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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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Cubs @ Reds: Hendricks vs. Leake (Game 93 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (50-42): RHP Kyle Hendricks (4-4, 3.44)

CIN (41-50): RHP Mike Leake (7-5, 3.95)

First pitch: 11:35amCT

Coghlan* lf

Schwarber* c

Rizzo* 1b

Soler rf

Bryant 3b

Denorfia cf

Herrera# 2b

Hendricks p

Russell ss

 

Phillips 2b

Bourgeois rf

Votto* 1b

Frazier 3b

Suarez ss

Schumaker* lf

Hamilton# cf

Barnhart# c

Leake p

 

In his last 4 starts, Hendricks is 2-0 with a 0.35 ERA. The Reds are 10-39 (.256) against him. Votto is 1-2 with a HR.

Leake, whose contract is up at the end of the season, is probably on his way out. In his last start, he gave up 1 ER in 6 innings for the win against Cleveland. The Cubs are 50-164 (.305) against him, but he is 5-0 with a 2.24 ERA against the Cubs in Cinci. Coghlan is 9-13 with 2 HRs. Rizzo is 10-27 with 2 HRs. Maybe some ABs against Leake will get him back on track.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:51 am

LHP Clayton Richard has been Designated for Assignment and RHSP Dallas Beeler and RHRP Yoervis Medina have been recalled from AAA Iowa. 

Beeler will serve as the Cubs "26th man" today.  

26th MAN RULE:

Beginning on MLB Opening Day up through August 31st, a club can temporarily add a 26th player to its MLB Active List on any day where two games are scheduled, as long as the second game was scheduled at least 48 hours in advance. If the second game was scheduled less than 48 hours in advance, a 26th man can be temporarily added to a club's MLB Active List for the second game only.

1. The "26th man" must be on the club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) or has to be added to the club's 40-man roster that day.

2. The "26th man" does not have to be a pitcher.

3. In the case of a second game being scheduled at least 48 hours in advance, the 26-man Active List limit is in effect for both games, but the "26th man" cannot be switched between games.

4. A minor league player can be added to a club's Active List as the "26th man" even if he has not spent ten days on Optional Assignment (or Outright Assignment) prior to being added.

5. A "26th man" can remain on the Active List and a different player can be dropped the next day, as long as the "26th man" was not called up from the minors prior to spending at least ten days on Optional or Outright Assignment. However, a player called up as the "26th man" prior to spending at least ten days on Optional or Outright Assignment could remain on the 25-man roster if the player replaces a player who is placed on the Disabled List (or other MLB inactive list) the next day.

6. If a player is recalled as the "26th man" and is optioned or outrighted back to the minors the next day, the "10-day rule" clock (prohibiting a player from being recalled until he has spent at least ten days on Optional or Outright Assignment, unless he is replacing a player who is placed on the DL or other MLB inactive list) does not start over again. However many days toward ten that the player spent on Optional or Outright Assignment prior to being recalled as the "26th man" counts toward the ten days.

7. The "26th man" accrues one day of MLB Service Time.

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:07 am

High Heat Stats MLB ‏@HighHeatStats 3 minutes ago Most outs produced in 2015: Starlin Castro 297 Robinson Cano 288 Elvis Andrus 282 Ian Desmond 281 Brian Dozier 281 Matt Kemp 281

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:08 am

A note about Clayton Richard being Designated for Assignment: 

Normally, a player who is Designated for Assignment must be either traded (that's technically known as a "Trade Assignment") or sent outright to the minors (which is known as an "Outright Assignment) within ten days, or else the player must be released. 

However, if a player is Designated for Assignment but is not replaced on his club's MLB Reserve List ("40-man roster") by another player, the designated player can be optioned to the minors (known as an "Optional Assignment") within the ten-day window. 

A player is sometimes Designated for Assignment during the season because Optional Assignment Waivers must be secured before the player can be optioned to the minors. and it takes two days to get a player through waivers. 

So since Richard was not replaced on the Cubs 40-man roster by another player, he could be optioned to the minors IF Optional Waivers are secured AND Richard gives the Cubs permission to option him to the minors.

