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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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Happy Birthday, Z!

Submitted by Transmission on
Carlos Zambrano turns 24 today. So here's a birthday wish to our favorite web-surfing, muttering, gesticulating, switch-hitting, complete game-throwing, goateed behemoth of a perpetual-Cy Young Award contender. We Love Ya, Z. For some birthday reminiscences, how about these.... Remember when we wondered who would be better, Zambrano or Cruz? Remember the first time we discovered Z was a switch-hitter? Remember Z retiring Barry Bonds in an especially tense series in 2003, Z getting all excited, and Barry sulking about it? Here's a question: what should we get Z for his birthday? (photo from http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/mlb/photo/photogallery/2003_2nd_half_moments)
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Submitted by Transmission on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 05:27 pm

(another p.s.: join my small-ball style fantasy rotisserie league at yahoo. league ID 352533 and password rodbeck) (I'll stop shilling, now.)

Submitted by mannytrillo on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 05:35 pm

Maybe we should send him a printout of all the posts of everyone bitching at him about him getting tossed from too many games....

Submitted by shawndgoldman on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 05:36 pm

How about some run support for his next start?

Submitted by cubsnerd on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 05:39 pm

Remember last year when Z had a no-hitter through five, and led off the bottom of the fifth legging out a bunt single? Happy B-Day Z. ''I'm a horse. They'd have to kill me [to miss a start]. I have to have my arm explode.'' -Z

Submitted by Robert A . Booey on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 05:39 pm

i was at a game vs col where z homered to center, he went nuts rounding first, and preston wilson lost the ball in the sun, and put his arms upas it wne over his head

Submitted by Robert A . Booey on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 05:41 pm

Similar Pitchers through Age 23 Ray Culp (983) Andy Benes (968) Dizzy Dean (967) * Bill Gullickson (967) Mickey Hughes (966) Jim Maloney (966) Bill Stafford (965) Robin Roberts (965) * Don Sutton (964) * Dave Rozema (963)

Submitted by Isaac on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 05:46 pm

A solid outing from the bullpen? A W? God, I love this guy.

Submitted by dbt on Tue, 05/31/2005 - 05:24 pm

The moment I remember from that series, T, was zambrano catching a soft liner back up the middle with two outs and the bases juiced. I was at that game, it's one of my favorite games I've seen (it's the only time I've seen the opposing left fielder heckled more than the cubs bullpen from my former employer's seats halfway down the third base line). anyway, Z gave a fist pump after he caught it (it was a pure adrenaline play) and Barry barked some crap back at him. Bonds: 0-1, 2BB (1IBB). Retrosheet: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B07310CHN2003.htm

Submitted by CJ on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:58 am

I have an idea for a birthday present for Z: A face picture of Jim Edmonds type to the catchers' chest protector.

Submitted by Reder on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:56 am

Remember the triple that he hit last year? The one with the incredibly graceful dive into third? I'll always laugh about that.

Submitted by daniel on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:01 am

carlos zambrano is the man on this team. there are plenty of great players on the cubs squad this year, but for the next decade i believe this club will go as far as zambrano's arm takes them. he's that good, and that young. god bless you carlos. god bless you.

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:31 am

I would get Z a nylon net for which would not chafe as much when Larry Rothschild has to ride his horse out to the mound to calm him down, and make the tranquilizer darts a little smaller too. Zambrano is the man...keep wining el loco toro.

Submitted by SM on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:31 am

Z's best moment was that homer he hit against Wade Miller at Houston in 2003. It was the turning point of the season. (I remember being pissed that Dusty let Z hit for himself, too.)

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:35 am

Oh wow, the slide he slid on that triple last year, LOL!

Submitted by Chris on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:41 am

I recall Jon Miller (giants pbp guy) being very perturbed about zambrano's "festive demonstration!" after getting bonds on that line-out.

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:46 am

WAs it a lineu-out, and I'm mis-remembering it as a strike out, or were there two different instances? I'm pretty darn sure there was also a K. That was also the series, if I recall, that one of our SPs plunked Barry. But yeah, I remember Jon Miller being all upset. Now, of course, he celebrates Zambrano's zest. Hey, there could be some endorsement opportunities there.... Proctor and Gamble need to think of a Zambrano's Zest line for their soap. That commercial would rule!

Submitted by Scotty Mac on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:09 am

we should get him voice recognition software for his computer, so he doesnt have to type

Submitted by dbt on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:10 am

Trans: Retrosheet says that's the only game Z pitched against SF that year, and that was his only AB (two BBs).

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 06:31 am

It's so comforting to know there are enterprising researchers out there to compensate for my porous memory. Thanks!

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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