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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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Diamondbacks @ Cubs: Godley vs Chatwood (Game 102)

AZ (56-47): RHP Zack Godley (11-6, 4.65)
CHC (59-42): RHP Tyler Chatwood (4-5, 4.84)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST
 
Chatwood won (!) against the Cardinals on Saturday (5.1 IP, 1 ER). The D’backs are 30-116 (.259) against him. Owings is 7-18.
 
Godley gave up 3 ER in 5 innings for a no-decision against the Rockies his last time out. The Cubs are 9-37 (.243) against him. Russell is 3-4 with 2 HR.
 
Montgomery faces Weaver in St. Louis tomorrow at 7:15pmCST.
 
Go Cubs!

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bryant to 10-day DL...baez still out of the lineup...bote called up

Rizzo 1B, Almora CF, Heyward RF, Contreras C, Happ 3B, Schwarber LF, Russell SS, Chatwood P, Bote 2B

Bote at SS...

Anybody else notice that since his initial call-up Bote has played more SS (at AAA) than at any time in his career. He started 11 games for 101 innings at Rookie ball in 2012 & comhined for another 99 inninings at various levels in 2013. Since his MLB debut he's started 13 games at SS for >100 innings, including 4 of the last 7 played for Iowa. 

Obviously he's not going to be a SS fulltime, but I think it's fair to infer that he's being groomed as the third/emergency SS for Sept & Oct. 

Former Cub prospect Billy McKinney headed to Blue Jays as second piece in JA Happ trade to Yankees.

I really love these early innings bases loaded situations. They really get my blood pumping, and prove that I'm really alive.

4.2 IP, 6 BB for Chatwood today. I'd be surprised if they don't swing a trade for another starter within the next month. It's just not sustainable to keep rolling him out there. 

Duensing = grand slam. I'd be surprised if they don't swing a trade for another left handed reliever within the next month.  It's just not sustainable to keep rolling him out there. 

I don't have the heart to go see what this performance does to Chatwood's standings in the all-time most-walks-per-nine rankings for a single season...

Billybucks now banned from attending any future Chatwood starts!

Edit: guess that edict needs to be reconsidered! Billybucks, what's the record now for Chatwood starts you've attended?

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In reply to by Eric S

Just back from the ballpark -- my ears are still ringing!  Wow!

Eric S -- I was ready for a self-ban about mid-game.  Chatwood seemed to be in early-2018 survival mode -- lots of walks, but not many runs.  Avila's HR seemed wind-aided. Then the Duensing Disaster came in.  Walks a LH hitter, then grooves a grand slam that almost hit the video board.  I'm sure Brian's a good guy and all, and he was a contributor last year,  but his time has to be up.  He simply cannot get hitters out.  Theo needs to bring the Red Sox model of knowing when to eat some salary and move on.

Somehow, I am 2-1 in my Chatwood starts.  I think we should just leave it at that and move on.  Time to give another starter a try.

 

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In reply to by The E-Man

Today was a billybucks first -- I have been to one other walk-off win at Wrigley, but the game was tied going into the 9th.  I have never been to a walk-off win when the Cubs trailed in the 9th.  I highly recommend it!

My only regret -- with the new bullpen location (boo!), I didn't get to see Strop high-steppin' with Rizzo as he headed for home.

PHIL: Can either Tyler Chatwood or Brian Duensing refuse an assignment to Iowa?

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In reply to by The E-Man

E-MAN: Both Chatwood and Duensing can decline a minor league assignment. So barring a DL assignment, expect either Randy Rosario to be optioned to Iowa or a Brian Duensing or Eddie Butler DFA when Hamels is activated (which again could be as late as Sunday, or even Monday depending on when the trade is officially announced), and then another pitcher will have to be dropped from the 25 when Brandon Morrow is ready to be reinstated from the DL (which could be sometime this weekend). 

Also, the Cubs have an off day on Monday so they won't need a 5th starter again until a week from Saturday, so they will have a few days to decide who the #5 starter will be going forward (presumably either Chatwood or Montgomery). 

94ip 82h 85bb 82k with a 4.98era

neat.

i can't wait for 2.5 more years of this.

he's got a 0.3 WAR on BR and a -0.2 WAR on FG...so he's at least replacement level...he's got that going for him...well, that and $38m.

Javy wild swinging pays off - WP swinging strike three scores a run. Good sign they didn't pull him for a pinch runner. 

BOB BRENLY

man, i miss len/bob.  i like jd, but len/bob had a nice chemistry and played well off each other setting up jokes/comments.

RIZZO!!!!!!

CUBS WIN!

wow, what a game.

For the love of god, Almora, no hopping on Rizzo.  1034 day DL stint with strained lower back...

"According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Cubs have emerged as the "front-runner" to acquire Cole Hamels, though the Braves "remain in the mix.""

a'ite then.

anyway...who's going to TEX with r.lacy?

v.caratini? m.montgomery? ...something lesser hopefully.

...and who gets screwed out of their starting job if it's not montgomery going in trade...chatwood or montgomery?  how much longer can chatwood get chances?

