, 71 out of the 90 games that the Brewers have played have been against sub .500 teams. Only 19 games against teams at or above .500. Cubs have played 53 games against teams below .500 and 34 against teams at or above .500. I think the Cubs will hit the reset button and be much better after the AS Break. Baltimore is the perfect team for the offense to get hot. Really bad rotation (nearly broke the record for most consecutive games allowing at least 5 runs) and DH followed by going to Sun Trust Park for the first time. Brewers will probably regress a bit when they start playing some of the better teams. Hendricks is coming back soon too and Schwarber's hitting .286 since coming back up from Iowa. Very bizarre for them to have only played 19 games against teams at or above .500 at this point of the season. Key 3 game set in Milwaukee at the end of the month.

Submitted by Eric S on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 07:53 pm

So far in his first AA start for the Smokies this evening, 22 year old Adbert Alzolay has pitched five innings, given up two hits, no runs, 1 walk with ten strikeouts. As Old & Blue would say: Call him up!!!

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 07:52 pm

E-MAN: Mark Prior made three starts at AAA Iowa before he got called up in 2002, but RHSP Juan Cruz went directly from AA to MLB in August 2001 and RHRP Francis Beltran went directly from AA to MLB in June 2002, both at age 22 (coincidentally same age Alzolay is now). This doesn't involve the Cubs, but it does involve a couple of former Cubs minor leaguers. RHSP Zack Godley (traded to Arizona in the Miguel Montero deal) was called-up to MLB by the D'backs from AA in July 2015, and RHSP Rickey Nolasco went from AA to MLB (skipping AAA) after he was traded to the Marlins in the Juan Pierre deal a few years back.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 07/11/2017 - 07:14 am

Speaking of Godley, I notice he has somewhat eye-popping numbers for Arizona this year. He's easily the most successful pitcher that McLeod has drafted for the Cubs. Thus Epstein-McLeod continue the tradition set by Hendry-Wilken where, on those infrequent occasions when you have drafted a pitcher with major-league talent--at the moment I'm thinking of Nolasco and Dontrelle Willis--you give him away. I guess the lesson is that there are a lot of good scouts around, and most of them work for someone else.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 07:39 pm

"According to Peter Gammons, the Cubs have asked the Tigers about the availability of Michael Fulmer and Daniel Norris." breaking news: the cubs want to trade for the entire 40-man roster of the tigers also, daniel norris? hell naw.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/11/2017 - 07:23 pm

CRUNCH: Kyle Schwarber for Daniel Norris would not surprise me. They have almost identical MLB Service Time, they're almost exactly the same age, and both are having bad years so both teams would be selling low/buying low.

Ian Happ has become an integral part of the Cub offense (and core), so much so that Schwarber (and not Happ) is probably the young player the Cubs would be most-willing to trade for a controllable starter, and Norris (or someone very similar to Norris) is probably the best SP they would be able to get back in return.

Schwarber certainly won't fetch Michael Fulmer, but then I'm not sure anyone south of Kris Bryant would.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/11/2017 - 07:20 pm

i just don't like norris, that's all. he's been hype for a while, but he's been steady "just a few too many walks" and straight up "too hitable" for a number of years. i get the hype...legit fastball/slider/curve/change, but his command comes/goes and even when it's on it's still getting hit even with the nice mix of pitches. still, because of his stuff and mix of pitches, he's got value beyond what he's currently doing. i would rather see more of a sure thing if they're going to use their top expendable trading chip. as much as i like schwarb's bat potential, his LF is weak, 1st is spoken for, and the cubs don't have a DH except a handful of games a year. he is somewhat expendable even with the bat tools.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 07:49 am

I haven't been to Wrigley in a long time so I don't know what the fine print says on a ticket, but there should be a money-back opt-out when the Cubs are down ten runs and their leadoff hitter hasn't gone to the plate yet. "Sorry, I just don't feel like seeing a game today."

Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 07:36 pm

I know it wasn't a fun game to watch, but I think that game was exactly what this team needed to end their first half and have to wait through 4 days off to realize each one of them has to do the little things better in order for this team to redeem themselves. They need to stop swinging for the fences and go with the pitch (opposite way) when necessary. That's the biggest adjustment all these players need to make. It was nice to see Schwarber going up the middle and to left field in the last couple games. If his approach was always to go to left field, that would really change the way pitchers approach him, and if defenses had to play him straight up, he'd be the dangerous hitter the front office and coaches expect him to be.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 07:34 pm

aaron judge is a f'n beast. also, thankfully no chris "back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back" berman in this year's HR derby.

Recent comments

  • 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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