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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: Lynn vs Quintana (Game 149)

Submitted by CTSteve on

STL (77-71): RHP Lance Lynn (11-7, 3.01) 
CHC (82-66): LHP José Quintana (10-11, 4.25) 
First pitch: 1:20pmCST

Quintana took his turn beating the Mets on Tuesday, giving up 2 ER in 7 innings. He gave up 3 ER in 6 innings to win against St. Louis in July at Wrigley. Overall, they are 12-42 (.286) against him. Fowler is 4-10.

Lynn had a win against the Reds his last time out (5 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 0 BB). He’s 0-0 with a 3.38 in two games against the Cubs this season. For their careers, the Cubs are 23-98 (.235) against him. Rizzo is 11-32 with 2 HR.

After a day off, it’s Lester (11-7) against Snell (3-6) and the Rays in Tampa on Tuesday at 6:10pmCST, for a quick two day series. 

Go Cubs! 
 

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Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:40 pm

Marlins facing Brewers. Two outs, two on, one in, pitcher up. Walk the pitcher. 7 more runs score. Still not out of the inning.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:28 pm

Q goes from one of his best starts as a cub to "oh yeah, it's cubs Q" from the 5th to the 6th. sigh.

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Submitted by Jackstraw on Mon, 09/18/2017 - 09:48 pm

Quintana shouldn't have needed to pitch to Fowler in the 6th. Essentially 2 base error on Schwarber to start the inning. Bad jump and bad route. Q (and Cubs) were able to work around Bryant error in 4th, couldn't do it for the second time in the 6th. Best start I've seen him have since I didn't catch his first one as a Cub against BAL.

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:23 pm

that bar is not set very high. hendricks is pretty much the only starter that's been close to consistently good (after his first 3 starts of the season, anyway) and like Q he would be on pace for 30HR-ish given up over a full season of work with the cubs. arrieta's straightened up a bit lately...well, until he got injured.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:50 pm

w.davis up in the pen...first 3-day-in-a-row appearance since early may. he threw 41 pitches in his may 3-peat appearance. he's got 43 over the last 2 days. why he was throwing 25 over 1.1ip in a game with a 6 run lead a couple days ago is up for debate.

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Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:46 pm

Great win and sweep -- nice job of hitting by Javy and JHey in the 7th. A few more head-scratchers from Maddon in the 7th: letting Schwarber face a lefty, but pinch-hitting for the red-hot Almora against a righty? Then, pulling LaStella back to pinch hit Caratini? Didn't really get either of those moves. But, Joe continues to put up impressive post-AS records every year.

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Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:44 pm

I was OK with his use of Davis in Game 1. Up 8-2, but Grimm had put 2 on and is Grimm, Joe had already used Wilson, CJ and Strop (because of the Lackey meltdown), Monty and Duensing had both pitched 2 innings the day before, Rondon (and Koji) are hurt, and this was a huge game. Don't want Grimm to let things get out of hand, Pena had thrown a lot over the past several days and it's not a spot to bring in Maples. So, unless you trust Grimm in that situation (I don't), Davis was really the only option. And, he hadn't pitched in 4 days.

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Submitted by Jackstraw on Mon, 09/18/2017 - 09:38 pm

I saw it as a dry run for how Joe expects or hopes or will be forced to use Davis in back-to-back-to-back games in October. Ran no risk of not having Davis available today. Given the opportunity Joe might try to do it one more time if circumstances come up just right.

Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:08 pm

So I think the Cubs magic number is 10... please anyone correct me if I'm wrong.

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Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:10 pm

10 for Milwaukee, 8 for the Birds. On track to hopefully clinch in St. Louis, which of course would be awesome. Also of note: if the Cubs merely split each of the series on the upcoming road trip, they're guaranteed a 163rd game even if they somehow got swept by the Reds on the final weekend. And since that won't happen, all we need from the Cubs is to simply split the MIL and STL road series, and the Cubs will be the champs. It would be the first time the Cubs have played postseason ball in three consecutive seasons since the 1906-08 Cubs won three straight pennants. They would have won five straight, but in 1909 they finished 2nd despite winning 104 games (!) Sure could have used a wildcard then........

Submitted by Hagsag on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:54 pm

AZ Phil, I hope your prediction is right that the Cubbies pick up another bullpen arm for the last couple of weeks.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:28 pm

HAGSAG: If he has cleared Trade Waivers (and only the MLB office and the 30 MLB clubs know for sure who has cleared Trade Waivers), one RP to keep an eye on is SF closer Sam Dyson. He is an extreme ground ball pitcher who has filled-in very well for Mark Melancon, and he is arbitration eligible post-2017 (he was a "super two" post-2016) but is  under club control through 2020. 

