Cubs MLB Roster

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40-Man Roster Info

40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus four players are on the 60-DAY IL


28 players are on the MLB ACTIVE LIST, plus seven are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, two are on the 10-DAY IL, and three are on the 15-DAY IL


Last updated 9-22-20239
 
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PITCHERS: 14
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Marcus Stroman
Jameson Taillon
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 6
Nico Hoerner
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom
* Jared Young

OUTFIELDERS: 6
* Cody Bellinger
Alexander Canario
* Pete Crow-Armstrong
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman

OPTIONED: 7
Keven Alcantara, OF 
Ben Brown, P  
Brennen Davis, OF 
Jeremiah Estrada, P
Caleb Kilian, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Michael Rucker, P

10-DAY IL: 2
Jeimer Candelario, 1B
Nick Madrigal, INF

15-DAY IL: 3
Adbert Alzolay, P
Brad Boxberger, P 
Michael Fulmer, P 

60-DAY IL: 4
Nick Burdi, P
Codi Heuer, P
* Brandon Hughes, P
Ethan Roberts, P
 


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Cashner First Rehab Start Stillborn at Salt River Fields

Stephen Cardullo ripped a two-run walk-off double to cap a three-run 9th, as the EXST Diamondbacks rallied to edge the EXST Cubs 3-2 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning on Whirlwind Field at Salt River Fields at the Talking Stick Resort, east of Scottsdale, AZ.

Andrew Cashner was scheduled to make his first Extended Spring Training rehab start in today’s game at Talking Stick, but was scratched after warming in the bullpen before the game. Whether this latest setback will significantly delay his return to the mound is not clear at this time, but it certainly is not good news for Cashner or for the Cubs.

With Cashner unavailable, RHP Matt Loosen got the emergency start (he was supposed to “piggyback” with Cashner) and had another fine outing, working three shutout innings, and allowing three hits (two by Diamondbacks IF-OF Wille Bloomquist, who is at Extended Spring Training rehabbing from a hamstring injury) and no walks, while striking out three. RHPs Yao-Lin Wang and Jin-Young Kim followed Loosen and were just as good, as the three Cubs pitchers combined to shut-out the D’backs on six hits and one walk (and 11 strikeouts) through the first eight innings. But RHP Dustin Fitzgerald could not convert the save in the bottom of the 9th, allowing a lead-off four pitch walk, a single, a SH-FC, a WP, and the game-winning two-run double, all without retiring a batter.

The Cubs offense did score two runs, but should have had more. The Cubs loaded ther bases with one out in the top of the 1st but could only score one run (on a ground out), Wes Darvill led-off the top of the 2nd inning with a triple but did not score, and Pin-Chieh Chen led-off the top of the 3rd with a single, and after stealing 2nd base, was thrown-out at the plate trying to score from 2nd on a wild pitch... with no outs. The entire Cubs Player Development staff (Minor League Field Coordinator Dave Bialas and all of the coordinators and instructors) is at Fitch Park this week, so hopefully they can address some of the mental mistakes the EXST Cubs have been making all too frequently lately, on the mound, on the bases, at the plate, and in the field. Cubbery must be nipped in the bud!  

Cubs 2010 2nd round draft pick Reggie Golden went hitless again today (with two strikeouts), and is now 0-20 (with eight strikeouts) since hitting a home run last Tuesday.  

With CF Kyung-Min Na having been moved up to Peoria (after a brief emergency two-game stop this past weekend at AA Tennessee), Pin-Chieh Chen got a chance to play CF today. While Chen struggles defensively in the infield (especially when he played SS for a while last year, but even after moving to 2B), he looks perfectly at home in CF. With his speed and athleticism, playing CF and hitting lead-off could be his future full-time gig. Unfortunately, he is blocked by several more highly-regarded Cub prospects at that position (Na, Szczur, Silva, Ha, and B. Jackson).

And speaking of Peoria, yesterday’s Midwest League transactions listed 1B Ryan Cuneo as being assigned to Peoria from Extended Spring Training (with OF Rubi Silva moving up to Daytona from Peoria, and OF Jae-Hoon Ha getting promoted to AA Tennessee from Daytona), but Cuneo was in the EXST Cubs lineup today (he went 1-4). Perhaps the news of Cuneo’s promotion has not yet reached Mesa.

