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

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs @ Dodgers: Lester vs Stripling (Game 77)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (42-34): LHP Jon Lester (9-2, 2.10)
LAD (42-35): RHP Ross Stripling (6-2, 1.99)
First pitch: 9:00pmCST

Lester, who’s very quietly putting together a nice little season, has won his last six starts, including seven shutout innings against these Dodgers at Wrigley on Wednesday. Overall, they are 23-118 (.195) against him. Hernandez is 5-16 with 2 HR.

Stripling lost the matchup against Lester (6 IP, 3 ER). The Cubs are 8-42 (.190) against him. Baez is 2-2; Schwarber has a HR in 4 ABs.

Hendricks (5-7) and Wood (3-5) throw tomorrow at the same time.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by The E-Man on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 06:42 am

AZ PHIL: Have you seen Drew Smyly out your way? Has he been pitching to live batters yet? Have you heard from any personnel on his progress? Thanks PHIL.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 06:38 am

E-MAN: Drew Smyly was left behind at Extended Spring Training in Mesa when the Cubs finished MLB Spring Training, but he did not pitch in any EXST games or even "live" BP. At some point in time in May he went to Chicago and joined the MLB club to continue his rehab there, and I believe he threw either a "sim" game or "live" BP sometime earlier this month at Wrigley Field, either pre-game or on an off-day.

The thing to remember about players who are on an MLB Disabled List (and this is NOT true for players on a minor league DL) is that the player doesn't have to go anywhere. All he is required to do is remain with the MLB club, and that includes travelling with the club on the road. So (for example), Yu Darvish did not have to go to South Bend. He could have refused. And likewise, Drew Smyly (and Eddie Butler, too) don't have to go to Mesa. They can just stay in Chicago with the MLB club. Which is apparently what Smyly has been doing lately.

However, most players who are rehabbing from an injury eventually do agree to go somewhere that is more conducive to the rehab process, like when Darvish pitched at South Bend yesterday. But the player is totally in control as far as whether he goes to another place, where he goes, and if he does, how long he stays there. It's up to the player to decide, and while the club can make a suggestion, ultimately the player must consent to the assignment.

Another thing to keep in mind is that a DL rehab assignment is normally limited to 30 days for pitchers and 21 days for position players, but beginning in 2017 (as the result of changes in MLB rules that were part of the new CBA), a pitcher or a position player who is rehabbing from an elbow UCL transplant (Tommy John Surgery) - and that's ONLY TJS - can have his rehab assignment renewed once, so that a pitcher rehabbing from TJS can spend up to 60 days on a minor league rehab assignment, and a position player rehabbing from TJS can spend up to 42 days (six weeks) on a minor league rehab assignment. So (for example) if Drew Smyly began an official Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment on July 3rd and spent the entire 60 days on the assignment, his rehab assignment would expire on September 1st, at which point he could be reinstated to the Cubs MLB Active List (active rosters expand on 9/1).

So I would not be too surprised if Smyly begins his Article XIX-C Rehab Assignment next week and stays on it for two months (60 days), probably beginning in AZL rookie ball in Mesa and then gradually working his way up to AAA Iowa in August. And if there are no medical setbacks, he could actually be 100% totally stretched-out as a starter and be able to throw 100+ pitches and start every 5th day by September 1st (if all goes well).

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 06:55 pm

bryant to the 10-day DL...rut roh.

underwood to AAA...hancock also to the DL.

maples, bote, and farrell up.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 06:00 pm

Zobrist 2B, Heyward RF, Baez 3B, Rizzo 1B, Contreras C, Schwarber LF, Happ CF, Russell SS, Lester P

Submitted by chitownmvp01 on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 06:15 pm

How did Hancock get hurt? Hopefully KB returns at the earliest possible date. Looking forward to seeing Maples, although he may not be here long with Chatwood only allowed to be on the paternity list until after tomorrow's game and Morrow could come off the DL.

Submitted by chitownmvp01 on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 06:34 pm

Oh, I meant when did Hancock get hurt? He pitched last night and this injury seemed to come out of nowhere. I would assume that something flared up after his outing last night.

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  • crunch (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

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  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

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  • Bill (view)

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    I wanted Almonte gone last week, but that was before Merryweather went down and Little got demoted. Almonte in his last 5 appearances has gone 4.1 IP with no ER or Runs. NO hits, 3 BBs and 8 SO. He did hit 96 with his 2S FB in AZ on Tues.
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    We'll find out soon enough!!!

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