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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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Cubs vs. Cardinals (Game 42)

The Cubs now have a 3-game losing streak in the middle of this series. They come into the day 1.5 games ahead of the Cardinals in the division. Will they win the finale and hold the Cardinals at a distance, or will they find themselves with a rival right on their tail?CHC (23-18): RHP Kyle Hendricks (4-4, 3.78 ERA)
STL (17-15): RHP Johan Ovideo ((0-1, 4.30 ERA)
First pitch 3:10 pm central

Kyle Hendricks gets the role of stopper in the Cubs' final face-off with the Cardinals for the 2020 regular season. He pitched six strong innings on his way to a win over the Pirates five days ago. He struck out six and allowed the only run on a solo homerun. He lost to the Cardinals last month, allowing 3 earned runs in 6.1 innings. Hendricks has held current cards to a .205/.249/.309 slash line in 217 at-bats. Goldschmidt and to a lesser degree Yadier Molina have acquitted themselves reasonably well against him.

Johan Oviedo will be making his fourth MLB start. He brings a mid-90s fastball, a hard slider, and infrequently used curveballs and changeups. A patient Cubs lineup stacked for platoon advantage should have a reasonable chance to wear him down. He pitched five innings and allowed two earned runs last month against the Cubs.

Comments

Cubs activate Ildemaro Vargas, DFA Dermody (we hardly knew ye), claim Billy Hamilton.

Also, Jose Lobaton (C) released and Duncan Robinson (P) added to the South Bend group.

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In reply to by Wrigley Rat

Phegley making it through waivers must have cost Lobaton that spot. Seems like Robinson must be recovering nicely from TJS.

Gotta figure Hamilton takes Vargas' spot. Also feel a bit bad for Dermody. Pitched a good inning. Gets to play for his favorite team for one day. Granted, that's one more day than I got to play for the Cubs so...

"this is literally the easiest call in the replay era." - len, about 2+ minutes into a replay review where a foul tip by molina was called a HBP and molina, himself, was so doubtful he spoke to the ump before walking to 1st.

overturned.  no surprises.

"2 minutes and 30 seconds of our lives we'll never get back." - jd

Very good that they could squeeze in a Hendricks start against the Cards - who he has dominated - and avoids facing the Reds who have clubbed him. On the other hand, Alec Mills starts against the Reds tomorrow night. Pray for gale force winds to be blowing in tomorrow evening. 

Recent comments

  • 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...

  • crunch (view)

    wow.  what a blown call.  go cubs, i guess.