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

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* 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: 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Cubs @ Marlins: Hendricks vs Smith (Game 2)

CHC (1-0): RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-0, -.--)
MIA (0-1): LHP Caleb Smith (0-0, -.--)
First pitch: 6:10pmCST

Hendricks went 7-5, 3.03 in 2017 (3-2 with a 2.83 on the road), after missing a month and a half with inflammation in his pitching hand. Overall, these Marlins are 10-46 (.217) against him. Maybin is 2-4; Bour has one hit and 4 RBIs in eight chances. (Do the math.)

Smith, who came to Miami from the Yankees last year in a roster management trade, sported a 7.71 ERA in 9 appearances, mostly in relief. None of the Cubs have faced him. He probably would like to keep it that way.

Darvish makes his debut tomorrow at the same time against Odrisamer Despaigne.

Go Cubs!

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Almora CF, Bryant 3B, Rizzo 1B, Contreras C, Schwarber LF, Russell SS, Zobrist RF, Baez 2B, Hendricks P

While none of the Cubs batters have officially faced Caleb Smith, he was in spring training camp with the Cubs last March (he was a Rule 5 draft pick who was returned to the Yankees) so the Cubs staff should be somewhat familiar with him and know some of his strengths and weaknesses.  Maybe some even have had a chance to hit off him last spring.

PIT with a 4 run lead going to the bottom 9th (after scoring 4 in the top of the 9th) vs DET...rivero comes in to lock it down...and gives up 2 runs...so hurdle brings in josh "5.00 era" smoker with 2 on left by rivero who promptly gets this game tied.

basesballs.  woo.

to the 10th...

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wow...we get our first replay review controversy in the bottom 10th on what should/could have been a DET game winner on a play at the plate initially ruled safe, but overturned. a slew of the PIT team was out of the dugout and in the clubhouse when it was overturned. gardenhire ejected...onto the 11th. crazy.

caleb smith has thrown 20 pitches, 4 have been in the zone...and everyone's swinging (except rizzo, who walked).

...then schwarber comes up not swinging, sees 2 in the zone for called strikes...then swings at a 3rd high and outside the zone. basesballs.

via jd...

don mattingly is the longest tenured manager in the NL East.  this is his 3rd season.

One thing you can take to the bank:  the immortal Caleb Smith will gve up at least 5 runs in his next start.

cj edwards escapes a bases loaded (by his doing) 8th to maintain the 1-1 tie. contreras is mega-pumped. edwards is pissed with his performance, throwing his glove in the dugout (1ip 1h 2bb 2k, 0r/er).

great game so far.  low scoring, but just enough action to maintain interest.

man, contreras celebrates hard when he gets stoked about his pitchers coming through with something clutch to end a threatening inning.

also, it's time for the 11th inning.

eddie butler in 2018 reliever version seems to be throwing 95-96mph fastballs...or the gun is hot.

to the 14th!

e.butler 3.1ip 0h 1bb 4k, 44 pitches

awwww

garcia (lefty pitcher) IBB contreras with men on the corners in order to face heyward, 1 out...now bases loaded...heyward GIDP 1st/home.  bruuuuuuuuuuuh.  sigh.

it was sharp contact, but it got snagged right at 1st base near the line.

morrow makes his cubs debut with 2 on in the bottom 17th (belonging to butler) and the marlins win on his 2nd pitch with a hit to CF.

welcome to the cubs morrow.

7ip 4h 1bb 5k, 1r/er for e.butler...his longest outing of his career comes in relief...and the toughest loss of his career, too.

fun game.  cruddy outcome.

To top off the fun, Cub fan favorite Ryan Braun hits a two out, 0-2 pitch for a three-run homer in the ninth against the Padres ... Brewers trailed 6-3 going into the 9th and end up winning 8-6. This after squeeking out a win in extras yesterday too.

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  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...