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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Nationals @ Cubs: Scherzer vs Quintana (NLDS Game 3)

WAS (1-1): RHP Max Scherzer (0-0, —)
CHC (1-1): LHP José Quintana (0-0, —) 
First pitch: 3:08pmCST (TBS)

The Cubs have won Quintana’s last six starts. His last appearance was a no-decision against the Reds, in which he gave up 4 ER in 4.2 innings. He went 2-0 with a 2.51 in the final month of the season. This is his first post-season start.

At Wrigley, Quintana is 5-0 with a 4.76 and went 11-11 with a 4.15 for the season. Overall, the Nationals are 13-49 (.265) against him. Kendrick is 5-10.

Scherzer (16-6, 2.51 for the season;10-2, 1.82 on the road) has been recovering from a hamstring strain that he suffered on September 30. He’s says he’s fully healed and looking to throw 100 pitches, which is fine by me, as long as that happens in the 4th inning.

Scherzer beat the Cubs in DC in June, giving up ER in 6 innings. For their careers, they are 19-88 (.296) against him. LaStella is 3-6 with a HR and might get a start. Some other Cubs have hit him well, including Rizzo (3-10, HR), Heyward (4-11), and Russell (2-5, HR). 

Tomorrow it’s Roark and Arrieta at 4:38pmCST—when we hope to wrap this up.

Go Cubs! 

Comments

Kinda bumming about Zobrist in the starting lineup today. I looked at some stats and facing RH pitching he at least is pulling an OBP of .336. But I have mentioned this with JIM HICKMAN'S BAT, his power numbers are terrible. And from the games in the series so far, he is being uncharacteristically Ben and swinging at shit. His fielding percentage at 2B is purely league average - but I would rather have him there than the outfield given the choice. C'Mon Ben - have a huge fucking game, 'bro!

Jay CF Bryant 3B Rizzo 1B Contreras C Zobrist 2B Schwarber LF Heyward RF Russell SS Quintana P

Zobrist at 2B, but not LaStella or Happ? And hitting fifth! Zobi has become Maddon's Neifi Perez. Yes, I'm angry.

Cubs two free-est swingers (Baez and Happ) on the bench against a guy with about a hundred ways to get each of them out. Two guys with the ability to extend at-bats (Jay and Zobrist) in against a pitcher on an alleged around 100 pitch limit. Cubs best pinch hitter (LaStella) available to do the thing he does better than anybody else, pinch hit. I'd have preferred to see Zobrist and Schwarber swapped in the order. And if Zobrist goes 2 pitches for 2 outs again tonight, then I'll be pissed.

I agree w/ Jackstraw. I'm torn... I like the idea of the top of the line-up being ready to pounce on a mistake by a potentially rusty/timid Scherzer.... but I also like the idea of making said pitcher run up the pitch count.

Not able to recap today, but Parachat is Open.  (For the last Cubs game to be played in the first four decades of my life...)

Happy birthday! How about a series clincher at home? That's a nice gift. I'm heading out of the office in a few. I'll hit the chat after I clear the traffic.

There have been some terrible LFers on the Cubs but he's gotta be one of the worst that has played post-season. Can only hide that glove for so long. I'll take the bitter after the great ride - but only for this year

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In reply to by The E-Man

Schwarber seems to save his worse defense for the post-season. He was a klutz against the Mets in 2015 and now misses a routine fly ball that an 8th grader would catch. Basic OF skills -- run to the spot and wait for the ball. Don't drift. Do. Not. Fucking. Drift. I played (bad) OF in high school, and that was drilled into me every practice. He violates every basic tenet of how to play the position. Just terrible.

woo.

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In reply to by Rob Richardson

I said before the series started that Dimwit Dusty would cost his team a game and sure enough.....he uses his worst reliever against our best hitter, with first base open. Thanks indeed!

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In reply to by Charlie

It is hard to directly blame a manager for much in baseball, but I think Rizzo's on field comments directly after the game were pretty telling. Can't find a direct quote, but it was basically that he was surprised they even pitched to him with first base open. So maybe the hit was lucky (can we start calling that a Cubbie occurrence), but IMO Baker certainly didn't put his players in the best position to win.

Part Michelangelo and part Keystone Cops. Just enough of the former to overcome the latter.

Terrific work by the starting pitchers so far against this Bats lineup. Really impressive stuff. Great work by Q in what I believe was his first post-season start.

On the flip side -- another terrible loss for the Bears, who will miss the playoffs for the 10th time in 11 years. In a league that prides itself on parity. My goodness, what a bunch of clueless fools. The QB they needlessly traded up to get throws a killer INT. Fox's defense continues to be the worst in the NFL in taking the ball away. Cubs and Blackhawks know what they are doing, Bulls and Bears are ridiculously clueless. Fox is an idiot -- it did not surprise anyone in Denver that they won the Super Bowl the year after he left.

BB - salty! Not much help around Trubitsky. Not much of anything around the Bulls. When you sell out are are #2 or 3 in attendance every year, why change? They have a clue, but purely for profit not talent evaluation or assembly of a team.

Trubisky looks like a QB that belongs. Deshaun Watson is the guy I wanted. But, I do not believe Watson does any better last night that Mitchell.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    LHP Blake Weiman appears to have been the last cut from the AAA Iowa roster. He is with the Tennessee group at Minor League Camp.

     

  • crunch (view)

    bruce bochy is hobbling rather badly for a guy who's had 2 hip replacements.  his gait is extremely wonky taking the lineup card to the ump.

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.