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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

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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 19 Thread / Brewers @ Cubs (1 of 3)

Game Chat (You can now register your username here and then revisit the same link and go to "log-in to change your settings" to change the password they give you) Claudio Vargas vs. Carlos Zambrano Lineups: (Courtesy of Reader MadTown)
Weeks 2b Soriano LF
Hardy SS Floyd RF
Fielder 1B Lee 1B
Hall CF Ramirez 3B
Estrada C Jones CF
Jenkins LF Derosa 2B
Gross RF Blanco C
Counsell 3B Izturis SS
Vargas P Zambrano P
Numerous radio reports say that Rocky Cherry has been called up and Wade Miller has been sent to the disabled list with back spasms. I guess that's the medical term for "excessive amount of suckage". UPDATE: Here's the confirming link from cubs.com; "middle back spasms" are the culprit.

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A friend who was listening told me that Stone reported on WSCR earlier that Theriot would not be in the starting lineup today.

I guess that’s the medical term for “excessive amount of suckage (syndrome)”... Yes, that is the correct diagnosis (EX-ASS)

"Wade, could I interest you in a couple of weeks of back spasms?" "Well, now that you mention it, my neck did wake up a little sore this mornin' from all those sudden jerks of the head yesterday..."

Lest me remind everyone that unfortunately, if we trade JJones - and his 27HR's from '06 - we have only Cliff Floyd and his health track record left as a power threat. Unless of course, you are counting Itz-TURD-is or Pie. We're stuck ya'll. Unless something unforseen happens. A LH hitting SS w/power?

RobG. i wasn't exclaiming at you.....i am just hoping that theriot is in the lineup - where he belongs.

Is Izturis hurt? If he is supposedly the starting SS, why is he sitting AGAIN? I am not wild about Cedeno, either.

I'm all for keeping JJ, but I'll trade-off a few homers for a steady lineup and the better defensive outfield that Pie will get us, assuming he's not a complete bust up here. But no rush and only if the deal for JJ is dollar for dollar. Anyone have any excess starters anymore? Dodgers and Phils were two teams in spring training but that seems to have gone away, although I'm sure they'd still deal Lieber to save money. Angels just got Colon/Weaver back, wonder if they'd move Saunders or Mosely but neither is a much better option than Guzman or Marmol imo...

Oh, sorry Rob. I missed that little footnote. It seems like, with a righty pitching tonight, you would want Izturis's switch bat in the lineup. And since he supposed to be SO SPECTACULAR as a fielder, that would be another reason to put him in.

E man, is Jones a power threat? At the rate he is going, the threat must be something like a barely perceptible power threat.

yeah, last time I do that... See, I usually write these up earlier in the day and I take a stab at what I think the lineup will be, which of course is usually wrong because there's always something wrong with the Cubs. I kind of wanted to get the Rocky Cherry news out, and didn't want to go through the effort of deleting the lineup and then doing all that copying and pasting so I just thought I'd share my guess with you all. Silly me.

Lineup Cubs Soriano, LF Floyd, RF Lee, 1B Ramirez, 3B Jones, CF DeRosa, 2B Blanco, C Izturis, SS Zambrano, P

hehe, how many starts does he have to make before he's available? and I think W2 is directly wired into the Internet...

Not sure, it took a few days before Vanden Hurk was available. ..what? I thought he'd be good...but, yeah, there's little chance of W2 missing it.

Yes, probably should've included the Brewers as well. Weeks, 2b Hardy, SS Fielder, 1B Hall, CF Estrada, C Jenkins, LF Gross, RF Counsell, 3B Vargas, P

Why not just hit Zambrano 7th...gives us a much better chance to drive in Lee, Ramirez, Jones, et al.

seems Hill, Lilly and Marquis are doing just fine when Barrett catches Z did have his one good start this year with hank behind the plate though. I do think that Z and Barrett don't get along too well, not that it should matter on the field.

What did Hank say to Zambrano last year when he was pitching poorly? Something like 'throw a strike or I'll hit you'? I can't remember, but it's probably true that he needs someone to get in his face like that.

W2 already on top of the Hughes situation The Joe, if you check our fantasy site.

Hmmm... Deciding whether Izzy or Hank deserved to hit 7th must have been a bitch...

I'm betting that he finds some damage, cleans it up, and they declare that he'll need a few months to heal, but come next ST, he'll be as good as new. Then it'll be the same thing next spring.

what do you think are the chances of a BCB tonight in light of zombie's bulletin board comments towards the brewers? i can see it now, fielder, jenkins, whoever, goes deep, zombie hits the next guy, and it's on!

Hughes had a 7.71 ERA in Spring Training, and just under 4.00 at AAA Scranton. My guess is he gets lit up in the AL East. The Yanks are desperate.

Mike, it took me a couple of seconds to figure out what you were talking about. Until i finished your post, I thought you were saying "chances of a Bleed Cubbie Blue tonight".

this is the worst camera work i've ever seen from a so-called big league broadcast

z is a head case. I know that's not news, but with prior and wood done, which they are, he is the ace, and he has to learn how to take a lead given to him and close the deal. makes me crazy.

the cubs had better be in the Santana sweepstakes, b/c they need a legit #1 starter...

2nd and 3rd, no outs, bottom of the 7th --- annnnd Soriano, Murton and Lee all fail to get a run home. Wonder why we can't win close games?

4-0 lead @ home, w/ the 'ace' going & here we are again...lou is all in w/ the bench...

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  • crunch (view)

    "Morel told reporters after the game that he felt alright, just a little banged up — specifically noting his right hip and both elbows. He did say that he was optimistic about his ability to play on Sunday, though manager Craig Counsell may have other plans."

  • crunch (view)

    rsox putting pablo reyes up to pitch...an infielder...cranking 70+mph stuff.

    ...and of course he gets out of it with no runs scored...that kind of day for the cubs.

  • crunch (view)

    ...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.

    busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

    wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

    cubs run differential getting destroyed.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.

    he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.

    through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs.  no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.

    on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count.  ha.

  • crunch (view)

    he's hugging canario in the dugout cuz morel will shrivel up and die if he doesn't hug at least a dozen people a day.

  • crunch (view)

    and morel is injured...nice.

    morel trying to play LF from 3rd...runs into canario while leaping and comes down ribs/arm-first.

    hopefully he sticks around to finish this terrible game, or at least is going to avoid the IL.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Amen to that last point!

  • crunch (view)

    jeez...

    0.2ip 3h 1bb 1k, 2 HBP, 1 WP...5 r/er

  • crunch (view)

    uhh...8m manager...do 8m worth of managing.