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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 @ Cardinals: Montgomery vs Weaver (Game 103)

Submitted by CTSteve on
CHC (60-42): LHP Mike Montgomery (3-3, 3.73)
STL (51-51): RHP Luke Weaver (5-9, 4.79)
First pitch: 7:15pmCST
 
Montgomery, who gave up 1 ER against the Cardinals at Wrigley on Saturday, is on notice after the acquisition of Cole Hamels. (If it means another championship, we can forgive that one start in 2015.) This is a big start for Monty, although being flexible, a lefty, and relatively inexpensive have probably already doomed him to the pen.
 
Overall, the Cardinals are 13-61 (.213) against him. Molina is 2-3.
 
Weaver, who gave up 3 ER in 4 innings against Montgomery for the loss, has had a couple of decent outings, but has been decidedly mediocre, even after I dropped him from my fantasy team. (Usually, that turns things around.). In his last 5 starts, he’s 2-3 with a 5.08 ERA. Against Weaver, Baez is 6-11 with a HR.
 
Quintana and Mikolas on Fox tomorrow at 3:05pmCST.
 
Go Cubs!
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Submitted by First.Pitch.120 on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:28 am

So Eddie Butler is the other player in the Hamels deal... Made me look up James Farris to see how he was doing with CO, and he seems to have vanished... no recent news items on the Google, last transaction on MiLB was an invite to spring training & re-assignment to minor league camp, and no 2018 stats.  Odd...

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:25 pm

Eddie Butler is out of minor league options and he will almost certainly be eligible for Salary Arbitration as a "Super Two" post-2018, so he would have been a likely "non-tender" candidate on 12/2 (if not a DFA sometime prior to the conclusion of the MLB regular season) if he hadn't been traded. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:30 pm

A player acquired in a trade must be placed on the club's MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) immediately, but the club has 72 hours to place the player on its MLB Active List (25-man roster). So depending on when the Cubs plan to start Hamels (Tuesday in Pittsburgh?), the Cubs could call-up an extra bullpen arm for the weekend series in St. Louis and then activate Hamels on Monday.  

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:19 pm

If a "Player to Be Named Later" (PTBNL) is part of a trade, the PTBNL cannot be on an MLB 25-man roster (MLB Active List) at any time beginning when the trade is executed (filed with the MLB office) up until when the trade is completed.

A PTBNL can be a specific player or the PTBNL can be selected from a list of players or a class of players as determined by the clubs when the trade is executed.

Beginning in 2015, a player signed after being selected in the MLB Rule 4 Draft (First-Year Player Draft) cannot be a PTBNL in any trade made prior to the conclusion of the World Series.

Clubs have six months to agree on a PTBNL, but the clubs can agree (when the trade is executed) on a deadline that is less than six months.

A cash payment (typically $50,000 for trades involving players on the 40-man roster) can be substituted for a PTBNL if no agreement can be reached within six months, but the alternative cash payment must be agreeable to both clubs and stated in writing when the trade is executed. 

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:28 pm

7:15 (CST) start time, not 1:20...fwiw.

also, it's kinda neat the cubs got to say g'bye to e.butler by giving him a win in the stat column...also, kinda weird he even pitched.  i wonder how late into the day/evening negociations went.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:57 pm

I've gotten to like Paul Sullivan lately. He seems smart, funny--like here: "It would be difficult to rationalize keeping Chatwood in the rotation and putting Montgomery back with the dancing relievers . . ."

He used to seem sour, but I guess he just hated the old Cubs, like we all should have.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:22 pm

alec mills called up...

*shrug*  whatever.  enjoy your 1 day up before ham shows up, dude.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:24 pm

Rizzo 1B, Almora CF, Heyward RF, Baez SS, Zobrist 2B, Schwarber LF, Happ 3B, Montgomery P, Caratini C

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:51 pm

Cards have been busy today: DFA both Holand and Lyons, and trade Tuivailala.

They are in disarray -- time to take advantage!

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:10 pm

Holland turns out to be possibly Scott Boras best offseason work...well maybe best spring training...

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:32 pm

"A second MRI on Kris Bryant's left shoulder confirmed that he's not dealing with any structural damage."

he got another cortizone shot.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:12 pm

Perhaps CUBSTER can weigh in on anything he has seen/heard? What is the best hope for the rest of the year? How much rest is he looking at? 

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:25 pm

a little more medical info from a non-medical source...rotoworld blurb...

"Bryant was given another cortisone shot in hopes of ridding himself of the inflammation in the shoulder that's forced him to the disabled list twice over the last month. He had a shot the first time around, too, but the discomfort eventually returned. Bryant doesn't think he'll be sidelined long, but he admitted there's no timetable for his return. He also noted that he's been told to "tone it down" some when it comes to daily swings in the cage and in batting practice."

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Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:38 pm

Probably injected the subacrmial space where the rotator cuff gets inflamed from repetitive activity. No structural damage means the MRI rules out rotator cuff tears or labral tears. Not sure about labradoodles (I love my spellcheck)! Should be good to go in 2 weeks.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:37 pm

montgomery had a nice start last time out, but he's not doing much lately to force chatwood and his 3/38m right handedness going to the pen rather than him.  they're both due for the pen once darvish gets back (pending another injury in the rotation).

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:01 pm

hopefully we'll have a rotation of lester/darvish/q/hendricks/ham soon enough.

it'll be extra nice if ham shows enough good to make paying him $20m to stick around worth more than $6m to leave and not contribute in 2019.  ultimately it comes down to "is he worth $14m a season?" cuz that $6m is ham's no matter what.

this chatwood thing just isn't working and giving him 150+ innings to do it probably isn't a great idea.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:54 pm

This approach of getting thrown out on the bases while trailing by multiple runs doesn't seem to be working.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:10 pm

This is what I think is gonna happen:

Monty goes back to the pen.

ChatWalk goes on the DL. Or, FL (fucked list).

The starting 5 is what CRUNCH says.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:12 pm

cubs lose a boring one...bah.

MIL currently losing by 1 run in the 4th...

also, MIL's brett phillips (mid/high end MIL prospect (but not an epic talent)) was a late scratch from his AAA game even though he's healthy.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:42 pm

Schwarber OPS pre-HR Derby: .873.  SLG = .498.

Schwarber OPS post-HR Derby: .683.  SLG = .360, which includes yesterday's gift pop-up "double".

"Hey, let the kid have fun!  What could go wrong?"

Yeah, I know it's a ridiculously small sample size, even though Schwarber did say he was still sore his first game back.  I'm just ticked they laid an egg -- yet again -- in STL.  Argh.

 

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 07:53 pm

Brewers acquire 3B Mike Moustakas from @Royals for OF Brett Phillips, RHP Jorge Lopez

moosetacos is a brewer...

also, MIL won...cubs lead by 1.5 games.

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  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

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