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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 preview: Cubs (24-28) @ Pirates (21-31)

Submitted by Cubnut on
"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I really don't know. I'm going to be honest with you, I wish I had some answers."

When your manager brings insight like that to the ballpark, how can you question his methods?

As promised/threatened, Mr. Piniella has made a number of changes in his lineup tonight. Young Castro moves back up to the second spot, Nady gets a spot start in place of Derrek Lee, Colvin escapes for a night from Piniella Purgatory to spell the slumping Marlon Byrd in center, Baker gets back on the field for the first time since suffering that ocular migraine last week against the Dodgers, and Hill catches while Soto (.200/.333/.329 in May) sits.

Ted Lilly returns to the mound for the first time since those accusations from Casey Blake of the Dodgers temporarily brought the word "cheater" back into the adult lexicon and did wonders for C.J. Nitkowski's following on Twitter.

For the Pirates—6-1 this year against the Cubs; 15-30 against the rest of baseball—Jeff Karstens gets a spot start in place of the injured Charlie Morton. 

Cubs lineup vs. Karstens (1-1, 4.78; all-time vs. Cubs, 2-1, 5.06)
Fukudome 9, Castro 6, Nady 3, Colvin 8, Soriano 7, Fontenot 4, Baker 5, Hill 2, Lilly 1

Pirates lineup vs. Lilly (1-4, 3.63; all-time vs. Pirates, 4-3, 4.38)
McCutchen 8, Walker 4, Milledge 7, Jones 9, Crosby 3, Doumit 2, LaRoche 5, Cedeno 6, Karstens

Finally, I loved this summary of yesterday's Cubs-Pirates game by Craig Calcaterra in his "And That Happened" column at The Hardball Times:

Get this: Garrett Jones hit a homer to right field and a Cubs fan–a visiting Cubs fan, as this game was played in PNC Park—threw the ball back out onto the field. I know that Pirates fans have had a lot of the fight taken out of them these past 17 years, but I hope against hope that a few of them came together to beat the living crap out of that punk. Um, figuratively speaking, that is. You know, with sharp bon mots and stuff.
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Submitted by Charlie on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 06:42 pm

What the hell?! Nady goes 4-4 and we lose to the Pirates! Somebody learn to hit! Gotta go. My upstairs neighbors are complaining again. Something about, "Excessive profanity." Fuckers.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 06:44 pm

OK, let's blow the team up and play the kids. Jimbo, go find out what you can get for our 5 highest-paid players: - Lee - Ramirez - Zambrano - Soriano - Fukudome Whaddaya mean nobody will return your calls? Those players make over $75 million as a group! Can't believe we lost that one -- we even scored 2 runs.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 06:09 pm

With tonight's loss, the 2010 Cubs have officially moved from "a waste of time" to "a complete and utter waste of time". $135MM, with no significant injuries, and you will hear crickets chirping in Wrigley come September. Congrats guys! Man, that "Year 1" slogan is looking good. Pure marketing genius.

Submitted by Ross_Barnes on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 06:03 am

Austin Bibens-Dirkx threw another gem tonight for the Smokies. 7 innings, 1 hit, 1 BB, 4K. He now has a 2.05 ERA and has walked only 14 against 42 Ks in 57 IP. Jay Jackson also tossed six solid innings in AAA. I have to say, with Cashner, Jackson, and Bibens-Dirkx, I think it's possible that the Cubs have the makings of a solid core rotation (with all caveats understood). The absolute number one priority I see for the Cubs right now is a young, but advanced, power bat at 1B. If Lilly+Gorz or a similar package could fetch such a commodity, I truly hope the trigger is pulled without hesitation. How about Lilly and Russell to the Red Sox for Lars Anderson? The Red Sox need another quality starter and lefty bullpen help. Anderson is blocked at 1B by Youkilis. Win-win?

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 06:11 am

There's a lot of talk in Houston - sarcastically in the case of the Astros about how the 2005 Astros won the NL Pennant despite starting off 15-30 (or something). It's too early to give up on the season - the Cubs aren't chasing any juggernauts. Now if they're 6 under .500 and 12 back at the break - then I think the Cubs hopefully will look at trading Ramirez, Lee, Lilly and Fukudome. Lars Anderson is a more highly hyped because he's a Red Sox prospect, he's not a cornerstone type player in my opinion. Maybe Florida will be in it and let loose of Logan Morrison for a package they think will push them over the top.

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Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 06:03 pm

Sure, but if Byrd, Fukudome, and Silva return to their career averages, then we don't win that many more ball games. The Cubs are still in it, but I wouldn't be terribly disappointed if they start considering the possibility they are sellers. I wouldn't bother to try to trade Lee or Rammy right at the moment, of course. That'd be a real sell low--and we really don't have anybody ready to take over at third, it's debatable whether we have someone worth giving playing time at first. I'd consider trading Lilly, though. We have a surplus in starting pitching at the moment, and Gorzo really didn't do anything to deserve his demotion to the bullpen.

