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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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And now for your morning mindf**k: Cubs on The Score, Sox on 'GN?

Submitted by Cubnut on

Robert Feder (@robertfeder) writes this morning that the White Sox' radio contract is up for renewal, and WLS and WGN are vying for the rights against the incumbent, WSCR. Like the Cubs' new flagship, WBBM, WSCR is owned by CBS, and Feder says 'BBM's contract with the Cubs would allow them to move the Cubs over to WSCR if The Score can't retain the White Sox.

In other words, come next spring, the Cubs could be on The Score, and the 29th-best baseball broadcasting team on radio could be on WGN.

Related aside: the Cubs' move to WBBM hasn't detracted one iota from my enjoyment of, and interest in, this Cubs season. (I didn't think it would.) But does anyone else find it obnoxious that at all commercial breaks, WBBM reminds listeners that you can still "get your traffic and weather on the 8's" by switching over to BBM's all-news FM frequency?

If the Cubs weren't on board with their flagship station offering listeners a programming alternative at each and every break in the action, it wouldn't happen. To me, though, it's insulting to the Cubs brand.

And God knows over the years, the Cubs have done plenty on their own to get listeners to turn the dial.

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Comments

Submitted by John Beasley on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 05:04 am

780 is much easier to receive here on the other side of the lake. I am happy. But if they switch to 670, that's unfortunately the end for me and cubs radio.

Submitted by jacos on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 05:11 am

I would love Cubs on 670. Already all day listen for sports talk, now they can cut the Sox post game and pre game crap. Ed Farmer is a lovable goof, don't mind him a bit.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 05:27 am

"To me, though, it's insulting to the Cubs brand." the cubs brand, brought to you by whoever is paying the most for a particular chunk of it at any given moment. i think wrigley could use a 3rd jumbotron in CF...get rid of that giant piece of green plywood with numbers that's currently stinking up the place. maybe they could start green-screening ads on the ivy. think outside the box...put a ad bridge on the existing ad bridge...exponential revenue! i don't have a problem with what the cubs are doing, but they've slapped so much makeup on the pig known as wrigley field that they might as well have started over...maybe put a new park somewhere that's accessible without pulling teeth unless you take the train in. they can't seem to make up their minds whether they're selling an experience, selling winning, or just selling anything they can to anyone who bids the most money.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 05:21 pm

Been to Rangers, Astros, Red Sox and Cubs games in the past 3 years. Houston was the worse by FAR, I've been to kids video arcades with less flashing lights, siren, bells and whistles. Fenway was a cool place, but my gawd the fans. I love all the wicked hawd core fans who had to skip baseball (3-2 game BTW) to get beers so they could be back in time to sing Sweet Caroline. 8th inning, tying run on base, everybody is doing the wave. Plus multiple people made fun of me wearing a Cubs hat, "when ya gonna win a Warhld Series bro, it's all about the rings." Seriously, nouveau riche in championships are always the worst. Last Wrigley Trip (summer 2013) left a bad taste in my mouth. It wasn't the Wrigley experience I remember. No longer an escape from modern annoyances but without any modern amenities. Just a lame compromise. Rangers was hands down the best experience. Great facilities, modern but with a classic feel. The jumbotron, videos, music added instead of detracting from the experience. The gentle public shaming on the jumbotron when people tried to start the wave was an added bonus. The staff went above and beyond being friendly and helpful. An extremely fan friendly atmosphere but where baseball was still the central focus of the overall experience.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 05:49 pm

Interesting about Rangers Ballpark. Nationals Park would be okay for a day game during a power failure. I find myself pulling for the visiting team even when it's not the Cubs, just to oppose the scoreboard. Apart from the scoreboard and the circus-barker announcer: nice team, good food, fun Presidents' Race.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 05:10 pm

Haven't gone to a Rangers game since Nolan Ryan split but they use to show the video clip of him beating the crap out of Robin Ventura as part of a fire up the crowd video. Sure beats the "everybody clap your hands" song played incessantly at Minute Maid.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/08/2015 - 05:28 am

cruddy draft class, especially highschool pitchers. cubs being linked so much to c.fulmer is bothersome...great stuff, but control + stamina aren't his strong suits. that said, there's not a lot to this draft class. the #1 overall expected picks (d.tate or d.swanson) aren't #1 overall type material. well, if a team needs a SS it's not that bad of a draft...no "woah" guys, though.

Recent comments

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Walker was a complimentary piece who was well past his prime. Edmonds, Holliday, Ozzie Smith and a few others were good trades. Notably, they have almost always been quiet in the free agent market. But the fundamental workings of the organization were always based primarily upon the constant output of a well oiled minor league organization. That organization has ground to a halt. And when did that hard stop start to happen? Right at the beginning of the Goldschmidt/Arenado era, perpetuated by the Contreras signing, followed by the rotation purchases during the last offseason. The timing is undeniable and, in my mind, not coincidental.

    Again, we are all saying that player development became deemphasized. I’m just linking it directly to the recent trades and involvement in the free agent market. I don’t see how the two concepts can be decoupled.

  • Charlie (view)

    The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cubs sign 28 yr old RHRP Daniel Missaki. He was in MiLB from his 17yr old to 19yr old years and did pretty well.
    He's been in Mexico and Japan the last four years and has done well also.
    He's supposedly Japanese and Brazilian.
    Interesting sign. We obviously need to RP in the system
    Injuries are mounting everywhere!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.

    Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.

    They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.

    I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.

    I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.

  • crunch (view)

    Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
    Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far. 

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