Because Richard has accrued at least five years of MLB Service Time, he cannot be sent to the minors by optional or outright assignment without his permission. So even if waivers are secured, Richard cannot be optioned or sent outright to the minors unless and until he gives his permission. If he doesn't give his permission, he must be either traded or released, and if he is released, the Cubs would owe him 100% of his remaining 2015 salary, minus whatever salary he might be paid if he were to subsequently sign a major league or minor league contract with another MLB club prior to the conclusion of the 2015 MLB regular season. 

OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT WAIVERS RULE

Optional Assignment Waivers must be secured before a player can be optioned to the minors once he has reached the third anniversary of being added to an MLB Active List (25-man roster) or MLB Disabled List for the first time, or the two-year anniversary if the player spent one full season on Optional Assignment to the minors prior to being added to an MLB Active List (25-man roster) or MLB Disabled List for the first time, or the one-year anniversary if the player spent two full seasons on Optional Assignment to the minors prior to being added to an MLB Active List (25-man roster) or MLB Disabled List for the first time.

Optional Assignment Waivers are revocable and can be withdrawn if a claim is made, but if a player is claimed off Optional Assignment Waivers and the waiver request is subsequently withdrawn, the player cannot be placed on Optional Assignment Waivers or Trade Assignment Waivers for at least 30 days from the date the waiver request is withdrawn, and if a player is placed on Optional Assignment Waivers a second time in the same waiver period, the waivers become irrevocable and the request cannot be withdrawn. A player who has a "no trade" right (full or partial) cannot be placed on Optional Assignment Waivers a second time before the end of the waiver period unless the player first waives his "no trade" right.

Optional Assignment Waivers secured during the waiver period that commences on February 16th and during the waiver period that starts on the 31st day of the MLB regular season are in effect for the entire waiver period, but Optional Assignment Waivers secured during the waiver period that begins on August 1st are in effect only through the conclusion of the MLB regular season.

Optional Assignment Waivers secured on a player who is on an MLB Disabled List expire after 72 hours.

If a player on an MLB Disabled List is placed on Optional Assignment Waivers, he must be eligible to be reinstated from the DL and healthy enough to play. If waivers are secured, the player must be reinstated from the DL within 72 hours. If the player is claimed and the waiver request is subsequently withdrawn, the player must be reinstated from the DL immediately.

A club does not have to option a player to the minors after Optional Assignment Waivers have been secured.

Optional Assignment Waivers cannot be requested after October 1st or secured prior to February 16th.

Optional Assignment Waivers are not required if a player is being sent to the minors using a 4th minor league option, or if a player is being optioned to the minors within 24 hours after being acquired in a trade, or if a player is being optioned back to the minors after being recalled to serve as the "26th man" in a doubleheader.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/24/2015 - 07:14 am

And in fact Clayton Richard has indeed been returned to the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) and optioned to Iowa (see my comment above from a couple of days ago explaining the relationship between a DFA and the need to secure Optional Assignment Waivers before certain players can be optioned to the minors).

DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT RULE

Sometimes a club wants to remove a player from its MLB Reserve List (40-man roster), but it has to be done immediately because the player's roster slot is needed. Or sometimes a club wants to remove a player only from its MLB Active List (25-man roster), but Optional Assignment Waivers must be secured before the player can be optioned to the minors. In those cases, a player can be Designated for Assignment.

When a player is Designated for Assignment, the "Designated Player" is removed from his club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster), and then the club has up to ten days to either trade, release, non-tender, or outright the player to the minors, or return the player to its MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) and option the player to the minors (if the player has minor league options available and Optional Assignment Waivers are secured if needed, unless the player has the right to refuse an Optional Assignment and does not give his consent), but a player who has been Designated for Assignment can be returned to the club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) and optioned to the minors only if the player was not replaced on the club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) by another player after being Designated for Assignment. (A club might have to DFA a player to buy time while it attempts to secure Optional Assignment Waivers).

A player on Optional Assignment to the minors must be "Recalled - Not to Report" before he can be Designated for Assignment.

The player continues to be paid and the player accrues MLB Service Time for the entire period of time he is Designated for Assignment during the MLB regular season.