While rehabbin’ Willie Bloomquist was having a great time, going 3-4 with three singles and a walk in his five plate appearances for the EXST Diamondbacks, Iowa Cubs SS Augie Ojeda continued his rehab with the EXST Cubs, playing 2B for six innings and going 1-3 with a single (ending an 14 PA hitless streak) and two strikeouts (both swinging). So far in four Extended Spring Training games (16 PA), Ojeda has exactly one hit. Ojeda was heard to remark (joking, I think), “This is a tough league!”… WelI, maybe it is when you are Augie Ojeda.

Here is today’s abridged box score (Cubs players only):

LINEUP:
1. Pin-Chieh Chen, CF: 2-3 (BB, 1B, F-7, 3B, SB, 2 R)
2a. Augie Ojeda, 2B: 1-3 (K, 1B, K)
2b. Marco Hernandez, 2B: 0-0 (F-8 SF, RBI)
3. Ryan Cuneo, 1B: 1-4 (1B, L-4, K, F-8)
4. Wilson Contreras, 3B: 1-4 (E-6, F-7, 6-3, 1B)
5. Yaniel Cabezas, C: 0-3 (5-3, HBP, 6-3, F-9, RBI)
6. Reggie Golden, RF: 0-4 (P-2, K, K, 5-3)
7. Wes Darvill, SS: 1-4 (3B, K, 6-3, K)
8. Jesus Morelli, DH: 0-3 (6-3, 4-6 FC, BB, 1-3)
9a. Blair Springfield, LF: 0-3 (5-2 FC, K, F-9, CS)
9b. Gregori Gonzalez, LF: NO AB

PITCHERS:
1. Matt Loosen: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 GIDP, 40 pitches (32 strikes), 3/3 GO/FO
2. Yao-Lin Wang: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 45 pitches (33 strikes), 1/3 GO/FO
3. Jin-Young Kim: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 29 pitches (19 strikes), 1/2 GO/FO
4. Dustin Fitzgerald, 0.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 14 pitches (7 strikes)

ERRORS: NONE

CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Yaniel Cabezas: 0-1 CS

ATTENDANCE: 6

WEATHER: Sunny and breezy with temperatures in the 80’s

 

Comments

top of first Fukudome K, Barney BB, Castro BB, Ramirez BB, Soriano K, Byrd K

that was fun...much like going on a ferris wheel and falling to your death

How about Darwin Barney? It certainly is early, but I would never have expected him to be starting much less hitting .340+. Not much to be excited about this year at the majors, some good prospects at the minors though some notable struggles (Simpson, for example) and a likelihood that Wilken will not maximize the value of a relatively high pick. But the Castro-Barney combination has certainly been a fun thing to be excited about.

I used to laugh at the Pirates or the Mets for how poorly run their franchises were, all the while forgetting about the teams I grew up watching here. Now we're back to the crappy teams, and with GM/Owner/Manager who don't seem to have a grasp of how to run the team. The only difference is, at least under Wrigley, the teams always sucked because we were the cheapest franchise in the league. Now we have one of the highest payrolls and are still incompetent.

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In reply to by Rob G.

Byrd's reaction to team meeting “First-year manager, full season starting from the beginning, things don’t go right and we’re not playing up to our capabilities,” Marlon Byrd said. “Enough is enough and you can only watch it for so long. We have to start doing better, starting with myself. The veterans have to step up and it needs to start with me.” looks like the honeymoon is over.

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In reply to by Paul Noce

If it is Scott Moore, I sure can see why -- .272/.333/.398, 24k in 103 AB, made his 8th error of the season in the game. For a guy who is already 27 years old, he should have been removed from the game to be released, rather than called up. If you want an older player rather than a prospect, why not Brad Snyder, who at least is giving .336/.379/.598 with his significant strikeout total. I am sure Scott Moore's relatively more extensive major league experience is a factor, but I can't imagine that anyone thinks either will be overly productive at the major league level and Snyder's numbers at Iowa at least provide some basis that the promotion is reward for production. Meanwhile, in that Iowa Cubs game tonight, Steve Clevenger continues his strong performance after being called up...2-4 with a triple and HR. He's now 6-17 at Iowa after being called up to allow Castillo to learn from Koyie Hill for 15 days.

