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

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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Cubs @ Cardinals: Lackey vs Wacha (Game 158)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (88-69): RHPJohn Lackey (11-11, 4.67)
STL (82-75): RHP Michael Wacha (12-8, 4.00)  
First pitch: 6:00pmCST

Oh, good—another game on ESPN.* 

Lackey gave up 3 ER in 4 innings in Milwaukee on Friday and managed to avoid looking like a lunatic. In three starts against the Cards this season, he’s 1-0 with a 3.57. Overall, they are 27-122 (.221). Diaz is 6-15, and Pham is 1-1 (a HR). 

Wacha had a no-decision his last time out (5 IP, 2 ER, 4 K, 1 BB). He’s 0-2 with a 7.88 in three 2017 starts against the Cubs. Nice. Rizzo is 17-36 with 3 HR (.472)—and should bat as often as he likes.

Hendricks (7-5) and Lynn (11-8) close out the season series tomorrow at 6:00pmCST.

Go Cubs! 

*What no one has said, ever.

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Comments

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:49 pm

This may very well be the last start of Lackey's career -- make it a good one, Big John!

Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:52 pm

I won't panic, I will stay completely logical. Thursday I will go to local sports bars where I was at when Cubs clinched a World Series birth and where I watched most of Game 7 (left during rain delay, celebrated at home, not sure they wanted me at the bar any longer). I will drink the same adult beverage(s) and sit in the same seat. I will order the same slice of pizza from the same place next door. I don't panic, I turn to rational facts and truths. Pure effin' science.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:18 pm

j.wilson has a "sore neck" and w.contreras is sitting because of his banged up knee. almora is supposedly okay.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:13 pm

rizzo HBP in the 1st. so...lackey getting ejected in the 1st inning or the 2nd?

Submitted by JoePepitone on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:41 pm

Addy!

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:53 pm

Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!! WWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Really great job to make it through Cubs!

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:06 pm

Now, about those 3 rockets Davis gave up in the 9th.....naahhhh, time to celebrate!

Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:13 pm

Great to be going into the playoffs with Dusty as the manager . . . of the other team!

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:59 pm

Is it nice to have Addison Russell back? Yes. Yes it is. He opened the floodgates Monday and won today's game. He may never hit for a high average, but there's thunder in that bat.

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Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Thu, 09/28/2017 - 09:51 am

Addison’s swing has looked very short to the ball lately. He’s hitting the ball where it’s pitched. Game one in STL with the bases clearing triple to RF, and then pulling the HR down the LF field line tonight. Hope his approach just stays like that the rest of the way.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:26 pm

MIL lost and e.thames had to leave in the 8th after fouling one off his foot. 3 games back on the wildcard. looks like their hell of a season is coming up short.

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Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 09:28 pm

A lot of young talent, but they have gone 33-34 since the AS break. It will be interesting to see how they handle expectations next year-- and if Thames, who caught the league by surprise but has cooled off considerably (OPS: .936 pre-break, .786 post break, HR:23 pre-break, 8 post-break) can adjust.

Submitted by SheffieldCornelia on Thu, 09/28/2017 - 09:31 pm

So happy the Cubs are back in the playoffs after that first-half (relative) suckitude! We are pretty lucky to be able to watch this team.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    ...and he takes a comebacker off the knee on pitch 7.  out made, run scored.

    pitch 9 is a 3 run homer.  amazing.

  • crunch (view)

    wade miley (MIL) loads the bases on 5 pitches in the 1st.  that's a special kind of talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    While the Chapman trade helped to cement a championship I honestly think that trade was made in a different era. Nobody trades their best prospects for rentals anymore.

    The Quintana trade was a stinker from day one. It seemed to be a product of Theo’s unshakable faith in his 2016 “core” and the consistent and mistaken idea that they were always just one guy away from a return to WS glory. The mistake was repeated several times and I think that realization along with a general evolution in baseball thinking has helped to shape Jed and the way he operates today.

  • Bill (view)

    I had mixed emotions when I heard of the trade, as I have with most trades that involve high potential prospects.  But that is because I hate to trade a high potential prospect for a veteran with only a few years control, and with a much lower potential than the prospects give away.  I hated the trade of Cease and Jiminez for Quinta, because I viewed Quintana as a decent, but not top pitcher, being traded for two very high-potential prospects.  I disliked the trade for Chapman, because a high-potential prospect was traded for a rental, although in this case, the fact that the rental was a top player greatly softened the blow.  The trade of Ferris and Hope for Busch seemed even at the time, to be a good one, even though they gave up one of my favorite prospects.  The return was a high-potential prospect with 6 years of control, at a time when he could be a difference maker on the team.

    13 games hardly proves that it was a good trade, but at least it was a reasonable one, no matter how it turns out.  So far, so good.

  • crunch (view)

    i was strongly happy about the deal, but words can barely describe how quickly zyhir hope went from "interesting youngster" to "high end prospect" when he showed up in arizona post-draft.

    it may not have shown up in the team prospect numbered rankings, but the dodgers had their eyes on such a low level guy for a reason and the cubs knew what they gave up.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I have to disagree. They got not just A triple A stud but THE AAA stud of the entire PCL for a position player who hadn’t played above the AZL level and a pitcher who was rather mediocre in his first taste of pro ball at low A. I’m not saying the guys they traded haven’t shown great promise but they have a very long way to go and a whole lot to prove before they make the bigs. Especially since Busch filled a defined need (whether it had been at third or first) I take this trade any day of the week and don’t bother looking back.

  • crunch (view)

    matt shaw (AA) has a .381/.552/.905 line through 7 games...3 homers and a triple.  6 games at 3rd, 1 game DH (5 PO, 7 A, 0 E).

    that's somewhat fun news.

  • crunch (view)

    i was blown away confused/pissed when it was announced the cubs were trading for y.almonte.

    i was thrilled when m.busch was announced as part of the trade.

    it's really weird to have the "you gotta take this payroll guy, too" (1.9m) part of the trade leak before the main piece.

    the cubs didn't get a deal given what they gave up, but i was very happy to have a guy like busch in the fold with so much club control.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Have to admit I was initially disappointed the Cubs traded away the upside of Jackson Ferris but Busch is making a believer out of me.  If I still lived in midwest guessing we would have invented some drink special named a Busch Bomb at the local drinking establishment to celebrate his homers.  

  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

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