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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 eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players 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
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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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TCR Friday Notes

Submitted by Rob G. on
A buck short and a day late....the story of my life. - A hat tip to reader Jacos for this link, but check out the Michael Barrett Blues over at Bricks and Ivy Radio. It's number four on their playlist to the right. - Aramis Ramirez is pegged as a breakout candidate this year due in part to his exceptional spring training numbers. The theory set forth by STATS, Inc. co-founder John Dewan is that a hitter with a slugging percentage 200 pts greater in the spring over his career numbers often has a better than normal regular season. We can only hope. - Check out the new MLB roundtable here at MVN. Me or one of the TCR writers will be making appearances about every three weeks and this week it was more useless predictions by yours truly. - Our minor league site, Road to Wrigley, has a new writer Mike Wellman who will be providing eyewitness accounts from Principle Park in Iowa. You'll see him in the comments here once in awhile and I'm sure some of his writing will find its way on the front page on occasion. - And congrats to brand new papa, TCR founder Christian Ruzich. - We're going to make our quota for the ad-free version of Parachat plus a bit extra, so thanks to everyone who donated. I'll announce the final tally next week.

Comments

Submitted by jacos on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:13 pm

Cubs WIn!! Good pitching Good Hitting good fielding Good Times!!!

Submitted by Chad on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:26 pm

Not being a smartass here but if Aram, who usually goes 30+ homers and @100 rbis has a breakout season, we are looking at a 05 Lee type of year. 45 - 50 homers 125 - 150 rbis. Maybe an outside shot at a triple crown? That would be nice.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:45 pm

yeah, that would be a breakout year definitely and he's certainly capable of it.

Submitted by Rynox on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:59 pm

Rich:
That’s a sweet link Rob….thanks. I see Lilly is #9 in the Cy Young predictor too!
Lilly for Cy Young, Aram for triple-crown. My how the tune changes when the Cub's win a few games. Geesh. The Transaction Guy:
Hmm, we don’t comment as much when we win.
Maybe after last year everyone forgot what to do after a Cub's win. Cub fan 1: "What now?" Cub fan 2: "I dunno, do we drink?" Cub fan 1: "Hmm... yeah, that sounds right." The Chicago Cub's: Driving fans to drinking since the 1970's.

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:55 pm

Thanks for the nod, Rob! Also, for the record that's Principal, not Principle, Park here in Des Moines, as in the insurance/annuity giant. It used to be Sec Taylor Stadium, in honor of a locally legendary late Sports Editor of The Des Moines Register in the days before corporate naming rights. Now they call it Sec Taylor Field @ Principal Park, which is also where Peter Piper picks pickled peppers by the peck whenever he's in town...I-Cubs home opener is next Friday the 13th...

Submitted by kjk on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:05 pm

jacos — April 7, 2007 @ 2:13 pm Cubs WIn!! Good pitching Good Hitting good fielding Good Times!!! and someone i know napped through the 2nd half!

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:41 pm

3 and 2 with Lou! Roy Oswalt just came through for the Cubs with a complete game gem over the Cards. 20 ground ball outs! Now both of them are 1-4.

Submitted by Rynox on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:44 pm

For the cynical fans: "Same view, new Lou." Of course, I don't think that way, I'm real optimistic about this year. But it's clever, you have to admit. Actually, it's not all that clever either, I got it from a Mountain Dew can... it said, "Same Dew, new view."

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:22 pm

After going 0-4 with 4 K and an F-7 dropped fly ball on Opening Night and then not playing yesterday, Jake Fox was back behind the plate tonight and goes 4-5 with two doubles, two HR, and 5 RBI (plus a CS on defense), to lead Tennessee to a 10-6 victory over Jacksonville.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:45 pm

Sammy hit his first 2007 HR, a 2 run HR in the 6th tonight over Boston. It's ghostly weird seeing him and Lofton in the same lineup. Oddity #2 is that Jerry Hairston Jr started tonight giving the Ranger lineup an even stranger ex-cub twist. All we need is David Caruthers to visit in the Ranger dugout.

Submitted by Rynox on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:38 pm

Wow, Big Z talking about being ahead in the count... since when has he ever worried about that?
"Today was way different," Zambrano said. "When you're ahead in the count and throw a lot of strikes, the game goes faster and it's easier for you.
And then here's a quote from Hall I found amusing:
"If he's going to pick himself to win the Cy Young, he'd better pitch like that," Milwaukee's Bill Hall said of the right-hander's preseason prediction.

