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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 eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
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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
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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 Trivia

Ten Cubs have won the NL Batting crown, a total of twelve times - name the ten and bonus points if you can name the two repeat winners.
And today is the last day to enter TCR's Free Agent Frenzy Contest!

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let's try and post our answers in one post instead of spread out over a couple...

well you did name the last 4 and one repeat winner.. (hint: 4 of them were pre-1900 including the other repeat winner)

well technically the last 4 Cubs batting champions, Madlock did it twice. On the list I'm staring at, it's the last 4. Derrek Lee .335 (2005) Bill Buckner .324 (1980) Bill Madlock .339 (1976) Bill Madlock .354 (1975)

ic. After i posted, I went and looked up the rest. If anyone gets it without looking it up, they are cheaters.

Ernie Banks Billy Williams Cap Anson 2 Honus Wagner Hack Wilson

actually 2 of 5 chifann Derrek Lee .335 (2005) Bill Buckner .324 (1980) Bill Madlock .339 (1976) Bill Madlock .354 (1975) Billy Williams .333 (1972) ____________ .355 (1945) ____________ .372 (1912) ____________ .388 (1886 ____________ .354 (1884) Cap Anson .399 (1881) ___________ .360 (1880) ___________ .429 (1876) I imagine no one will get the last 2 but everything from Cap Anson is possible.

Phil Cavararetta William Hulbert Frank Chance Billy Hamilton Everything but Cavaretta is a guess.

Known (w/o looking up): Ross Barnes (1876) Heinie Zimmermann (~1912) (?) Phil Cavarretta (1945) Billy Williams (1972) Bill Madlock (x2 - 1975 - 76) Bill Buckner (1980) Derrick Lee (2005) Guesses: Pre-1900s Cap Anson Mike "King" Kelly Ned Williamson

Mike "King" Kelly was the other repeat winner btw, and you all thought Babe Ruth was a boozer.

Ooo!! Nailed all but one! (Except I failed to guess the second two-time winner). Ned Williamson was incorrect....

Derrek Lee .335 (2005) Bill Buckner .324 (1980) Bill Madlock .339 (1976) Bill Madlock .354 (1975) Billy Williams .333 (1972) Phil Cavaretta .355 (1945) Heinie Zimmermann .372 (1912) King Kelly .388 (1886 King Kelly .354 (1884) Cap Anson .399 (1881) ___________ .360 (1880) Ross Barnes .429 (1876

Anyone have any educated guess about the last Cub batting champ from 1880? I looked it up and it's a name I recognize but I never would have guessed it. A guy with a great nickname, too, btw. Rob -- how about setting a deadline for revealing his identity (and his fabulous nickname) if no one guesses it? Or should I just go ahead and tell everybody?

George "Piano Legs" Gore? I wouldn't have known he won a batting title, but I am guessing by the talk of the great nickname that this is who we are looking for. The only reason I know him is that I remember his profile on the top 100 Cubs on Bleed Cubbie Blue last winter and some crack about him having Prior-calves. He's also considered baseball's first "hold out."

George "Piano Legs" Gore. Great example of a typical nickname from the late 1800's. I recall Bill James making some mention of him in his Hysterical Abstract....

Btw, I love the "William Hulbert" guess @ #13. Hulbert was the President of the Chicago National League ballclub in 1876 and the NL President from 1877 until his death in 1882. In 1876, he was 44 yrs old and (from photos) appeared as obese and stuffy as any fat cat industrialist of the period. I loved the mental picture of him trying to actually play the rough, barehanded game of the 1870, much less being anything close to a batting champ. Sort of like seeing P.K. Wrigley at the bat.

"1870's"

Anson * Chance Cavaretta Lee Buckner Madlock * Williams Stumped

Rob G. — November 5, 2007 @ 4:54 pm damn, Pepitone nailed them all except Ned Williamson. ========================== ROB G: Ned Williamson set the single-season MLB HR record (27) in 1884, a record that stood for 35 years, until it was broken by somebody named Babe Ruth in 1919. Williamson was also the first MLB player to hit three home runs in one game (also in 1884). Of course it didn't hurt that Williamson played his home games in Chicago's Lakefront Park, which had a LF wall that was only 180 feet away from home plate. "And there's a pop up to short... back, back, back, hey! hey!... atta boy Ned!..."

Recent comments

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Very well played game all around tonight.

  • crunch (view)

    best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.

    little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Richard Gallardo just left the Smokies game with an arm injury after going to the ground following a pitch. Doesn’t sound good at all.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Phil, do you think Wiggins will start out in ACL?

  • azbobbop (view)

    The level of conversation on this site is intelligent, reasoned and informative. Miles ahead of other Cub sites.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    This was Jaxon Wiggins previous "live" BP on 4/5: 

    JAXON WIGGINS
    ONE INNING (20 pitches - 10 strikes) 
    one batted ball in play (F-9 by Stevens)
    one walk (B. Davis) 
    one HBP (B. Davis)
    two strikeouts (Peralta & Escobar - both looking)
    three swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    four called strikes
    nine called balls 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Prior to the Cactus League game at Papago Park, three Cubs pitchers threw "live" BP on Field 1 at the Cubs Sloan Park complex, including RHRP Ethan Roberts (June 2022 TJS) and Cubs 2023 2nd round draft pick RHP Jaxon Wiggins (February 2023 TJS).  

    Wiggins last threw "live" BP three weeks ago before being shut down for a couple of weeks, and this was the first time Roberts has thrown to hitters in almost two years. 

    JAXON WIGGINS
    ONE INNING:
    25 pitches (11 strikes)
    no batted balls in play
    two walks (Suriel and J. Diaz) 
    three strikeouts (Carico, Lubo, and Escobar - all three swinging)
    six swing & miss
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    14 called balls 
    one WP 

    ETHAN ROBERTS
    ONE INNING 
    15 pitches (7 strikes) 
    two batted balls in play (G-3 by Carico and L-9 by Suriel) 
    two walks (Lubo and Carico)
    no strikeouts  
    no swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    eight called balls 
    one WP 

    Mat Peters was bumped by Justin Steele from his scheduled game work at Giants, so he threw two innings of "live" BP with Wiggins & Roberts. 

    MAT PETERS
    TWO INNINGS 
    44 pitches (23 strikes) 
    five batted balls in play (F-7, L-7, F-7, G-6, G-3) 
    three walks 
    two strikeouts (both Lubo and both looking)
    six swing & miss 
    three fouls 
    nine called strikes
    21 called balls 
    three WP 

  • crunch (view)

    wall stole a HR from busch...double.  nice to see him destroy a curve ball.

    upon further viewing, that might not have been a homer in too many parks...it had a lot of hang time, though.

  • CTSteve (view)

    I’m at the game—woot!

    If the streak breaks, it’s not my fault.

  • Cubster (view)

    Brewers lose Wade Miley to Tommy John surgery.