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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, ten players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, two players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players are 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
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2 
Seiya Suzuki, OF
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 2
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

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




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Submitted by Rob G. on
The much anticipated, season saving return of Wade Miller is tonight. Thanks for joining the club in such a timely fashion. Be sure to pitch really well so you can show off for your future employeer. Guzman once again pitched poorly last night, falling behind in the count and then laying a meatball right down the middle of the plate to avoid the walk. Sort of the anti-Marmol, but same cruddy result. Since the Cubs are playing for nothing and Guzman probably has the most talent in the Cubs farm system, you stick with him through the rest of the year and hope he can turn a corner sooner rather than later. Go Cubs! GAME ONE HUNDRED-FORTY-TWO IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT] CHICAGO CUBS (56-85, (Draft) 2nd, 3.5 GB) AT ATLANTA BRAVES (67-73, (WC) 6th, 7 GB) Turner Field, 6:05 pm CDT Weather: Partly Cloudy, 80 degrees, Wind from L to R @ 7 mph TV: CSN, DirecTV 737 Radio: WGN, XM 184
Chuck James, LHP 8-3, 3.65 ERA, 88.2 IP 60 K, 34 BB, 14 HR 232/311/423 againstWade Miller, RHP (Guess the Year) 15-4, 3.28 ERA, 164.2 IP 144 K, 62 BB, 14 HR 249/322/387 against
*Juan Pierre, CF Ryan Theriot, 2B Aramis Ramirez, 3B Derrek Lee, 1B Matt Murton, LF *Jacque Jones, RF Henry Blanco, C Ronny Cedeno, SS Wade Miller, P Marcus Giles, 2B Willy Aybar, 3B *Adam LaRoche, 1B Andruw Jones, CF *Brian McCann, C Jeff Francoeur, RF *Ryan Langerhans, LF Tony Pena Jr., SS *Chuck James, P
Cubs vs. James: No Cubs with more than 10 Ab's Braves vs. Miller: Edgar Renteria: 0-22, 000/185/000 Chipper Jones: 7-16, 438/500/813 Andruw Jones: 4-15, 267/333/333
I know Renteria has had his problems with Miller but how long ago did all that happen?

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/09/2006 - 09:00 pm

haha #1.

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 09/09/2006 - 09:34 pm

Wow, I am really excited about this game... I might even renew my subscription to the Tribune... Thank you Jim Hendry for making this a memorable year.... Thank you Dusty Bake for proving me right once again that you are not the right man for the job... And thank you Wade Miller for joining the team in september... I hope this years salary has allowed you to get that highly anticipated anchor for your yacht.... And thank you everyone for joining me on this wondeful night in September to celebrate what being a Cubs fan is all about...

Submitted by Dusty Baylor on Sat, 09/09/2006 - 09:58 pm

More like, thank you Wade Miller for helping to be an anchor dragging the team down tonight... Another short start by the Cubs staff....pathetic.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/09/2006 - 09:15 pm

cubs are 30 games under .500 30. thirty. wow.

Submitted by MikeC on Sat, 09/09/2006 - 09:17 pm

The Tribune is greasing the Brenly for manager angle. http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-060909b… I did like this quote... At the same time, when things turned bad in Arizona in 2004, Brenly said he went back to the basics. "We had spring training workouts just about every day," he said. "We would be out on the field at 1 in the afternoon, and one day we'd get all the outfielders out there and play the angles off the walls, the next day we'd come out and work on bunt defense, we'd do cutoffs. "You have to do that. You can't assume just by being around the ballpark, they're going to figure it out on their own. A lot of these guys reached this level based on their talent alone, more so now than ever in the history of the game. A lot of the time, they don't know how to play the game. They know how to swing a bat, they know how to throw a ball, but they don't know what base to throw to in certain situations or where to hit the ball in certain situations." I think Brenly is too close to the style of Baker, but if he can carry that kind of attitude over, I don't know. That line of thinking is drastically different from Baker who says he has no time to teach at the ML level, that players need to be ready before they get to him. Check out the article. There are also some other interesting quotes.

Submitted by PeteM on Sat, 09/09/2006 - 09:18 pm

"And thank you Wade Miller for joining the team in september... I hope this years salary has allowed you to get that highly anticipated anchor for your yacht...." First Miller's not getting paid very much, and has yet to get his first big contract so I doubt he's floating around on a yacht. Besides, he can borrow MacFail's yacht if he needs to. I read somewhere the other day that MacPhail has only shown up to 10-12 Cubs games this season so if there is any doubt his dedication to this team, and his place within the franchise is greatly exaggerated. He may as well join the marketing dept since that's what he's mainly doing anyway.

