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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 @ 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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  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

    also, wisdom and taillon are both in chicago.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

    p.wisdom was not in today's lineup in iowa (rained out) and he was removed from the game last night mid-game, but not for injury.  good bet he's with the team in the bigs, too.

  • Bill (view)

    A good rule of thumb is that if you trade a near-ready high ceiling prospect, you should get at least two far-away high ceiling prospects in return.  Like all rules-of-thumb, it depends upon the specific circumstances, but certainly, we weren't going to get Busch for either prospect alone.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    I suspect Brown will spend some time in the bullpen due to inning restrictions.  Pitched only 93 innings last year and career high is 104 innings in 2022.  I would expect them to be cautious with a young player with his injury history.

  • 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.
    I don't see Jed waiving him when we have injuries all over and guys with options that can be sent down.
    I probably won't like the move Jed makes, but he can't play the "let's hope no one wants his 1.7mil remaining deal and we can hide him in Iowa" card.
    That's why I think the current Bullpen stays as is and Wicks goes to Iowa.
    I don't like that, but that's the fix I see.
    We'll find out soon enough!!!

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