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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player 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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Cardinals @ Cubs: Wacha vs Arrieta (Game 70)

Submitted by CTSteve on

Weather permitting…STL (37-33): RHP Michael Wacha (2-7, 4.56)
CHC (47-22): RHP Jake Arrieta (11-1, 1.74)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST

Arrieta beat the Pirates on Friday (6 IP, 0 ER, 11 K, 3 BB). He won in St. Louis last month, despite giving up 4 ER in 5 innings. The Cards are 29-147 (.197) against him. Adams is 6-18. Holliday (1-18) sits.

Wacha pitched well (7.2 IP, 1 ER, 7 K, 2 BB) but took the loss against the Rangers his last time out. He lost to the Cubs in St. Louis last month giving up 8 ER in 4 innings. The Cubs are 30-97 (.309) against him. Rizzo is 11-25 with 2 HR.

Lester (9-3, 2.06) versus Chen (4-2, 5.22) in Miami tomorrow at 6:10pmCST.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:38 pm

nice to see scururzruruzr working CF...he's only worked 2 innings (in 2 games) there this year.

Submitted by Non Roster Invitee on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:40 pm

When did they start counting stats from other league in batting average? I guess Coughlin's numbers will suck anyway.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:30 pm

D. Rose to Knicks along with J. Holliday and 2nd round pick for R. Lopez, Jerian Grant and J. Calderon

Lopez has 3 years left on his deal.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:44 pm

D. Rose with 'Melo and Porzingis all trying to get shots. I see no problems there.

Lopez means Noah is gone, which is fine, he's broken too just like Rose.

Wouldn't mind Gasol coming back, would prefer signing Durant or James and Hortford, but that's not happening. Mike Conley or Rondo could be good fits. ~shrug~

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Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:14 pm

Meh. Bulls are done for years. Window slammed shut, and Thibs was the best thing to have heppened here but the morans in the FO couldn't find a way to co-exist. EDIT: No A-Level players will ever sign here with current owners. Alwyas will be chasing Boozers, Gasols, Aaron Brooks, Done-levy...shit like that. Puke...

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:21 pm

Pau Gasol was an A-level player. Players rarely shift teams in FA because of the ability to get more from own team. So unless own team can't afford them for cap reasons or just doesn't want them or are rebuilding, it's pretty rare. Durant and James aren't going anywhere for example.

I think Hoiberg sucks, but I honestly think Thibodeau ran his team into the ground too. Rose's knees was nobody fault though...shit happens. Presuming James sticks around Cleveland, it all doesn't matter, but Bulls could manage another 2nd best roster once again with a little effort. Trading Rose to free up some cap space was one of the moves I was hoping for, it's Butler's team now anyway.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:01 pm

Yeah..Hoiberg, the FO missing on #1 draft picks 3 years in a row (Snell, Marquis Teague - cough/puke), Kirk Heinrich, blech. The place is sold out all the time so not much Accountability. Pau is a good complimentary player. Not been "A" level - all star caliber top-10 - in 4/5 years. Trouble with the "D" though.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:32 pm

Goodness, they already had Rose and Butler, those top 10 players don't get moved in free agency very often. Aldridge, James, I guess Dwight Howard although Gasol is a better player imo. That's about it.  It just don't happen. As for the drafts, anything after the top 15 is essentially dart throwing. The fact they found Jimmy Butler at #30 negates any of those misses. Hitting on late 1st round picks and 2nd round picks is not a normal thing (albeit a little more common these days thanks to more international players and guys leaving college earlier meaning more hidden gems in the draft).

I'm not trying to be a Bulls apologist, it's not a particularly forward-thinking front office and they've done plenty of stupid stuff (like trading Aldridge), but there's enough talent to build on and cap space to make them relevant quite quickly.

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Submitted by johann on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:24 pm

Not a Bulls fan so won't comment on the specifics of their team but everyone is going to have a ton of cap space and there will be lots of stupid contracts given to undeserving players next few years. You might see a few stars congregating to the same team like happened with Miami but overall you're just gonna see the top level teams get even better and the rest pretty much stay status quo. Especially because the draft this year isn't very good.

