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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   

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

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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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Tuesday Cubs News Round-Up

Submitted by Rob G. on

- Former major league catcher Jamie Quirk has been named the Cubs bench coach. His last job was as the Houston Astros bullpen coach under manager Brad Mills, who of course came over from the Boston Red Sox.

- Ken Rosenthal reporting that the Cubs are looking in on Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, with a preference for Pujols because, well, he's better, at least in the all-around game. Of course he's also older and possibly could be doping up on HGH. Stark confirms that a phone call was made.

- Good chat with Jim Callis over at NSBB on some of the Cubs prospects.

- Speaking of prospects, Kevin Goldstein put out his Cubs Top 11 for 2012...I believe the article is free. Past BP lists can be found at Wiklifield.

- Kaplan and others reporting that Cubs are listening on offers to Matt Garza. Apparently though Sean Marshall is off limits, which makes little to no sense. They've also "kicked the tires" on free agent David DeJesus.

- Cubs have also asked about Rockies third basemen ian Stewart.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:27 pm

screw the D...the guy's swing runs on a plane regardless of where the ball is. pure mistake hitter who can't seem to capitalize on mistakes in the bigs for some reason. they used to pound him in (where he'd miss dramatically) so last year he moved off the plate more...it helped in AAA...it didn't translate to the bigs.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:39 pm

Theo and his team have complete and total authority on all baseball decisions. You as the owner cannot insert yourself into the process. "The most ridiculous thing I read during the process was "He re-signed Oneri Fleita so he won't land a good GM. C'mon." Told me he never met with Pat Gillick. "When I refuted it they said I was too arrogant to talk to him. I take that stuff w/a grain of salt."

Submitted by Dr. aaron b on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:13 pm

Garza and Soto to the Yankees for Montero and 2 of those pitching prospects at the top of their system. Who says no?

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:26 pm

written before the 2011 season The Bad: Despite all of his work, Montero remains a well below-average catcher, and someone who just isn't designed to play to position. He's a poor receiver who handcuffs balls, he has trouble blocking pitches in the dirt, and his arm strength is mitigated by the amount of time it takes his immense frame to get out of a crouch and release the ball. Offensively, he has no weaknesses other than his well below-average speed, which borders on base-clogging. could move Montero to 1B and Castillo at catcher in that scenario, still price seems steep, unless Cubs are actually in full rebuild mode. Montero's probably in the majors next year, even if part-time, but Betances and Banuelos still have a bit of work, although I guess not that far off. I'd certainly want a few just outside the top 10 prospects in that trade coming from the Yanks.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:37 pm

Sabean could be blowing smoke, but claims there will be no "sticker shock" signings from Giants this offseason. That would mean, most likely no Reyes, Fielder or Rollins.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:56 pm

Says he is just going to focus on the amateur draft under his new boss...3/44?

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:43 pm

If you look at it objectively...how many Cubs scouting directors cann match his hit rate on getting 1st rounders to the majors? If Simpson doesn't make it that will be one. If Baez doesn't make it (andhe was a consensus top 10 pick anyway) that's two. Vitters(also a top consensus top 10 pick) will get there, and Colvin and Samardjaiza, widely panned have produced in the majors.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:27 pm

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2011/11/more-draft-details-fr… - draft reduced to 40 rounds - deadline is 5pm EST rather than midnight, July 13th for 2012 - teams can announce draft signings now as they happen, no more waiting on overslot deals - lottery picks can be traded (not for cash, unless to offset a player in the deal) and can only be done during the offseason - 3/44, but failure to sign a pick reduces your overall cap money, it cannot be reallocated few other things... also read that there is a $100K limit on undrafted free agents.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:56 pm

technically, Samaramadingdong wasn't a 1st round pick (149th overall in 2006) but it was 1st roundish money.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:05 pm

Greg Maddux, same title, special assistant to the GM
"My brother is probably the majority of the reason that I'm coming there," said Greg Maddux.. "When [Hendry] left, I think it made me more open to see if there was something over on my brother's side of town. Mike is going to be a great manager, but as he worked through things, he needed to figure out some things on his own. After all that blew over, he called me to see if I had any interest in coming to Texas and I did."
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/11/rangers-expected-to-…

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:25 am

dude from CBS Sports also confirms that Cubs are in on Pujols talk. Rotoworld blurb says Cards offered 9/198 last January.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:37 am

Gosh I hope this is just gamesmanship. Even if you think the's going to be able to hit for the next 6 years, it's hard to believe his body is going to hold up for fielding and running. He was moving around like a septagenarian at the end of the season.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:24 pm

let's see what they do next... Probably hire a guy they used to work out with in Boston as the strength and conditioning coach. Seriously though, it's a head scratcher to me as well. Given that they don't have any real "number" data on LaHair's defense versus his in right... does it mean that LaHair is going to be traded for pitching or a third basemen (or a real second basemen)? I would have preferred Kelly Johnson if we are bargain shopping for free agents to upgrade what's in house. I do like that they got a club option though... Hendry never figured that one out. *Edit, oh, he played right last year and managed to accumulate 7.5 UZR in the plus, so getting a 2 win player for $5 million is a good deal, especially if you consider his offense is likely to pick up a notch which could make him a 3 win player... usual caveats about UZR aside. UZR (or something similar) is what made Crawford so appealing to Boston. It would also make Soriano seem like a better player to our new braintrust, fwiw.

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:25 pm

Bruce Levine- -DeJesus career .285 ba should be better in NL and had broken thumb in 2011 -No one is asking about Soriano now, his theory maybe Orioles would be interested but Cubs would have to pay at least 85% -Cubs have talked to both Fielders and Pujols agents -Wouldn't be suprised if both end up back with their teams -Doesn't think Z will be on team in 2012

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:31 pm

granted the AL West had a lot of great pitchers last year, it's hard to see BA being dramatically improved going from one league to another. I can buy a pitcher's ERA a bit because of the DH and I can further buy it coming out of the AL East and the offenses they face, but not sure how a hitter's BA is going to change much. Plenty of damn good pitchers and defenses in the NL. The parks are friendlier in the NL Central though.

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • crunch (view)

    he's hugging canario in the dugout cuz morel will shrivel up and die if he doesn't hug at least a dozen people a day.

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