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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, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is 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
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Dodgers Win the NL Pennant

Submitted by CTSteve on

Thanks for playing, everyone. Were it not for the bullpen, the offense, and the inconsistent starting pitching, things might have been different.

Be on the lookout for our Free Agents Predictions Contest. And we'll see you at the Winter Meetings.

Go Cubs! 

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Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 10:16 pm

Thanks to you, CTSteve! TCR is a blast and really makes the season much more enjoyable. All the best to you until our paths cross again! Fun season, and Game 5 vs. the Nats is one for the memory books! Amazing -- Cubs scored 8 runs in the NLCS on 6 solo HRs and one 2-run shot. Never really had a true rally in 5 games. So much to think about for Theo and group -- assuming Jake and Davis go, those will be tough holes to fill. Maybe Schwarber to the AL for a closer, a la Soler for Davis last year? Happ and Almora need to play, and Hayward and Zobrist aren't going anywhere. I don't see a better alternative to Jake in the FA starter's market, but somebody (Dodgers? Angels?) will pay him crazy money, and he's been pretty focused on getting paid. But, they literally have no in-house options other than Monty, who's star has dimmed quite a bit. So -- raise a toast to another trip to the NLCS, and thanks to Jake for elevating this team in 2015. I really think it all started with him.

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Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:53 am

I would not be shocked to see them take a run at Jake. They have another 3-4 years in this window to win before everybody has to get paid, and who's available who's better than Jake for that period? They have traded all of their stud kids, so unless some AL team is drooling over Schwarber, I don't see a deal for a SP happening. Or, perhaps more likely, they will try to find another Jake/Hammell that they can fix. Sometimes that works, sometimes not (Brett Anderson). Sign Jake for 6 years, Lester's contract is up after 3 more, then you have Jake as an expensive #4/#5 starter in years 5-6 at the ages of 36-37. Looking at money coming of the books -- Leonys Martin made $5 million last year? Whaaa? Lackey, Jake, Wade, Jay, Rondon, Martin = $60 million of the annualized year-end payroll. They have some money to work with.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:26 am

I think the Cubs will be fine. I do wonder how much longer they'll be better than the White Sox.

Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:42 am

Thanks to CTSteve, AZ Phil and everyone at The Cub Reporter. Three years in a row getting to the NLCS is impressive. There's always last year.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:33 pm

WAS wont be bringing back dusty, but without a long postseason streak that writing was on the wall anyway. dusty's management rage-quit negotiations for an extension mid-season and WAS is really notorious for both not wanting to do hard negotiations (including draft picks) and having revolving-door coaches/management. also, ron gardenhire is the new tigers manager.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:06 pm

it's an easy scapegoat, though. you don't have to hire a $20-30m hitter/pitcher when you can shake up your management staff making a minimal investment (or sometimes saving money) that the fans approve of as if you're hired someone really important. in the case of dusty, jayson werth and jonathan papelbon are gone so there's 2/3rd of the worst toxic attitude issues (bryce harper, wussup) that dusty excels in keeping from killing each other while maintaining the will to play in the clubhouse. matt williams nearly destroyed the clubhouse and dusty cleaned that up. they probably don't need dusty anymore, anyway.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:58 pm

Hendricks and Quintana can be Cubs through 2020. Bryant, Rizzo, Russell, Schwarber, Lester and Baez go through 2021 Contreras through 2022 They're in perfect position to sign Bryce to a 3/10 year deal that is all the ragewith an opt-out after 2021. We'll have to wait a year for that and you know Nationals are going to try hard to get an extension done this season. They're no dummies. As for this offseason, Darvish or Arrieta are around the same age, I think Darvish is a little better but either one would work. But I doubt they go the 5-7 years it would take to get either ofthem. Maybe they go after Otani or Tanaka opts out, but more likely a lower-risk guy like Tillman or Cobb. Actually, I'm guessing Montgomery is in the rotation next year and the usual 3-5 guys signed to 1-year deals and minor league deals that compete and wait for the mid-season trade market to show itself. I really think Quintana trade was the Arrieta replacement if you look at what they started this season with (Lester, Arrieta, Hendricks, Lackey and throw a dart for a 5th starter). An improved bullpen will certainly be a focus, I think a run at Wade Davis makes sense. I can't imagine a lot of drop in his game, but we'll see. J. Mcgee as mentioned, B. Shaw, J. Gomez, G. Holland to name a few potential target and of course the trade market. They're still in great shape and they still have the right guys steering the ship. We have at least 4 years of this run to enjoy in my opinion.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:23 pm

I am thnking a fair deal trades Schwarber. They also will be looking to deal Mr. 4-3, and depending on how much salary they eat, he's gone. As I mentioned, somehow Friedman found a way to add cheap-ish starters with one or two plus pitches, amd stick them in the pen. With the game getting shorter and shorter, look for the Cubs to emulate this. Rick Honeycutt is damn good, also as their pitching coach. Brandon Morrow, Cigrani, Maeta...

