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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Cardinals @ Cubs: Wacha vs Quintana (Game 97)

STL (47-50): RHP Michael Wacha (7-3, 3.71) 
CHC (50-46): LHP Jose Quintana (5-8, 4.20) 
First pitch: 7:05pmCST

Quintana was outstanding in his debut for the Northsiders, throwing 7 innings of shutout ball and striking out 12 in Baltimore. These Cardinals are 7-22 (.304) against him. Fowler is 4-8.Wacha got lit up in his start against the Cubs at Wrigley in June (4.1 IP, 6 ER, 5 K, 4 BB). He’s 1-2 with a 5.13 in 6 games on the road this season. Overall, the Cubs are 32-94 (.340) against him. Rizzo is 15-31 with 3 HR, Bryant is 6-19 with a HR, and Happ is 2-3 (both HRs). Cool.

Hendricks (4-3) will be activated to go tomorrow against Gonzalez (4-9) and the White Sox at 1:20pmCST.

Go Cubs!

Comments

Phillies leading the Brewers 6-2 in the top of the 6th... edit: Phils win 6-3... Cubs can tie for first place with a win tonight!

Quintana was superb last time out, and the Cards haven't seen him much. Wacha is bad on the road this year and the Cubs have pummeled him. Cubs can tie for 1st place with a win tonight. This game has fucking debacle written all over it.

I think the Cubs may be interested Chirinos. It's not worth paying for Lucroy to in theory catch 1 or 2 games a week. Chirinos is good for next year also if they feel Caratini may not even be the answer as a back-up. I wouldn't pay much for a back-up catcher.

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In reply to by Fergie

I'm not so sure we should go after a RH hitting catcher, even Lucroy. It'd be nice to be able to trade for a LH hitting catcher to use to spell Contreras against an occasional RHSP that he doesn't match up well against. Contreras actually has decent splits, so in the end it may not matter that much as long as we get someone with some good game calling and defensive skills for the postseason. That's why it's even more upsetting that Montero had his meltdown, because despite his D being a big handicap, his bat and OBP were doing great for a guy who plays one out of five games.

FUCK YOU JOE! YOU KEEP PITCHING TO RANDALL GRICHUK. How many HRs does he need to hit in a row you stubborn manager?????

schwarber allegedly tied the game with a HR. it's allegedly because i don't think it's landed yet.

Q with no feel/command of his curveball all night. Pretty impressive that he's made it this far in the game basically relying on just his fastball.

contrerYES cubs lead by 2. unf.

cj edwards looks lost with sketchy control over his curve to pham...walks next batter... cj edwards tightly commands his curve in a nearly all-curve offering to fowler...strikeout 2017 edwards is a bit weird sometimes.

1st place! shared, but whatever. hell of a week (4.5 out of 1st last sunday, 5.5 out last saturday).

Isn't it about decision time on Brett Anderson? The Cubs pretty much have to make a move of some sort soon, no? With SPs dropping left and right, and everyone in the AL thinking they're still "in it".

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In reply to by tim815

TIM: Probably, but not necessarily.

Per the new CBA, a player who has spent at least 60 days on an MLB DL may have his Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment renewed once (an additional 30 days for a pitcher and an additional 21 days for a position player). The MLB Commissioner must approve a second Minor League Rehab Assignment if the player is not reinstated after the conclusion of the first one.

The only player I know of who had his rehab assignment renewed after the first one expired is Giants OF Jarrett Parker (broken clavicle), but there may be others.

Whether the Cubs would be able to convince the Commissioner that Brett Anderson should get another 30-day rehab assignment after the first one expires tomorrow (Tuesday) is open to question, since he appears to be fully recovered from his sick ERA "lower back strain."

And even if the MLB Commissioner were to grant a renewal (which I suspect is unlikely), Anderson could decline it and force the Cubs hand since he has multiple performance bonuses in his contract related to MLB Games Started.

So there is a chance that Anderson could get a rehab renewal...

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In reply to by tim815

Thanks PHIL. I am too lazy to look this up, but if he is not an answer for "long relief" and can't replace "Home Run Grimm", on the roster until September, its time for the team to say, "Was worth a shot..." and send him packing.

That was probably the biggest game for Q in at least 4 years -- Cubs-Cards, night game at Wrigley, first place on the line, Sunday Night Baseball. Sox finished 3 games out in 2012, but have had losing seasons the past 4 years. Just wondering -- how the hell of you have 4 straight losing seasons with Sale and Quintana in your rotation?

I'm back to being excited about each game! Now, if we could get Javy Baez to stop popping sunflower seeds while he's in the batter's box....

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.