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40-Man Roster Info

40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

Ex-Cub Watch

A quick tour of some of the Cubs that have been recently vanquished by Jim Hendry and the Hendry-nots

Michael Wuertz -  He entered today with 7 scoreless innings, no walks and 9 K's plus a win and a hold. He was called upon today in a tie game with a runner on versus the Yanks and the runner got caught stealing but Wuertz's scoreless streak came to an end with back-to-back doubles followed by back-to-back singles to give the Yanks a two-run lead which the A's subsequently erased to get Wuertz off the hook for the loss.

Felix Pie - Playing left fied mostly for the Orioles with a few stints in center...he's sporting a 135/220/216 line so far with a a home run and 11 K's versus 4 BB's in 42 PA's.

Rich Hill -  Expected to begin a rehab assignment later this week that should last the full 30 days.

Luis Montanez - Just got called up by the Orioles to replace the DL'd Ryan Freel. Montanez had a 29-game streak of reaching base in the minors dating back to last year and an OPS at 1.000 so far this season. He went 1-for-5 with a double and a strikeout in his first game back.

Matt Murton - A crowded Colorado outfield forced the Rockies to send Murton to Triple A where he's responded with a 1.169 OPS along with 5 BB's to just one 1 K, plus 5 doubles and 3 HR's.

Scott Eyre - 2.2 perfect innings so far on the season with three strikeouts in five games. Will strikeout lefty for food.

Jerry Blevins - He only got two outs in two outings for the A's before being optioned to the minors. Doing a little better in the minors with a 3.38 ERA in 2 outings.

Sean Gallagher- Three appearances for the A's out of the pen this season, giving up runs in two of them and an 8.10 ERA.

Eric Patterson - Hitting well in Triple A with a 311/415/578 line in 45 AB's.

Jason Marquis - A 4.26 ERA in three starts including a win over the Cubs last week. Just Jason being Jason.

Casey McGehee - Beat out Mike Lamb for a spot on the Brewers bench and saw him play second base last night when Rickie Weeks went out with an injury. Hitting 250/250/250 in just 8 PA's.

Mark DeRosa - Batting just 241/323/431 but with 15 RBI's which is tied for third in the AL (6 of those RBI's came in Saturday's laugher at Yankee stadium).

Kerry Wood - A 6.23 ERA in the early going but 2 of 2 in save opportunities with 9 K's in 4.1 IP.

Bob Howry - A 3.38 ERA in 6 games (5.1 IP) for the Giants, 5 K's to just 2 BB's and no HR's allowed. He has 2 Holds and 1 Blown Save.

Ryan Harvey -  267/290/567 for the Rockies Double A affiliate with 2 HR's in 30 AB's and 8 K's to just 1 BB.

Ronny Cedeno - Has played LF/SS/2B/3B for the Mariners while hitting 174/240/348 in 25 PA's.

Henry Blanco - Blanco has hit 2 HR's for the Padres in 18 PA's for a total line of 188/278/563.

Comments

I like the Abreu, Bradley watch myself.... Milton Bradley - .053 BA, .308 OBP, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 RUNS, 19 AB's. Abreu - .373 BA, .421 OBP, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 6 runs, 7 SB's, 51 AB's.

So where on the Internets would a fellow look to find out if anybody has picked up Ryan Harvey, Mark Pawelek, etc?

PS, and if you don't berate me for missing Harvey in your list above, I'll keep quiet about that ace pitcher the Cubs gave up in the trade for Pierre that you failed to list. Mitre, was it?

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In reply to by Jackstraw

Nolasco has a 6.6 ERA in three starts but 12 K's in 15 IP against just 3 BB's.

Pawelek and G. Johnson haven't found a team it appears. I just type in their last name at milb.com to see if they're playing. It is possible they were picked up but not assinged anywhere yet.

Cubs gave up in the trade for Pierre that you failed to list. Mitre, was it? ----- Ricky Nolasco: (lost vs Pitt today): 1-2, 6.86 ERA but was the Marlins opening day starter. Sergio Mitre: Tommy John surgery 7-15-08 and released by the Marlin's at the end of Sept 08. Signed with the Yankees in the offseason to a minor league deal. Now serving a 50 day suspension for violating the league drug policy. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090106&content_id=3733900&vke… Renyel Pinto 5.2 IP, 1.59 ERA, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5K. He's a better lefty than Cotts although has some bouts of being wild too.

