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

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, four 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
* Richard Lovelady
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 

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 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 4
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P
* Jordan Wicks, P    

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs @ Reds: Arrieta vs Romano (Game 126)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (68-57): RHP Jake Arrieta (13-8, 3.63) 
CIN (53–74): RHP Sal Romano (3-5, 5.32) 
First pitch: 6:10pmCST

Arrieta reeled off his third straight win on Friday against the Blue Jays, giving up 1 ER over 6.1 innings. In case you haven't had time to read through the dossier Scott Boras sent you, you might not know that since the All-star Break, Jake is 5-1 with a 2.00.

Arrieta is 2-0 with a 2.77 in 2 starts against the Reds this season. Overall, they are 30-146 (.205) against him. Votto, the only real danger spot, is 6-19 with 2 HR.

Romano is the 85th starter to pitch for the Reds this season—or something like that. The rookie is 23y/o, 6’5”, 270 pounds, and from some place called Syosset in NY, which sounds like it’s on Long Island but who really cares.

He won in Atlanta his last time out (7 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 2 BB). After seeing what the Cubs have been doing to his colleagues, he can’t be too excited to take the mound. Hang in there, Sal; as long you’re breathing, you have a spot in the Reds rotation.

Tomorrow in Philly, it’s Quintana (8-10) against Eickhoff (3-7) at 6:05pmCST.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:32 am

Not relevant right now, but I suspect the Cubs will target FA RHSP Alex Cobb this coming off-season. He has returned 100% from May 2015 TJS, he was one of Maddon's guys in Tampa Bay, and he's a year younger than Darvish and Arrieta. The Cubs will have about $50M in 2018 payroll available to spend, so they should be make a substanial offer to Cobb if they decide he's their guy and still have $$$ available to address other needs. The only question would be if Cobb is interested in pitching for the Cubs. 

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:41 pm

Zobrist 2B, Schwarber LF, Bryant 3B, Rizzo 1B, Happ CF, Baez SS, Heyward RF, Rivera C, Arrieta P

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:39 pm

heyward robs votto with a great catch in RF...a single turns into an out and heyward gets 0.5 more WAR. seriously, that was a hell of a catch.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:46 pm

Anyone surprised our offense goes cold when Zobrist is back in the leadoff spot? Cubs would be 162-0 this year if the 8th inning didn't exist.

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Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:10 pm

Yep -- 2nd half ERA in the 8th inning must look like the first half ERA in the first inning. Two outs, nobody on....then bad things happen. It really is bizarre -- whoever pitches the 7th does fine, whoever pitches the 8th messes up. Doesn't seem to matter who pitches when -- it's the curse of the 8th. Too bad Happ couldn't make the play.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 08/25/2017 - 08:58 am

Well, Edwards will be promoted to eighth-inning guy pretty soon--I guess they're called "stoppers"--and the long nightmare (reminiscent, to me, of the Marmol era) will end, or at least get pushed back to the 7th inning. Maybe Wilson can help out there. I still have hope for him. Edwards might still have some jitteriness to overcome, but a tremendous upside. Beautiful form, easy gas, killer breaking stuff.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 08/25/2017 - 08:22 pm

Justin Wilson had a seven-pitch save his last outing with Detroit before the trade, and he comes to the Cubs and it's like he was kidnapped and replaced by a body-double who can't throw strikes. 

Last night's game is an example of why the Cubs acquired Wilson, to pitch the 8th and get the game to Wade Davis and close on days when Davis in unavailable. 

WTF happened to Justin Wilson between his last outing with the Tigers and his first for the Cubs??? 

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Submitted by Eric S on Fri, 08/25/2017 - 08:05 pm

You should check out Carl Jr's splits by inning. He is an absolute stud ... with the exception of one inning, in which he's pitched 18.1 total innings and given up 15 earned runs for a 7.36 ERA. I'll give you EIGHT guesses which inning it is.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:46 pm

barf. time to sit strop for another 10 days or whatever. CIN leads in the 8th.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:59 pm

Why in the hell are the Cubs trying to steal down 2 runs in the 9th???? I just don't get it. They've done some stupid situational crap on the bases this year. that run meant nothing, that out meant everything.

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Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:07 pm

Joe must have started on the wine a little early tonight. What the hell? And, it's not like Jay has wheels. He is remarkably slow for a CF. Oh, well -- started the week with a 2-game lead and bumped it up to 3 by winning 2 of 3 on the road. Not all bad. Same again in Philly, please.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 08/24/2017 - 08:24 pm

Just another "well, that's baseball" kind of night -- Cubs lose to the Reds, Cards lose to SD at home to lose the series, and Sale gives up 7 runs in 3 innings. Sometimes, our game is not linear and predicable. What fun would that be?

Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Fri, 08/25/2017 - 08:29 am

I barely got to watch because I was doing tons of cleaning around the house, but had the game on and rewound for big plays. In the 8th when the Reds hit that ball to CF just out of Happ's range, I watched as the play happened and actually thought Albert will catch it, just assuming he was in the game with a 2-1 lead. I was dumbfounded as I realized it was Happ still out there!! Why wasn't Almora out there!?

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 08/25/2017 - 08:04 am

The official Joe reason is that he wanted to preserve a lefty bat in case the Reds tied it as Iglesias was gonna pitch th 9th. Fucking stupid if you ask me.

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  • crunch (view)

    bleh.

    at least MIL has lost the past 2 nights, too.

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal pinch hitting for matt mervis vs jansen?

    okay.

  • crunch (view)

    surprising amount of cubs fans at the park, too.  HR really brought them out.

  • Cubster (view)

    hmmmm... 

    4-4

    beisbol can be fun

  • crunch (view)

    4 singles and 0 walks (1 HBP) through 7 innings for cubs batters...amazing they even have 1 run.

  • crunch (view)

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Folks, I've known Richard Lovelady since he was an 18 yr old Freshman at East Ga State College in Swainsboro, Ga.

    I was the WBB Coach at EGSC and Richard was their prize recruit from outside of Hinesville, Ga.

    My roommate was the Pitching Coach there.

    Richard showed up a skinny, loose lipped, 83mph Lefty. Pretty good basketball player actually. 

    My roommate became the head coach.

    Richard came back from a minor injury for his Sophmore year a more serious man. He hit 90mph and started mowing GA JUCO hitters down. It was really fun to watch.

    He was the first D1 signee for EGSC baseball (school had only had athletics for five yrs at that point). He went to Kennesaw St and became their closer. One yr later, he hit 100mph and KC drafted him in the 10th Rd. 

    He lost the high velo with a surgery a while back.

    It's so cool to see him in MLB. And now he's a Cub!! It's crazy to realize I actually "know" a Cub.

    He's a legit good guy.

    Easy to root for!!!

     

  • Cubster (view)

    Tim. Thanks for remembering Lee Elia Day. It will always be one of the most epic rants in all sports.  It took about 3 seconds to recognize him from your picture but I  did get it right. 

    Now that Les Grobstein is no longer with us, that might contribute to this grand piece of Cubbery fading.

    Just like fine wine, it should be savored...unedited. 40 years, wow.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Does he have any options left, Phil?

  • crunch (view)

    morel in the lineup and playing 3rd.

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