I think I'm going to take the rest of the season off and just censure baseball news from my life. They call up a pinch runner with interleague games coming up and the DH needed. This is just...fascinating. It's like watching a train wreck that never ends. Ohh, the horror, the horror.

Same on two butthole computers. I log in. Read new comments, then go back to the homepage. When this happens the 'latest' thread is now Doug Davis's Goose Getting Cooked (or whatever). I click My Account. It says 'access denied'. Click My Account again and 'log out'. Then My Account again and 'log in'. Repeat. What the balls is going on?!

Phil Thanks for this and all your reports. It's a pleasure to have these reports when the parent club licks balls. I was struck by this comment: Unfortunately, he is blocked by several more highly-regarded Cub prospects at that position (Na, Szczur, Silva, Ha, and B. Jackson). How many up the middle prospects do we have to amass before we go after a few mashers? Maybe equally important is how many guys end up getting bigger and move to the corners? It looks like Lemahieu has a chance to do it, but he's not really hitting for a lot of power right now. Maybe Flaherty, too, but more than anything he seems to be moving off of SS. Getting back to CF, I guess we'll all just be happy if Jackson comes up and hits well enough to man CF. We won't be worrying about how to fit Na into the lineup. I just hope they don't play three CFs across the outfield because they don't have corner bats. I guess if they did that with homegrown players I'd be happier than watching these overpaid, underproductive jerks they have now.

"But I agree that he is exactly what this team doesn't need ..." The Cubs have one SB this season not by Castro and Barney, and only six by those two. They have one stolen base by an outfielder (Byrd). Are you sure a center fielder who stole 112 bases the past two seasons isn't something the team could use? If running isn't an issue, why didn't Soriano score on a single to the outfield? Besides, Campana is the one real positional prospect at Iowa. That's what we want to see the Cubs doing, promoting prospects, right? Did we really need to see the latest incarnations of Montanez and Moore?

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In reply to by The Real Neal

"He's not particularly good at [getting on base]." Campana is a pretty good hitter who has gotten better at every level--unlike the Vitterses and the Flahertys who bump their heads when they're promoted. Campana's OBP was .378 last year and .383 this year. "He'll be on the bench." He can play center or left. I don't think he has the arm for right. Whenever he's on a team, some other centerfielder (Brett Jackson or Fernando Perez) plays right. On my team, he would start ahead of Soriano or Byrd, or he would alternate between left and center. He could see quite a bit of playing time, batting either first or eighth. Quade likes to talk about speed (and the team's lack of it), so now is his chance to do something about it.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

Campana is a pretty good hitter who has gotten better at every level--unlike the Vitterses and the Flahertys who bump their heads when they're promoted. Campana's OBP was .378 last year and .383 this year. Campana had a BABIP of .382 last year and it's .423 this year. Here's a list of major league hitters who maintian that level of BABIP: (null) Ichiro, who was extremely fast, and now is just very fast, sprays the ball around and hits line drives (20% compared to 15% for Campana) the three keys to haveing a high BABIP has a career BABIP of .356. Not only are major league pitchers better, but the fielders are a lot better, which means if you're in the majors by virtue of a high BABIP, you're in trouble. When you're striking out 85 times and not hitting any home runs, you're not a "pretty good hitter". Remember Ced Landrum? He was a better hitter than Campana.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Ichiro has struck out 70 times a year, on average, in the majors. Byrd is a singles hitter who struck out 98 times last season. (He's the guy I want Campana to replace.) How do you know that Campana doesn't spray the ball around and hit line drives? You don't know anything about him except his BABIP, which isn't much. Most of the time you're just blowing smoke with your stats. That's about what they're good for. Take away a guy's strikeouts, and yeah, his BABIP goes up. Campana is hitting .342, so if you take away his strikeouts it goes to .423. Sure, that's high, and hard to maintain--but so is a .342 BA. How about giving me a null list of major-league hitters who maintain that level of BA? If all you're saying is that Campana won't maintain a .342 BA in the majors, or over the course of a season in AAA, thanks, but I didn't need a sabre-metrician to tell me that.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

