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28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

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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Cubs @ Cardinals: Montgomery vs Weaver (Game 103)

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!

Comments

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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In reply to by First.Pitch.120

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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In reply to by First.Pitch.120

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.  

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. 

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.

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.

alec mills called up...

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

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

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

They are in disarray -- time to take advantage!

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

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

he got another cortizone shot.

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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In reply to by The E-Man

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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In reply to by The E-Man

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.

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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In reply to by billybucks

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

 

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.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • 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.