Why isn't Rich Hill in bold? Wow, I'm bored.

Poor Matt Murton Just never been toolsy or soulful enough to get a legitimate shot. Could be worse I suppose. Industrial machine sales aren't quite as lucrative as they once were.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

"Just never been toolsy or soulful enough to get a legitimate shot." I am a big Murton fan, but I don't think you can say he wasn't given a shot. He has 1002 PAs in four major league seasons, and put up a not horrible 288/354/438 line. If he were a middle infielder, hit for a lot more power or had any other tool he would be an everyday major leaguer (see Theriot).

Career lines of current cubs ofers Reed Johnson .284 .345 .410 .755 Kfuk 265 .370 .405 .775 Gathright 262 .327 .303 .630 Milton 279 .369 .455 .825 Soriano 282 .329 .519 .849 Murton 288 .354 .438 .792 For 500K in Salary he'd be the 3rd best offensive ofer on the roster. Especially since Milton or Soriano will miss half the games between them. Luckily we have Joey Gathright for just such an occasion.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

You may be right, but it seems to me that Murton's problem was not as you stated that he wasn't give a shot, he was, it was that he was exposed as one dimensional. Sure he has a good eye, but he has limited speed, limited power (for a corner outfielder) and is horrible defensively. If he could field as we as any of the players you listed or had Gathright’s speed he would still be on the club. He doesn’t which is why he is in the minors.

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In reply to by Rob Richardson

That's a great answer, Rob. One-dimensional players have no shot. Murton is a good hitter, but he hits like a middle infielder or a centerfielder, and he can barely play left. The Cubs used to specialize in 1-D players. I'll omit the obvious ones and just mention Eric Patterson who, when they thought he might be able to hit ML pitching, had to compete for a spot in left because there was nowhere else he could do the job. Look around the Cubs' minors today, you see guys who can play D and also hit a little. There isn't a crowd of people around first base.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

Except... Murton actually played left well... Of course, the same people that think that Soriano is a bad LFer probably thought that Murton was a bad LFer.

7-7 in the 12 in NY and two 0-0 games in the 7th in the NL. Odd.

is this shit suppose to make me want to read Mlb.com crap? from their front page... for their blogs Pitching will make the difference in [the AL Central], and the winner will need production out of all five starters. -- South Side Statesman and for their message boards Justin Morneau and Carlos Lee are the most clutch in clutch situations, what do you think? -- Cubfannnn

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In reply to by Rob G.

That's obvious. But who is the most clutch in non clutch situations? I'm going with Soriano.

Three quick thoughts: 1. I went to the MLB.com forums to post a complaint about the blackout rule (what else is new), but the denizens of their forums made me back slowly out. The gay marriage debate was the cherry on the crap sundae. 2. Bob reminded me last night why I'm glad he didn't get a manager's job in the offseason. "If a goat gets thrown on the field, I'm going home." 3. Finally, I'd like to announce the birth of my son on Saturday. His name: Geovany. My wife isn't the Cubs fan that I am, but she said she really liked the name, so... :)

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In reply to by Fireball

Congrats! I hope Geo doesn't turn into...well...many of the Cubs player who flamed out. 15 years from now "You named me after who? a .220 career major league catcher? Thanks dad"

Samninja recalled from Iowa. No word on who gets the boot to make room for him. Cotts, Patton and Vizcaino, any could be it. I think it has to be Cotts.

Aardsma, he's produced good numbers for Seattle so far this year.

new post up on the move which is happening tomorrow....

This morning I checked on up on buddy Oh-man! He's around 3.50, couple of hr's. And, several yells by Torre.

Luis Montanez goes by LOU Montanez now? That's what the graphic on TV reads, and he's Lou in the transactions too.

Congrats Fireball. My wife had our second daughter two weeks ago. Her middle name is Leigh.

EX-Cubs Corey Patterson and Freddie Bynum reunited. Guess where?

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