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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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Non-Cubs Game Open Thread

Submitted by Transmission on
Since the Cubs are snowed out, what say we congregate in Parachat and discuss the game airing on ESPN 2? Seattle's much-hyped pitching phenom Felix Hernandez faces the Red Sox, tonight. His counterpart on the Sox seems to be garnering a fair bit of attention, too. - update - King Felix has an Interesting Statistical Event going, through 7 IP.  come join us.

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Submitted by Transmission on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:16 pm

And he's starting for my roto team today. 5 BBs in a row, ended only by a HBP and an exit from the game.

Submitted by Indiana JJ on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:03 pm

King Felix stealing the Dice-K thunder...no hits through seven and looking absolutely nasty. They just mentioned on the broadcast that he's faced 50+ hitters this season and only four balls have reached the outfield.

Submitted by Indiana JJ on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:13 pm

And of course JD Drew takes the first pitch of the 8th up the middle for single. If only I could use my powers for good.

Submitted by Sheffield/Cornelia on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:23 pm

I love the euphemism, Transmission! What I find funny is that, of Seattle's 2 guys that have faced Dice before, the ballyhooed one went something like 0-3 on him and Johjima had 2 doubles.

Submitted by Andrew on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:36 pm

Wasn't around my computer, but I watched every pitch of the Dice-K vs. King Felix bout. What a performance by the kid. I think it was during the 4th or 5th when I thought "This kid really can be un-hittable." That 1-to-5 slurve and 92-mph slider are just sick.

Submitted by no on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:11 pm

Cubs content: So, I looked at the standings today for the first time and whoa, wouldn't you know it--the Cubs are in last. And the Cards are in first. Yeah, I know it's only the second week.

Submitted by Wes on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:18 pm

And what do you know.. after the Cards got swept by the Mets, everybody said they were toast. Kinda like...I dunno... everybody says the Cubs are. The Cards still are not hitting, but they're pitching has been stupid good. That staff will come back out of the stratosphere if you just wait around a while. The Kip Wells experiment is bound to end up with an ERA in the high 4 area. He had those two nice years in Pittsburgh in 03 & 04 (3.58 & 3.28 respecitvely) but since, he's been north of 4 and a half every year. Braden Looper has never even thrown 100 innings in a single season, let alone 200. I have serious doubts about him once he hits late July. He's a walking recipe for dead arm. Nobody knows how long Carpenter is gone. 2 weeks is a best case. I think Cubster said 6-8 is a possibility. Throw in the question marks down in the bullpen and you've just rolled a Triple Yahtzee! There's no way their pitching stays good. Perhaps a product of the cold weather a little bit. Hard telling. The hitting might get a little better, but in the long run, it's going to have to get a lot better to overcome that staff. Strong now.. sure. Be patient. It'll come back around.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:41 pm

Good Gawd! FELIX PIE has scored 11 Runs in 22 AB's!!! The man has 10 hits and has scored 11 runs.....

Submitted by MikeC on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:42 pm

And he still has no chance in hell of being on the Cubs in 2007. He is neither needed nor wanted.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:50 pm

"And he still has no chance in hell of being on the Cubs in 2007. He is neither needed nor wanted. " Finally, somebody here being honest. Cub Fan, my ass!@

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:57 pm

GACK@! Mitch Atkins was pitching no hit baseball through four innings tonight for Daytona and then IT HAPPENED: Vero Beach Bottom 5th * Sergio Pedroza walks. * Patrick Cottrell hit by pitch. Sergio Pedroza to 2nd. * Christopher Cunningham hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by pitcher Mitch Atkins. Sergio Pedroza scores. Patrick Cottrell to 3rd. Christopher Cunningham to 1st. * Christian Lopez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jesus Valdez. Patrick Cottrell scores. Christopher Cunningham to 2nd. * Matthew Devins hits a sacrifice bunt. Fielding error by pitcher Mitch Atkins. Christopher Cunningham to 3rd. Christian Lopez to 2nd. Matthew Devins to 1st. * Hunter Vick strikes out swinging. * Jackson Brennan hits a grand slam (1) to left center field. Christopher Cunningham scores. Christian Lopez scores. Matthew Devins scores. * Pitcher Change: Scott Koerber replaces Mitch Atkins. 6 runs (1 earned, although Atkins made all the errors) on 2 hits and a walk plus 2 errors and a hit batter.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:06 pm

The big thing about Pie so far is he has only 2 K's in 22 AB's. If he can keep his ab/k ratio above 8 and and pair it with a .200+ Iso SLG for a month, I would officially give him my blessing as ready.

