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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Gameday Open Thread

Game 42 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (1 of 3)

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SP *Tom Gorzelanny
SP
Sean Gallagher
  3-3, 5.97, 21 K, 29 BB, 34.2 IP
0-0, 6.48, 7 K, 4 BB, 8.1 IP
       
2B
Freddy Sanchez
LF
Alfonso Soriano
CF
*Nate McLouth
SS
Ryan Theriot
LF
Jason Bay 1B
Derrek Lee
1B
*Adam LaRoche 3B
Aramis Ramirez
RF
Xavier Nady C
Geovany Soto
3B
*Doug Mientkiewicz
2B
Ronny Cedeño
C
Ronny Paulino RF
Mark DeRosa
SS
Brian Bixler CF
Reed Johnson
P
*Tom Gorzelanny P
Sean Gallagher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few interesting things about today's game. First, there's Sean Gallagher's gameday photo.

Demand a retake Sean, you're a big-leaguer now.

Game 41 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (4 of 4)

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SP Greg Maddux
SP
Ryan Dempster
  3-3, 3.60, 26 K, 8 BB, 50 IP
4-1, 2.76, 36 K, 23 BB, 49 IP
       
CF
*Jody Gerut
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
CF
*Jim Edmonds
LF
*Paul McAnulty 2B
Ronny Cedeño
C
#Luke Carlin C
Henry Blanco
P
Greg Maddux
P
Ryan Dempster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the Cubs can overcome old friend Greg Maddux--perhaps making his last start ever at Wrigley Field--and the negative energy surrounding the addition of our new centerfielder, they'll take three of four from the Padres and improve their record on the homestand to a dandy 6-1, with three against the Pirates yet to go.

This, by the way, would be the first Wrigley Field series the Cubs had captured from San DIego since 1999. I'm sure the Mickey Morandini, Quilvio Veras references will be all over the broadcast.

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.

Game 39 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (2 of 4)

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SP *Shawn Estes
SP
Jason Marquis
  0-0, 0.00, 2 K, 1 BB, 1.2 IP
1-2, 5.08, 21 K, 15 BB, 33.2 IP
       
CF
*Jody Gerut
LF
Alfonso Soriano
2B
Tadahito Iguchi SS
Ryan Theriot
RF
*Brian Giles 1B
Derrek Lee
1B
*Adrian Gonzalez 3B
Aramis Ramirez
LF
Scott Hairtson RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
SS
Khalil Greene
C
Geovany Soto
3B
Edgar Gonzalez
2B
Mark DeRosa
C
#Luke Carlin CF
Reed Johnson
P
#Shawn Estes
P
*Jason Marquis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every once in awhile, a player that holds a special place in the hearts of Cubs fan comes back to Wrigley. And although they're wearing a different uniform, you can't help but root for them...

Oh wait, that's the beginning of Thursday's thread when Greg Maddux starts for the Padres. Today, it's Shawn Estes which most Cubs fans remember try to forget as the player who did his best to ruin the 2003 season. And just in case anyone thinks it wasn't that bad, here are his 2003 numbers:

8-11, 152.1 IP, 28 GS, 117 K, 105 BB, 5.73 ERA, 76 ERA+

But speaking of ugly numbers, the Cubs have Jason Marquis going.

Game 38 Thread / Padres @ Cubs (1 of 4)

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SP *Randy Wolf
SP
Carlos Zambrano
  2-2, 4.14, 38 K, 15 BB
5-1, 1.80, 38 K, 14 BB
       
CF
*Jody Gerut
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
Scott Hairtson 2B
Mark DeRosa
C
#Josh Bard CF
Reed Johnson
P
*Randy Wolf
P
#Carlos Zambrano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The struggling Padres roll into town, their league-worst offense versus the league's best. Yes, the Cubs do have the best offense in the league. Repeat. Enjoy. Savor. A look at the game notes that are chocked full of offensive goodness, shows that the Cubs lead the NL in OBP, 2nd in walks, first in runs scored (in the majors), and first in pitches seen per plate appearance. The Cubs are also tied for third in the NL with 10 come-from-behind victories. It's rather unique in my lifetime to have a good Cubs team and then look at the underlying numbers and realize that this is indeed a good Cubs team, and not a fluke. I'm not saying that the wheels might not come off at some point, I mean, they're one Carlos Zambrano arm injury from that happening, but I'll enjoy it while I can.

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.

Game 33 Thread / Cubs @ Reds (2 of 3)

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SP Carlos Zambrano
SP
Aaron Harang
  4-1, 2.11, 35 K, 11 BB
1-4, 2.98, 41 K, 11 BB
       
LF
Alfonso Soriano CF
Ryan Freel
SS
Ryan Theriot RF
*Ken Griffey Jr.
1B
Derrek Lee 2B
Brandon Phillips
3B
Aramis Ramirez 1B
*Joey Votto
RF
*Kosuke Fukudome 3B
Edwin Encarnacion
C
Geovany Soto LF
*Adam Dunn
2B
Ronny Cedeño SS
Jeff Keppinger
CF
*Felix Pie C
*Paul Bako
P
#Carlos Zambrano
P
Aaron Harang

 

 

 








Aramis Ramirez returns to the Cub lineup, and Ronny Cedeño gets a start at second base.

In the pitching matchup, Carlos Zambrano, who was one horrendous Kerry Wood inning away from winning his fifth game of the season last time out against Milwaukee, goes up against curveball-flingin' Aaron Harang, Zambrano beat the Reds in the middle contest of their three-game visit to Wrigley Field a few weeks back; Harang started the series opener and got smacked around (6 IP, 8 H, 5 ER) en route to a 9-5 Cubs win.

"Cubs win"...those are two words that haven't been used very often around here lately.

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it