Maybe you should do a google search for "BABIP definition" before you start pointing out flaws in my logic. FYR, if you take away a guy's strikeouts, it doesn't change his BABIP at all. Let's just go way out on a limb and assume that Tony Campana won't be joining Ichiro in the Hall of Fame. Say he is able to maintain a .330 BABIP, still a very good number (better than the .314 of Juan Pierre, for example). If you adjust his stats this year to a BABIP of .330, his hitting line in Iowa is .267/.304/.367 (assuming he only loses singles on the slugging, which, of course is a generous assumption). Marlon Byrd, as terrible as he has been has managed to go for .316 .345 .392 in the majors, ie a lot better than Campana.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

"FYR, if you take away a guy's strikeouts, it doesn't change his BABIP at all." I phrased it poorly. If you take away a guy's strikeouts, you get his BABIP. Campana doesn't hit home runs. The point is that all you are really saying is that his BA can't be maintained. Why not just say that? I agree that Campana is not a .340 hitter in the minors, and certainly not in the majors. "Tony Campana won't be joining Ichiro in the Hall of Fame." Really, Neal--as if I'm the one who had the idea of comparing Campana to Ichiro. Byrd: 73 home runs in 9 seasons (leaving out a handful of at-bats in 2002). What kind of hitter is he? I know you don't like him at #3. Where do you like him? What role does he perform in the lineup? Is there a name for that role? Is he a run producer? Is he an on-base guy? Campana is a leadoff hitter. A list of starting players in the NL who have a similar skillset to Campana's would include Torres, Bourne, Theriot, Fowler and Pagan.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

Sorry, I am trying to empathize here, but no. Campana is a leadoff hitter. A list of starting players in the NL who have a similar skillset to Campana's would include Torres, Bourne, Theriot, Fowler and Pagan. I just showed you what a luck neutralized line for Campana at AAA is - it's .267/.304/.367 (.671 OPS) That's what he's is going to do in the major leagues, if he doesn't K more than he does in AAA and maintains a BABIP that probably 2% of major league hitters can manage. Those guys you listed have OPS's of .762, .680, .703, .749 and .757. Only Bourn is close to what Campana has done in AAA, and he's faster as well as a legitimate gold glove center fielder not to mention he has yet to register a 100 run season, despite the advantage of speed and lineup position. I think Byrd is a 4th outfielder, but that is two slots above what Tony Campana legitimately should aspire to. Byrd had 82 doubles across two full seasons (to go with 32 HR's). It would take Campana about 4 years to match that doubles total, and if he played in the big leagues until he was 40 he's unlikely to match those home runs.

if tony campana & the i-cub batboy appeared in street clothes in a police lineup the eyewitness would be uncertain as to which of the boys put the sack of flaming dogshit on her porch, rang the bell & ran; he makes sam fuld look like methusaleh & better pack his id...can dejesus break ww's record for executions @ the plate? do they track #'s of runners thrown out @ home? cubs gotta lead the league in that - every time they try to break out of the 4 singles = 1 run formula & advance somebody 2 bases in one gulp they get reminded of why, for them, 4 singles = 1 run...

I worried that injury issues could happen with a stretch from the pen to the rotation with Cashner. Is it too soon to shift him back and just let him be a reliever? Is this going to be a Samjay 2.0 where the organization has too much money invested to let a reliever just be a reliever?

