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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

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
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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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Game 112 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (3 of 3)

Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview

SP Carlos Zambrano
SP
Ian Snell

12-4, 2.80, 96 K, 46 BB, 141.2 IP


4-8, 6.04, 90 K, 62 BB, 110.1 IP
       
LF Alfonso Soriano
2B Luis Rivas
SS Ryan Theriot 1B *Doug Mientkiewicz
1B
Derrek Lee CF *Nate McLouth
3B
Aramis Ramirez C #Ryan Doumit
RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
3B Andy LaRoche
2B
Mark DeRosa LF *Brandon Moss
CF *Jim Edmonds
RF Stephen Pearce
C Geovany Soto
SS Jack Wilson
P
#Carlos Zambrano
P Ian Snell

The Cubs go for the series win and Zambrano goes for lucky win number 13. A win today and the Cubs go 14-3-1 at series in Wrigley and their current 40-15 mark at home is their best start at Wrigley since 1916...which is when Wrigley opened. Some more fun with game notes...

  • Cubs center fielders have combined for  a league-leading .368 OBP and the Reed/Edmonds combo at center field has combined to hit .304 with 15 home runs and 65 RBI's.
  • The Cubs haven't committed an error in 7 straight games.
  • When the Cubs win, they've averaged 7.1 runs per game, when they lose: 2.6.

 

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I wanted to take an opportunity to congratulate some of our authors/commenters on their selection into the ACB Grand Tournament of Douche. Apparently they've selected the 64 douchiest folks, in their minds, from all Cub-related internets. He was even smart enough to realize that he should appear in it himself. http://www.anothercubsblog.net/images/uploads/final-brackets.jpg Rob G. somehow pulled down a 2 seed in the Chuck from Ivy Chat bracket. He'll oppose Ryno from ACB in the 1st round. Crunch is a 5 seed in San Diego Smooth Jazz Man from BCB bracket. He drew Al Yellon's inside source in the first round. Chad is surprisingly a 14 in the same bracket, and will face Jacob from BrewCrewBall. My first round upset special is mannytrillo, a 14 seed in the Gaius Marius from 1060 West bracket. manny's drawn Kinky Reggae from BCB. Also, a post-mortem congrats to John Hill, whose stay should be short, as he's the 9 seed in the Al Yellon bracket. He'll get Yellon in the 2nd round if he can get by Hardcore Legend from BCB.

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In reply to by Wes

funny thing is maddog used to run a site with a racist admin (there and on other forum sites) at 1908andcounting. wonder why THAT GUY is not on the list...or maybe he is under another one of those weird names. lol...internet. maddog and "his friend" must remember that whole calling-them-out and massive editing they did on 1908andcounting to cover asses when i threatened to go to school newspapers and administrators about having views like that while teaching at a public institution of learning. btw...lol...internet.

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In reply to by crunch

Speaking of fine internet moments of crunch, I humbly suggest we extend the same gift crunch gave to the Brewers to the next conquered team in a series--the hapless Bucs: ░░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░░ ░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░░ ░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒██▒▒▒▒▒██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░▐▌░ ░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒██▒▒▒▒▒░░░▐▌░ ░░░░▒▒▒██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒██▒▒▒░░████ ░░░░▒██▒▒▒████▒▒▒████▒▒▒██▒░░░██░ ░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░██░ ░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒████░ ░██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█████████▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ ██░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ ██░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ ██░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ ██░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░██░░░██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░██████░░░██████░░░░░░░░░░ Thanks! Come again!

Z was pulled in the 6th, for no apparent reason. Lou came out to the mound at the start, appearing to stall to get Smard ready. Kasper speculating that his prior pitch counts (128, 118?) may be part of the reason.

22 games over .500 is new season high water mark, Cubs haven't been this far above .500 since 1989. 156 Sun, Sep 24 box CHC PIT W 4-2 89-67 1 up 4.0 2:43 S Wilson J Robinson 37,904 ++++ (in 1989, they lost the next game but finished the season at 24 games over .500 which was their high water mark) The 1984 team was 32 games over .500 on Sept 15th...so that's a nice target to shoot for.