Submitted by 10man on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:04 pm

Overall, Z pitched pretty well. What was disconcerting was how he seemed to lose his composure after that HR broke up his perfect game in the 4th...

Submitted by vorare on Sat, 04/07/2007 - 04:42 pm

That's pretty much standard operating procedure for Big Z. Throw a perfect game / no hitter through the first 4-7 innings of the game, then have a meltdown after the first hit. He'd probably be a much better pitcher if he wasn't so focused on the glory (Cy Young, perfect games, etc.).

Submitted by (CA) Phil on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:54 am

For those old enough to remember the old " The Mary Tyler Moore Show"....Ted Baxter: "Please, Louuuuuuuuuuu"

Submitted by tbone on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:54 am

Z would be a much better pitcher if he didn't walk batters. It's that simple. It would cut down on his pitch counts, his frustration, the damage done by homers he gives up etc. He's still good. He's just not quite the stud yet that so many Cub fans want/believe him to be.

Submitted by 10man on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:29 am

I'm very encouraged though by Lou taking control of the situation when both Dempster and Z lost focus. Piniella went out there and got things straightened out mentally. That is exactly what a manager/leader is supposed to do. When you lose focus and forget the overall goal, the leader reminds you of the vision.

Submitted by dc60124 on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:05 am

congrats ruz! * * * * * * * are these "good friday" notes? * * * * * * * have lou, can do uncle lou & wrecking crew * * * * * * * happy easter, good passover

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:30 am

We used to be Losers, Now we're LOUsers! (that didn't come out right, did it?...)

Submitted by CT Steve on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:46 am

Did anyone catch Dusty doing the Twins game last week? He was touting the secret HR power of Louis Castillo and the batting prowess of Paul Bako. Classic. Lou it to it!

Submitted by 10man on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:27 am

Bako and Castillo are both crafty veterans. Every ballclub could use a pair or two of them.

Submitted by O. Julius on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:07 am

I was trying to find out if I could listen to a radio broadcast of games that aren't on WGN TV and found this notice:
(Hoping I did the HTML right....) Does anyone know if there's any way to hear the game?

Submitted by O. Julius on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:08 am

Hell. Here's the notice: Effective May 1, 2001, Major League Baseball is prohibiting radio stations including WGN from providing streaming audio simulcasts of our baseball programming from our websites. These webcasts are being made available, for a fee, by Major League Baseball through their Gameday Audio package. (Details are available on the www.mlb.com website.) We regret that we are unable to continue presenting this service to our Internet listeners. Anyone know a work-around?

Submitted by Tony on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:35 am

That is awesome, it's gonna look great on Aug/Sep T-shirts: "Sweet Lou's Wrecking Crew" w/a pic of Sori DLee Aram Barrett Murt/Cliffy standing shoulder to shoulder, a la Murderers' Row

Submitted by Tony on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:37 am

And when it happens, and I don't see a dime, remember, you heard it here first (or actually, from DC60124 in post #30, but you know...)

Submitted by Tony on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:44 am

and yeah, I thought BP were all over it, but that article with the blurb on Aram was a joke. The "monster year" line they gave was damn near the exact line from last year. Genius.

Submitted by Wes on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:48 am

O. Julius, Would recommend dropping the $14.95 or whatever it is for MLB Audio. You get radio of every game of every team for the whole season + playoffs. That's about the only way around it. You won't find Cubs radio on the internet any other way.

Submitted by Doug Dascenzo on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:42 am

"Oddity #2 is that Jerry Hairston Jr started tonight giving the Ranger lineup an even stranger ex-cub twist." Forgot to mention this, but I was in Phoenix a couple weeks ago for some Spring Training action, and was out at a club in Scottsdale (Suede, for anyone who knows the area), and in walks Barry Bonds with Jerry Hairston. Thought that was a little weird since they aren't teammates, nor have they ever been. The only connection I can think of is that they both have been implicated in HGH scandals. Interesting... Also, Bonds' head is even bigger in person.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 04/08/2007 - 04:40 pm

and yeah, I thought BP were all over it, but that article with the blurb on Aram was a joke. The “monster year” line they gave was damn near the exact line from last year. Genius. I think you're confused on this one Tony.... BP's PECOTA projections came out before spring training although they do tweak them here and there, they also include percentages for improve, breakout and I think attrition. The PECOTA projections though have nothing to do with the Dewan's little stat toy that he discovered about players having slugging percentages 200 pts higher than their career averages. 2 separate entities that happened to cross paths in the same article. BP was just writing an article based off Dewan's findings and then threw in their PECOTA projections as a separate thing.

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