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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is 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
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs @ Pirates: Hendricks vs Brault (Game 138)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (75-62): RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-4, 3.32)  
PIT (66-72): LHP Steven Brault (0-0, 5.93) 
First pitch: 6:05pmCST

Hendricks won his second straight game on Thursday against Atlanta (6.2 IP, 1 ER, 5 K, 3 BB) after having not won since May. He’s 2-1 with a 2.31 in 8 starts since his return. 

Kyle is 1-1 with a 2.45 in two starts against the Pirates this season. Overall, they are 39-155 (.252) against him. Polanco is 9-22 with a HR.

Brault is in for Nova and making his first start of the season. The Cubs tagged him for 4 ER in an inning of relief last week at Wrigley. They are 13-33 (.394) against him, for their careers. Bryant is 3-4 with a HR, and Heyward is 3-6.

Quintana (9-11) and Cole (11-9) continue the series tomorrow at 6:05pmCST.

Go Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:01 pm

"According to Michael Schmidt of the New York Times, the Red Sox have been caught stealing catcher signs from the Yankees and other opponents using an Apple Watch." that part of the world sure does like cheating at sports.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:26 pm

Day off for Rizz....so, naturally, Zobrist and his .700 OPS hit cleanup. Okey-dokey. A complete list of position players with an OPS below Zobrist's: 1. Mike Freeman 2. Nobody else A complete list of position players with a higher OPS than Zobrist: 1. Everybody except Mike Freeman Even better -- Zobrist's OPS as a RH batter: .601. I think Joe's iPad has been hacked.

Submitted by Jackstraw on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:40 pm

I think Joe's iPad has been hacked. ---------------------------------------------- Infamous Russian hacker. Username Zobie18.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:14 pm

unless arrieta had a late appointment for his MRI, it's a bit concerning they're still "waiting" on the results.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:37 pm

Dammit Joe!!! Every time CJ goes back out after finishing an inning, he struggles. EVERY TIME! Doesn't matter how many pitches he threw. Bring him in from the pen, get some outs, then take him out of the damn game. Put that in your iPad, please.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:44 pm

that was quick. Cubs never seem to follow a big win streak with just a loss...they just start playing bad baseball. 1-8 with RISP, bad relief...gah. The Cardinals, who were left for dead 3 days ago, are going to be right back in the division race.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 09:28 am

This is why the Cubs got Justin Wilson. He was supposed to provide the final piece to the bullpen puzzle, the reliable 8th inning guy who can close when Wade Davis isn't available. If there is any one thing that has gone wrong lately that could screw everything up for the Cubs, it's The Strange Case of Justin Wilson.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:47 pm

This one's on Maddon. Know your damn players. Edwards can't go back out and get people out. He simply can't. Maybe the leadoff walk was a clue? Most of the out he got were on the bases. Terrible game by Maddon.

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Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:55 pm

Nope. Don't know. I just know every time Joe sends him back out, I always say it's a bad idea, and it always is. But, on a brighter side -- Scooter Gennet with a 3-run shot to put the Reds up 7-1 on the Brewers. And, I'm sure our old friend Travis will shut down the Cards and drive in a few runs for us tonight.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:37 pm

"Jake Arrieta has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain of his right hamstring." looks like he'll miss a start, maybe 2. also, contreras is going to play a rehab game with the high-A club thursday. hopefully he'll be back soon (friday/saturday).

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:47 pm

Brewers last 6 series: Beat Rockies, Dodgers and Nationals, split with Cardinals, and lose to Giants and Reds (possibly get swept by Reds). Even by baseball standards, that's pretty goofy. Looks like Travis will need to hit a couple grand slams to help us out. Gave up 5 in 2 IP. EDIT: As I typed the last letter, he hit a 2-run bomb. Baseball!

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 09:49 am

18 year old OF Nelson Velazquez (Cubs 2017 5th round draft pick - PJ Education School - Carolina, PR) hit another moonshot HR Tuesday night at Scottsdale Stadium in the 9th inning of the first game of the AZL Championship Series between the AZL Cubs and the AZL Giants. (The Cubs scored nine runs over the final three innings to win 10-4 and take a 1-0 lead in the best two-out-of-three series). 

The place was absolutely electric from the first pitch, not because of the "fans" (they stayed quiet like always, and most of the spectators were scouts anyway), but because of the energy from the two benches. The players on the bench were as animated and raucous as any crowd you'd ever see at a baseball game, yelling and even singing and dancing at various points in the game (especially the Cubs players when they scored five times with two outs in the top of the 8th).   

Just to get into the AZL playoffs, the Cubs had to win 13 of their final 15 games, and even then they only made it by one game. And now they have won their first three AZL playoff games, so they have won 16 of the last 18 games. 

And the story behind the story is Nelson Velazquez. In his last 18 AZL games (77 PA) including regular season & post-season, Velazquez has hit 297/416/703 (that's an 1.119 OPS), with 7 HR & 15 RBI, 19 RUNS, 3 2B, and 1 3B, 4 SB (2 CS), 12 BB (16% walk rate), 1 HBP, and 26 K  (34% K-rate). Without Velazquez, the AZL Cubs are NOT in the playoffs. Simple as that. 

To get an idea of the gravitas of what he has been doing lately, if you pro-rate those numbers out over a 144-game minor league "full season" you get 56 HR, 120 RBI, 152 RUNS, 24 doubles, eight triples, 32 SB (16 CS), 96 walks, 8 HBP, and 208 strikeouts.

Velazquez has suddenly turned into a beast. It's like Sammy Sosa circa 1998. 

Velazquez is a five-tool outfielder who is built like a college running back (plus-speed but with a thick lower half), and he actually hits home runs in games (not just in BP), and most of the dingers have been absolute bombs. He strikes out a LOT, and he needs work on his defense in CF (although he probably has enough range and arm to play there once he gets the rough edges smoothed out), but the potential is definitely there 

And (probably not too surpringly) Nelson Velazquez has been named Cubs Minor League Player of the Month for August. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 09:13 pm

TIM: No question Cam Balego is on fire right now.

BTW, I wouldn't be surprised if Balego goes through the catcher conversion program in the neat-future (at Instructs and/or at EXST). He is built like a catcher, he moves pretty well, he has a plus-arm, and he clearly has leadership qualities.  

I also would not be surprised if OF Kwangmin Kwon is converted to a LHP at some point. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 09:30 pm

DJL: Kwon continues to struggle to make contact. He has above-average speed and a plus-arm and while he has HR power in BP (he won the HR Derby at Instructs post-2015), it doesn't show up in games. He is a somewhat passive hitter who seems to get fooled a lot. And he could show a bit more alertness on the bases, too.

For example, he probably could have scored the go-ahead run in the top of the 7th inning last night if he had just hustled from 3rd to home on what was a 3-2 tag-play inning-ending DP. (The Giants 1st baseman fielded a ground ball and stepped on first-base before throwing the ball home).   

Kwon is a laid-back, popular, good-natured kid (he's the type of guy who gets razzed a lot by his teammates because he takes it so well). I just don't know how much longer the Cubs will stick with him as a position-player, but I don't think they would release him before he gets a trial as a LHP. 

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/06/2017 - 09:14 am

Red Sox beat Toronto 3-2 in 19 innings, using 12 pitchers to do so. My son is a junior at Boston College, and one of his professors cancelled class this morning because he stayed up to watch all 19 innings. Not a great use of tuition money, but you have to respect the dedication.

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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