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40-Man Roster Info

40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are 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 4-18-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Rule 5 Draft 
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Sunday Funnies. Where do you want to go, Cubs?

Submitted by CubbyBlue on

So, we were driving back from Thanksgiving in North Carolina and...you know what it's like when you've been driving for 8 hours straight - you need a break.
We pulled into some rest stop just outside Illinois, and like every rest stop, they had a bunch of brochures.
I rubbed my eyes.
I was so tired but they all seemed to be about the Cubs somehow.
Destinations, places to go, things to...
"Welcome to Optimism?
What?
Do I want to go All The Way?
Visit Hope Springs, Illinois?
Thought maybe there was some delayed chemical reaction in my brain from all the marshmallow yams and Zinfandel.
Who wouldn't want to see Beautiful October?
Or go Deep with Anthony Rizzo, into the Win Column with Jake Arrieta, or simply experience Never Sucking at Baseball Again.
Count me in, man!
I was about to grab one that said "The World Series" when my wife said, "Come ON! We still have hours to go!"

I took a quick photo with my phone and we hauled.
Forgot about it til this morning.
Weird, huh?

Comments

Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 12:06 am

I would love to visit "Never Sucking at Baseball Again." But I'll probably pass on "Fuck the Goat." West Virginia ain't nothing special. *rimshot*

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 12:53 pm

on the heels of rsox ownership visiting j.lester on friday... "Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald reports that the Red Sox will "more aggressively" pursue Max Scherzer if they lose out on Jon Lester." also, re: tulo trade rumors... "CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that Rockies owner Dick Monfort "suggested to inquiring teams" at the owners meeting that Troy Tulowitzki isn't available for trade."

Submitted by CubbyBlue on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 12:17 pm

Charlie we stopped at a Shoney's in WV by accident, and I'm pretty sure I at least ate the goat.
O&B: I want a "FREE AGENCY SUCKS" t-shirt.
Real bad.

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 12:10 pm

not much harm in holding him for another 1-2-3-4 seasons anyway...unless one believes he's peaked or due for a downturn. his contract keeps him rather cheap for his position up until 2018/19 (10m/11m) with a 16m option for 2020. imo, the team can afford to wait to be blown away by someone's offer. he showed a noticeable bit of improvement with his D this season even if it wasn't a "corner turning" performance...plus it's likely he's got some more power in him than he's showed so far (20+hr/30+doubles wouldn't shock too many people even if he's trying to do it lower in the lineup). doubt he'll be a superstar or a HOF type, but given his cheap + locked in contract, i wouldn't expect much except the moon for the dude right now.

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Submitted by Carlito on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 12:10 pm

I really don't think the Cubs have shopped him or want to shop him. For all the reasons you say but also they are badly in need of veteran presence and Castro showed some maturity and swagger last year. They need a few guys who have played a bit and he's cheap and really good. They can always move him to another position or trade him later in the contract if needed - but right now he is one of maybe 3 proven performers on the team and they can't get younger at this stage.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:29 am

some stuff from Sickels in comments

Schwarber: I haven’t heard anything about his bat that is bad at all. All I’ve heard is "the Cubs were right" about his hitting.

Olt: He always lived on the edge because of the contact issue, but the fact that his glove disappeared along with the bat just screams "neurological problem" to me.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:11 am

can't complain...still, it makes the SP situation weird if one of the big-3 SP is still in the picture. arreta/hammel/wood/hendricks/wada already on board and all deserving of SP slots...ejax lingering in the background...they also gave j.turner some money... i hope this isn't a consolation prize, but it's hard to complain about hammel coming back.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:13 am

Cubs now have around 33 starting pitchers for 5 spots...

Arrieta, Hammel, Hendricks, Jackson, Wood, Wada, Doubront, Turner,  Strailly, Beeler, Jokisch

 

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Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:23 am

Heyman saying he was looking for a 3-year deal, guessing he got it if he signed that early unless he got a sweet AAV.

My guess is 3/30 to 3/39 range.

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:24 am

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks discussed swapping Andre Ethier for Miguel Montero before D'backs ownership vetoed the trade, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.

The deal would have also included Tim Federowicz going to the D'backs and a couple low-level prospects heading to the Dodgers,

Submitted by John Beasley on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:35 am

Hammel appears to be 2/18 with an option for year 3. Nice deal for the club if that ends up being true!

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Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:20 pm

to clarify, it's 2/18M with a $2M buyout on third year meaning 2/20 guaranteed. 3rd year is club option...haven't seen $ amount on option, but I'm guessing another $9-$10M.

@jonmorosi Jason Hammel guaranteed $18 million over 2 years, source confirms @ChrisCotillo report. Deal includes team option with $2MM buyout ...

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 12:41 pm

Wow, unless there is a red flag in the medicals, that seems reasonable both in dollars and years. Now lets put a bow on the season, sign Lester, pick up David Ross to be his caddie, add a few stocking stuffers for the bench and bullpen and then sit back and start sipping on the eggnog (aka Christmas kool aid).

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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