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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: 14
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: Quintana vs Mikolas (Game 104)

Submitted by CTSteve on
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!
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Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:15 pm

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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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:57 pm

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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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:23 am

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.

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:43 pm

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?

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:16 pm

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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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:03 pm

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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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:24 pm

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.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:20 pm

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?

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:48 pm

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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Submitted by Eric S on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:24 pm

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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Submitted by WrigleyBumm on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 07:38 am

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.

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:29 pm

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.

 

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:23 pm

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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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:26 pm

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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Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:43 pm

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. 

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 07/28/2018 - 07:58 pm

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

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Maybe Brewer

    He'd be able to leave the Cubs. He's out of options. That would open up a 40man spot.

    I don't think Jed would do that.

  • crunch (view)

    brewer has done nothing to keep him on the big league roster...imagine that's 1 guy gone.

    yeah, it's only 2 appearances, but they were both unimpressive.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Yeah it is.....sorry......closers don't throw 89mph

    It would be unique for sure.

    But CP can't be HR susceptible

    That's what Alzolay has right now and that's what Kyle has no matter the situation.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Supposedly Happ said on a radio show he's good to go

    I hadn't read that anywhere from the usual accounts, so this could be off.

    If true, Canario goes down.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Hmmm. Maybe my idea of transitioning Hendricks into a closer role isn’t so crazy.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mervis and Wesneski getting promoted aaccording to Tommy Birch from Des Moines Register.

    So Happ to the IL

    Maybe Hendricks to IL ????

    Mervis/Cooper are DH platoon

    Wisdom, Canario, Tauchman share LF/RF

    I wonder if Busch has ever played LF?

    I don't believe he has

  • crunch (view)

    “I respect his track record of what he’s accomplished,” Counsell said on Sunday morning. “And you go through these. He’s gone through -- maybe not this particular stretch -- but stretches where you’re not pitching the way you want to and struggling. And you figure it out.” -- Counsell on Hendricks

    fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

    i respect his track record of no longer being in the rotation.  in 2016 he threw 2 innings out of the pen, his only work out of the pen.  the cubs won the world series that year.  let's repeat that magic.  the formula is obvious.  stats don't lie.  etc etc whatever...

    small sample size and all, but how about this craziness...

    "Entering Sunday, Hendricks had allowed an .843 OPS against hitters in their initial plate appearance, followed by a 1.056 OPS in a second meeting and a 2.449 OPS when seeing batters for a third time."

  • Finwe Noldaran (view)

    Phil: Great to see what Rosario is doing!

    Do you think having Rosario may have influenced/impacted the front office's decision on including Hope in the trade for Busch at all?

  • crunch (view)

    it's so crazy we got a new "barnstorming" harlem globetrotters-type baseball product that was introduced less than 5 years ago and is wildly popular all over the nation.

    a notion left long in the past, unearthed, polished for modern audiences and popular as ever.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    No question right now Alfonsin Rosario is one of the Cubs Top 20 prospects (probably Top 15). Rosario is to the Cubs what Zyhir Hope is to the Dodgers.

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