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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 and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

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

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
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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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Wednesday Funnies: Cardinals go splat

Submitted by CubbyBlue on

I know, it's like I'm 12 years old.
Don't really care, this is just so much fun.
Go Cubs.

ps: this gif has been repurposed from one I did in like 2010...STILL WORKS!

Comments

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:28 am

TIM!!! Awesome baby! You have brought your game up even more to Playoff Level.

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:33 am

Gents - You may know this already, but as of this AM, the Cubs are top MLB offense with a TOTAL .OPS of .823, slashing .237/.316/.506 Go Meelee! And, re the next opponent, the Mets are doing horribly against LH pitching, whereas the Dodgers have performed well. The Dodgers are somewhat the reverse with 38 K's against RH pitching in 4 Games.

Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:03 am

So, do they give out an LDS MVP title? Because dat Soler. Wow. Lead the team in OPS, RBI, and R, and he nabbed the runner at the plate in the game yesterday to preserve the tie and end the inning. That was the Soler series.

Submitted by Brick on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:31 am

Nice. Just needs some army planes shooting down at the splat and then Godzilla stomping on it.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:53 am

I love your cartoons. They're a blast. I'm assuming the reason the bird went down is because he got hit by a Schwarber missile?

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:18 pm

Cubs confirmed today that the ball on the video board was the Schwarber bomb. After examining it, they put it back up there, to remain until the current Cub run is over. There was also a guy in section 538--upper deck, right field corner--who took before-and-after snapshots of the board that confirm that the ball appeared there in the bottom of the seventh. (See under Sullivan in the Trib.) I preferred to believe the ball "slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God," but this is still cool.

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:16 pm

If that's true, seems like one of two things going on: 1. Maddon is quite concerned abour Arrieta running out of gas and needs to get him one more day rest and is concerned Lester is sitting for too long between starts. 2. He is playing matchups and knows Dodgers and Mets can't use their #1 in game 1 and is confident Lester can hold his own against a #2. Either way, I don't like it at all. Tired Arrieta is more dependable than Lester on longer rest.

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:34 pm

Not if the series goes 5 games. If all is healthy, pitch your clear #1 in game 1. Get the series lead, and then whether down 3-1 or 2-2, pitch your best in the pivotal game 5. With that said, I don't think all is equal. I think Cubs want to protect Arrieta a bit after his mechanics got out of whack on Monday. As for Lester it would either be 7 or 8 days rest, so don't buy the "regular rotation" story.

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Submitted by johann on Thu, 10/15/2015 - 10:48 pm

Here's the other positive aspect of Lester first: whoever pitches Saturday will face a lower tier of the other two team's staffs. In that situation I'd rather have Lester who is the 1a behind Arietta and save Arietta for game 2 where he is more likely to beat their ace than Lester.

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 10/15/2015 - 10:09 pm

I don't buy that argument, though I'm sure you are not alone, and you may even be right. My view is go for the kill in game #1. Get your best pitcher out there, win that game, and then roll the dice in game #2. Lose game 1 and the Cubs could be down 3-0 in a the blink of an eye. With that said, Maddon is clearly worried about Arrieta and probably rightfully so. This gives Arrieta an extra day of rest twice in a row, while Lester has had a ton of rest the last two weeks.

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:51 pm

Fun fact- Just yesterday, Schwarber was listed on the Cubs roster on the website under "catchers". Today he is listed under "outfield". Shrug.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:38 pm

NLDS winner locker room shirt...good color, great use of Wrigley in the design, stupid, stupid, wording ruins it all. "Chicago wants it more" blech.

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:05 pm

Yes, of course...didn't mean to imply otherwise. I just think the whole MLB tag line crap is dumb. what's wrong with "Cubs, 2015 NLDS winners" while not these goofy headlines, it has been like this for awhile where the products are about selling MLB postseason and not the team. My 2007 Division winning hat has "2007 CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPION" in big writing and a tiny Cubs "C" following. Don't understand that at all.

Submitted by Brick on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:35 pm

Something weird/controversial happening in the Rangers/Jays game. Tuned in on the radio partway through, but sounds like a run scored on what might have been TX player interference. Jays proceeding under protest.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:40 pm

it wasnt interference...they checked with an ump conference and then with the video replay crew to make sure it was right. the delay was very long...much trash was thrown onto the field. basically, russell was throwing the ball back to the pitcher and threw it into choo's bat...runner on 3rd scored...tie game no more in the top 7th with 2 outs. if it ends like this for TOR...ow.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:54 pm

this is little league level D in the bottom 7th. i think the blacksox were the last team to play this badly in a postseason game.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:55 pm

MY GAWD...3 RUN HR. a 1-man TOR fail followed by a collective collapse by TEX.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:55 pm

MLB AT Bat: "Josh Donaldson pops into a force out, second baseman Rougned Odor to shortstop Andrus, run scores" Huh?

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:58 pm

it was a popout that should have been caught...it wasn't caught. seriously, this 1/2 inning has been full of some of the worst D i've ever seen...all in a row. this ranks up there with the "bob brenley at 3rd" game level of suck.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:57 pm

I assume Toronto is going bonkers right now? Russel Martin is a very, very, happy man right now.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:53 pm

Lots of pain in the ALDS so far: Texas up 2 games, heading home, lose 2 at home, then make 3 straight errors to lose the series, and have to watch Bautista act like an absolute douche while beating them. And the Astros blow a 4-run lead at home in the 8th inning of Game 4, while leading the series 2-1. Ouch, and double ouch. Lot of pain in the ALDS this year.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:55 pm

The catcher error that scored the Texas run was sketchy. Just saw the replay and the Texas batter sticks his bat right in front of home plate before the ball was thrown. Very sketchy, not sure that was the right call.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

  • crunch (view)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

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