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:53 pm

"Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said Friday that he told Albert Almora he'd have "more" of a role in 2018." neat.

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:30 am

We're pretty much all in for Houston at this point, amirite? Other than Milo Hamilton and Lance Berkman, I'm having a hard time thinking of anything wrt the Astros that gives a Cub fan heartburn. And Altuve is awesome. Just think if that dude was at 2B for the Cubs.

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Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:08 am

My best anti-Astro memory was more related to Durocher's hate of the long departed Astrodome. per Bruce Miles... http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120910/sports/709109631/
In June 1966, when the Cubs were headed to a record of 59-103, Durocher yanked a phone out of the dugout. He did so again in August. "Oh, he did," (Billy) Williams said. "I think it was a bad call down in the Astrodome that made Leo take the phones out. I think there used to be four phones, and Leo snatched them all off the wall." Reports said the Astros sent Durocher a bill for the phones and installed a pink phone in the visitors dugout so Durocher could rip it out and not disrupt communications. When the installation of AstroTurf was completed during the '66 season, Astros publicity director Bill Giles sent Durocher the last piece of sod.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:07 pm

Chris Bosio was one of Dale Sveum's guys who was kept on the coaching staff after Sveum got fired, but Bosio was never one of Maddon's posse. 

Coincidentally (or not), Chicago-native Jim Hickey (Maddon's long-time pitching coach at Tampa Bay) and the Rays "parted ways" a couple of weeks ago, and so I wouldn't be too surprised if Hickey becomes the new Cubs pitching coach.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:55 pm

Further, as I've been saying here for a while, I fully expect the Cubs to make Rays RHSP Alex Cobb their #1 target in free-agency, and I would also not be surprised if the Cubs pursue Rays closer Alex Colome (first-time eligible for salary arbitration post-2017 and under control through 2020) and maybe even RHSP Chris Archer (under control through 2021) in a trade. The Rays need young MLB-ready position players with upside and so they certainly would have use for the likes of Ian Happ, Kyle Schwarber, and/or Victor Caratini. If the Cubs were to trade two or three of their young position players for pitching, they could go after a FA OF like J. D. Martinez. Even factoring in likely arbitration raises, the Cubs should have at least $50M to spend in 2018 payroll on salaries, making it possible to sign both a FA SP and a FA OF as well as a couple of veteran reliable FA relievers. I do think the NLCS debacle might cause the Cubs to reconsider the configuration of their lineup in 2018 as well as their bullpen, something they might not have otherwise considered before the start of the post-season.

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Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:14 pm

I couldn't agree more Phil, spot-on. Pitching needs are obvious, but the lineup itself is clearly no-bueno. If there is a creative way to get Heyward out of town while not eating all (half?) of his contract, that will be a high priority. And despite how much the front office clearly likes him, there's just no way they go with Schwarber again next year. The home runs aren't worth all the negatives. Tampa as a trade partner, I like it.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 10/22/2017 - 10:10 am

JHB: The problem with trading Jason Heyward this coming off-season or during the 2018 regular season is that he has a full "no trade" through the 2018 season, and I don't know what anyone could offer him to make him waive it. He's already making a - LOT - of money and it's all guaranteed, so unless the Cubs suddenly become a last-place team, I don't see Heyward waiving the "no trade" anytime soon. He has a partial "no trade" (where he can block a trade to 12 clubs - TBD) beginning with the post-2018 off-season and extending through the 2020 MLB regular season, after-which he gets full "no trade" rights again after the conclusion of the 2020 season as a "10/5 player." He also has a player opt-out post-2018 and post-2019, but again, unless the Cubs suddenly become a losing team -- and I would expect them to remain a strong contending club at least through the 2020 season if not through 2021 -- I don't see him opting out of a contract with a salary he would not possibly hope to get if he becomes a free-agent again post-2018 or post-2019.

