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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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Tasty Names Redux

Submitted by Transmission on
Huh, I had forgotten about This Entry from last Thanksgiving, the All-Food team. For your consuming pleasure, here it is, again, with a few updates. The only eligiblity requirements for the team are that the player: A. has a food-related name B. at some point played for the Cubs C. has a food-related name that is so delicious, and plays a position where the Cubs don't have a home-grown alternative, thus requiring an imaginary trade so that we can complete our roster. There isn't much pitching or infield depth to this team, but you've got to love the outfield...
C - Pickles Dillhoefer 1B - Catfish Metkovich 2B - Rabbit Warstler SS - Rabbit Maranville 3B - Pie Traynor (Acquired by Cubs from the Pittsburgh Pirates) LF - Peanuts Lowrey CF - Turkey Stearns (Acquired by Cubs from the Kansas City Monarchs) RF - Goose Goslin (Acquired by Cubs from the Washington Senators) SP - Steve Trout SP - Noodles Hahn (Acquired by Cubs from the Cincinnati Reds) SP - Doug Bird RP - Goose Gossage RP - Sweetbreads Bailey RP - Ducky Swan (Acquired by Cubs from the Federal League's Kansas City Packers) RP - Herb Brett (thanks to KJK) Backup Corner OF Candy Maldonado Ginger Beaumont (thanks to KJK) Backup MI Bobby Sturgeon (Another KJK discovery) Backup Catchers Damon Berryhill Peaches Graham Porky Pawelek Del Rice Manager - Herman Franks Third Base Coach - Cookie Rojas
And this is all before factoring in Felix Pie and Rocky Cherry, or potential trades for Tim Salmon and Jim Rice, or creative liberties like manager Jim French Frey, Hank Sauer Kraut, or Jeff Pico de Gallo. Several of these names were produced from comments last year, anything new to add?

Comments

Submitted by SlamDog on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:41 am

You can also add to the coaching staff, ex manager in the 60's Cookie Lavagetto or however you spell it.

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:45 am

Didn't manage the Cubs, but we could always sign him to the coaching staff, sure. Two cookies. mmmmm.....

Submitted by matt of america on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:46 am

ryne sandburger? no, no. how about a dusty bakery? no, thats dumb. too bad "donuts" isnt really part of rusch's name...

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:48 am

Points for the effort, Matt. Baseball-reference.com is the place to go to hunt for these sorts of things.....

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:05 am

I'm really not sure if I ever would want to eat a rocky cherry..... But yes, with Cherry Pie we have a GREAT farm team.

Submitted by kjk on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:18 am

don't forget your herbs and spices! Herb Brett Pitcher 1924-1925 Ginger Beaumont Outfielder 1910

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:26 am

wow, I'd never seen that before, awesome.... that'll be fun to work through...

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:29 am

The all Z team: 1B: Julio Zuleta 2B - Rollie Zeider 3B - Todd Zeile SS - Heinie Zimmerman (moved from Third) OF - Eduardo Zambrano OF - Dutch Zwilling OF - Don Zimmer (moved from Third) P - Zip Zabel P - Geoff Zahn P - Carlos Zambrano P - Oscar Zamora P - George Zettlein P - Bob Zick

Submitted by kjk on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:29 am

Wow! Larry French and Lonnie Frey were both Cubs in 1937! (Slow day at work)

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:38 am

should be a busy day working from home, but haven't gotten out of PJs yet.

Submitted by kjk on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:02 am

A few more... Ox Miller Pitcher 1947 Mike O'Berry Catcher 1980 Ruben Quevedo Pitcher 2000 Len Rice Catcher 1945 Hal Rice Outfielder 195 Bobby Sturgeon Shortstop 1940-1947

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:04 am

I found the Rices, but totally missed the boat on Ruben... Technically, the spelling is Rueben (hey, I'm from Omaha, we fight with NYC about who invented the sandwich.....) Bobby Sturgeon, awesome....

Submitted by kjk on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:25 am

Ah rueben ... The list hardly comprehensive. I skipped all the Franks and that guy Shad Something. And since this is America, I didn't put in all the exotic foods like Kitty Something and the Fox(x)es. I'm enjoying that History Section of Cubs.com. Just found it today. Some good stuff in there. I hope someday to find a clip of Dave Kingman getting fooled, swinging off balance with one hand, breaking his bat (I think) and still putting it in the center field bleachers. Anyone else remember that?

Submitted by dc60124 on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:40 am

holy moly a kjk sighting !! next thing you know matt huber will be back and hollering (rightly) for brian roberts. => was "mousse" skowron ever a cub? shoulda, coulda, woulda.....

Submitted by kjk on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:40 am

howdy, DC!

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:31 pm

Moose (Mousse, nice) will be on the All Animal team....

Submitted by Bleeding Blue on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:46 pm

... Technically, the spelling is Rueben (hey, I'm from Omaha, we fight with NYC about who invented the sandwich.....) At least no one will argue with you about who came up with the Runza!