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Submitted by Tito on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 06:15 am

They also got Mirotic the same year as Bulter (via trade). He's been inconsistent but better than many players who were drafted ahead of him. I'm in the minority, I guess, in that it's a bit to early to call Hoiberg a failure. And Hinrich was a very solid player for the Bulls, his first go-round in particular. Not his, nor the the team's, fault Wade was drafted ahead of him.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:56 pm

DFA rizzo. :( zobrist spikes one in the dirt on a DP that would have gotten them out of the inning...99.99999999 times out of 100 rizzo snags that...this time 2 runs score. boo.

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Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:06 pm

Brutal error. Perfect DP ball, perfect feed, runner nowhere near, chance to keep the score tied....killer. What a crap series. Cards have really run the pitch count up on all Cub starters. And now a PB for Miggy. Just crap all series. Never understood the official scoring rule that says you can't "assume" a DP, and therefore one of the runs is earned. That was a routine play for Zobrist, and he was charged with an error. How can the run be earned.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:19 pm

6th inning sucks... 2 crap pitching performances and an injured catcher...cubs down 7-0.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:23 pm

Burn Wrigley down. Trade Everyone. Fire Maddon. Seriously though...this series was the sucks.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:49 pm

Carrie Muskat @CarrieMuskat #Cubs say Miguel Montero having his right knee examined. No other update

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:14 pm

Two moves that now make sense to me - amazingly, Theo seems one step (perhaps more) ahead of me: 1. The Contreras promotion: they feel that Miggy is either done - his offense (.197/.312) and defense (2/32 CS) have hurt the team all year) -- or his back is still bothering him. 2. The Warren move: the starters weren't sharp in all 3 games against STL, and Jake isn't JAKE anymore. They have all thrown a lot of innings, and STL was able to run up the pitch count on all 3 of them. Some more days off seems like a really good idea.

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:42 pm

CT STEVE: Getting this error frequently (Safari): Error 522 Ray ID: 2b7332d8f86e38ac. Thanks for all that you do.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:11 pm

"Cubs manager Joe Maddon said that Miguel Montero (knee) checked out fine in his post-game examination." also, rizzo has a sore back (not expected to be a DL visit as of now)

Submitted by chitownmvp01 on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:11 pm

He has 1 option left. They could send him down for a bit to work on his game. I don't think they go this route though. His ERA is inflated from only a few games which he gave up 3-4 ERs. Otherwise he's been solid.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 06/22/2016 - 06:32 pm

...and the White Sox go into Fenway and win 3 straight from the Red Sox. So, you know, it's baseball.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    welp...

    bellinger...fractured rib.

    a not-very-ready PCA will probably be called up when it would be much better for him to be in AAA getting regular ABs.

  • crunch (view)

    i have no hard data, but i'm seeing the same thing.

    there used to be some parks where that was rampant (colorado during the todd helton days comes to mind), but i'm seeing it all over the place the past couple seasons.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I’ll spare the details which I’ve stated before but, in short, the Cardinals have lost their sight of their successful identity and strategy over last several dominant decades. From the beginning of the season I saw the Cardinals being in last place or near it again this year, and my prediction is that Mozeliak will be gone after the end of the season.

  • Bill (view)

    I would have kept Cooper rather than Wisdom, but at least I can understand why they did it.  In a team that lacks dominant power hitters, Wisdom can be a dominant power hitter, at least in streaks.  I suppose that there is always the possibility that the streaks longer in both duration and frequency.  I will be content if they essentially make a 100 % DH commitment to Mervis against righties and Wisdom against lefties.  When a regular needs rest, give them total rest, rather than a DH rest.  Do this for at least 2 months, and then re-evaluate at that point.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    This is Cubs adjacent but…


    Jordan Walker just was optioned by the deadbirds. For all the talk of the Cardinals development machine, they’ve really missed on a lot of can’t miss superstars lately. Walker has struggled. Gorman has been okay. They’re already trying to push Carlson out the door. Their pitching system has been so bad they had to go out and sign basically a full rotation over the last two offseasons.

    They’ve still developed a few of those pesky solid players, like Donovan, Edman, and Nootbaar. Their two best prospect to MLB players have been Adolis and Arozarena, neither of which is a cardinal.

    I hope they never figure it out again. Cardinal failure brings me such joy.
     

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

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