Submitted by Pell Mell on Sat, 09/09/2006 - 09:02 pm

John Brattain at the Hardball Times assessing LAD's playoff chances: "Toss in an eastern swing through New York and Chicago and finishing the season in Colorado and San Francisco, and youíve got a recipe for a meltdown." http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/its-down-to-this/ I assume that by referring to the trip through Chicago as a hardship for the Dodgers, he means simply that the rigors of travel might wear them out. Or maybe he envisions Garciaparra stumbling over a flight attendant's rolling suitcase at O'Hare, causing every bone in his body to shatter. Surely, though, he cannot mean that the actual Cubs pose some sort of threat. Well, I'm being harsh. The Cubs could harm the Dodgers by: 1. putting spoiled meat in the clubhouse deli spread 2. locking Roberto Novoa in the Dodgers' locker room with a sign on his back reading "no takebacks" 3. hiring Grady Little back and...oh, wait, no 4. losing every game, making the Dodgers overconfident

Submitted by Urbs in Horto on Sun, 09/10/2006 - 09:26 am

This is proving to be an amazing year: - The Cubs have to win seven of the 20 remaining games to avoid 100 losses. I strongly doubt that that's going to happen. Think about it: $100 million. 100 losses. - Unless a Cubs starter goes the distance in the next 20 games, this will be the first time in the modern era - the first time since 1900 - that a team will have gone an entire season without a complete game. Think about it: No complete games. Not even one. Amazing. Well done, Andy, Jim, Dusty! The towel boys probably could have done a better job than you genuises - but never mind, there's always next year. You make me so very proud to be a Cubs fan.

Submitted by Smilin' Tim Wilkens on Sun, 09/10/2006 - 09:50 am

We gained a game on EVERYONE last night! Only 2.5 games behind the Royals now. Here's our battle cry for the game today: We're #2! We CAN do this. W L GB KC 54 89 - CHC 56 86 2.5 TB 57 85 3.5 PIT 58 85 4

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 09/10/2006 - 09:58 am

The Boise Hawks lost to Salem 2-1 on an 11th inning, two out, two strike wild pitch with men on 2nd and 3rd. Who's their pitching coach, Ryan Dempster? The Hawks are down 2-1 in a best of 5 series. Do or die for them from now on...Jake Renshaw pitches tonight.

Submitted by Sweet Lou on Sun, 09/10/2006 - 09:41 am

In a previous thread, someone asked why Dusty Baker was receiving so much criticism when so much of the blame for this season rests on Jim Hendry's shoulders. I responded that I agreed that Hendry deserved the lion's share of the blame for this lousy season, but that Dusty was an easy target since he was out in front of the media and the fans every day. While I think this is true, I think there's more to it than that. Dusty joined the Cubs in 2003 with the attitude "Why not us?" It was refreshing to have a manager who snubbed his nose at the losing history of the franchise and focused instead on winning now. He promptly took the team to the post season and came very close to getting in to the WS. In 2004 all the good feelings built up in 2003 were lost. With arguably a better team, Dusty allowed personality clashes and off field issues to ruin the season. I know some will disagree about Dusty's culpability, but IMO, it is the managers job to keep the clubhouse on an even keel and to difuse any controversies. Dusty didn't do that and the team imploded down the stretch. In 2005 and 2006, Hendry didn't give Dusty the most talented teams, but the truth is that Dusty didn't do much with what he was given. He made excuses for the team's bad performance and tried to divert attention by talking about the racist hate mail he gets from Cubs fans. This, coupled with the odd in-game decisions he makes has turned many fans against him. Truth is, no one could have made a winner out of the 2006 Cubs. They were doomed from the beginning. But Dusty did nothing to make the team better. A good manager can help his team overcome obstacles and can create a winning attitude, even in the midst of adversity. Dusty not only didn't improve the situation, he actually helped to make it worse. At the moment, Dusty has a 312 - 316 W-L record with the Cubs. Dusty does a fine job when he has his "horses," but he seems befuddled whenever the going gets tough. What I and a lot of Cubs fans thought we were getting in 2003 with Dusty was one of the premiere managers in all of baseball. What we ended up with was a run-of-the-mill manager with an overrated reputation. It's true that Dusty gets more criticism than he deserves for this season, but I think the frustration is with the body of his work in Chicago, not just with the 2006 season. As fans, we thought Dusty was going to bring something to the table that was going to turn the fortunes of the franchise around and turn the team from lovable losers into winners. Instead, he helped to turn the lovable losers into just losers.