Submitted by Wes on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:12 pm

That's a nice start for the youngster. But again, you don't seem to understand a small sample size. Call me at 150 AB's. We'll see if he's still got an OPS over 1.200 then.

Submitted by Chad on Wed, 04/11/2007 - 04:27 pm

"MikeC — April 11, 2007 @ 11:42 pm And he still has no chance in hell of being on the Cubs in 2007. He is neither needed nor wanted." Not trying to go all exact words on you, but I will bet you anything that your statement is wrong. I will bet September 1st, Felix Pie will be on the big club. If not before that. The first DL stint for Floyd or any other outfielder (please not Soriano) he'll get a call up. But if you mean that he won't be with the big club permanently, I will agree.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:33 am

pie's on the hot seat and probably the #1 guy to be brought up for any OF'r injury (unless hendry gets another case of buck coats fever). he's far from needed, though...club already has issues carrying 2 LF'rs who could be full-time starters...but its hard to complain cuz its a rare luxury to be able to keep one of those guys on the bench for use later. the only thing holding him back is the 25-man roster and the extra LF'r...but that's what sent pagan out of town and made theriot a RF'r too, it seems. supposedly there was word about giving murton time there, but i dunno what's gonna become of that.

Submitted by Steve on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:12 am

Does anyone else fear when any ball is hit into left while Floyd is out there? I just assume that he won't catch any ball due to how slow he is.

Submitted by Virginia Phil on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:15 am

re Ryan Harvey, April 10th Inside the Ivy:
A possible return to Class-A Daytona also seems unlikely for Fuld since Cubs outfield prospect Ryan Harvey is expected to head back to the Florida State League for a second stint there once he recovers from a hamstring injury.
I think he's still in AZ.

Submitted by Rynox on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:06 am

Steve:
Does anyone else fear when any ball is hit into left while Floyd is out there? I just assume that he won’t catch any ball due to how slow he is.
I can live with that. The Reds, Giants, and even the Cards live with it when Duncan is playing LF.

Submitted by cubfanbudman on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:52 am

Maybe the Cubs should have KEPT JOSH HAMILTON????? Imagine, Soriano, Pie, & Hamilton roaming the outfield for the next 7 years - Damn Hendry Really sucks - he fails to put together a cohesive defensive team year in and year out. While never addressing the need for all the elements a WS team needs, ie: Left Handed Batters mixed with righties, speed, litle ball and defense.

Submitted by no on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:08 am

*The Kip Wells experiment is bound to end up with an ERA in the high 4 area. He had those two nice years in Pittsburgh in 03 & 04 (3.58 & 3.28 respecitvely) but since, he’s been north of 4 and a half every year. Braden Looper has never even thrown 100 innings in a single season, let alone 200. I have serious doubts about him once he hits late July. He’s a walking recipe for dead arm. Nobody knows how long Carpenter is gone. 2 weeks is a best case. I think Cubster said 6-8 is a possibility. Throw in the question marks down in the bullpen and you’ve just rolled a Triple Yahtzee!* Seems to me the Cards won the World Series last year with a team that had just as many question marks. Between Roid-holes and the greaseball, they'll do just fine this year, too.

Submitted by Wes on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:37 am

no, No. I disagree. The rotation for them at this time last year had considerably fewer issues than they do right now. Guys got hurt, sure. And then things went downhill with Marquis and having to throw Weaver in there. But that was later. Everybody picked them to the divison and they did. There weren't very many question marks there. At that time, the Cards and the Mets were just abou everybody's picks to win the pennant. That actually happened. I'm not exactly sure who you are referring to when you refer to the "greaseball". I'm assuming Carpenter. He doesn't help you much on the shelf. If he's on the shelf for some time, they're really in trouble.

