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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Cubs @ Cardinals: Hendricks vs Gant (Game 105)

Submitted by CTSteve on
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!
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Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:28 am

+1000

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

Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:49 pm

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

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Submitted by Charlie on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 07:11 pm

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.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:27 pm

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

Submitted by Rogers on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:50 pm

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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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:15 pm

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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Submitted by Rogers on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:25 pm

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.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:28 pm

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

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

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:32 pm

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

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:10 pm

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.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:45 pm

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.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:37 pm

sigh.

HENDRICKS...MORE LIKE HOMERDRICKS....

sigh.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:46 pm

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.   

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:55 pm

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

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:56 pm

Carrie Muskat‏ @CarrieMuskat

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

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 07:56 pm

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.

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 07:18 pm

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."

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 07:29 pm

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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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 07:54 pm

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.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 07:11 pm

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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    This is Cubs adjacent but…


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    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

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    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

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    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

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