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Cubster 2 days 19 hours ago (view)

So it’s Mervis, Wesn and Little for Cooper, Hendricks and Smyly. Count me in. Starting rotation for now: Taillon, Imanaga, Wicks, Assad and Brown-Wesn. Eventually Steele. 

Lineup

Hoerner, Happ, Bellinger, Busch, Morel, Swanson, Tauchman, Mervis, Amaya.

KingKongvsGodzilla 2 days 19 hours ago (view)

Another year AZPhil, and you have more to do than ever! Heck yeah! Great stuff from Rosario so far. What are your impressions of guys like Freilyn Silverio, Adan Sanchez, Jose Escobar, and Anderson Suriel? Particularly the first two, feel like I’m forgetting one. 

fullykräusened 2 days 20 hours ago (view)

My first thought was that Hendricks was IL'd with a broken ERA, but after some quick research, you're right about MLB making at least some effort to discourage the "phantom IL."

crunch 2 days 20 hours ago (view)

luke little rejoins the MLB party...

crunch 2 days 20 hours ago (view)

hendricks IL...lower back...

given recent backlash by MLB, i doubt this is a phanton IL.

wtf...also drew smyly to IL...right hip...

crunch 2 days 20 hours ago (view)

boston, houston, miami...lots of potential suitors for a backup 1st/DH who won't be pain if they need regular ABs

Childersb3 2 days 20 hours ago (view)

BOS 1B Casas just hit the IL. Maybe Cooper goes there.

Cooper leaving does open a 40man spot. Probably for an arm at some point.

Horton?

Maybe Caissie

crunch 2 days 21 hours ago (view)

now that cooper is gone, who's going to the IL?  seems like it will probably be a pitcher at this point.

crunch 2 days 22 hours ago (view)

can't wait to see what A-ball fringe corner OF/1st he'll be traded for...

Childersb3 2 days 22 hours ago (view)

Cooper DFA'd

Arizona Phil 2 days 23 hours ago (view)

Players on the 40 can be recalled and be placed on the MLB Taxi Squad for one day, like for example if a club is unsure if a player might or might not be placed on the IL ("game time decision"). Like maybe Happ, for example. 

Also, a player on the MLB Taxi Squad must be returned to his optional assignment the next day if he is not officially recalled to the 26-man roster. 

The player is NOT paid at the MLB split rate and does NOT accrue MLB Service Time while he is on the Taxi Squad. Also, it is not considered to be an official recall / option back if he is not added to the 26-man roster. 

Arizona Phil 2 days 23 hours ago (view)

Wesneski has not spent 15 days on optional assignment since he was optioned so he cannot be recalled unless he is replacing a player being placed on the IL or other MLB inactive list (Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical, et al), a player who is traded, or a player who is claimed off waivers.

crunch 2 days 23 hours ago (view)

excited to see more power in the lineup.

HOU going with 3 righty starters vs the cubs and their only lefty pen arm is hader.

unless busch has a mystery injury, we should see busch+mervis working all 3 games.

fullykräusened 2 days 23 hours ago (view)

More than 50 years ago (I'm old), I was in the audience when my HS choir performed the whole thing. (It was a really elite choir and director.) That was my first exposure to the piece. You're right, Sonicwind75, there is a lot more to it than "O Fortuna," just like there's a lot more to Beethoven's Ninth than the Ode to Joy, etc. Much if it, as you say, is bawdy: "O! O! Totus florio! Iam amori virginali, totus ardeo!" Basically, "I'm really horny for these virgins!" And the guys in the choir adopted the "Skoal"- type greeting from the tavern scene: "Wafna!" 

crunch 3 days ago (view)

i would have pause if the cubs had a pitching squeeze.   as it is, they have more guys than they have roster.

Childersb3 3 days ago (view)

Maybe Brewer

He'd be able to leave the Cubs. He's out of options. That would open up a 40man spot.

I don't think Jed would do that.

crunch 3 days 1 hour ago (view)

brewer has done nothing to keep him on the big league roster...imagine that's 1 guy gone.

yeah, it's only 2 appearances, but they were both unimpressive.

Childersb3 3 days 1 hour ago (view)

Yeah it is.....sorry......closers don't throw 89mph

It would be unique for sure.

But CP can't be HR susceptible

That's what Alzolay has right now and that's what Kyle has no matter the situation.

Childersb3 3 days 1 hour ago (view)

Supposedly Happ said on a radio show he's good to go

I hadn't read that anywhere from the usual accounts, so this could be off.

If true, Canario goes down.

TarzanJoeWallis 3 days 1 hour ago (view)

Hmmm. Maybe my idea of transitioning Hendricks into a closer role isn’t so crazy.