Submitted by kjk on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:58 pm

Moose (Mousse, nice) will be on the All Animal team.... having gone through the entire database this morning, i'd say this is entirely doable. things get shaky if we try to do that All Body Parts team. this being a family site, mr. tidrow and a hundred other Cubs would probably not be welcome with Bill Hands and Barry Foote...

Submitted by Joey from Iowa on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:00 pm

Gawwwwwdddddd.....Runza gives me really bad gas. How about Larry....stay with me....Bittner??? Play on the name: Bitter Vintner Biter (Southern Iowa vernacular for beer, or Mini-Me depending on your perspective) Wed afternoon is so slow before Turkey Day. Joey

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:11 pm

It surprises me how well-known the Runza is. I've never been a big fast food guy, but always liked Runzas, and the fries they serve. I challenge someone to do the all Body Part team, without using more than Two Dicks.

Submitted by Scott de B. on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:24 pm

Mmmmmm.....Runzas.

Submitted by dc60124 on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:36 pm

have no idea what a runza is...could it be as good as venison sausage?? (sorry i led a sheltered life)

Submitted by kjk on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:42 pm

Dick Pole and a million Johnsons Sounds like the name of a punk band.

Submitted by Phil on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:45 pm

Slighty OT, but Steve's comment reminds me of one of my favorite signs at a football game. It was at the HHH Dome and the Vikings QB Warren Moon was injured and Brad Johnson was replacing him. Sign said "If you liked our Moon, you'll love our Johnson."

Submitted by steve on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:06 pm

If I were to make a all body parts team it would be impossible with only listing two Dicks. But I did find pitcher Bill Hands, catcher Barry Foote, and pitcher Seth Moorehead. Then you got Kerry Wood and Todd Dunwoody. I have wasted a lot of precious time today.

Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:08 pm

LOL

Submitted by kjk on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:22 pm

How could we forget these guys? Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown Pitcher 1904-1912 Dave Beard Pitcher 1985 Rod Beck Pitcher 1998-1999 Footsie Blair Second Base 1929-1931 Guy Bush Pitcher 1923-1934 Doc Curley Second Base 1899

Submitted by dc60124 on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:34 pm

thanks for the link trans. if we give z the nickname of "two-run", he could join the all food team: two-RUN ZAmbrano. tick, tock, tick, tock...only 30 more minutes until the starting gun goes off. praise the lord and pass the ammunition !!

Submitted by steve on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:36 pm

Back to baseball, Angels and Gary Matthews agree to 5 year, $50 million deal.

Submitted by steve on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:39 pm

I could have also included Antonio "Six Fingers, Six Toes" Alfonseca.

Submitted by Cubsnerd on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:34 pm

Well, hopefully Donnie Veal will make it up to the majors soon so we can get some pitching depth. And if we got really desperate for another pitcher we could let Milt Pap(p)as onto the team. Then, if we had Chip Caray announcing the game we'd have a bilingual compliment to French and Frey. Ok, Iím reaching a bit there.

Submitted by Cubsnerd on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:12 pm

How 'bout Roe Skidmore? Not sure what position he played. Looks like he only played in one game and only pinch hit in that one. He retired with the major league record for highest batting average and OBP though.

Submitted by Yoo Kyoo on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:01 pm

Moose Skowron for the All Animal Team! How about adding Bull Durham to that one?

Submitted by Joey from Iowa on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:05 pm

For the food team, my all time favorite Cub: George "The Baron" Mitterwald. You see, there's a sandwich called The Baron...... Never mind. Joey

Submitted by SlamDog on Wed, 11/22/2006 - 11:47 pm

Roe Skidmore was an Illinois native from Decatur and attended Milliken U in Decatur.

Submitted by danville joe on Thu, 11/23/2006 - 11:39 am

The result may be Grimm, but I'll take a Chance with Johnny Kling peaches.

Submitted by Mr. Whipple on Thu, 11/23/2006 - 11:05 am

Adam Dunn?

Submitted by ignatius73 on Thu, 11/23/2006 - 11:59 am

Never a Cub, but Jimmy Gobble merits a mention today.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    he's a low-level cubs star in the modern history of the cubs (c.zambrano, k.wood, r.dempster, etc), but that star has dimmed...and has been dimming since 2021.

    2024 has been ugly the whole way and we're only in mid-april.  homers aside (even though there's been 7 in 17ip) he gave up 29 hits in 20 spring innings and 31 in 17 regular season innings.

    he's pretty much only got 2 pitches at this point in his career and the mix isn't fooling anyone.  he threw a noticable amount more curves in his last start to add to the mix and it didn't help his issues.  he don't have many moves left to break out.

  • Eric S (view)

    Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)

  • Eric S (view)

    Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts.  Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season.  Ouch.  

  • crunch (view)

    m.busch had 0hr and 2 doubles when he was last at wrigley.

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  • Eric S (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • Eric S (view)

    The fifth inning has not been kind to Wicks this season. Giving up leadoff doubles to Tucker Barnhart is also not good for business. IIRC, the Cubs are on the hook for the majority of Barnhart’s salary this season to add insult to injury (could definitely be wrong here). 

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