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40-Man Roster Info

40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* 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: 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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More Coaching Hires

Piniella added a few more bodies to his coaching staff today. Mike Quade was formally announced not only as third base coach, but also as an outfield instructor and baserunning coach. Matt Sinatro, who formerly worked under Lou Piniella as a bullpen coach, will take over first base duties along with catching instructor. Lester Strode was named bullpen coach. Strode had been the Cubs minor league pitching coordinator for the last eleven years. That should only leave the hitting coach with former Red Sox coach Ron Jackson and former Reds coach Chris Chambliss leading the list. Dave Keller has also been mentioned, a Cubs minor league roving instructor.

Comments

Brewers are also looking at Chambliss as a hitting coach btw...

btw AZ Phil mentioned a minority likely being hired to fill out the coaching staff in the previous thread, Lester Strode would qualify for that.

some Canadian moron from a few days ago... http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/columnist.jsp?content=20061024_205932_… Despite denials to the contrary, watch for the Yankees to deal Alex Rodriguez to the Cubs (who will turn him back into a shortstop) for Aramis Ramirez and some pitching. It says here that A-Rod will thrive in Wrigleyville, where the fans love superstars ... Poor canadiens, he also says earlier in the article to look for Girardi to be named Yanks bench coach.

Nice promotion for Les Strode. He has been the Cubs minor league pitching coordinator for the last 11 years. As MLPC, Strode was the senior pitching coach at the Cubs Spring Training Minor League Camp and Extended Spring Training, as well as chief pitching coach for the Cubs Arizona Instructional League team. He also supervised the minor league pitching coaches during the regular season, and worked closely with Oneri Fleita in deciding where each pitcher in the minor league system should be assigned. I can't say that he has the coaching or instructional skills of Iowa pitching coach Alan Dunn, but Lester Strode knows every pitcher in the Cubs organization. He knows their histories, he knows their stengths and weaknesses, and he knows what makes them tick.

I like the way the Piniella is going about his staff, a good mixture of guys he trusts who will bring a new perspective (Trammell, Sinatro) and some guys from within the system who know the players, their histories and tendencies and what has or hasn't worked for them.

brewers ended up hiring some fella named Jim Skaalen as their hitting coach, leaving Chambliss for us if we wish. Felix Pie is 10-27 in the DWL so far with 2 doubles and 7 RBI's, 3 K's and 1 BB

I like the move for Les Strode as well and had always wondered whether he would simply be named pitching coach if Rothschild was not brought back. Does it possibly signal that the team will go with a "home grown" bullpen the next few years (rather than the overpriced-yet-mediocre Eyre/Howry/Remlinger/Veres bullpens of the past)?

Wow, if a team with 83 wins can win the WS, certainly the Cubs can, right? F#*K!!!! Mother F-ing CARDINALS!!!! WTF??? wow, the baseball gods really hate Cubs fans...

congratulations to the worst world series champions of all time. i see no reason the cubs can't finish with more wins than them next year. the question is, do they get more aggressive this offseason (like the white sox did, adding thome) or try to bring back the band for another try (in which case i see them being right around 500 again and not make the playoffs). any team that has 300 truly awful hitters (molina, belliard, wilson) in its healthy lineup is very catchable. see you in april, bitches.

3=300 i got confused bc 300 is very close to their collective OBP sadly, i'm not kidding.

"wow, the baseball gods really hate Cubs fans..." Yes, yes they do.

Now we have to hear from Hendry about the 83-win Cards and how that's a legitimate target for the Cubs to be contenders. Bah.

Saito would be fantastic, but he isn't a free agent yet and I haven't heard anything about Softbank posting him.

DC Tom, Howry and Eyre may be overpriced but they are far better than mediocre. You are correct on the other two though.

what about Von Joshua. Thought he would have been the 1st choice for hitting because he has already proved from his past record his experience with these players. And his past experience as a player. Doesn't Chambliss go team to team with friends? Joshua's record was the best with the Sox, but I believe he was fired as a scapegoat because Manuel had another 2 yrs on his contract. Like to see him with the players he has already developed them why not have him there to keep them all on track. Why start their players with another coach when Joshua had alot to do with getting them there. I know they are getting coaches now that haven't played in the majors/world series but what is Kellers record as a hitting coach with a major league team? Seems like Quade,Strode,Joshua would be a good mix.

Recent comments

  • Charlie (view)

    I worry that Morel will lose starts at 3B as long as this roster lacks a compelling DH.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.