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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

Last updated 4-23-2024
 
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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 @ Cleveland: Series Thread (Games 35 & 36)

Submitted by Charlie on
The Cubs' winning streak came to an end Sunday despite a 9th inning rally that brought the potential winning run to the plate. The team now stands at 17-17, back to .500 yet again, and firmly in the middle of the NL Central standings. They come into the series now down their starting CF, Happ, and probably his backup, Marisnick. Heyward and Javy are also nursing some nagging aches and pains, lending extra playing time, putting excessive pressure on the Cubs' bench. Meanwhile, the starting rotation may be finding its footing a bit. Hendricks surrendered 6 earned runs on Sunday, but the bulk of it came on weak contact. See below for the pitching matchups in the 2-game series in Cleveland. Game 35, Tuesday, May 11, 5:10 pm central CHC: RHP Adbert Alzolay (1-2, 4.50 ERA) CLE: RHP Shane Bieber (3-2, 2.98 ERA) Alzolay has been one of the most consistent Cubs pitchers so far this season. Last time out, he went 5 innings and struck out 7 while allowing 2 earned runs. He's gone at least 5 innings in 4 of his 5 starts and has struck out at least 6 in 4 of his five starts while never allowing more than 4 hits or 2 walks in a start. There's little more the Cubs could ask of the young righty. Bieber has nearly picked up where he left off in 2020 when he won the AL Cy Young. He has not yet matched that absurd run-suppression. But he's still striking out about 14(!) batters per 9 innings. Most Cubs will be getting their first looks at last the Bieb. Game 36, Wednesday, May 12, 12:10 pm central CHC: RHP Zach Davies (2-2, 6.30 ERA) CLE: LHP Sam Hentges (1-0, 5.00 ERA) After a disastrous first April, Davies finally strung together two solid starts in the new month. He was yanked from his May 1st outing after only 4 innings pitched despite having allowed only one earned run. On the 7th, however, he pitched 7 shutout innings. It was also his first outing in which he walked only one. Cleveland hitters have been unimpressed with what little they've seen of him. They are 12-33 with a .984 OPS off of him, despite 0 walks in that time. The Cubs get another day off and then hop over to Detroit for a 3-game set. This will be the 24-year-old Hentges's first MLB start. He's made 4 appearances in relief this year, compiling 9 innings pitched. Hentges brings mid-90s velocity but his minor-league stats suggest shaky command. The Cubs veterans will need to show some of that selective aggressiveness Ross and others have been preaching since spring training.
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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 05:04 pm

I get that 40 man rosters are complicated, but now we have 10 GD relievers and 3 bench guys, one of whom is an obviously injured Javy.

I can't wait until they reinstate the 13 pitchers maximum rule.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 05:07 pm

given that the starters are on pace to pitch around 150 innings this year they might need the zillion relievers.

i'm under the impression that d.ross got a new Fitbit exercise tracker prior to the season and likes to have excuses to walk to the mound for higher step counts.  i'm going with this theory until proved otherwise.

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Submitted by George Altman on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 05:49 pm

Baseball wants more offense, fans want more action -- limit pitching staffs to 12, ideally transition to 11 over a 3 year period. 

Teams are asking RPs to throw only 45 pitches a week. Think about that.

SPs who throw 175 IP/Yr will be museum pieces in 5 years.

It's not shifts. Oh....and electronic Strike zones as soon as possible. 

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 05:32 pm

this shane bieber guy kinda sucks.  1 run in, bases loaded 0 outs.

i hope 4-5 innings of alzolay and the 5 pen guys after him hold it down.

...hey wow, bases loaded 0 out turns into 0 runs...very cubs.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 05:50 pm

bryant out of the game for no apparent reason...that...doesn't seem good...

he's "under the weather" according the clubhouse.  that's better than screwed up oblique or similar, at least.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 05:58 pm

i'd like to point out ross feels more comfortable with j.pederson and k.bryant in CF over j.heyward.

watching heyward not just look human in the OF, but having a bit of a hard time is rough.  he's just not getting to stuff like he used to.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 05/12/2021 - 05:01 pm

well that sucked.

2-game sweep, 2 games under .500

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 05/12/2021 - 05:16 pm

it screws up stats.  i know you play for wins/losses, but real money is on the line for players and makes agent/player homework selling their client a bit harder.

it also makes historical comparisons difficult.

the amount of time i've seen a fresh inning starting out...bunt guy to 3rd for an out, IBB, IBB is too high.  what would amount to a leadoff single following that can easily turn into 2 runs (1 earned) with guys on the corner...which usually leads to another IBB.

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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