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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, ten 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
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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Cubs @ Pirates (Game 55)

Submitted by Charlie on

With last night's shutout victory, the Cubs (32-22) are now 4.5 games ahead of the virtually tied Cardinals and Reds. They'll call up Jose Quintana for his first start (and third appearance) of 2020. Meanwhile, Bryant is out with an oblique injury and Rex Brothers is sent down to make room for Quintana. 6 total games remain and the Cubs' magic number stands at 4 (because the Cards have 9 games left).CHC (32-22): LHP Jose Quintana (0-0, 6.00 ERA)
PIT (15-39): LHP Steven Brault (1-3, 4.04 ERA)
First pitch 6:05 pm central

After making two 3-inning relief appearances on Aug. 25th and 30th, Quintana returned to the IL with a non-arm injury. Today, he'll make his first start of 2020. This should be an important step in determining whether to build him up for a potential post-season start or to begin assessing him as a relief option. He's allowed 4 earned runs in 6 innings of relief, but he does have 9 strikeouts in that time.

Steven Brault's lone win of the season came in his last start, in which he pitched a complete game and allowed only one earned run. He also allowed only two hits and gave up 8 strikeouts. It's not quite an Alec Mills no-hitter, but it must've been a pleasant surprise to the Pirates fans watching him take on St. Louis. He last faced the Cubs in a Aug. 2nd start in which he pitched 3 shutout innings and struck out 4. He'll be happy to miss Bryant, who is 8-16 with 2 homeruns against him. The struggling Jose Martinez, 4-9, should find his way into this game as Ross tries to find him opportunities.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/22/2020 - 09:01 pm

happ / contreras / rizzo / baez / schwarber / bote(3rd) / maybin(RF) / martinez(DH) / hoerner(2nd)

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/22/2020 - 09:07 pm

anthony iapoce might want to start updating his resume...

i'm not saying it's his fault, but it doesn't seem like much is going right with the bats and it's getting worse over time.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/22/2020 - 09:45 pm

oh, it's totally the hitters unless the coach is forcing guys into trying ill advised changes...which is doubtful to the point of obsurdity for this many slumping hitters.

it's just that a near team-wide hitting outage with no one getting "fixed" isn't a good look for a hitting coach.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/22/2020 - 09:54 pm

well that sucked.

even with the loss the cubs officially clinched a playoff slot tonight, though.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 09/23/2020 - 09:25 pm

I understand that any team can win a three-game series, but if I'm a division winner I'd want to be the #3 seed rather than the #2 seed in both the A. L. and the N. L., because I would rather face the worst second place team (Houston in the A. L. and probably Miami or Philadelphia in N. L.) than the best wild card team (Cleveland in the A. L. and probably Cincinnati or Milwaukee in the N.L.).  

So while the Cubs need to stay ahead of the Cardinals in order to finish first in the division and avoid having to go to San Diego, winning the division but being the third seed would be better than being the #2 seed.

How to thread that needle (being just bad enough to say behind the Braves but just good enough to stay ahead of the Cards) is the problem.    

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    matt shaw (AA) has a .381/.552/.905 line through 7 games...3 homers and a triple.  6 games at 3rd, 1 game DH (5 PO, 7 A, 0 E).

    that's somewhat fun news.

  • crunch (view)

    i was blown away confused/pissed when it was announced the cubs were trading for y.almonte.

    i was thrilled when m.busch was announced as part of the trade.

    it's really weird to have the "you gotta take this payroll guy, too" (1.9m) part of the trade leak before the main piece.

    the cubs didn't get a deal given what they gave up, but i was very happy to have a guy like busch in the fold with so much club control.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Have to admit I was initially disappointed the Cubs traded away the upside of Jackson Ferris but Busch is making a believer out of me.  If I still lived in midwest guessing we would have invented some drink special named a Busch Bomb at the local drinking establishment to celebrate his homers.  

  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

    i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

    hack wilson, ryne sandberg, sammy sosa, christopher morel, and michael busch.

  • Cubster (view)

    A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554

  • Cubster (view)

    Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

    AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

  • crunch (view)

    You have to C it! (tm)

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

    Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

    Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

    Best pitcher: IL after one start 

    Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

    Noice 

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