Probably nothing here that hasn't already been pointed out, but here are my impressions from last night's game in Cincy: * Cold. * The game felt lost when Mateo entered, even though the Cubs had a lead. The guy needs to be taken back behind the barn and put down. It's only the humane thing to do. I mean Ricketts is so confused by why people aren't showing up... are you even watching the games, Tom? * The Cubs looked way way over-matched. The Reds lineup is good top to bottom. They have an infield that can play the ball very well and reliably (a novel concept, I know... but god could you imagine the hand wringing and whining if the Cubs got a guy like Renteria? wahh wahhh... he only hits .250 wahhh...). They have a bullpen that has effective relievers. Simply put- The better team won last night. * The number of empty seats at GAB is a damn shame considering the team Cincy put together. * I had the pleasure of sitting next to some other cub fans who were equally as annoyed and jaded as I am. * There was at least one very drunk Cincy fan yelling racist unpleasantries at Fuku last night. I guess it's not surprising for the midwest, but don't let anyone tell you that only Cub fans are obnoxious when drunk. * Did I mention it was cold?

assuming colvin regains stroke @ iowa...what are chances byrd can be moved @ deadline so fuku can play cf rest of year & open rf for colvin before b. jackson takes cf next year when we shed aram [quarter into season & he has half the homers colvin does; tied w/ the dreadful hill]& fuku, add the prince & still reduce payroll again? favorite team has become the type i most hate - slow, fat, weak & stupid...

RF Fukudome, 2B Barney, SS Castro, 3B Ramirez, 1B Pena, CF Byrd, LF Soriano, C Castillo, P Garza vs. Stubbs CF, Janish SS, Votto 1B, Phillips 2B, Bruce RF, Rolen 3B, Lewis LF, Hernandez C, Volquez P

Maine up along with Campana via Witty

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil 09/24/2023 - 09:09 pm (view)

    With two more HR on Sunday versus Houston, Nelson Velazquez now has 17 HR in 49 MLB games this season (pro-rates out to 56 HR in 162 games). 

  • crunch 09/24/2023 - 09:52 pm (view)

    cubs win...so do MIA and CIN,.  ARZ is close to winning (up by 6 in the 8th).  total wash of a day.

    off day tomorrow then it's the last week of baseball...not an easy one vs MIL and ATL.  last-week drama...

  • crunch 09/24/2023 - 09:47 pm (view)

    merryweather puts the first couple guys on with 0 outs...and smyly is up in the pen.  back end of the pen situation is a mess.

  • crunch 09/24/2023 - 09:31 pm (view)

    "Coming into the game, they were 0-819 when trailing by nine runs or more."  damn.

  • Charlie 09/24/2023 - 09:48 am (view)

    I wonder how many pitchers have missed this much time in a relatively short span with recurring forearm issues and not had it lead to surgery.

  • Cubster 09/24/2023 - 09:34 am (view)

    Historic win for Pirates...

    https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-mount-historic-rally-to-beat-reds?part…

  • Arizona Phil 09/23/2023 - 09:02 pm (view)

    The deadline for trading players on an MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) and players who were outrighted to the minors after signing a 2023 MLB contract was August 1st, but trades involving players on a minor league reserve list are prohibited beginning at 12 PM (Eastern) on the 7th day prior to the originally-scheduled conclusion of the 2023 MLB regular season (Sunday 9/24) through the last day of the MLB regular season (including a day on which a regular season game is played after the originally-scheduled conclusion of the MLB regular season).   
     

  • Arizona Phil 09/24/2023 - 09:41 am (view)

    jdrnym: 

    As you know, the abbreviation "DFA" stands for "Designated for Assignment." 

    There are three types of assignments: 

    1. Trade Assignment (when a player is traded from one MLB club to another)
    2. Outright Assignment (when a player is sent to the club's minor league Domestic Reserve List after Outright Assignment Waivers have been secured).
    3. Optional Assignment (when a player is optioned to the minors, subject to being recalled at a later time). 

    So when a player is Designated for Assignment, the player can either be traded, outrighted to the minors, or optioned to the minors. 

    Normally a player is not Designated for Assignment and then optioned to the minors, because the club could just option the player to the minors immediately without a DFA.

    Back in the day It was not that unusual for a player to be Designated for Assignment so that Optional Assignment Waivers could be secured (Optional Assignment Waivers were required before certain players could be optioned to the minors, and just like the old Trade Assignment Waivers, Optional Assignment Waivers were revocable if a player was claimed).

    https://www.thecubreporter.com/why-player-designated-assignment-and-the…

    Optional Assignment Waivers were eliminated in 2016 and Trade Assignment Waivers were eliminated in 2021, so all revocable waivers have been eliminated. What's left are Outright Assignment Waivers and Outright Release Waivers, and both are irrevocable (cannot be withdrawn) once requested.  