A player acquired off waivers can be optioned to the minors by his new club (as long as the player has a minor league option available, unless the player has the right to refuse an optional assignment and does not give his consent) or can be placed onto Outright Assignment Waivers and be outrighted to the minors if he is not claimed (unless he has the right to refuse an Outright Assignment and does not give his consent), but if a club acquires a player off waivers and the claiming club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) is full so that the club needs to remove a player from its MLB Reserve List in order to open a spot on its 40-man roster for the newly-acquired player, or the claiming club's MLB Active List (25-man roster) is full so that the club needs to remove a player from its MLB Active List in order to open a spot on its 25-man roster for the newly-acquired player, the player who was claimed off waivers cannot be Designated for Assignment to alleviate the roster logjam.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:26 am

schwarb catches 13 innings of a night game...starts at catcher for the day game of a double header about 12 hours later. ah, youth.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:11 pm

LOL! Over his career (coming into today) Hendricks has 31 starts, 185 IP, and an ERA of 3.02 and WHIP of 1.097. He's 11-5 in that time. His bWAR is 4.3 in what is essentially one full season. Most teams would LOVE a 5th starter like that. He's allowed to have an off game once in a while. And honestly, it was a lot of bad luck in the first inning today. Two infield singles and a blooper.  

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Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:26 pm

The "fifth starter" is shown (for wins) to not really provide much in the way of W-L for a team moreso than it eats away innings from other pitchers in the rotation. With today's model of using a "starter" for 6 innings max, it is debatable if this will even be a role in the future. And yes, you can bet that when the Cubs add another pitcher before the deadline. Hendricks will be the fifth starter. At the end of the season, we can then say we will "love" him, or not. I think the jury is still out on that. He needs to pitch perfectly in order to succeed with his tools. Which he did not do today - "luck" or not.

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Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:55 pm

When Hendricks was pitching against the Sox, Hawk compared him to Buehrle, which I think is right. When you don't have overpowering stuff, there will be a few days each season when you get knocked around pretty good. But, on the whole, an ERA of 3.50-4.00 is pretty solid for a #4 or #5 guy.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:19 pm

I suppose...What WISC took out of context, and used a small sample size over (wait for the rest), was that by "Classic 5th starter, is that in my opinion, Hendricks could have a career like the following former Cubs (4th/5th starters): Glendon Rusch - 5.04 ERA/12 years CAREER Era Shawn Estes - 4.71/13 years Jason Marquis - 4.71/15 years Further, the above did not start as #4/#5 starters in their careers. But, for SURE a 3.50-4.00 ERA, based on these beloved (?) Cubs is excellent. If he can sustain this over a career, with his tools/intellect that would be fantastic - but I am not anointing him "4th starter of the decade" just yet - or don't know if he will become a #6 starter sooner than a #3. But, "Classic" 5th starter to me is an "innings eater" with an ERA of 4.5-5, and every 3rd or 4th game pitches like a #3. I hope Kyle limits his clunkers for the rest of the year.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:47 pm

For the record, your first post was: "Hendricks: Classic 5th starter" So I don't think it is even possible for me to take something out of context, since you didn't really provide any!

But yes, if his ERA is 4.5-5, then I would say he becomes a fifth starter, or more likely bounces between AAA and the Bigs. But if he keeps doing what he has been doing, with an ERA between 2.5 and 3.5, then I think he is more of a 3rd or 4th starter, and would be so on most major league teams.  

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Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:25 pm

If he could sustain the 2.5 - 3.5, indeed I believe you are spot on. Man - I hope he can! The Garza trade will look even better (and Kyle would be a nice player to keep in the rotational mix for sure). I suppose I didn't provide much context, did I? However, with your insight and impressive mind, you should have known exactly what I was thinking at that moment.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:02 pm

Rizzo took a few steps in from first as if to charge a bunt, then stepped back quickly to catch a pick-off throw from Hendricks. The ump called a balk. Rizzo was irrate and Maddon came out and then the ump tossed Maddon very quickly. Len and JD commented that he is a very new ump and as far as their reading and asking around between innings, the ump didn't interpret the rule correctly and blew the call. The ball was clearly thrown to the bag, not a fielder, and the fielder covering the bag can be moving there to catch the throw.

