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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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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 

 



 

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Damn, Lack of Patience Strikes a Cubs Hitter Once Again

(thanks to aaronb for the headline, now enough with the jokes)

The Cubs shortstop phenom Starlin Castro has been accused of sexual assaulting a woman last fall. The event occurred on September 29th, right after the Cubs season ended and Castro flew back to the Dominican Republic.

She claims that she was drinking with friends at a River North nightclub on the night of Sept. 29 when she met Castro.
Sources say she and a friend left the bar at 3 a.m. and went to the 21-year-old Castro’s apartment on State Street nearby.
According to the police report, the alleged victim said she blacked out.
She told police she came to, and found the alleged offender – Castro, according to our sources – sexually assaulting her.
The heavily redacted police report offers little information.
It says that when she woke up she screamed and yelled at her alleged attacker, and left the apartment at about 5:30 a.m. getting a ride home from her friend.
It would be 12 hours before the alleged victim would go to a hospital, and police would become involved.
By then, it is believed that Castro was on a plane, heading home to the Dominican Republic for the off-season.

At the moment, Castro is just wanted for questioning and no charges have been filed. The appropriate denials and press releases have already been filed by the Cubs and the attorneys.

We are aware of certain allegations that have been made against our client, Starlin Castro. We have thoroughly investigated this matter, and we are confident that these allegations are baseless. Given the sensitive nature of this matter, we cannot comment any further.
We are aware that a police report was filed regarding an incident involving Starlin, but we have received limited information. While this is something we take very seriously, there is not enough information to make any further comment or take action at this time. We are hopeful when the facts are brought to light, Starlin will be cleared of any wrongdoing.”

Well the Cubs have that right, "there is not enough information to make any further comment...at this time". But I will say this, no one but Castro, the woman and maybe the other people in that apartment know what happened. And while I certainly hope this doesn't affect my favorite team, I hope more that justice is served. I have no idea what kind of person Castro is and I'm not going to give him the benefit of the doubt because he wears blue pinstripes and can hit a major league fastball. Maybe this is all a big misunderstanding, maybe this woman sees a chance to make some money off a professional athlete (although Castro doesn't really make that much right now), maybe Castro is piece of shit that raped a drunk girl. Whatever the case ends up being, I just hope the truth wins out in the end.

Comments

I just hope it's not true. The baby-faced ace hitter? That sucks. If it is true, it will be hard to prove, as these cases often are. It's crazy for me to even imagine why a kid with the whole world at his fingertips would find it necessary to do this, but I tend to believe the woman in a situation like this.

I've read a lot of nuttiness about what Soriano was worth, but Phil Rogers gets the prize:
Roberts played only 39 games last season, but the Orioles are hoping he bounces back in 2012. He is owed $10 million for each of the next two seasons. A reasonable deal could have the Cubs sending Soriano and $9 million (half of Soriano’s 2013 salary) to Baltimore for Roberts and a prospect or two.
Let's say Soriano had a two-year contract worth $20 million instead of three years for $54. Would the Orioles trade Roberts straight up for Soriano in that case? Why then would they take Rogers' deal and pay an extra $25 million while also throwing in prospects?

There is such a thing as being responsible for your own actions. She drank herself into insensibility and then went to a man's apartment at 3 AM. If being drunk makes her not responsible for her actions, wouldn't being drunk do the same for Castro?

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In reply to by The E-Man

I think this situation is different (though as stated here it sounded that way). What concerns me (and perhaps why charges haven't been filed yet) is the fact that if she was "blacked out" (as opposed to passed out, conscious or asleep) she may have been literally participating in that altered state of consciousness ... Akin to being in a blackout, arguing and perhaps punching a friend, grabbing one's keys and driving off. Then you come out of blackout lost and driving an hour later and blame your friends. Blackouts are an altered state and make this curious. HOWEVER if she was asleep, or if witnesses say she was resisting etc etc he deserves everything he gets. Precious few details - but the little out there strikes me as odd. I've never heard anyone wake up from a blackout in this situation. If she was consenting in the blackout state and changed her tune upon coming-to, you've got a lot of confusion.

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the fact that Hoyer and McLeod know the Padres system so well means Cates was acquired with substantial insight. I've been waiting for them to acquire some of the talent they left behind in SD or BOS. This is the first deal akin to Dallas Green's moves for Moreland/Noles for Krukow or the even bigger Sandberg and Bowa for DeJesus.

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