TEX game probably won't be over for another 3-ish hours...maybe we'll find out before then.

The Human Walkman can go fuck himself. Get DL’d. Be a double header starter. Go home and change diapers. 

I forgot, in September he can be a pinch runner.

He is my new Will Oh-Man!

Anyway, I still have the ticket from when Hammels had his Wrigley no-hitter. 2015 I think? CRUNCH had an off day.

supposedly the deal for hamels will be for "low level prospects" and cubs picking up some of the loot.

keeping caratini and montgomery would be nice.

cubs minor league watchers are on "hug watch" for potential pieces involved in the trade.

mlb.com has a trade confirmation story up.

"ARLINGTON -- The Rangers have reached an agreement to trade left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels to the Cubs, sources confirmed on Thursday night. The clubs have not yet announced the deal because there are still details to work out, including the examination of medical reports on the Cubs' Minor League players involved in the deal. But the trade is expected to be completed as soon as tonight, a source said."

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In reply to by crunch

Remember that a player acquired in a trade must be added to the club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) immediately, but the club has up to 72 hours to add the player to the MLB Active List (25-man roster). So expect the Cubs to transfer Yu Darvish to the 60-day DL as soon as the trade is officially announced, but the 25-man roster transaction could be delayed until Sunday. 

Reminds me of when they acquired Dan Haren, albeit Haren was clearly older and pitching on fumes. Not sure I should be excited, everyone is quoting reverse splits (the Chatwood explanation) but I'd be glad if someone could change my mind. On the other hand, these Chatwood starts are killing the bullpen, so we got that going for us. Which is nice.

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In reply to by Cubster

horrible july, but april/may/june were not bad.  it's really dragged down his numbers.  hopefully there's more april-june and less july left in him.  his velocity and command didn't get worse in july...much the same...he was getting hit a lot more, though.

on the home/road split side of things, he gave up over twice as many HRs at home in TEX (16 in 59ip vs 7 in 55.1ip)

So, I guess the "easy" answer is Hamels to the rotation and Chatwood to the bullpen, where he can pitch in blowouts (sorry Vic, Happ and Rizz), work on some stuff, and, who knows, maybe become an effective reliever.  Stranger things have happened. 

However, keeping Monty in the rotation would give the Cubs a rotation with 4 lefties, which would be unusual and probably not preferred, since opposing hitters in a series would get a similar look most days. 

Another answer is to move Monty to the pen, because he might help the team there and they are already concerned about his innings.  But, that doesn't solve the Chatwood problem that Hamels was presumably acquired to address. 

Over to you, Joe (and Theo and Jed).

 

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In reply to by Cubster

LHSP Justin Steele (July 2017 TJS) has completed his AZL rehab assignment and will replace Rollie Lacy in the Myrtle Beach starting rotation beginning this weekend. Steele has made an amazing recovery and (as things stand right now) is a good candidate to get added to the Cubs MLB 40-man roster on 11/20 (he is first-time Rule 5 Draft-eligible post-2018). He also could get an AFL slot if the Cubs want him to throw more innings after the conclusion of the minor league season.  

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

I saw an article on MLB.com that floated the Cubs IFA money remaining as $3.05 million. My back-of-the-envelope math had it much less. ($600,000 or so. Probably less.)

 

The article was on Victor Victor Mesa. If the Cubs have anywhere near $3.05 million after their other signings, I have no idea where the extra loot came from.

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In reply to by tim815

TIM: The only 2018-19 J-2 IFA the Cubs have officially signed are: 

Richard Gallardo, RHP ($1M) 
Joel Machado, LHP ($850K) 
Yohendrick Pinango, OF (NFI) 
Gabriel Jaramillo, RHP (NFI)
Ronny Simon, INF (NFI)

The other reported signings are not official (yet) and might not be until after the conclusion of the DSL season (so that the players will not be Rule 5 Draft-eligible until post-2023 instead of post-2022). 

The Cubs also get $300K in 2017-18 ISBP cap space back due to RHP Florencio Serrano Jr's contract being voided, and that $300K is added to the Cubs 2018-19 ISBP, so the Cubs 2018-19 ISBP is actually $5.05M (not $4.75M).     

Rollie Lacy pitched a no-hitter this year for SB (in 7), and does have excellent stats. I hope this does not come back to haunt them in their prospect-bare pitching cupboard.

Re Hammels CUBSTER, when I last looked Cole has pitched 114 innings to ChatWalk’s 80. Lester and Hendricks are at 120. Quintana is at around 96 I think. So, that’s something.

So let's say Hamels regains his once elite pitcher status, do you keep him for the $20MIL or buy him out for $6MIL (like the consesus is)  Say you keep him you have Lester, Q, Hendricks, Yu, Chatwood, Hamels, Monty, and Smyly all fighting for 5 SP

Hamels goes from cellar to 1st place - could a touch of the Verlander Effect be in the offing?

The Texas pitching pipeline continues to produce -- Hendricks, Edwards, Chavez, Darvish (coming soon) and now Hamels.

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  • crunch (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.