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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Cubs @ Pirates: Hendricks vs Brault (Game 138)

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!

Comments

"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.

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.

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

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

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.

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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In reply to by blockhead25

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.

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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In reply to by blockhead25

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.

"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).

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!

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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In reply to by tim815

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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In reply to by Dolorous Jon Lester

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. 

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

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...

  • crunch (view)

    wow.  what a blown call.  go cubs, i guess.