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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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TCR Friday Notes

Submitted by Rob G. on
I actually wasn't going to do one today, but after spending all morning working on something for the site, I felt the need to unveil it upon you all. But first... - Dayn Perry HATES the Cubs. The article ranges from the absurd to the obvious. My favorite gem:
(Derrek) Lee must stay healthy. While it's not likely he'll ever again be as dominant as he was in 2005, he is capable of returning to his typical "very good but not great" self. Provided he avoids injury.
While certainly there's truth behind the statement, who's really worried about him getting injured? A bad luck broken bone last year and we're walking on eggshells with him all of sudden? Didn't Sammy Sosa get hit by a pitch in 1996 that prematurely ended his season? Was everyone freaking out that he'll never be able to play a full season again? - Well you can't accuse the Cubs and Tribco of being corporate douchebags (at least not all the time). Here's a bit from Rusch's agent Tony Tanzer (emphasis added):
"He could stop taking his medication and play now, but he would have a recurrence," Tanzer said. "His plans are for 2008." Tanzer said the Cubs would be his first choice, just because they tried to keep him on the roster this season for one more year of service time toward retirement benefits. "Loyalty begets loyalty," Tanzer said. "He hopes to come [to Chicago] this spring and maybe work some in spring."
Apparently Hendry is a big fan of "My Name is Earl", time to payback all the bad karma in your life (or at least try). - In other reading, Wrigleyville 23 gives us the real story behind the Cliff Floyd signing, we're up to 116 on The Bottom 126 Cubs of all-time, Jeff Sackman of "Beyond the Boxscore" runs a Cubs preview using PECOTA as a prediction tool and comes up with 86 to 90 wins for us next year and "The Transaction Guy" has migrated to MVN.com finally (written by someone you know in the comments). - My morning project was this page, you can now easily add TCR stories to your favorite RSS reader or personal web page, even get stories emailed to you or sent to your cellphone(they'll be no more excuses for not reading us). Let me know if you think I should add any other sites and there will be a link to that page in the Author's Box sometime soon. Next on my agenda, is a "Stats" page, you'll see what I mean when I get it done.

Comments

Submitted by Andrew on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 01:10 pm

I still think his FoxSports mug shot makes him look like Cillian Murphy would if he sucked down a bag of donuts a day.

Submitted by Daniel Rathman on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 01:19 pm

Dayn Perry has no clue what he's talking/writing about. He only gets credibility because his co-writer at Fox Sports, Ken Rosenthal, is one of the best.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 01:53 pm

I think the Cubs are in a weaker position then they should be considering how much they spent....does that mean I hate the Cubs? In all seriousness, that article was pretty lame...but my biggest contention is with the idea that the Cubs pitchers need to throw the most strikeouts. Hogwash...what they need to do is throw less walks. If that means less K's, and a few more errors...I'm still all for it.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 01:37 pm

This is the guy who "ranked" the GM's. I remember at the time I stated that we should rate internet baseball writers and send it to him!

Submitted by silent towel on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 01:38 pm

Dayn Perry is yet another alleged sabermetrician "smart guy" who thinks he has all the answers. To him, baseball is played via a video game. I'd be shocked if he's ever set foot on a real live baseball diamond, either as a kid or growing up. He was the kid picked last in gym class.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 01:04 pm

Such Angst. The funny thing is that he even got some of his sabermatics wrong, the Cubs by those measures were a pretty good fielding team last year and expect to be better this year - with a full year of Izturis, Lee and Soriano.

Submitted by nate on Fri, 01/26/2007 - 01:09 pm

"A bad luck broken bone last year and we’re walking on eggshells with him all of sudden?" True dat Rob. There's also this gem from today's BP chat with Kevin Goldstein: "dills! (chicago): how bad are my beloved and hated Cubs going to be this year? Can they make 75 wins? Kevin Goldstein:They can make 75 wins. Probably not much more than that." 75 wins? With Soriano and A-Ram and Lee and Zambrano, in a severely depleted NL Central? Even for BP that's pretty pessimistic, I think we can at least pull in a winning season!

Submitted by JD, Too on Sat, 01/27/2007 - 01:35 am

“dills! (chicago): how bad are my beloved and hated Cubs going to be this year? Can they make 75 wins? Kevin Goldstein:They can make 75 wins. Probably not much more than that.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, that's MY last name. But that's not me. I'm gonna shake the family tree and take down that pessimist.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 01/27/2007 - 01:45 am

KG's a good baseball man, but i dunno about that cubs projection...seems a little negative from an objective view. you'd have to discount all the additions as negatives (soriano excluded) and project dlee/aram for being less-than-expected contributors...

