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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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Mets @ Cubs: Harvey vs Lester (Game 145)

Submitted by CTSteve on

NYM (63-81): RHP Matt Harvey (5-4, 5.82) 
CHC (78-66): LHP Jon Lester (10-7, 4.35) 
First pitch: 7:05pmCST

Thank you, sirs—may we have 30 others?

Lester won in Pittsburgh on Thursday, giving up 1 ER in 6 innings. He beat the Mets in Queens in June, going 7 innings of one-run ball, in a game the Cubs won 14-3.

Overall, the Mets are 34-129 (.264) against him. Flores, who may or may not be on the DL with the rest of the team, is 5-12 with 3 HR.

Harvey had a win against the Reds his last time out (5 IP, 2 ER, 1 K, 1 BB). He gave up 4 ER in as many innings but ended up with a no-decision against the Cubs earlier in the season. He’s 2-3 with a 5.58 in his 8 road starts in 2017, so there's that.

For their careers, the Cubs are 11-41 (.268) against him. Jay is 3-10. Happ and Schwarber are both 1-2 with a HR.

Lugo and Montgomery end the series tomorrow at the same time.

Go Cubs!

 

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:15 pm

new youth... j-ho tseng (cubs minor league pitcher of the year) will get the start on saturday vs STL

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:21 pm

evidently playing STL in a close race means you throw some experimental youth into the mix. maybe they'll sit schwarber for the series, too. maddon could win manager of the year if he could find a way to bat zobrist leadoff and cleanup in the same lineup. seriously though, i dunno what's up with it, but hopefully he's up to it.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:32 pm

Limiting Innings? Monte already surpassed last year's total. Maybe they are trying to conserve some innings by sending him back to bullpen and/or his arm is fatigued. Still, odd to bring up a rookie. Maybe it is backwards world, seems like whenever the Cubs face a rookie nobody pitcher that they get shutout on 3 hits for 7 innings. Maddon's new secret reserve psychology strategy.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:07 am

SONIC WIND: I think it was probably more a matter of the Cubs running out of reliable bullpen options than it was an innings limit, and so Montgomery got drafted. Hopefully Arrieta will be back by a week from Saturday (the next time a 5th starter will be needed after today).  

Meanwhile, I hope the Cubs realize that Tseng hasn't pitched in a game in almost two weeks. Hopefully he is still in SP game shape. 

I have seen quite a bit of Tseng over the years. When he's at his best he throws strikes and gets weak contact, and he is a real cool customer. He doesn't show emotion on the mound and doesn't get rattled. He was the ace of the Taiwanese Junior National Team as a teenager, and he was so mature and advanced for his age that he pitched for Team Chinese Taipei in the WBC in 2013 at the age of 18.  

One other thing about him is that he is a very good hitting pitcher. He is a left-handed hitter and he was a DH in HS when he wasn't pitching. He was probably the best-hitting pitcher at Minor League Camp this past March. 

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:56 pm

21 wins in a row for Cleveland. Amazing feat. Just thinking of the mathematical odds of a baseball team winning that many in a row is mind numbing.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:26 pm

Carrie Muskat‏ @CarrieMuskat #Cubs Maddon on Tseng: "I said, 'I guess you're in town to accept an award. How about you start tomorrow night's game instead?'" ...looks like either the early reports were wrong on the day or maddon changed his mind. either way, j-ho tomorrow. i doubt j-ho is his nickname. i'm gonna do it anyway.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:37 am

Pierce Johnson will get claimed off waivers if the Cubs don't trade him first. He has the potential to be another Carl Edwards Jr, and I know for a fact that other organizations (more than one) believe that. The Philadelphia Phillies have the #1 waiver claim priority right now and the San Francisco Giants are #2, so I expect the Phils or Giants to claim him (again, if he isn't traded first). There hasn't been a pitcher with Johnson's potential available off waivers all year. 

