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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   

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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
 




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The Game 7 Litmus Test

Submitted by Rob G. on
The Cubs finish off their latest homestand tonight, their two opponents happen to be of playoff caliber. They also happen to have gone 3-3 so far in those seven games and have a chance to take the Mets series tonight with Jason Marquis on the mound against Tom Glavine. Carrying this analogy a little further, a win tonight would give them a 4-3 mark on the homestand which would be like winning a playoff series. At least that's how I think about it. Of course I use to make up whole seasons on my baseball video games on the Commodore 64 (Hardball to be exact) well before they started doing that on the later generation video game consoles, so I have a bit of an active imagination. While there's really no such thing as a must-win game in early August, there are a lot of "be really nice to win" games and that's what tonight's falls under. National TV, playoff-caliber opponent and a chance to win a series - literally and figuratively. Go Cubs, go Marquis! ------ I haven't commented much on the Zambrano contract talks since it doesn't seem like any real progress has been made. But it is nice to see that Z seems to really want to stay here, even if it's just talk:
"I'm ready to sign," Zambrano said. "My hand is ready to sign that contract. Just bring it to me. I want to stay here and be a Cubbie for a long time."

Comments

Submitted by 10man on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:13 am

Agreed! This will be a good test of how tough this team really is. I'd love to be in Wrigley and feel the playoff type atmosphere building as we get closer to the end.

Submitted by Dmac on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:47 am

But will he still give the Cubs the so - called home discount? Methinks not at this point, and I wouldn't begrudge him for that decision either.

Submitted by ZHL on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:06 am

Lou said in the Trib today that Dempster's not available tonight. Can you really have a team you're afraid to run your closer out there against? Maybe that's a sign that you need to do something to find a different closer, someone who's better than league average.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:13 am

dumpster did have another one of his famous 20+ pitch outtings (26). he’s done them back to back before…and he’s bounced back. dunno what’s up now. maybe they just wanna be careful since he’s still relatively close to coming off a 1-month injury. *shrug*

Submitted by ZHL on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:19 am

Johann: I know his numbers. That's a non stats-based call on my part. HIs WHIP is down significantly this year - anomoly or improvement?

Submitted by ZHL on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:26 am

Funny stuff by LaRussa in St. Louis: One day after Aaron Miles' one-inning scoreless relief effort, LR bats Wainright 8th, Miles 9th. Batty days for the defending champs.

Submitted by Johann on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:27 am

Who knows, maybe he's finally comfortable as a closer, maybe he's pulling a Borowski. The point is right now he's pitching well and we should ride him till he doesn't do well, at which point Marmol can take over as closer. Dempster isn't going to pitch anywhere but closer or starter, so if we move him out of the closer position, we simply lose one more guy who's pitching well and thin out the ranks that much more. I like having Marmol right now as the guy who can in before Demp and shut things down. You need that guy, as the Sox proved by bringing in Gagne when they already had Pap. We need dominant guys in every bullpen spot, and keeping Demp as the closer allows us to do that.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:43 am

so marmol and howry (both who worked 2 days in a row) probably arent available and dumpster's off the table. so the sole RH rep. is wood and eyre/ohman backing it up. neat. since a lefty is going maybe dlee/aram/derosa/theriot can get days off, too.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:51 am

oh yeah...i forgot wuertz exists. he's been getting sporatic long-man work lately.

Submitted by chifan3887 on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:58 am

Crunch, I'd assume Marmol would get the save opp tonight. He is young and can handle working 3 games in a row.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:50 pm

"Any idea..." Do we EVER know? I was at the two hit D-Backs gem. And the Phils game last wk. If he can get some run support and just keep the ball on the ground, we'll have a chance, imo.

Submitted by Dmac on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:52 pm

If this wind keeps blowing out (I'm one mile from the ballpark), then I fear the scary one will show up.

Submitted by mark on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:05 pm

Agreed E Man. Hopefully the sinker will actually sink. Also think its about time ARAM went yard. If Marquis were still a Card, would Larussa bat him fifth?

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:11 pm

The thing that has been killing him has been the lead-off walk. Or walks, period. He does not have the stuff that 4, 5, 6 walks is not gonna come back and bite him in the ass.

Submitted by dave on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:53 pm

Lou said he doesn’t want to use Dempster against the Mets. Not quite... the headlines says that, but the article doesn't. Nowhere did Lou say he didn't want to use Dempster tonight.

Submitted by dc60124 on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:05 pm

e-man: I was at the two hit D-Backs gem. And the Phils game last wk somebody, please, get some tickets to e-man a s a p!! marquis needs him !!! cubdom needs him at wrigley !! =p

Submitted by cubster on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:57 pm

ah, Wes Helms was the Phil that bit his old team...makes sense in the baseball karma thang...

Submitted by The Real Neal on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 08:09 pm

Guess we lose that playoff series. Two differences though: We won't use all five of our starters in a seven game playoff series. We won't get all seven games at home.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    straily's a bit rusty...

    3ip 4h 5bb 4k, 2r/1er

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Open 40 man spot might see the return of CJ. He’s been okay in Iowa. Teheran has been rocked in his starts this year. SSS of course.

    Wouldn’t be shocked seeing another 40 man spot open with Brewer losing his spot.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Word is that Counsell thought Mervis and Wisdom got too much work in yesterday so it will be Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    no days off til may 9th.  moves may happen if the pen gets too worked tomorrow.

  • Cubster (view)

    On top of all that…Wicks scratched for Sunday due to “forearm soreness.” Bullpen day again starting with Mervis or Wisdom (or Wesn).

  • crunch (view)

    "Morel told reporters after the game that he felt alright, just a little banged up — specifically noting his right hip and both elbows. He did say that he was optimistic about his ability to play on Sunday, though manager Craig Counsell may have other plans."

  • crunch (view)

    rsox putting pablo reyes up to pitch...an infielder...cranking 70+mph stuff.

    ...and of course he gets out of it with no runs scored...that kind of day for the cubs.

  • crunch (view)

    ...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.

    busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

    wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

    cubs run differential getting destroyed.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.

    he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.

    through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs.  no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.

    on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count.  ha.

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