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crunch 41 minutes 34 seconds ago (view)

just waiting to hear patrick wisdom and masterboney are spotted at the airport going in opposite directions...

aj puk going for the marlins (lefty)...gotta imagine we'll see wisdom in the lineup.

someone has to make room for taillon, too.

crunch 13 hours 15 minutes ago (view)

he's a low-level cubs star in the modern history of the cubs (c.zambrano, k.wood, r.dempster, etc), but that star has dimmed...and has been dimming since 2021.

2024 has been ugly the whole way and we're only in mid-april.  homers aside (even though there's been 7 in 17ip) he gave up 29 hits in 20 spring innings and 31 in 17 regular season innings.

he's pretty much only got 2 pitches at this point in his career and the mix isn't fooling anyone.  he threw a noticable amount more curves in his last start to add to the mix and it didn't help his issues.  he don't have many moves left to break out.

Eric S 13 hours 55 minutes ago (view)

Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)

Eric S 14 hours ago (view)

Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch

Sonicwind75 14 hours 34 minutes ago (view)

Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts.  Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season.  Ouch.  

crunch 15 hours 7 minutes ago (view)

m.busch had 0hr and 2 doubles when he was last at wrigley.

we'll probably see a few more of his jerseys in the seats when they return tomorrow.

wonder who will go down for taillon.  hey hendricks, you got a hangnail or something?

Eric S 15 hours 19 minutes ago (view)

Nice work by Wesneski with some solid defense behind him and the late tack on runs were welcome. Gladly take a 5-4 West Coast swing, particularly down two key starting pitchers … Now just don’t get swept by the Marlins for Pete’s sake. 

crunch 15 hours 21 minutes ago (view)

dansby takes the team lead in SB today after a SB with 2 SB total.  the team has 3.  madrigal has the other one.

cubs also have 7 triples, 7 players each.

crunch 15 hours 36 minutes ago (view)

sure am ready for p.wisdom and m.masterboney to swap roster spots.

Eric S 16 hours 30 minutes ago (view)

The fifth inning has not been kind to Wicks this season. Giving up leadoff doubles to Tucker Barnhart is also not good for business. IIRC, the Cubs are on the hook for the majority of Barnhart’s salary this season to add insult to injury (could definitely be wrong here). 

Cubster 17 hours 23 minutes ago (view)

Kris Bryant to IL with low back strain. He’s keeping the Rockies docs busy.

crunch 17 hours 34 minutes ago (view)

m.busch out here bunting for a hit with the infielders back.

it worked.

Arizona Phil 18 hours ago (view)

Cubs recall RHSP Hayden Wesneski and select RHRP Colten Brewer from AAA Iowa (Brewer was Iowa's closer), option Luke Little and Daniel Palencia to Iowa, and transfer Julian Merryweather to the 60-day IL.  

BTW, Brewer is out of minor league options in case that becomes an issue at some point.

Also, now that Merryweather has been transferred to the 60-day IL, he cannot be reinstated any earlier than June 5th. 

Dolorous Jon Lester 18 hours 37 minutes ago (view)

Busch has been great so far, but the Dodgers are one of the orgs I’m always leery of trading with. They’re so savvy about their internal scouting.

videographer 19 hours 27 minutes ago (view)

Here is an interesting thought:  There seems to be an assumption that the Cubs had to trade 2 prospects to get Busch with Almonte thrown in to even out the trade.  What if the initial trade was Ferris for Busch, but Hoyer wanted Almonte (a cheap RP) and Hope was the ask from the Dodgers.   This scenario makes the trade more complicated to ponder the future ramifications.  

Arizona Phil 22 hours 12 minutes ago (view)

Zyhir Hope and Reggie Preciado were co-MVPs at Cubs AZ Instructs last fall, and every MLB organization had scouts at the AZ Instructs games so Hope was well-known to everybody (and was clearly a Cubs Top 30 prospect with a bullet). 

https://www.thecubreporter.com/cubs-2023-arizona-instructional-league-s…

azbobbop 1 day 6 hours ago (view)

I can’t speak to how many organizations had newfound interest in Zyhir Hope but I did talk to a Dodger scout who told that the Ddodgers always had their on him. 

I hardly think of my self as a “scout” but I saw a beautiful smooth left hand swing, easy power,  an aggressive base runner as in very limited action, a good defensive player. He certainly caught my attention, moreso than anyone else on the ACL team last year.

George Altman 1 day 10 hours ago (view)

Ditto. The can DFA him when they activate Taillon.

crunch 1 day 10 hours ago (view)

cade horton with his 2024 AA debut of 4ip 4h 0bb 4k, 1r/0er is followed up even better...

4ip 1h 1bb 5K, 0r/er

he's still on a pitch count restriction, btw.  he probably could have gone 6+ innings in both outings if he was off a leash.

crunch 1 day 11 hours ago (view)

okay, officially done with hendricks as a starter.

dunno if counsell is there, but i'm there.