Wonder if Lou figured..."Z's qualified for the W, there's no way that Pirates team is gonna score 5 runs, and Z's next start is against the Cards, so let's give him a short day."

Wonder if Lou figured..."Z's qualified for the W, there's no way that Pirates team is gonna score 5 runs, and Z's next start is against the Cards, so let's give him a short day."

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In reply to by navigator

What a sorry, no account fraud. Boy am I glad that Dusty, and his culture of excuse is infecting another team in our own division. Hopefully he ends up in St. Louis or Milwaukee next.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

Nothing like throwing the guy who hired you under a bus. But at least Dusty cleared a couple things up. If I follow his 2008 logic, (1)the 2003 Cubs weren't "his" team either (that team was assembled by Andy MacPhail & Don Baylor and they deserve the credit) (2) the (79-83)2005 and (66-96) 2006 Cubs definitely were.

LF Soriano 2B Fontenot 1B Ward 3B Ram CF Edmonds C Soto RF Fukudome SS Cedeno P Dempster

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In reply to by The E-Man

Like they had a shot at scoring a run that day? They were (i have to assume) emotionally drained from the 4 game sweep and were primed for a let down game. Also, I would care to bet a lot of money that most of, if not the entire team, was playing with a total hangover. I have got to assume that they PARTIED when they got back home Thursday night.

"They were (i have to assume) emotionally drained from the 4 game sweep and were primed for a let down game." Not according to the Trib guys, who want the city to give them more night games after late nights back from road trips. I tend to agree with them (and Lou) on this point, but it's not gonna happen.

I do agree with your point, Chad - just pointing out the reality that the Trib is using the loss to angle for more weekend night games (because they're soo tired after the trip, but not in any way because of any partaking of alcoholic beverages), rather than admitting the obvious.

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  • crunch (view)

    it's a "for cash considerations" trade.

    cooper is a 1st/DH only type, but that's practically a freebie for BOS.  i was expecting some AAA fodder gamble on the same level rather than cash.  he showed up decent in spring + his limited time with the cubs.

    given BOS's extreme need for a 1st, this is a steal for them.

  • Cubster (view)

    Red Sox get G Cooper, I doubt if the Cubs get anything in terms of personnel.

  • videographer (view)

    An excellent Earl Weaver chain smoking reference.  

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think it’s a bit of a chicken or egg scenario. Did they make these trades because they saw what was coming and weren’t impressed and knew to keep up with the demand for constant winning thru had to acquire impact players? Or did those additions cause a failure of resource allocation elsewhere.

    In addition, the whole they traded to acquire a star, that’s precisely what organizations should do if they feel they’re a piece away. Keep developing talent, but sometimes you need to supplement that talent. It’s what the best run organizations do. Atlanta does it. Houston in their prime run did it. Nationals during their prime run did it. Of course dodgers did it. Boston and Philadelphia too. Hell, the Cubs did it when they won. There’s no team that has had sustained success that has solely relied on their own internal development. It just doesn’t happen. I wouldn’t fault St Louis for that. What I suspect happened is in that 2020 season, in an effort to save money, they cut budget from developing and scouting. Or maybe the wrong guys got poached by other orgs. Regardless, blaming the acquisition of two of the best players of their generation for peanuts, seems off base to me.

    I do agree that we’ve more or less come to the same conclusion, but our paths to that conclusion contain almost no crossover. I think we can also agree that seeing the cardinals struggle brings a warmth to our hearts.

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    (LAUGH EMOJI)

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    azbobbop: Yes. 

  • Mike Wellman (view)

    I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Very well played game all around tonight.

  • crunch (view)

    best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.

    little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Richard Gallardo just left the Smokies game with an arm injury after going to the ground following a pitch. Doesn’t sound good at all.