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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 40 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (3 of 4)

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SP	Jake Peavy	SP	*Ted Lilly
	4-2, 2.47, 52 K, 18 BB, 54.2 IP		3-4, 5.24, 39 K, 16 BB, 44.2 IP

CF	Scott Hairston	LF	Alfonso Soriano
2B	Tadahito Iguchi	SS	Ryan Theriot
RF	*Brian Giles	1B	Derrek Lee
1B	*Adrian Gonzalez	3B	Aramis Ramirez
3B	Kevin Kouzmanoff	RF	*Kosuke Fukudome
SS	Khalil Greene	C	Geovany Soto
LF	Justin Huber	2B	Mark DeRosa
C	#Josh Bard	CF	Reed Johnson
P	Jake Peavy	P	*Ted Lilly

Pepsi has merged with Coca-Cola. Batman has given the Joker the passcode to the Bat Cave. The Corleones have entered into a business partnership with Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo.

And the Cubs are going to sign Jim Edmonds.

According to cubs.com, "Edmonds is on his way to Chicago and is expected to sign with the Cubs later tonight, if he passes a physical exam."

Here again are Edmonds' ugly, 2008 numbers before his release last week by the Padres: 16 hits in 90 AB; 24 K, 10 BB, 1 HR, and an OPS of 498.

(Statisical footnote--some other, recent Major Leaguers who ended a season with around 90 AB and an OPS of around 500: the Cubs' Koyie Hill, Craig Grebeck, and Rafael Belliar d. You can see why Edmonds wanted to continue playing this season.)

Did I mention Edmonds wasn't looking too good in centerfield either?

As for tonight's matchup, the first-place, 23-16 Cubs face the considerable task of beating Jake Peavy, lest they head into tomorrow afternoon's series finale needing to win just to secure a four-game split with the losingest team in the National League.

Lilly is coming off his best outing of the season, a 7-inning, 10-strikeout effort against the Diamondbacks, in which he also had a key base-hit. The Padres are just 2-9 against lefties this season.

Peavy is unbeaten against the Cubs in five career starts, compiling a 2.10 ERA over 30 IP. While he has savaged right-handed hitters throughout his career, Peavy has been especially hard on them this year (.174 batting average, 478 OPS Against).

If the waiver timing had allowed, it would have been a perfect night for the Cubs to add the lefty-swinging Edmonds to the lineup and have him return to his 2004 hitting form. Maybe he would even have realized what an arrogant prick he has seemed like all these years, to boot!

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TarzanJoeWallis 04/28/2024 - 04:42 am (view)

Word is that Counsell thought Mervis and Wisdom got too much work in yesterday so it will be Wesneski.
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.