Submitted by MikeVail on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 06:28 am

Arizona Phil, Is Bibens-Dirkx a prospect or just an older guy doing well at double-A? I know he spent some time in an independent league after washing out with Seattle. Thanks for any insight. As I suspect is the case with many readers, I'm finding the minor league box scores more interesting than the major league games....

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 06:45 pm

Submitted by MikeVail on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 8:28am. Arizona Phil, Is Bibens-Dirkx a prospect or just an older guy doing well at double-A? I know he spent some time in an independent league after washing out with Seattle. Thanks for any insight. As I suspect is the case with many readers, I'm finding the minor league box scores more interesting than the major league games.... ====================================================== MIKE V: Austin Bibens-Dirkx turned his career around in Indy ball in 2009 (after he was released by Seattle), and he has continued to have success at AA after pitching lights-out at Peoria after the Cubs acquired him last year. While he is 25 and has been released prviously in his career (after failing to get out of "A" ball), that doesn't automatically mean that Bibens-Dirkx is a lucky slouch who is doing it with mirrors. If he is getting outs and doing it while pitching deep into games, then that's the way it is. Maybe the Mariners just gave up on him too soon. Bibens-Dirkx was a 16th round pick of the Mariners out of the University of Portland (where he was a teammate of Daytona Cubs LHP Chris Siegfried), and he had a good debut season in pro ball in the Midwest League in 2006, before imploding at Hi-A (California League) in 2008. I would want to see how he fares at Iowa before jumping to any conclusions about him being a big league prospect, but he has certainly done everything he can do to at least get a shot at AAA.

Submitted by thedirtbag on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 06:21 pm

This team is certainly capable of better things than what they have shown in the first 52 games of the season. This team has a unique opportunity to climb back into the race with a good month (too bad it has started out crappy). In June, they have 4 remaining games against Pittsburgh (which could turn out to be the hardest of all), 3 against Houston, 3 against Oakland, 6 against the beloved White Sox, 3 against Milwaukee, 3 against Seattle, and 3 against LA (who will be playing without their biggest bat). All these teams with the exception of Oakland are under .500 for the year. 12 home games with 4 off days against the rump of the MLB gives this team an opportunity to revive and head into July with some momentum. On the flip side, they have an extremely tough July including 4 against Phili, 3 against LA, 4 against Cinnci, 3 against STL, and 2 against Colorado (if you catch Jimenez, you can tally a L for the way of life here).

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  • 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.

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    Phil, do you think Wiggins will start out in ACL?

  • azbobbop (view)

    The level of conversation on this site is intelligent, reasoned and informative. Miles ahead of other Cub sites.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    This was Jaxon Wiggins previous "live" BP on 4/5: 

    JAXON WIGGINS: 
    ONE INNING (20 pitches - 10 strikes) 
    one batted ball in play (F-9 by Stevens)
    one walk (B. Davis) 
    one HBP (B. Davis)
    two strikeouts (Peralta & Escobar - both looking)
    three swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    four called strikes
    nine called balls 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Prior to the Cactus League game at Papago Park, three Cubs pitchers threw "live" BP on Field 1 at the Cubs Sloan Park complex, including RHRP Ethan Roberts (June 2022 TJS) and Cubs 2023 2nd round draft pick RHP Jaxon Wiggins (February 2023 TJS).  

    Wiggins last threw "live" BP three weeks ago before being shut down for a couple of weeks, and this was the first time Roberts has thrown to hitters in almost two years. 

    JAXON WIGGINS: 
    ONE INNING:
    25 pitches (11 strikes)
    no batted balls in play
    two walks (Suriel and J. Diaz) 
    three strikeouts (Carico, Lubo, and Escobar - all three swinging)
    six swing & miss
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    14 called balls 
    one WP 

    ETHAN ROBERTS: 
    ONE INNING 
    15 pitches (7 strikes) 
    two batted balls in play (G-3 by Carico and L-9 by Suriel) 
    two walks (Lubo and Carico)
    no strikeouts  
    no swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    eight called balls 
    one WP 

    Mat Peters was bumped by Justin Steele from his scheduled game work at Giants, so he threw two innings of "live" BP with Wiggins & Roberts. 

    MAT PETERS: 
    TWO INNINGS 
    44 pitches (23 strikes) 
    five batted balls in play (F-7, L-7, F-7, G-6, G-3) 
    three walks 
    two strikeouts (both Lubo and both looking)
    six swing & miss 
    three fouls 
    nine called strikes
    21 called balls 
    three WP 

  • crunch (view)

    wall stole a HR from busch...double.  nice to see him destroy a curve ball.

    upon further viewing, that might not have been a homer in too many parks...it had a lot of hang time, though.

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