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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, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, four 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
* Richard Lovelady
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 

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 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 4
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P
* Jordan Wicks, P    

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




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TCR Friday Notes

Submitted by Rob G. on

- The Cubs made their first roster cuts, trimming the roster by nine. They included pitchers, Billy Petrick, Esmailin Caridad, Jose Ceda and left-hander Geoff Jones. Also, outfielders Tyler Colvin and Andres Torres, infielder Bobby Scales, and catchers Wellington Castillo and Josh Donaldson.

- A few folks sent me links to their Cubs sites lately and wanted to menton kosukefukudome.org, which is naturally, all things Kosuke. There's also Cubs Chat Room, which looks like it puts together all the major Cubs blogs in one place and has an ongoing chat. And finally, Just One Bad Century, which sure looks promising. Anyone doing a retrospective on great Cubs mustaches throughout the years, is my kind of place. 

- You may have seen the recap of our MLB Open Fantasy League draft. You can have just as much fun by joining our second league. We're one to two players short of a full league, so drop me a line if you want to be part of the fun. I believe the draft is Saturday, March 22nd at 11am CST. 

- Steve Holley of Inside the Ivy is going to do a little Q&A with us sometime over the next couple of weeks. I'd like to get my questions to him next week, so if you want to ask anything about our minor leaguers, drop me a note in the comments.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:47 pm

FYI Rob, you have an extra space at the end of the url in the One Bad Century link, so it doesn't work.

Submitted by SheffieldCornelia on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:18 pm

He was one of the top candidates for the right-handed-hitting utility 4th OF spot. Does anyone think that us cutting him means we have another candidate for the 4th OF spot who isn't currently on the roster? The only other alternative I can think of is keeping both Murton and Fuld around and having Murton back up at corner OF and Fuld be the CF backup.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:38 pm

I would guess that we'll make that trade eventually. But if we don't, Murton stays and Cedeno probably is the backup/right-hitting center fielder.
If nothing happens before Opening Day:
Bench of: Murton Blanco Cedeno Ward one of Jake Fox, Cintron, Fontenot, Eric Patterson or Fuld. I'd bet on Cintron out of that group.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:36 pm

I don't think he was really a top candidate. He has a career MLB average of .210 in 257 ABs and a career minor league average of .268. He's a 30-year old career minor leaguer for a reason. And the Cubs would have to add him to the 40-man roster. Option A) I think is adding someone, option B) would be to work with what they have. Option C) Torres, was never really an option. In my opinion anyway.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:31 pm

I would have put this in my notes if I had seen it yet: Top 5 NL Right Fielders by PROJECTED VORP in 2008 Corey Hart, MIL, .295, 35.5 Kosuke Fukudome, CHN, .303, 29.2 Jeremy Hermida, FLO, .296, 28.7 Matt Kemp, LAN, .287, 27.2 Lastings Milledge, WAS, .287, 22.2 That's encouraging about Kosuke, but how the heck is Brad Hawpe not in the top 5? (17.4 projected VORP btw).

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:56 pm

lastings milledge? i'm sure his 200Ks and 50 walks will blow people away and impress many. he sure didn't look slick vs. righties last season no matter what his #s show. playing in FLA/WAS/NYM/ATL parks sure wont help. at least his swing is fluid and has legit pop. ...and hermida? are you f'n kidding me? can he even get to 25 homers? linedrives in those NL East parks?

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 03/07/2008 - 03:04 pm

casey lambert... killer curve...ordinary fastball...midget...reliever anyway...has his fastball improved (low 90s rather than high 80s)? does he have or working on a 3rd pitch? cubs gonna keep him in relief (if he has a 3rd pitch developing/developed)?

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  • crunch (view)

    bleh.

    at least MIL has lost the past 2 nights, too.

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal pinch hitting for matt mervis vs jansen?

    okay.

  • crunch (view)

    surprising amount of cubs fans at the park, too.  HR really brought them out.

  • Cubster (view)

    hmmmm... 

    4-4

    beisbol can be fun

  • crunch (view)

    4 singles and 0 walks (1 HBP) through 7 innings for cubs batters...amazing they even have 1 run.

  • crunch (view)

    nico gets his 5th error on the year...damn.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Folks, I've known Richard Lovelady since he was an 18 yr old Freshman at East Ga State College in Swainsboro, Ga.

    I was the WBB Coach at EGSC and Richard was their prize recruit from outside of Hinesville, Ga.

    My roommate was the Pitching Coach there.

    Richard showed up a skinny, loose lipped, 83mph Lefty. Pretty good basketball player actually. 

    My roommate became the head coach.

    Richard came back from a minor injury for his Sophmore year a more serious man. He hit 90mph and started mowing GA JUCO hitters down. It was really fun to watch.

    He was the first D1 signee for EGSC baseball (school had only had athletics for five yrs at that point). He went to Kennesaw St and became their closer. One yr later, he hit 100mph and KC drafted him in the 10th Rd. 

    He lost the high velo with a surgery a while back.

    It's so cool to see him in MLB. And now he's a Cub!! It's crazy to realize I actually "know" a Cub.

    He's a legit good guy.

    Easy to root for!!!

     

  • Cubster (view)

    Tim. Thanks for remembering Lee Elia Day. It will always be one of the most epic rants in all sports.  It took about 3 seconds to recognize him from your picture but I  did get it right. 

    Now that Les Grobstein is no longer with us, that might contribute to this grand piece of Cubbery fading.

    Just like fine wine, it should be savored...unedited. 40 years, wow.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Does he have any options left, Phil?

  • crunch (view)

    morel in the lineup and playing 3rd.

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