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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are 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 4-18-2024
 
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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 vs. Cardinals (Game 38)

Submitted by Charlie on

The first place Cubs and second place Cardinals square off for the first of a five-game set at Wrigley. With the Cardinals only 3.5 back and almost two thirds of the shortened season already on the books, this is as important a series as there could be for either team this year.CHC (22-15): RHP Yu Darvish (6-1, 1.47 ERA)
STL (14-14): RHP Jack Flaherty (2-0, 1.93 ERA)
First pitch 7:15 pm central

The Cubs get to match their ace against the opposing ace for the second rotation in a row. Last time out, Darvish outdueled Trevor Bauer to lead the Cubs to a 3-0 win. He's won 6 straight since his opening day loss and has not allowed more than 1 earned run in any of those six wins. Like 2019, he's struck out opponents without surrendering many walks. Unlike 2019, he's mostly avoided the long ball.

Flaherty did not earn a decision in his last start despite allowing 1 earned run on a solo homerun in five innings. He's been held to only four starts so far due to the COVID outbreak in the Cardinals' clubhouse. Anthony Rizzo is 9-19 with 3 homeruns off the Cardinals' ace. Kris Bryant is 2-18 with 10 strikeouts.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 09/04/2020 - 09:19 pm

"Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester  on Wed, 09/02/2020 - 12:08pm
Pedro Strop released. Wondering if Theo and co decide to kick the tires there."

yes.  the answer is yes.  he's reporting to the alternate training site for now.

Submitted by Eric S on Fri, 09/04/2020 - 09:35 pm

Jose Martinez doing a fine a job so far of reinforcing that David Bote should not be a forgotten man going forward 

Submitted by QuietMan on Fri, 09/04/2020 - 09:43 pm

Len, JD & Dempster were talking about MLB possibly implementing a pitch clock.

I thought MLB already had rules about the pitcher delivering the ball within a certain time frame.  They just choose not to enforce it.  Is that not the case?

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 09/04/2020 - 09:29 pm

darvish making a strong CY case.

50ip  36h  8bb  63k, 1.44era, 7-1 w/l

cubs win.  jeffress with the save tonight.

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Submitted by Eric S on Fri, 09/04/2020 - 09:33 pm

Great team win tonight - particularly the way they collectively grinded Flaherty in the first inning  And Yu was dialed in from the get go

My heart and blood pressure feel much better seeing Jeffress come out to close in the ninth vs the far more expensive alternative 

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Submitted by Jackstraw on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 09:44 am

Bottom of first was Cubs best half inning of 2020.  Might have scored more other times, but to put 43 pitches on Cards ace in 1st and have Cards bullpen up in 1st inning of 5 games in four days set was outstanding.  Might have "tilted the ice" in Cubs favor for the entire weekend, to use the hockey term.  A number of absolutely tenacious ABs.  Bryant mashing the only real mistake pitch Flaherty threw.

I suppose only other candidate for best half inning is any one where Ryan Braun gets hit.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 09/05/2020 - 09:11 am

Rooting for Pedro Strop will be fun. Not good for nailbiters but otherwise I'm really OK with this. Can we get a few innings out of Kerry?

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Tauchman gets a pinch hit RBI single with a liner to RF. This is his spot. He's a solid 4th OF. But he isn't a DH. 

    He takes pitches. Useful. I still believe in having good hitters.

    You don't want your DH to be your weak link (other than your C maybe)

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