Submitted by JS on Sat, 01/27/2007 - 01:33 pm

they can say all they want, it'll be decided on the field, but i don't see how they don't see how potent that lineup can and will be.

Submitted by no on Sat, 01/27/2007 - 01:52 pm

I can't remember which Dayn Perry column from last fall included his calling someone out for being out of shape but it made me chuckle as I scrolled back up to gaze at his pasty fat-fuck face, made all the more appealing by those stupid art-nerd glasses the dipshit wears. Dude needs to lay off the complimentary donuts in the FoxSports.com lounge. This week he's got a picture of Hendry in the article, thereby setting up innumerable "Seperated at Birth?" jokes.

Submitted by emme on Sun, 01/28/2007 - 01:52 am

"Jacque Jones must be platooned. Religiously. Jones has never been able to hit lefties, and with Matt Murton on the roster (and now out of a starting job) there's no need to run him out there against port-siders. " What exactly does he mean by out of a starting job? I thought Nurton is expected to get 400 or so at bats next year? "Kerry Wood needs to work out of the bullpen and eventually become the closer. Wood isn't warming to the idea of pitching in relief, but it's clear he'll never be able to stay healthy as a starter. Giving him the closer's job should sate his ego. " I thought Kerry Wood pretty much made it clear that he understood that if he is to make a comeback he'll have to do it from the bullpen. At least initially. And I can't disagree more about putting Soriano in the middle of the line up. He belongs in the lead-off spot. His OBP has always been higher when batting out of the one spot. In addition, when it comes to his home run numbers, RBI #'s and SLG. he's at his best when he's batting lead-off.

Submitted by Eric the Great on Sun, 01/28/2007 - 01:22 pm

These guys are such Cub-haters. There are question marks on the Cubs sure, but what NL team doesn't have plenty? The fact is, the NL has less quality and more parity right now than I can ever remember. Anyone that is a .500 quality team has a very real shot at the pennant, and IMO, the Cubs are a .500 quality team. Further, while these guys want to harp on the Cubs weak spots, how about their strengths? Deepest bullpen in the division, second deepest (behind SD) in the league. There will be no less than 10 (!) pitchers in camp with big league starting experience, and each either has a track record of putting up quality numbers at some point as a ML starter, or is a bona-fide high ceiling prospect. Look at the pitching disasters waiting to happen in NY and especially, St Louis. You think they might like some of our pitching depth? Offensively, the move to CF by Soriano makes the Cubs a MUCH more potent offense. I count three guys in the starting lineup with 40+ HR, 100+ RBI track records, three others with 300+ BA track records (Murton, Jones and Barrett), and depending on playing time, Jones and Floyd are each 20+ HR, 80+ RBI guys. Oh yeah, and while no all-star, Mark DeRosa has a bit of pop, too. The 2007 Cubs shape up as a pretty decent team, I wouldn't be all THAT excited were we in the American League, but we're not. Let's take the NL Central crown and see where things go in October.

Submitted by JoePepitone on Sun, 01/28/2007 - 01:10 pm

Silent Towel -- Get Help. First you take every opportunity to you can to scream "pussy" at some "millionaire athlete" who fails to meet your standards (despite the fact that you are completely ignorant about the healing arts and all things medical). Having trashed your own credibility as an insightful, intelligent person, we now get to hear your critiques of the Cubs' GM, farm system executives and a sport journalist, and -- surprise!! -- we hear more schoolyard insults ("He was the kid picked last in gym class"). Sounds like someone who feels -- inadequate. Stop overcompensating. We don't care how small it is.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Tue, 01/30/2007 - 01:38 pm

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

    also, wisdom and taillon are both in chicago.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

    p.wisdom was not in today's lineup in iowa (rained out) and he was removed from the game last night mid-game, but not for injury.  good bet he's with the team in the bigs, too.

  • Bill (view)

    A good rule of thumb is that if you trade a near-ready high ceiling prospect, you should get at least two far-away high ceiling prospects in return.  Like all rules-of-thumb, it depends upon the specific circumstances, but certainly, we weren't going to get Busch for either prospect alone.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    I suspect Brown will spend some time in the bullpen due to inning restrictions.  Pitched only 93 innings last year and career high is 104 innings in 2022.  I would expect them to be cautious with a young player with his injury history.

  • 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.
    I don't see Jed waiving him when we have injuries all over and guys with options that can be sent down.
    I probably won't like the move Jed makes, but he can't play the "let's hope no one wants his 1.7mil remaining deal and we can hide him in Iowa" card.
    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!!!

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