    With the new five option limit whereby a player can be optioned to the minors no more than five times in a given season before Outright Assignment Waivers must be secured (and it - IS - Outright Assignment Waivers that must be secured, even though it is for the purpose of an Optional Assignment), it now might be necessary for a club to DFA a player to clear a spot on the MLB 26-man roster (MLB 28-man roster in September) for another player and to allow for the two days (actually 47 hours) required to run a player through waivers. After the two day "Waiver Claiming Period" concludes (and presuming the player isn't claimed), the player can be returned to the MLB 40-man roster and optioned to the minors (even after being Designated for Assignment). But for that to happen, the player can - NOT - be replaced on the MLB 40-man roster by another player after being Designated for Assignment.  

    However, in the case of Jordan Luplow, he had - NOT - been optioned to the minors five times in the 2023 season prior to be optioned to AAA St. Paul on 9/18, so the Twins did not need to DFA Luplow in order to secure Outright Assignment Waivers so that he could be optioned to the minors a sixth time. But because he was Designated for Assignment and not replaced on the 40 by another player after the DFA, the Twins could return him to the 40 and option him to the minors even after he was Designated for Assignment, because an Optional Assignment is one of the three types of assignments.

    So Luplow was Designated for Assignment even though he didn't need to be, and then the Twins returned him to their MLB 40-man roster and optioned him to the minors a couple of days later (which they can do, since Luplow wasn't replaced on the 40 by another player after he was Designated for Assignment). What the Twins did (DFA Luplow and then return him to the 40 and option him to the minors a couple of days later) was within the rules. It's just very odd and doesn't make a lot of sense. 

    So I will offer what I believe is the most logical reason the Twins did this:  

    The Twins DFA'd Luplow because they intended to reinstate Chris Paddack from the 60-day IL, but then Carlos Correa suddenly needed to go on the 10-day IL and they recalled Trevor Larnach to replace Correa, but then they probably decided they should keep Luplow on the 40-man roster, too (and on Optional Assignment to AAA), and didn't want to risk losing him off waivers or by him electing free-agency after being outrighted. Luplow has Article XX-D rights (he has been outrighted to the minors previously in his career, so he would had the right to elect free-agency after he was outrighted). Clearly the Twins felt they might need Luplow's RH bat after losing Correa and with Royce Lewis having left a game with a hamstring injury that led to an IL assignment. And that meant that Paddack would remain on his minor league rehab assignment a few extra days, but the Twins will need him in the post-season, not now. 

    Also, if Luplow was outrighted instead of being optioned, he would no longer be automatically eligible to play in the post-season (except as a possible injury replacement).

    Not only did Carlos Correa go on the IL, Royce Lewis went on the IL, too, two days after Correa went on the IL and two days after Luplow was optioned to AAA, so the Twins did in fact end up needing Luplow after all, and recalled him just a couple of days after he was optioned to replace Lewis on the MLB 28-man roster. (So both Larnach and Luplow were recalled within a couple of days of each other, replacing Correa and Lewis on the Twins MLB 28-man roster).  

    So that's all I've got. That is the only thing that makes sense. The Twins DFA'd Luplow because they had intended to replace him on the 40 with another player (probably Paddack) and hoped that they would be able to run him through waivers and that he wouldn't get claimed and that he would accept an Outright Assignment, but then they suddenly changed their minds because of the injury to Correa and the possibility that Lewis might also have to go on the IL (which did, in fact, happen the next day). Also, with the injuries to Correa and Lewis, the Twins wanted Luplow to remain automatically post-season eligible, which would not be the case if he was outrighted.  

    Again, the Twins were able to return Luplow to the 40 and option him to AAA because he hadn't been replaced on the 40 by another player after he was Designated for Assignment. 

  • crunch 09/23/2023 - 09:00 pm (view)

    CIN out here blowing a 9-0 lead they built through 3 innings.  9-9 tie in the 7th.

  • crunch 09/23/2023 - 09:05 pm (view)

    boxburger 10d IL, k.thompson back up.  it's his right forearm (again).