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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: Hendricks vs Gant (Game 105)

CHC (60-44): RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-9, 4.05)
STL (53-51): RHP John Gant (3-3, 3.44)
First pitch: 7:00pmCST
 
Hendricks gave up 3 ER in 5 innings for the loss against the D'backs on Tuesday. He's 1-0 with a 5.06 in two starts against the Cardinals this season. Overall, they are 43-154 (.279) against him. Pham is 4-11 with a HR.
 
Gant, who had a no-decision against the Cubs at Wrigley last weekend (5 IP, 0 ER), pitched an inning of relief and gave up 2 ER in Cincinnati on Wednesday. The Cubs are 6-27 (.222) against him. Rizzo is 4-5.
 
Lester and Taillon in Pittsburgh for a two-game quickie on Tuesday, starting at 6:05pmCST.
 
Go Cubs!

Comments

+1000

Hard to believe he brought a no-hitter into the 8th there in 2015

Headed to the game tonight with my dad. Wish us luck on the weather and on Hendricks suppressing homeruns!

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In reply to by Eric S

Ah, nice work on the near no-hitter! It was a great game. It was definitely worth waiting through the 1-hour delay. The defense in particular was great. I got us seats halfway up the third base line, so we had a great view of Bote's barehanded plays. He's looking really great on D. (He's going to have to lay off pitches above the belt, though, because he can't get to them.) There were a lot of Cubs fans there, and most of the Cards fans were pretty OK with that. There were a few nearby that got a little irritable about it once the Cubs took the lead. Overall, it perfectly fit the mold of a solid, watchable win.

c.mazzoni optioned to iowa...ham added (pitching on wednesday)

Rizzo 1B, Zobrist RF, Heyward CF, Baez 2B, Contreras C, Schwarber LF, Russell SS, Hendricks P, Bote 3B

Arizona Phil; I have a question regarding Yu Darvish’s contract which my partners in our season ticket package have been discussing at length and you may may help resolve to some degree. First, Darvish has a contract extending over six years.  Are all six years guaranteed regardless of his physical health (arm, elbow, etc.).  Secondly, do the Cubs have insurance on the contract. (I would assume that might be difficult if you have already had Tommy John surgery, and if you could get it the deductible or limitations would be severe). Thanks for you help Phil.

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In reply to by Rogers

ROGERS: All six years are fully guaranteed (although Darvish can elect to opt-out after the 2019 season).

He also has a full "no trade" through the 2019 season, then a partial "no trade" (can block trade to 12 clubs specified in advance by Darvish) beginning post-2019 through the 2022 season, and then a full "no trade" again (as a "10/5 player") beginning post-2022 that also covers the 2023 season as long as he is not traded to another club prior to the conclusion of the 2022 season.    

While it is common practice for MLB clubs to take out an insurance policy to protect against a catastrophic injury to a position-player or to a pitcher who is signed to a long-term guaranteed contract with a substantial salary, the policies usually only pay-out after the player or pitcher is out of commission with one certain particular (specific) injury for a long period of time (at least a full season or more likely at least two full seasons). Also, the policies are very expensive and do not even come close to fully-covering the financial loss to the club even after the policy kicks-in.  

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

Thanks Phil.  This obviously was a decision that had to be made after some tough thinking by Theo, Jed, and Tom Ricketts. It might have been harder for them to make the decision to spend $126 million on this amount of risk than to convince Darvish’s people to sign on.  $126 million is a real hit on your financial statement.

after a promising start, c.coleman totally craps himself (again).

12er in his last 2 starts...of 3ip combined

phew, I was worried that we'd see Casey Coleman in Chicago. Well, maybe he'll need a ticket to get in now.

rain delay.  no idea when they'll begin from the announce crew.

SPs havent even warmed up yet.  it'll be 40-60 minutes, minimum...if they start at all.  there's a chance it could be cancelled in the next 10-15 minutes

meh.

the outfield and track must be a mess.

per ESPN/Olney...pitchers to start warming up approx. 7:50pm...estimated start 8:30pm CST. Tarp still on field right now (7:43p), so it's all hoodoo and radar.

sigh.

HENDRICKS...MORE LIKE HOMERDRICKS....

sigh.

Our pitching sucks.  It is what it is.   But I’m finding our offense absolutely maddening.  10 pitch first innings over and over and over again since the break.  Not allowing anyone to pitch themselves into trouble.  And it is like broken record.  You’d think you’d see it in 2 games and fix it.   

Schwarber's big mistake in the HR Derby was not having Hendricks pitch to him.  The frequency of first-inning HRs is simply staggering.

Carrie Muskat‏ @CarrieMuskat

#Cubs @smokiesbaseball 2B Trent Giambrone was pulled from today's game because of a tight hamstring

arod making a hell of a charge that he'll probably regret once 100 people want to ask him about it...

he says no one is saying anything publically, but darvish's long rehab and clubhouse presence with multiple support crew (trainers/etc) is supposedly wearing thin on the rest of the team.

ARod thinks the Yu situation is a clubhouse cancer? ...wait, isn’t he the guy who took gummies w/ steroids and HGH injections to heal his injuries. The pot calling the kettle (OK cheap medicinal pot joke). The below quote could have been said about ARod many times during his drug marred career.

"When you have a guy that signed an enormous contract and is sitting down, and you walk in the training room and he's got two trainers working on him, you should be in Arizona somewhere getting treated," Rodriguez said.

"A guy, to start a six-year contract with three of the worst months that you can ever see … They won't say this publicly, but it's gotten so bad. They've let him basically place and take control of his rehab, which is scary, because they don't want to create anything that he can kind of push back against. He'll let the team know when he's ready -- which, let me tell you what that means to a clubhouse, you lose respect quickly."

Because greatness is cool, even when the player is something of a tool:  Chris Sale's last 6 starts: 39 IP, one run.

Robin Ventura had Sale and the good Quintana in his rotation for five years-- and he had one winning season.  My goodness.

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In reply to by billybucks

speaking of lost opportunities...

WAS is 6 games out of 1st and the wild card...52-53 record...and doesn't seem to be in a selling mood for some reason.  they don't have to fire sale everyone, but there's some expendable pieces they could cash in for near-future return.

there's been infighting in the team and all the egos are supposedly becoming toxic.  it's a mess.

Yup -- generally, walking 4 of the first 5 hitters in an inning isn't a good approach, particularly with a 3-run lead.  Rockies starter begins the 7th with back-to-back walks, and the team with the most expensive bullpen in history leaves him in to walk another.  What the hell.  Cards walk off in 10.  Brewers beating up on Maeda and the Dodgers.  Guess this West Coast trip isn't going to be so rough after all.  Yuck.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

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  • 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...