The Giants have the #1 waiver claim priority right now, but the Phillies could catch them by Wednesday. So (let's say) if the Cubs placed Pierce Johnson on Trade Waivers on Thursday and he was claimed by SF on Saturday, the Cubs and Giants would have until 1:30 PM (Eastern) tomorrow (Monday) to make a deal, or else the Cubs could either let the claim stand and the Giants would get him for the $50,000 waiver price, or the Cubs could pull him back off Trade Waivers and then place him on Outright Assignment Waivers at 2 PM (Eastern) tomorrow.

The Giants could then just bide their time and put in a claim on Johnson after he is placed on Outright Assignment Waivers, too, but there is a chance the Phillies could catch them for #1 waiver claim priority by Wednesday and win the Outright Assignmernt Waiver claim. 

So would SF be willing to insure not losing Pierce Johnson (presuming they value him) enough to give up an MLB player for him?

If the Cubs are able to trade Pierce Johnson, it would have to happen no later than 2 PM Eastern tomorrow. Otherwise he would have to be placed on Outright Assignment Waivers (which are irrevocable) and either be claimed off waivers (or outrighted to the minors if he is not claimed) by Wednesday in order to meet the seven day DFA limit.

Of course it's also possible that Pierce Johnson has already been placed on Outright Assignment Waivers, in which case he will almost certainly be claimed by another MLB club by the time his 47-hour "waiver ride" has concluded. 

There is also a chance the Cubs will acquire some other MLB reliever within the next week (before all Trade Waivers secured in August and September expire at noon on 9/25) independent of the Pierce Johnson DFA. I would look to Baltimore and Tampa Bay (in particular), since they both have just recently fallen out of legit Wild Card contention, and they may be more-willing to move a reliever now who they were not wiling to move earlier. 

Again, the key is which relievers have already cleared Trade Waivers, because any reliever put on Trade Waivers right now (or within the last few days) will be claimed by MIL, STL, and./or COL to keep the Cubs from getting him. 

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:08 pm

BEARS. How many years have we been suffering with this here? Since 2011? This will be 6 straight years since Chris Conte blew coverage to let the Packers beat our ass in a home NFC Championship game. All of you who complained about Cutler (and I have too) this guy is WORSE. Looking right into double coverage and throwing into it. Slow as a sloth. Eyeing receivers from the snap. Short arms throws. ugh. Half the team is injured so Fox will get another pass in 2017. Well - the Cubs had hope. With a top 5 draft pick again, they should have some momentum in 2018.

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Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:12 pm

@E-Man- I'm ok with them losing and getting another very high draft pick this year. As long as they are cautious with Trubisky and don't screw him up or risk injury with him somehow... There are some things to like about our team, but not enough to celebrate our future yet.

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Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:51 pm

E-Man: Fully agree that Glennon should not be a starting NFL QB, for all the reasons you list. Also -- the Bucs know him well, know that he can't throw deep, so they jammed everybody up to the line of scrimmage and stuffed the run game -- Bears ran 16 times for 20 yards. I wonder if you are getting your history mixed up, though. I recall the Conte mistake against GB was Trestman's first year, and cost them a playoff spot. They did lose to GB in the NFC Championship game at home in 2011 (that was the game Cutler got hurt and didn't come out for the 2nd half), but I don't remember a big Conte screw-up in that game. Quite possible, but my lasting memory was the last game in 2013. Soldier Field could be half-full for December games.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 09/17/2017 - 09:57 pm

Loved the Duensing reaction after getting the K on Carpenter! He has been so good this year -- nice for him to have a pumped-up moment.

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 09/18/2017 - 09:43 am

Anyone notice the Rangers released Tyson Ross. Looks like he was a land mine they fortunately avoided.

Submitted by tim815 on Mon, 09/18/2017 - 09:04 am

Duensing's gonna get paid. 2 or 3 years with a nice amount per. I'd be more interested at Zach Duke, or somesuch, at Duensing money from last off-season.

Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 09/18/2017 - 09:44 pm

FA Pitching Yeah, as I mentioned a couple threads ago, the FA starter market sucks horribly. Jake is gonna get the equivalent of the GDP of Aruba. It would be cool if they get another Cahill type, or if Maples can make the squad, that would help. I could dig Zach Duke too Tim.

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  • Bill (view)

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

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    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.

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    Things I've been wrong about:

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