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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. Pirates: Series Thread (Games 96 & 97)

Submitted by Charlie on

The Cubs welcome the Pirates to Wrigley for their final home games before the 2022 trade deadline. See below for daily matchups.

Game 96, Monday July 25, 7:05 pm central

CHC: RHP Adrian Sampson (0-1, 3.34 ERA)

PIT: RHP JT Brubaker (2-8, 4.02 ERA)

Game 97, Tuesday, July 26, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Keegan Thompson (7-4, 3.43 ERA)

PIT: RHP Bryse Wilson (1-5, 6.52 ERA)

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2022 Series Thread

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 07/25/2022 - 07:55 pm

8 days til the trade deadline (aug 2).

this is the last home series before then.  hopefully we'll have contreras around for both.  he's catching game 1.

d.robertson should fetch something nice.  maybe someone will give up something worthwhile for smyly, givens, and/or martin.

i.happ and p.wisdom might find a new home for the right price.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 07/25/2022 - 07:34 pm

kinda hope they hang onto him while he's got a year or 2 of cheap cost left (esp as a lefty).

i know he's a bit older and just a supporting player best used situationally or pinch hitting, but he can play passable CF/RF and he's got a touch of speed and power.  lot of teams spend 1-3m a year on guys like him.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 07/25/2022 - 07:43 pm

lul...game delay while pitchcom earpiece being removed after being stuck in contreras's ear.  (he's fine)

hey, new ways to speed up the game.  good job everyone.

that would be cubs 2022 as hell.  well, we were going to trade our all-star slugging catcher, but he put himself on the DL shoving  pitchcom too far into his skull.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/26/2022 - 07:29 am

brailyn marquez has shoulder surgery, out for the year.

he threw 0.2ip back in 2020 and nothing since.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/26/2022 - 07:48 am

There is no need for a separate international draft. Players from Puerto Rico and Canada are eligible for selection in the MLB Rule 4 Draft (First-Year Player Draft). The NBA and NHL don't have separate domestic drafts and international drafts. Just make all players from all countries eligible for selection in the MLB First-Year Player Draft. 

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Submitted by JoePepitone on Tue, 07/26/2022 - 07:55 pm

"Major League Baseball Players Association rejected MLB's last proposal for an international draft, cementing the current qualifying-offer system in place for the length of the collective-bargaining agreement."

https://sports.yahoo.com/as-deadline-for-ml-bs-proposed-international-d…

Story dateline was Sun, July 24, 2022 at 11:15 PM, so technically there was another day for things to change.  I've not seen any news stories come up in Google that state that the union has reversed that position, so I guess there will not be any draft for  International players that could affect the qualifying offer system for this year -- unless someone is sitting on that piece of news.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/26/2022 - 07:54 pm

contreras getting hugs from teammates on the field who formed a line at the dugout...hell of a farewell.

also, the cubs have won 6 in a row and all 5 since the all-star break so it's time to extend contreras + happ and trade for juan soto.  let's do this.  cubs 2022.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Wed, 07/27/2022 - 07:40 am

At this point I've come to the final stage of grief, acceptance, over Willson leaving.  Defensively, Gomes will do just fine. Will miss 
Willson's bat and his energy. 

For all the talk of how the Cubs treat their players so well with great amenities, it seems none of them really want to sign an extension. Sort of like the tech company that brags about having a foosball table in the break room but keeps losing employees to companies that are willing to pay better. 

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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Wed, 07/27/2022 - 07:47 am

I've noticed that about extensions too.. it's hard to discern if it's the players wanting too much or the team being cheap. If I were to guess, I would say a little of both, but probably leans a little towards the team being cheap.

I guess we just have to hope that the next core group will be good enough and the team will actually extend a few of them. It would be nice to see them start with Nico.

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Submitted by First.Pitch.120 on Wed, 07/27/2022 - 07:06 pm

I don't want to oversell this point, but I think it had a non-zero impact... I could see a "collective action" issue with extensions for Rizzo, Baez, Bryant, & Schwarber. Nobody wants to be the first one to make a deal that then sets the bar for others to be higher. Combined with a somewhat legit argument that Heyward's contract should be the starting point... that's a tough situation.  Throw in some luck (good/bad depending on day or view) with Javy's running into the pandemic. Also add any lingering feelings about service time issues with KB.  Tough to match up on an extension... again, not overstating; but I think there is at least a bit of something there.

Also have to at least acknowledge that in the time-window that extensions would have mutually made sense, the unknowns about the CBA would be a disincentive to commit big $.  Not excusing or apologizing for any one decision, but it's another factor with a non-zero impact.

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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Wed, 07/27/2022 - 07:41 pm

KB (and Almora lol)  is a Boras guys so that wasn't ever going to happen. Rizzo did sign the one early on, but it's just frustrating to see so many teams, including small market ones, signing their stars and stars-adjacent to good deals and next to nothing for the Cubs. There was Rizzo in what... 2014? Then Hendricks maybe 5 years later. And the only other one they manage to cross the finish line is Bote? That's just not how you sustain success in the modern game.

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Submitted by First.Pitch.120 on Wed, 07/27/2022 - 07:12 pm

FWIW... Rizzo did sign an early extension. Hendrick signed an extension. I know the Bote extension isn't huge, but I do think it's an important example of the org & the player being able to find common ground in balancing risk/reward for that particular context. Maybe it doesn't work out for the team when it is all said & done, but the FO was willing to take a gamble on investing in one of their own.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 07/27/2022 - 07:04 pm

as someone who entirely left the industry in the mid 00s for an entirely different field of work i hate everything about this imagery...

great pay...really great pay...fully stocked snack/meal room!  ...also working 50+ hours a week on salary.  will if be 45 hours this week?  will it be 60 hours this week?  oh, needed on a saturday/sunday for tweaking a final rollout early the next week?  plans?  oh, don't makes those.

uggg... uggggggggggggggggggggg... unnnnnnnnnghhhhhhhhhhhh...

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/26/2022 - 07:01 pm

14 years in the system, 7 years in the pros...almost half his life as a cub.

gonna miss the love and emotion as much as the production behind the plate and at the plate.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/26/2022 - 07:59 pm

PHOENIX -- The D-backs' first-round pick (second overall) in the 2022 MLB Draft, outfielder Druw Jones, injured his left (non-throwing) shoulder while taking batting practice Monday at the club's Salt River Fields facility.

...bro

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  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    This is Cubs adjacent but…


    Jordan Walker just was optioned by the deadbirds. For all the talk of the Cardinals development machine, they’ve really missed on a lot of can’t miss superstars lately. Walker has struggled. Gorman has been okay. They’re already trying to push Carlson out the door. Their pitching system has been so bad they had to go out and sign basically a full rotation over the last two offseasons.

    They’ve still developed a few of those pesky solid players, like Donovan, Edman, and Nootbaar. Their two best prospect to MLB players have been Adolis and Arozarena, neither of which is a cardinal.

    I hope they never figure it out again. Cardinal failure brings me such joy.
     

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

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