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Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Sun, 10/22/2017 - 10:35 pm

NTC simply means the player gets veto rights on any deal, all you need do is convince him it's in his best interest to move on. So Theo tells him from here on out, if you stay in Chicago, you're a part-time player and defensive specialist. 300 PAs/year max. Does a competitive, 28 year old guy want to accept that? I bet the answer is no. So swap him for another bad contract, someone like Cueto comes to mind, or maybe Jordan Zimmermann. If Theo could move Carl Crawford, surely he can find a way to move Heyward.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 10/22/2017 - 10:34 pm

JHB: I think what you're saying would be more-likely to happen after the 2018 season, once his full NTC becomes a partial NTC (and when he can block a trade to no more than 12 clubs).

I doubt that there is anything Theo can say to Heyward right now to convince him that he will be miserable if remains with the Cubs and does not waive his NTC immediately. As you said, Heyward is a proud guy, and he probably sincerely believes he will have a sensational season in 2018 even if the Cubs don't think so.

However, if he continues to struggle offensively next year, I can see the Cubs maybe trading Heyward sometime after the conclusion of the 2018 season (up until he gets "10/5 rights" at the end of the 2020 season), either for somebody else's "bad contract," or if the Cubs eat a substantial portion of Heyward's remaining salary.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 10/23/2017 - 10:17 pm

Maybe you can trade a bad contract but I'm not sure you can trade a contract that's historically bad, like Heyward's. Every team has a right fielder who hits more doubles and home runs than Heyward, so who would want him? The Giants have an RF who hits like Heyward, and they'll have to pay Hunter Pence around $18 million for one more year. But Pence is 34, and next year will be his last as a player. Heyward is 28, entering the third year of what will stretch out to eight years. Didn't the Cubs just go through this with someone else? Isn't that how we know how long eight years is? I thought this bunch knew what it was doing. Soriano couldn't be dumped until the middle of year seven, when the Yankees put him in pinstripes in exchange for a small percentage of his salary ($5 million) plus Corey Black. In 2022, maybe the Cubs will be able to work out something similar with Atlanta.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 10/24/2017 - 10:54 am

He's blocking anyone who can hit (and also catch and throw decently). Wouldn't you rather have Happ in the lineup? They did a brief experiment with Happ at third in September, and it was a bit eye-opening (at least it opened mine). Theo referred to Happ's brief trial at third in his presser the other day, during a generally rave review of Happ's rookie season. They must have had something in mind, maybe Bryant moving to right field, which he could play pretty comfortably, I would guess.

Submitted by cubbies.4ever on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:48 pm

I wouldn't call Eddie Butler a failure, Brett Anderson oh hell yes. Butler had a 3.95 ERA which was better than both Lester and Lackey, less hits/ip than Lester and Lackey, the best hr/ip than the entire starting staff, and a 4-3 record. It takes a pitcher a long time to earn Maddon's trust and Butler only got 50 IP, so Maddon treated him with kid gloves. The other offseason "reclamation project" addition Alec Mills (traded for Donnie Dewees) spent the vast majority on the DL at Iowa so no verdict there. The bullpen yes was brutal, even Davis at the end of the season despite only blowing one save during the season every game he put runners on it seemed.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:11 pm

butler doesn't miss a lot of bats for a guy that throws mid-90s with 3 off-speed pitches...that's always been a big issue for him along with his inability to actually pitch a decent workload. i dunno how much more time he has before he's working the pen considering he's going to be 27 next spring. it's not like he's junk...he's got "stuff" and and variety of pitches he's got a feel for (even though he crutches on his fastball), but he's having a heck of a time finding a good mix of pitches to work with.

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:47 pm

I realize Contreras has areas to improve as a catcher, such as pitch-framing, but, having seen several of the ALCS games -- Gary Sanchez is an absolute butcher on throws to the plate. I have seen 3 throws to the plate in the series, and he has badly botched each one. My goodness -- just terrible. Plays at the plate are one of Wilson's strengths, I think -- despite the occasional leg block.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 10:21 pm

ASTROS! woo. cubs/astros are on a similar "long rebuild and look what we have now" co-streak. plus, screw the yanks.

Submitted by Hagsag on Sun, 10/22/2017 - 10:09 am

I agree with Phil, the Rays are a logical trading partner for the Cubs and maybe the Marlins too.

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  • Sonicwind75 (view)

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    At least he hasn't given any of them a Bote-esque extension.  

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