So the Cubs have five days (until 2 PM Eastern on Monday) to try and trade Johnson (presuming Trade Waivers have already been secured or are secured in the next couple of days), because the DFA period is now seven days (used to be ten days), and it takes two days to run a player through waivers. Therefore, if a Designated Player isn't traded by the fifth day of the DFA, he has to be placed on Outright Assignment Waivers (which are irrevocable). Also, as I have mentioned here previously, the new waiver price is $50,000 (used to be $20,000). 

Also keep in mind that starting this year (and for the first time), trades are not permitted beginning at 12 noon (Eastern) on the seventh day prior to the conclusion of the MLB regular season up through the last day of the MLB regular season. So any player Designated for Assignment next week would have to be traded no later than noon (Eastern) on Monday 9/25. 

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:47 pm

w.contreras with the pickoff (at 2nd!). welcome back! unfortunately lester gave up a non-throw stolen base and he later didn't field a bunt hit at him letting a run score to tie the game before this, though.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:03 pm

the lack of attempt was nearly pre-determined. many pitchers would instinctively try to make that play even if it would be close. lester didn't budge. many pitchers would also have kept the runner at 3rd from getting a 20+ft lead, too. the pitcher is up, his chances of bunting was pretty much a sure thing with a man on 1st and 1 out.

Submitted by John Beasley on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:52 pm

Cubs SP 2017 fWAR / IP x 200 Quintana 3.69 Arrieta 3.24 Lester 2.99 Hendricks 2.98 Montgomery 2.98 (SP only) Lackey 0.64 Lester may drop behind Hendricks with tonight’s game.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:30 pm

nearly 90 minutes to play 3 innings of 2-2 ball. yeesh. also, contreras not scoring in the bottom 3rd was pain. welcome back and all, but we're trying to get some wins over here, dude.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:00 pm

Reds get a force-out call overturned with 2 outs, then go Single, Grand Slam to lead the Cards 6-0 in the 5th.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:20 pm

lester goes 6ip 6h 4bb 5k, 2r/er not bad considering how many pitches he threw through the first few innings and the end result of 2 runs.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:14 pm

Marlins-Brewers weekend series moved from Miami to Milwaukee, giving the Brewers 84 home games this year. I understand they can't play in Miami, but shouldn't the games be moved to a neutral site?

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:39 pm

The last days of J Grimm, amirite? No way this dude is on the post-season roster, much less a return contract for next year.

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 09:41 pm

Schwarbs with a nice 0-4 night to be consistent with his inconsistency, Almora with 3rbi's! Did he hit a righty?

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

    also, wisdom and taillon are both in chicago.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

    p.wisdom was not in today's lineup in iowa (rained out) and he was removed from the game last night mid-game, but not for injury.  good bet he's with the team in the bigs, too.

  • Bill (view)

    A good rule of thumb is that if you trade a near-ready high ceiling prospect, you should get at least two far-away high ceiling prospects in return.  Like all rules-of-thumb, it depends upon the specific circumstances, but certainly, we weren't going to get Busch for either prospect alone.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    I suspect Brown will spend some time in the bullpen due to inning restrictions.  Pitched only 93 innings last year and career high is 104 innings in 2022.  I would expect them to be cautious with a young player with his injury history.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I wanted Almonte gone last week, but that was before Merryweather went down and Little got demoted. Almonte in his last 5 appearances has gone 4.1 IP with no ER or Runs. NO hits, 3 BBs and 8 SO. He did hit 96 with his 2S FB in AZ on Tues.
    I don't see Jed waiving him when we have injuries all over and guys with options that can be sent down.
    I probably won't like the move Jed makes, but he can't play the "let's hope no one wants his 1.7mil remaining deal and we can hide him in Iowa" card.
    That's why I think the current Bullpen stays as is and Wicks goes to Iowa.
    I don't like that, but that's the fix I see.
    We'll find out soon enough!!!

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