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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Phillies @ Cubs: Nola vs. Hammel (Game 97 Thread)

PHI (36-63): RHP Aaron Nola (0-1, 1.50)

CHC (51-45): RHP Jason Hammel (5-4, 2.82)

First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Hernandez# 2b

Herrera* cf

Franco 3b

Howard* 1b

Asche* lf

Galvis# ss

Brown* rf

Rupp c

Nola p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* c

Bryant 3b

Rizzo* 1b

Soler rf

Coghlan* lf

Castro ss

Hammel p

Russell 2b


Hammel gave up 1 ER in 5 innings for a no-decision in Cinci on Tuesday. He hasn’t won a game since he beat Washington on June 6. He’s 0-2 with a 2.98 since then. In his 4 career starts against the Phills, he’s 1-2 with a 6.58 ERA. They are 9-34 (.265) against him. Francouer is 4-9 (.444). 

The 22y/o Nola lost (6 IP, 1 ER, 6 Ks, 1 BB) to Tampa Bay in his MLB debut last week. He went a combined 10-4 with a 2.39 ERA in the minor leagues. The LSU Tiger was the Phills first-round pick in the draft last year. He was the fourth first rounder from that class to play this year--after Finnegan, Rodon, and our man Schwarber.
 

Go Cubs!

 

Comments

maddon ordered the team not to take BP today, fwiw. get no-hit, cancel BP the next day. moneyballs. it's PHI...the cubs should win even if they showed up at the park after spending the morning golfing and drinking.

Not to nit-pick with the last sentence but . . . Wasn't Conforto of the Mets also selected in the first round last year and had a helluva a game for the Mets last night? Looking forward to seeing Nola, he was this armchair GM's choice for the Cubs last season. Glad they didn't listen to me. Still, a polished, middle of the rotation starter that would have filled a need wouldn't have been the end of the world.

Nola debued first. I changed "is" to "was" which accounts for Conforto--which I was too lazy to check on. Grammar is never nitpicky.

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In reply to by Sonicwind75

for a "weak-ish" draft class, there's not only been some quick trips to the majors, but a lot of the guys still in the minors are doing really well. going into the draft it was pretty much a given who the top-3 guys were and they went in picks 1-3. it was a toss-up after that. it could end up being one of the best draft classes in quite a while.

Bryant misses a 3-rn HR by about 2 feet, then Rizzo drills a bullet right at the 2B for a DP. C'mon Luck -- we need ya on our side today!

wow...cueto to KC. missed the tweet bar notice from an hour ago...still...wow.

woo...fowler 3-2 game...back in it

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In reply to by crunch

..until more terrible Phillie players score off of one of our top 3 starters. #7 & #8 hitters, and the pitcher, on the worst team on baseball. Truly remarkable. Given the opponent, pitching match ups (including Arrietta/Hamels) and where the Cubs were in the standings, this has the potential to be the worst home series in a long, long, loooong time. Imagine what you could have got in Vegas for betting a Phillies sweep. Meanwhile, the Pirates win against Scherzer and the Mets are beating Greinke. Hope Joe has more magicians on speed dial.

This underlines my comment post-game yesterday. They overachieved until this point. I hope they can at least finish around .500 by the end of the year. I suppose the silver lining is Theo will not be pressured to give up choice prospects for a rental player this year.

d.ross warming in the pen...looks like we get a clown show to finish up this game. cubs down by 9...sigh. cubs down by 7...woo a.russell HR (1st since june 17).

Rough weekend. Worst offense in the NL beats our 3 top starters. We can't beat Jerome Williams. Motte blows a save and our two All-Stars can't get the winning run in from second in the 9th to help him out. Hey, it happens. Who's up next? Oh, good! A last place team is coming to town....and they have scored 10 runs through 3 innings so far today. Cue the scary music. May be time for Joe to set a curfew for the kids -- Cubs are now 4 under in day games, +9 at night.

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In reply to by The E-Man

Actually, coming in to the weekend, things felt pretty good -- 8 games over, 4-3 road trip out of the break, great pitching match-ups against the Phils coming up, Schwarber!....then the tough loss Friday, get shut down by a good pitcher Saturday, and a throw-away game Sunday. And the Giants are on fire, which makes this weekend feel even worse. But, the Cubs have never been more than +9 vs. .500, now they are +5. Not that big of a swing. But, I agree -- other than Schwarber and Fowler, nobody is hitting much. On days that Ross catches, 6-9 in the lineup is pretty brutal. Early in the year, I think we were all surprised how much teams were pitching around Bryant and giving him nothing to hit. Now, they seem to be going after him more. It's as if he were a mythical figure that teams now realize is still a rookie with a huge uppercut. His BA and OBP have plummeted recently. Interesting race for NL Rookie of the year -- other than Pederson's 21 HR, nobody really has any eye-popping stats.

Let's put up a good week against the Rockies and ARam-less Brewers, and things will feel much better next Sunday.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...