Submitted by sweeney on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:44 am

At the time the Cubs had Josh Hamilton, he was in the throes of drug addiction. Not much a team can do with that. The Reds have Narron's brother baby-sitting him almost full time. That tells you this guy could go off the rails any time. Look at Gooden, Strawberry and Howe. The team has to decide if a player is worth all the extra turmoil for his potential output. Hamilton is still shaky mentally.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:13 am

"Mitch Atkins was pitching no hit baseball through four innings..." Four innings is not even half of the requisite 9. I don't get it. Why is this a big deal to you? 12 batters in a row were retired. And....? So he gets shelled. Like this has never happened before at this level (or any other)?

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:29 am

re: the redbirds...damn larussa can do no wrong [@ the ballpark] - night before last he pinches a guy w/ food poisoning in the ninth and he knocks in two to send it to extras-they win in ten-and last night he pinches for a guy having a perfect night-taguchi-and rolls a game-winning homer w/ duncan!

Submitted by dave on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:55 am

At the time the Cubs had Josh Hamilton, he was in the throes of drug addiction. What? The Cubs drafted Hamilton this off season in the Rule 5 draft, and then immediately traded him to the Reds. He has been sober for 18 months. As has been pointed out numerous times, Hamilton was never on the Cubs radar. They drafted him with the sole purpose of trading him to the reds.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:24 pm

So he gets shelled. Like this has never happened before at this level (or any other)? Again, excuse me for mentioning something of interest to CUB FANS with an IQ above a hotdog on this blog. I know you think this isn't the right place. And, Atkins did NOT get shelled. He managed to give up 6 runs on 2 hits and a walk--- which is pretty amazing in and of itself.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 04/12/2007 - 04:00 pm

"Again, excuse me for mentioning something of interest to CUB FANS..." Yes you certainly are a great CUBS FAN and Florida Marlins FAN. There certainly was terrific interest in your terrifically researched information you shared with us. Now, I am sure most of the FANS with a high IQ herein feel much more enlightened with your great observations and sharing of useless and meaningless information. Now you may bag the groceries for the next customer.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    PCA called up.

  • crunch (view)

    welp...

    bellinger...fractured rib.

    a not-very-ready PCA will probably be called up when it would be much better for him to be in AAA getting regular ABs.

  • crunch (view)

    i have no hard data, but i'm seeing the same thing.

    there used to be some parks where that was rampant (colorado during the todd helton days comes to mind), but i'm seeing it all over the place the past couple seasons.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I’ll spare the details which I’ve stated before but, in short, the Cardinals have lost their sight of their successful identity and strategy over last several dominant decades. From the beginning of the season I saw the Cardinals being in last place or near it again this year, and my prediction is that Mozeliak will be gone after the end of the season.

  • Bill (view)

    I would have kept Cooper rather than Wisdom, but at least I can understand why they did it.  In a team that lacks dominant power hitters, Wisdom can be a dominant power hitter, at least in streaks.  I suppose that there is always the possibility that the streaks longer in both duration and frequency.  I will be content if they essentially make a 100 % DH commitment to Mervis against righties and Wisdom against lefties.  When a regular needs rest, give them total rest, rather than a DH rest.  Do this for at least 2 months, and then re-evaluate at that point.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    This is Cubs adjacent but…


    Jordan Walker just was optioned by the deadbirds. For all the talk of the Cardinals development machine, they’ve really missed on a lot of can’t miss superstars lately. Walker has struggled. Gorman has been okay. They’re already trying to push Carlson out the door. Their pitching system has been so bad they had to go out and sign basically a full rotation over the last two offseasons.

    They’ve still developed a few of those pesky solid players, like Donovan, Edman, and Nootbaar. Their two best prospect to MLB players have been Adolis and Arozarena, neither of which is a cardinal.

    I hope they never figure it out again. Cardinal failure brings me such joy.
     

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

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