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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

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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Reds @ Cubs: Bailey vs Lackey (Game 119)

CIN (50-70): RHP Homer Bailey (4-6, 8.31)
CHC (62-56): RHP John Lackey (10-9, 4.82)
First pitch: 7:05pmCST

Lackey won his fifth straight start on Friday in Arizona. He’s 1-1 with a 6.35 in his two starts against the Reds this season. Overall, they are 56-188 (.298) against him. Cozart is 7-18 with 2 HR, and Gennett is 9-24 with a HR.Bailey was having a better season before his return from elbow surgery. He beat the Brewers in Milwaukee his last time out (5 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, 5 BB). Only three Cubs have faced him: Rizzo (6-18, HR), Jay (9-30, HR), and Heyward (4-4, HR).

Lester (8-7) and Feldman (7-7) close out the series tomorrow at 1:20pmCST.

Go Cubs!
 

Comments

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In reply to by blockhead25

The plan continues to come together. Brewers beat PIT, then PIT beats STL this weekend while the Brewers flail on their pending 9-game trip to COL, SF and LAD, and simply quit and go home. Cubs win this series vs. CIN, then vs. TOR and @CIN and @ PHI. Theo had this all mapped out months ago.

damn. it's taken lackey about 8 minutes to throw 7 pitches...for a double and a walk with 0 out.

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In reply to by crunch

Bases loaded, no outs and only one run scored -- and came within about five feet of giving up a grand slam -- whew.

Bam Bam two strong, accurate throws in one week nailing guys at the plate. Definitely out there for the leather.

Guy can't throw a strike...11 strikes (including balls in play) 17 balls...why the heck are you swinging 3-0???

crazy as hell the reds only have 1 run after 2ip of what lackey has been doing. turrible. 45 pitches of garbage. someone give that guy a wrigley field $9.75 budweiser and a bench to sit on. grimm can go 5 innings, right?

If Montgomery isn't already up and throwing in the pen, he should be. And Joe should make sure Lackey knows it.

Pennant race aside, there is a sort of curiosity factor of keeping Lackey out there ... a carnival freak show of near catastrophe

Haven't checked to verify, but it seems that the Cubs have scored early and often in Lackey's starts since the all star break and he's pitched pretty well with those leads. I'd like to see that trend continue

Seems an appropriate turn of events given the wackiness of this game. At least the Reds burned their closer last night - you would think.

maddon is mad. also, the umps are bums. ...and maddon ejected.

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In reply to by crunch

Really weird - at what point does time elapse on a swing. It clearly looked like the bat didn't break the zone on the bunt - only after he got hit and when he was tossing the bat to the dugout

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! cubs win on a f'n wild pitch.

They lost to the Brewers the same way. Same pitcher I think. Huge W. that would have been a brutal loss. Very similar to the first post-AS game.

Perfect way to end this game. 8th inning still problematic but at least Wade looked pretty sharp tonight - I believe only his sixth appearance this month.

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In reply to by Eric S

I thought Edwards' pitch to Duvall was in a pretty good location -- a slider right at the knees on the outside of the plate. It looked like a good strike and Duvall really had to reach for it one-handed. Maybe it didn't break sharply enough (I couldn't tell) and/or maybe he was sitting on a slider but I thought it was a pretty good pitch until it sneaked into the first row of the bleachers.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022.