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Submitted by Jackstraw on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:56 pm

Not quibbling with you WISC, since you are just passing along the information...but unless balks are called differently in the minor leagues, the whole "new umpire" thing doesn't make much sense to me. Unless by new umpire they meant he was working in the oil fields this time last year then got laid off and decided he'd give umpiring a try.

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Submitted by Carlito on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:59 pm

I think JD used the term 'overthinking' by a young umpire. So while I agree with you that his training years in the minors count, I think the argument was that he was just jacked up and being a little too vigilant maybe due the being on the big stage. Who the fuck knows. It was a stupid call.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:48 pm

Primary goal now for Game 1 is to force the Reds to use Chapman. Edit: Never mind. Nice work by the Funky Cold Medina.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:56 pm

OK -- where does Schwarber play in Game 2? LF? 1B? He has been the entire offense the last 2 games. I'm sure Rizzo and Bryant can't wait to get out of Cincy -- between the HR Derby and the first 3 games of this series...ugh.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:05 pm

RHP Zack Godley (Cubs 2013 10th round draft pick - U. of Tennessee) will be making his MLB debut tomorrow night for the Arizona Diamondbacks, getting the start versus Milwaukee at Chase Field in Phoenix. 

Godley was one of two Cubs minor league pitchers (RHP Jeferson Mejia was the other one) sent to AZ for Miguel Montero last off season. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:55 pm

E-MAN: Zack Godley is a high-K extreme ground ball pitcher who pounds the bottom of the strike zone with both a low 90's two-seam fastball and a cutter, with a curve and a change-up as secondary offerings. I suppose he would be comparable to Kyle Hendricks, except Godley throws harder and Hendricks has a better change-up.

The Cubs drafted Godley as a 5th year college senior (he's now 25 years old), and worked him out of the bullpen in 2013 (at Boise) & 2014 (at Kane County & Daytona). His career took off this season when the D'backs moved him from the bullpen back to the starting rotation (Godley was the "Friday Night starter" at Tennessee his senior year in college). He was the starting pitcher for the California League in the California League - Carolina League All-Star game last month in Rancho Cucamonga, before getting moved-up to AA Mobile.   

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/24/2015 - 07:24 am

Six innings of four-hit shutout ball with no walks and seven strikeouts (88 pitches - 66 strikes) for Arizona Diamondbacks RHP Zack Godley (Cubs 2013 10th round draft pick - U. of Tennessee) in his MLB debut versus Milwaukee last night. 

link 

Godley was one of two Cubs minor league pitchers sent to AZ for Miguel Montero last off-season. 

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:32 pm

Jason Vargas down. With the Royals now losing Jason Vargas for the year, it is gonna be even tougher for TheoJed to pull a rabbit out of their hats this year as far as pitching goes...

Submitted by Carlito on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:45 pm

BTW count me as officially humbled. Every one of our prospects came up strong and faded. Even Baez had some crazy HR's his first week up last year. Alcantara came up like gangbusters and has been sent to Siberia. Soler Was other worldly when he first came up, and now is searching to find himself. Addison might need a stretch down in AAA but he seems to be battling. Bryant has flattened out for a stretch here. So Schwarber is on a tear ... His two stops in the majors have been AWESOME at the plate. But, damn, when the big boys (MLB pitchers/scouts) adjust things really get interesting. I think most of our guys will play in the majors and hopefully live up to their hype. But I don't think a single one of these guys has made it yet. In fact they're all struggling, accept our newest prodigy. Gonna be fun. But #respecttheshow

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Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 07/23/2015 - 07:57 am

Who the hell is Jacob Rogers? Ok. Virgina Phil. You are right. Mr. Rogers (sans the sweater) is in the Cubs system. Not Jesse Rogers the Cubs beat writer for ESPN Chicago. Although, I see he was demoted from AA to Myrtle Beach. So...not sure what happened there. At 25 years old, guess he is certainly a long shot.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Thu, 07/23/2015 - 07:08 pm

Not sure what demotion you refer to, E-Man. Rogers was promoted to AA recently, I think for the first time. Might have something to do with Vogelbach recently going on the DL. At Iowa, meanwhile, Olt and Villanueva have been alternating at first and third. It's always hard for a 1B to climb the ladder.

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