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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

* bats or throws left
# bats both

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 120 Thread / Cubs @ Braves (2 of 3)

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SP	Rich Harden	SP	Jorge Campillo
(NL)	1-1, 2.10, 47 K, 9 BB, 30 IP		7-4, 2.83, 81 K, 21 BB, 114.1 IP

LF	Alfonso Soriano	CF	*Gregor Blanco
SS	Ryan Theriot	SS	Yunel Escobar
1B	Derrek Lee	1B	*Casey Kotchmann
3B	Aramis Ramirez	C	#Brian McCann
CF	*Jim Edmonds	LF	Omar Infante
2B	Mark DeRosa	2B	*Kelly Johnson
RF	*Kosuke Fukudome	1B	Martin Prado
C	Henry Blanco	RF	Jeff Francoeur
P	*Rich Harden	P	Jorge Campillo

Cubs go for the day/night sweep. Blanco gets the start behind home plate. Otherwise, it's the same group with Theriot moving up to the 2-hole and Fukudome moving down to seventh.

Lots of the same faces in the Braves' order as well. Slumping Jeff Francoeur gets a start and the chance to see what it's like to slump out of the eighth spot.

Harden is starting the nightcap after telling Piniella he prefers to work at night.

Oh, my God—we traded for a vampire!

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crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:01 pm (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 04/27/2024 - 04:29 pm (view)

Red Sox get G Cooper, I doubt if the Cubs get anything in terms of personnel.
videographer 04/27/2024 - 04:40 pm (view)

An excellent Earl Weaver chain smoking reference.
Dolorous Jon Lester 04/27/2024 - 04:57 am (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 04/27/2024 - 04:23 am (view)

(LAUGH EMOJI)
Arizona Phil 04/26/2024 - 04:10 pm (view)

azbobbop: Yes.
Mike Wellman 04/26/2024 - 04:58 pm (view)

I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.
TarzanJoeWallis 04/26/2024 - 04:05 pm (view)

Very well played game all around tonight.
crunch 04/26/2024 - 04:09 pm (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 04/26/2024 - 04:52 pm (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.