Submitted by Santos Sorrow on Sun, 09/10/2006 - 09:53 am

hi friends, wanted to give you all a heads up. a major threshold for the cub organization has just been eclipsed. andy macphail's first full season with the team was 1995. through last night's game, macphail is 915-1001. 1000 losses!!

Submitted by Ryno on Sun, 09/10/2006 - 09:55 am

I'm looking at the box score from yesterday... Miller 3.0 12.00 Ryu 2.2 10.29 Walrond 0.1 14.29... Horay for double-digit ERAs... lol

Submitted by Ryno on Sun, 09/10/2006 - 09:03 am

If anyone still cares... Pierre Bynum Ramirez Jones Murton Mabry Blanco Cedeno Mateo v. Lance Cormier... a ground ball pitcher. He's bounced around between minors & majors this year, has a mediocre fastball, good changeup, curve.

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  • Bill (view)

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    I wanted Almonte gone last week, but that was before Merryweather went down and Little got demoted. Almonte in his last 5 appearances has gone 4.1 IP with no ER or Runs. NO hits, 3 BBs and 8 SO. He did hit 96 with his 2S FB in AZ on Tues.
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    That's why I think the current Bullpen stays as is and Wicks goes to Iowa.
    I don't like that, but that's the fix I see.
    We'll find out soon enough!!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Teheran minor league deal is done, per MLB.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Based on Phil’s sound analysis it sounds like a no brainer for Almonte to be placed on waivers as today’s roster move. We shall see.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I suspect Counsell/Hottovy will use the piggy-back extensively, with Taillon and Hendricks pitching as the "pig" (and with a very short leash) and some combo of Wicks, Brown, and Wesneski (whichever two do not start) as the "backers."  

    Keep in mind that Keegan Thompson has a minor league option available, and if Yency Almonte is not outrighted by 4/26 he cannot be sent to the minors without his consent after that date. Almonte is out of minor league options, so I am talking about him getting outrighted to the minors if he is not claimed off waivers, and if he is claimed off waivers, the Cubs save the pro-rated portion of his $1.9M salary, which helps lower the Cubs 2024 AAV.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Totally agree. The 26 man roster very rarely consists of the 13 best position players and 13 best pitchers.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Based on what Jed has done in the past, I’d say the plan is to

    -give Hendricks another few starts
    -give Taillon some runway ot get his season underway

    -Mix and match in the bullpen and see what sticks

    Jed usually doesn’t do a whole lot of waiver wire plays in-season, at least early in the season. He only reallly did that after he blew up the rosters in 21 and 22 because they needed bodies (guys like Schwindel, Fargas, etc).

    I think he’s a little handcuffed by a full 40 man in that he can’t really maneuver much with giving anyone showing ability at AAA (R Thompson/ Sanders/ Edwards etc). Brewer has the most tenuous grip there, and we will see what kind of chance he gets. Other than his spot, there isn’t a ton of 40 man wiggle room.

    I’m very curious to see what happens with Brown now that Taillon returns. Bullpen? Wicks to Iowa? 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Pro teams have to play their "big money" guys if they are healthy and not "locker room" issues.
    The Cubs wanted to deal JHey off well before they bought him out. They just didn't want to pay him to play for someone else for that long. Jed did give him 20+mil to play for LAD last yr.
    Jed might also let Kyle walk at some point this year. Similar scenario to JHey, except Jed thought Kyle was going to be good/solid in '24!!
    You'd think Smyly is in the same book as well. Same with Neris (he's a 1yr vet RP, so he's not really in this convo too much).
    That's ~35mil between those three and those three are going to get opportunities until at least late June) over younger guys even if their performance is "iffy".
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    So, Taillon, Imanaga, and Hendricks are locks for the rest of April and probably May.
    Assad, Brown and Wicks handle the last spots until Steele is ready.
    Now, you're question has real merit when Steele comes back. That will interesting if Brown is still good and Hendricks is still bad. But Taillon is entirely safe as long as he's healthy.

    And the bullpen moves were "money" based as well. Smyly has actually been okay. But he hasn't been clearly better than Little. Little had one bad outing. But Smyly makes 9mil. If they needed another RHRP and one of Little and Smyly had to go, it was going to Little. But that doesn't mean Smyly is one of the best 13 arms for the team. 

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