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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 35 Thread / Diamondbacks @ Cubs (1 of 3)

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SP	Dan Haren	SP	*Ted Lilly
	4-1, 3.12, 36 K, 8 BB		2-4, 5.97, 29 K, 14 BB

LF	Eric Byrnes	LF	Alfonso Soriano
SS	*Stephen Drew	SS	Ryan Theriot
CF	Chris Young	1B	Derrek Lee
1B	Conor Jackson	3B	Aramis Ramirez
RF	Justin Upton	RF	*Kosuke Fukudome
3B	Mark Reynolds	C	Geovany Soto
C	Chris Snyder	2B	Mark DeRosa
2B	Chris Burke	CF	Reed Johnson
P	Dan Haren	P	*Ted Lilly

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."

— Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges) in Airplane

Timing is everything, and for the Cubs to be playing like hell when the 23-12 Diamondbacks show up at their door, well, the timing could be better.

The good news is, the Cubs will be playing at The Soon-To-Be-Sold Confines, where, in 17 games, the team is 11-6 and has hit .315 with an OBP/SLG/OPS line of .401/.505/906. Think Larry Walker in 2000 as a Rockie. (That's compared to .246 with a line of .340/.368/708 away from Wrigley Field. Think Jerry Hairston, Jr. as a Cub in 2005.)

Cubs starter Lilly will try to continue his climb back from the abyss, last pitching Saturday when he threw seven innings in a winning effort against the Cardinals. In the lefty's last three starts, he has gone 2-1, 2.84, after starting out 0-3, 9.16.

Arizona starter Haren, in his first year back in the NL after a stint with the A's, last threw against the Cubs in 2004, while a Cardinal. Alfonso Soriano hit him hard (5-for-13, 2 HR, 5 RBI) while both were in the AL.

Overall, the Diamondbacks, who lead the NL West by 3.5 games over the Dodgers, have simply been abusive to the rest of the Nationall League, outscoring their opponents 201-148.

Of course, the last time these teams met was in the third game of last year's NLDS. You'll recall that after winning the game to sweep the Cubs out of the post-season, the Diamondbacks met at the 50-yard-line and danced all over the Cubs logo, setting off a brawl between the players, as helmets and shoulder pads were thrown all over the place.

So at least we have that motivation to draw upon.

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crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:44 pm (view)

no days off til may 9th. moves may happen if the pen gets too worked tomorrow.
Cubster 04/27/2024 - 04:30 pm (view)

On top of all that…Wicks scratched for Sunday due to “forearm soreness.” Bullpen day again starting with Mervis or Wisdom (or Wesn).
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:04 pm (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 04/27/2024 - 04:51 pm (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 04/27/2024 - 04:44 pm (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 04/27/2024 - 04:38 pm (view)

matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

cubs run differential getting destroyed.
crunch 04/27/2024 - 04:34 pm (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 04/27/2024 - 04:23 pm (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 04/27/2024 - 04:22 pm (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 04/27/2024 - 04:14 pm (view)

Amen to that last point!