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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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Cubs @ Marlins: Lester vs Urena (Game 1!)

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CHC (0-0): LHP Jon Lester (0-0, -.--)
MIA (0-0): RHP José Ureña (0-0, -.--)
First pitch: 11:40amCST

Opening morning baseball!

Lester (13-8, 4.33 in 2017) is the first out of the gate for a strong Cubs rotation. He’s looking to improve on what we hope was just a down year and not the new normal or the beginning of a decline. He went 6-5 with a 4.41 on the road in 2017. Equally meh. Prado is 7-16 against him. Realmuto is 3-8 with a HR.

Urena (14-7, 3.82) went 2-0 with a 2.45 against the Cubs last year. Overall, they are 10-38 (.263) against him. Our new lead-off man, Happ, is 3-5 with a HR. That’d be a nice way to start the season.

Tomorrow is Hendricks and Smith at 6:10pmCST.

Go Cubs!
 

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Submitted by Charlie on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:23 am

Have fun with your live feeds, everyone else. I'll be watching this one after the work day. Looking forward to the Lester vs. Gordon matchups.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:42 am

happ/bryant/rizzo/contreras/schwarber/russell/heyward/baez/lester

pretty much as-expected...

marlins lineup... who/huh/castro/bour/umm/uhh/okay/what/urena

Submitted by Hagsag on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:50 am

Patrick Mooney posted on Twitter that Chris Coghlan has signed a minor league contract and is in Extended S.T.. Al Yellon was right!

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:57 am

cards sign g.holland 1/14

he's supposedly in game shape and shouldn't take too long to join them.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:55 pm

Nice to see Schwarber has improved his OF defense.  Nearly kills himself crashing into the wall, then plays a routine sinlge into a triple. Sheesh.

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Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 03/30/2018 - 03:23 am

I can't think of any MLB player who ever spent an offseason working to improve outfield defense (when they hadn't played outfield prior to the major leagues) who noticeably improved. I think you either have speed and a lot of reps or you don't.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:51 pm

Not seconding. Did you see the Schwarber inning? It made him pitch another 10-15 pitches cause doofus is out of position and crashes into a wall, then makes a terrible play on a single that goes to the wall. Also in the inning, a slow roller has to be barehanded, and a ground ball dribbler splits Ss and 2nd with the inf pulled in causing a run to score. Its his first outing and inside he is fucking SEETHING inside his head about why he has to have All-Thumbs in LF for his defense today. He is still a beast. But not the Ace of this staff for sure.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:50 pm

Don't want to speak for E-Man but I would say opening day can be more of an honor of past accomplishments than a reflection of who the current ace of the staff is. Usually it is one and the same but doesn't have to be. In the grand scheme of 162 games, who starts day one versus day 4 is rather insignificant. We already saw last post season when Hendricks started Game 1 of the playoffs over Lester that Lester is no longer the "ace" of the staff. If Lester has another strong season and continues to be a team leader I could see him starting opening day next year while not being the staff ace.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:33 pm

Going back to the “triple”, someone on the Cubs bench had him playing WAY too short considering the dude is a solid power hitter. Its not like he’s Jim Fucking Edmonds. 

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:02 pm

cubs win the opener vs some AAA team. 2 more vs that embarrassment of a team before they go play real baseball.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:10 pm

oh good. special torture. i mean, easy wins are neat (even if the cubs end up losing some), but that crap they're fielding in MIA is an insult to the game.

Submitted by Eric S on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:22 pm

Crap opponent, Lester pitching & Schwarb defensive struggles aside -- thoroughly enjoyed the opener!

Rizzo going yard satisfying on many levels. And how about the bullpen locking it down - schweet!

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    busch is having a really intense k-filled mini slump.  he deserves better after coming back to wrigley after that hot road trip.

  • crunch (view)

    i know alzolay isn't having a great time right now, but i trust hector "ball 4" neris even less than alzolay based on what i've seen coming out of their arms.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Neris reminds me of Don “Full Pack” Stanhouse.

  • Eric S (view)

    Happ, Busch, Dansby and Madrigal have a combined 25 runners left on base through 7 innings, with Busch accounting for 9 of those.  Seems like a lot. 

  • crunch (view)

    PCA finally gets a hit!  2r HR!!!

  • Charlie (view)

    They certainly could be coupled. It could also be the case that a team needs good players at the heart of the team and if they are not coming from one source (development) they have to be sought out elsewhere. I don't see the evidence needed to infer the cause. 

  • crunch (view)

    bases loaded for the cubs, 0 out...and no runs score.

    cubbery.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Walker was a complimentary piece who was well past his prime. Edmonds, Holliday, Ozzie Smith and a few others were good trades. Notably, they have almost always been quiet in the free agent market. But the fundamental workings of the organization were always based primarily upon the constant output of a well oiled minor league organization. That organization has ground to a halt. And when did that hard stop start to happen? Right at the beginning of the Goldschmidt/Arenado era, perpetuated by the Contreras signing, followed by the rotation purchases during the last offseason. The timing is undeniable and, in my mind, not coincidental.

    Again, we are all saying that player development became deemphasized. I’m just linking it directly to the recent trades and involvement in the free agent market. I don’t see how the two concepts can be decoupled.

  • Charlie (view)

    The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cubs sign 28 yr old RHRP Daniel Missaki. He was in MiLB from his 17yr old to 19yr old years and did pretty well.
    He's been in Mexico and Japan the last four years and has done well also.
    He's supposedly Japanese and Brazilian.
    Interesting sign. We obviously need to RP in the system
    Injuries are mounting everywhere!!

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