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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: Quintana vs Mikolas (Game 104)

CHC (60-43): LHP José Quintana (9-6, 3.87)
STL (52-51): RHP Miles Mikolas (10-3, 2.82)
First pitch: 3:05pmCST
 
Quintana has reeled off three straight wins, with his victory against these Cardinals on Sunday at Wrigley (7 IP, 2 ER). Overall, they are 34-115 (.296) against him. Fowler is 7-16 with a HR.
 
Mikolas gave up 2 ER in 5 innings for a no-decision in the matchup against Quintana. The Cubs are 14-51 (.275) against him. Happ is 2-3.
 
Hendricks and Gant on ESPN tomorrow at 7:00pmCST.
 
Go Cubs!

Comments

Russell sitting for the second day in a row.  Good for rumors, but my guess is he has another of his nagging injuries.

He caught fire when the Machado rumors heated up -- .867 OPS in June -- but has really been struggling since the rumors died down -- .560 OPS in July.  

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In reply to by billybucks

BILLY BUCKS: On Thursday Javier Baez PH for the pitcher in the #8 spot in the bottom of the 6th and then stayed in the game at SS with the new pitcher (Cishek) going into Russell's #7 spot even though Bote (hitting 9th) made the last out of the inning. So Russell may have been injured while striking out swinging in the bottom of the 6th. He hasn't played since. 

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In reply to by Hagsag

it took over 100 games played in the season (19 starts) and 94ip 82h 85bb 85k (4.98era/1.78whip) to get him out of the rotation.

at this point im a bit shocked it's not montgomery (even though both are eventually doomed to the pen).

only 2 and 1/3rd years left!  woo.

on the dimmest of all bright sides, with a guy who puts up as high of a pitch count as chatwood, working long relief of 2-4 innings at a time might not be such a bad thing for him if he's going to stick around.

Ugly quickly.  This team has been playing with fire since the break -- lots of uncompetitive losses and a few lucky wins.  Yuck.

Q with a 7.00 WHIP after one inning.  OK -- who wants to pitch?

Maybe Hickey should tweak whatever he is telling the starters.  Or just stop talking to them altogether.  Q, Hendricks and Chatwood have all been much worse than expected.  Funny how everyone gets on Chili when the team doesn't hit, but I haven't heard a peep about Hickey despite 4 months of underperformance.

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In reply to by billybucks

The scouting was fine, BB, but what about the trade? Anybody know anything about the kid they traded for Chavez?  For starters, Tyler Thomas in 75 innings at South Bend had a strikeout-to-walk ratio of almost six.  Rollie Lacy is no slouch, either. I go to these Myrtle Beach games around DC and I don't see any pitchers, because, well, they don't make it to Myrtle Beach. Maybe I'll try to catch South Bend next year in Eastlake, OH, before they trade their best pitchers.

This business of eating your young . . . The Cubs always traded their good prospects, but now they do it as a matter of pride: "We're in the chase, and we're all in."  Maybe they're right. I do remember, there was a parade in 2016.  But I still get an upset stomach when these trades happen.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

tyler thomas is mainly a 88-90mph deception lefty (works closer to 90) that vastly improved his command this season with both his fastball and high 70s/low 80s curve.  he's one of those guys who's 90mph fastball looks a few ticks higher...easy release and good movement.

yeah, idk about the "Great Jim Hickey". This staff has sucked ass other than Lester, and to a lesser extent, Monty, since this guy got hired. I wonder if they listen to him at all?

except for a great pen showing, the baez homer, and heyward continuing to get on base this game was hot garbage.

they "gave it away" in the 1st and never really threatened going forward.  meh.

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In reply to by crunch

What would they have had to give up to get Sale? Eloy, Cease who(m) else?  That's the one that would keep me shaking my head if I'm Jedstein.  But something tells me the Sox would never give up a talent to the Cubs such as Sale short of giving up KB. 

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In reply to by Eric S

IMO this has been one of the obstacles the Cubs have faced in their trade negotiations of the past ~2-3 years. The relative values of the "lesser" prospects who could end up as quality big leaguers gets deflated when compared to the elite talents that were Bryant, Schwarber, Baez, Happ and Russell. Causing us to overpay for deadline deals. Compare that to a team like the Dodgers and Astros who have managed to hold on to many of their premier prospects in the same timeframe we let Eloy and Gleyber go.  Players like Justin Bour, Christian Villanueva, & Marwin Gonzalez among others have all achieved varying degrees of big league success for little to no return on our part. The price to remain on top in this league is steep.

Cubs now 5-6 since the break, and all 6 losses have been by 3 or more runs.   I'm sure this is the recency effect, but I can't remember a stretch where they have been uncompetitive in so many games.

Also -- maybe it wasn't such a great idea to have Q throw 120+ pitches in his last start, given that he had been given extra time off due to arm fatigue right before that.  Dunno, maybe that's just me.

 

Schwarbs in a slump since before ASG. Bryant injured. Caratini with doubles only power. Starters not able to go more than 4...It just is mot a pretty picture now.

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In reply to by The E-Man

underperforming and they have the best record in the NL.

the issue i have is that it feels like they're not just in some weird collective slump.  they've had some "tearing it up" streaks, but overall they've had some really underwhelming performances even in some of their wins.

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In reply to by crunch

My nagging concern is that the surprise over-performers -- Almora, Heyward, Zobrist, Lester -- will come back to earth, while the underperformers -- KB, Rizzo, Contreras, Hendricks, Quintana -- won't be able to pick up the slack. Rizzo has been great recently, but we all know he goes very hot and very cold.  Schwarber has been an absolute disaster since the HR Derby -- hitting .182 with a .585 OPS since -- and, with KB out, he and Contreras need to hit for power.  They aren't - between them, they have a whopping 3 XBH in 78 PA's since the break, and one of those was Schwarber's pop-up "double" that the DBacks misplayed. 

For tomorrow night's game, the Cubs need a starter with a kick-ass attitude, who shows no fear and inspires confidence from his teammates.  I know just the guy -- unfortunately, he pitches for the Phillies now.

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.