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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player 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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Cubs vs. Diamondbacks: Darvish vs. Greinke (Game 19)

Submitted by Charlie on

CHC (9-9): RHP Yu Darvish (1-2, 6.11 ERA)
ARZ (10-10): RHP Zack Greinke (2-1, 5.79 ERA)
First pitch 1:20pmCDT

Yesterday's win brought the record to .500. The division standings now resemble pre-season expectations, with the top four teams within 2.5 games of each other.Darvish looked much improved in his fourth start, going 5.1 IP and striking out 8. Still, he walked 4 and has allowed 4 homeruns in 17.2 IP this season. His stuff has been fairly electric all season. He'll continue to work on his command coming off his mostly lost 2018. There's not a lot of history against Darvish on the Diamondbacks' roster, but they've been a little below average against righties this year.

Zack Greinke's ERA still bears the burden of his opening day loss, in which he allowed 4 HR in only 3.2 IP. His three starts since have been much better, and last time out he went 7 innings for the win. A number of current Cubs have succeeded against Greinke in limited exposure, with a team slash of .311/.354/.467 against him in 90 ABs. Heyward, however, is 3-18 with 6 strikeouts and may find himself getting a rest.

It looks like the wind will still be blowing in off the lake for the game, albeit with a bit less violence than yesterday. Hold onto your hats.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/21/2019 - 04:08 am

The Cubs have recalled RHP Alec Mills from AAA Iowa, and placed LHRP Randy Rosario on the 10-day IL. Mills was actually recalled to the Cubs MLB Taxi Squad yesterday, which is why RHP Ryan Williams was activated by AAA Iowa prior to yesterday's game. It's likely that Mills will "piggy-back" with Tyler Chatwood (if necessary), and then be optioned back to Iowa tomorrow.  

MLB TAXI SQUAD: 

A club can recall a player from a minor league Optional Assignment and place the player on its "Taxi Squad" for one day. If the player is not added to his club's MLB Active List by 3 PM (Eastern) the next day or at least three hours prior to the scheduled start of the next day's game (whichever is later), the player must be removed from the Taxi Squad and returned to his minor league assignment. A player on the Taxi Squad does not count against his club's MLB Active List or the minor league affiliate's active roster, and the player does not accrue MLB Service Time while on the Taxi Squad. The most common reasons to recall a player and place him on the Taxi Squad is when a club is considering whether to place a player on the Injured List (or other MLB inactive list) but has not yet decided, or if a trade is imminent but has not yet been consummated.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/21/2019 - 04:40 am

The Rosario move has been changed to an Optional Assignment to Iowa, and Rosario will not count against the Iowa 25-man active roster until he physically reports to the team (he has 72 hours to report).  

Also, Rasario can be recalled without spending the full ten days on Optional Assignment if he replaces a player on the Cubs MLB 25-man roster who goes on an MLB inactive list (IL, Paternity, Bereavement, etc), which he could not do if he was on the 10-day IL. 

One other thing about Rosario is that the Cubs don't have to concern themselves with "protecting" Rosario's last minor league option year, because it's a fourth minor league option, and it disappears next season whether it's used this year or not. So even if Rosario does not use a minor league option this season, he will be out of minor league options next season anyway. (That also applies to Alec Mills). 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/21/2019 - 04:44 am

RHRP Tony Barnette goes to AAA Iowa on an Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment. Barnette last threw (one inning - ten pitches - 1-2-3) at EXST on Thursday. 

Remember that for players on an MLB injured list, the player must agree to a minor league rehab assignment, and the player gets to decide where he goes and how long he stays. Also, a player on an Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment does - NOT - count aganist the minor league affiliate's active roster limit, and there is no limit on how many players on an MLB IL can be assigned on an Article XIX-C Rehab Assignment with any one affiliate. However, Extended Spring Training is - NOT - considered to be a Minor League Rehab Assignment. And the maximum number of days a player can spend on a Minor League Rehab Assignment (30 days for pitchers and 20 days for position players) is not affected by the player moving from one affiliate to another during the course of the rehab assignment. 

It's quite different for players on a minor league injured list (including a player on an MLB 40-man roster who is on an Optional Assignment to the minors). The MLB club gets to dictate to the the player where he goes and how long he stays (subject to the 30- day lmit for pitchers and 20-day limit for position players). However, a player on a full season affiliate's IL can - ONLY - be sent to Extended Spring Training for rehab (and again, with no time limit because EXST is not considered to be an "official" rehab assignment) prior to the start of the short season leagues in June, and then a player on a full-season affiliate's IL can be sent on an "official" Rehab Assignment (in the case of a Cubs minor leaguer on the Iowa, Tennessee, Myrtle Beach, or South Bend IL) - ONLY - to Eugene or to one of the two Cubs AZL teams once their season starts). And no more than three minor league players can be on a Rehab Assignment with any one short-season affiliate at any one time. 

So (for example) a player on the Iowa IL cannot be sent on a rehab assignment to Myrtle Beach or South Bend. He either goes to Extended Spring Training (with no time limit) in April, May, and the first half of June, or (after the start of the short-season leagues in mid-June) to Eugene or to AZL Cubs #1 or to AZL Cubs #2. And a maximum of three minor leaguers can be on an "official" rehab assignment at Eugene, a maximum of three with AZL Cubs #1, and a maximum of three at AZL Cubs #2 (for a total of nine combined between Eugene, AZL Cubs #1, and AZL Cubs #2) at any one time.

And (as is the case with players on an MLB IL who are on an Article XIX-C Rehab Assignment), a player on a full-season minor league affiliate's IL who is assigned to Eugene or to one of the two Cubs AZL teams does - NOT - count against the short-season affiliate's roster limit.  

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/21/2019 - 04:40 pm

With both Addison Russell and Oscar de la Cruz scheduled to finish their respective suspensions and be reinstated from the Restricted List in a couple of weeks, look for the Cubs to transfer Brandon Morrow and Victor Caratini to the 60-day IL to make room on the 40 for Russell and ODLC. 

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  • crunch (view)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • azbobbop (view)

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  • Eric S (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • Charlie (view)

    They certainly could be coupled. It could also be the case that a team needs good players at the heart of the team and if they are not coming from one source (development) they have to be sought out elsewhere. I don't see the evidence needed to infer the cause. 

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    cubbery.

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