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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are 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
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Game 33 Thread/ Cubs @ Phillies (1 of 3)

Submitted by Rob G. on
Game Chat Rich Hill vs. Cole Hamels Lineups:
Soriano LF Rollins SS
Theriot SS Victorino RF
Lee 1b Rowand CF
Ramirez 3B Utley 2B
Barrett C Burrell LF
Murton RF Helms 1B
DeRosa 2B Nunez 3b
Pagan CF Barajas C
Hill P Hamels P
Back in the old country they call this a good pitching matchup.

Comments

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:18 pm

LOU SITS JJ AGAINST A LEFTY?! Can Pagan get on against this strike-out pitcher? Intrigue for tonight...

Submitted by Jace on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:23 pm

I like the lineup. Let's see if Murton can get going now that this is his third game in a row... It'd be good to see DeRosa do something, too...

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:41 pm

"Halladay to DL with acute appendicitis, expected to miss about a month." OWCH! Bummer...

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:20 pm

Donnie Veal (1-4, ERA ~ 6.00) who thinks maybe he's been trying too hard in AA wrote this in his latest Journal entry: "Apparently, as a pitcher, when you pitch ahead in the count, the hitters get themselves out. When you pitch behind in the count, you get hit... hard! I already knew that, I'm just finally starting to do it." D V has walked 22 and struck out 31.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:53 pm

What a strange creature this Pat Burrell is. He hits home runs, with men on base, in his home ball park. The Cubs should look into acquiring such a player.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:00 pm

Actually, E-Man, it's Philly BAT -- singular. They have 5 runs on 4 hits -- 2 HRs by Burrell.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:20 pm

Looking like it could be a loooong road trip -- the Cubs never hit Garcia or Lieber (not that they are hitting anyone right now), then 4 with the Mets. Hendry needs to schedule more games against the Nats.

Submitted by eli18 on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:29 pm

this team just looks more and more like a .500 club. all that money spent and still too many innings killed by automatic outs.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:36 pm

"Hendry needs to schedule more games against the Nats." LOL! Could we play them for an entire season? My prediction was at .500 or a game below, I think, in our pool. Objectively, I didn't (and don't) think they are much better than that. I really, really, hope I'm wrong.

Submitted by Johann on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:47 pm

And the problem with being a .500 team is if we don't win in the next couple years we are screwed with backloaded contracts. I wish we would have gone into rebuilding mode, but eh well. Maybe we can pull of an amazing trade to get another bat. I'm not sure who out there is available at SS or 2B, but Izzy and DeRosa aren't going to cut it.

Submitted by eli18 on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:02 pm

i think DeRosa is every bit as limited as Jones. seems to have a single-plane swing - and if the ball ain't on that plane, it's whiffin time. just a shame that after some incredible FAs changed teams in the past several years that the big spending came in an off-year for FAs.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:20 pm

"ust a shame that after some incredible FAs changed teams in the past several years that the big spending came in an off-year for FAs." Our FA pitchers are doing well. The offense will get it going - but "when" it happens we're likely out of it for the Division.

Submitted by no on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:25 pm

*What a strange creature this Pat Burrell is. He hits home runs, with men on base, in his home ball park. The Cubs should look into acquiring such a player. * Or as he's called in my house now Pat "F*cking" Burrell. This guy sucks. I live in PA, you can trust me.

Submitted by Chris on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:04 pm

"this team just looks more and more like a .500 club." #15 I couldn't agree more. I think that's exactly what they are- .500 at best. It's obviously a vast improvement from last season but not too much to be excited about.

Submitted by Rynox on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:10 pm

As a big fan of the made up stat 'NP/PA' I happen to really like Burrell. I think he'll make believers out of many of you before the series is over.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:47 pm

FONTENOT hit another homerun tonight leading the Iowa Cubs to their 8th win in a row. 6HR, 24 RBI .// 348 .385 1.020

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:51 pm

he'll be up soon enough...ronnie's gotta play somewhere and they gotta keep his bat in the lineup or move him up. maybe his next stop is some time in LF/CF or the bigs.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:53 pm

woops...seems like he should be up soon enough...ronnie's blah blah blah...i meant to say. no talk of adding fontenot to the roster that ive heard of or a move to LF/CF...just speculation.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 05/11/2007 - 05:22 pm

just got back from Dodger Stadium, Randy Wolf sure can pitch a game too. :) And Ken Griffey is as fat in person as he is on TV.

Submitted by Cubs dig Solo … on Sat, 05/12/2007 - 05:06 am

Fontenot can't be called up. He's not even on the 40 man. The only way for Fontenot to even be considered to be called up is 1) Cubs outright release Cedeno and put Fontenot on the 40 man and 2) The Cubs decide to go with 11 pitchers instead of 12. The combination of the 2 moves makes entirely too much sense for the Chicago Cubs to do, thus would never happen.

Submitted by 10man on Sat, 05/12/2007 - 05:26 am

Comments by people on this blog are hilarious. Back and forth like waves tossed by a fickle wind. Win or lose let's at least be consistent of where we stand. Geez.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 05/12/2007 - 05:32 am

Cubs dig Solo Home Runs — May 12, 2007 @ 4:06 am Fontenot can’t be called up. He’s not even on the 40 man. The only way for Fontenot to even be considered to be called up is 1) Cubs outright release Cedeno and put Fontenot on the 40 man and 2) The Cubs decide to go with 11 pitchers instead of 12. The combination of the 2 moves makes entirely too much sense for the Chicago Cubs to do, thus would never happen. =========================== SOLO HR: If the Cubs really wanted Fontenot, there are a whole bunch of ways he could be added to the 40-man roster. Wood or Mateo could be transferred to the 60-day DL, or Prior could be recalled from his optional assignment and placed on 60-day DL, or Wade Miller could be DFA'd. As for the 25-man roster, Lou Piniella wants to carry 12 pitchers, so Fontenot would have to replace one of the position players. Pagan just got recalled and is platooning with J. Jones in CF, so I doubt that Pagan is going anywhere. Blanco is the back-up catcher. Izturis has too much service time (5+115) to be sent to the minors without his permission, and he's making too much money for the Cubs to consider releasing him. Floyd and Murton are platooning in RF, but even if Murton was the everyday RF, Floyd is making too much money for the Cubs to consider releasing him, and as a Type XX FA, he can't be traded until June 16th. Ward has been hitting well enough that it's unlikely that he would get released, and as a Type XX FA, he can't be traded until June 16th. The more-likely scenario is that Fontenot's AAA hot streak catches gets the attention of at least one of the other 29 MLB clubs who previously had zero interest in him, and if that happens, the Cubs would probably be happy to trade Fontenot in a "Good Fella" courtesy deal, probably getting a similar-type lower-level (AA or A) position-player back in the trade.

Submitted by chifan3887 on Sat, 05/12/2007 - 05:55 am

Rosenthal opines on the Z stuff: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6798376 He says that letting him go would be a mistake and lists all of the major market teams being suitors for him. Honestly, I have my doubts whether Z could last a 5 year deal and if come July, he is still our 4th starter I wouldnt mind dealing to a AL contender if it can get us a SS, CF, and a 4th starter to replace him. This would be a 3 team trade. If were out of it come July he will be gone hopefully being LA bound because we can rake up the prospects. (of course knowing Hendry we would end up with Kelvim Escobar or Pierre)

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