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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)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

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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
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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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Brewers @ Cubs: Chacin vs Quintana (Game 118)

Submitted by CTSteve on
MIL (67-54): RHP Jhoulys Chacin (11-4, 3.91)
CHC (68-49): LHP José Quintana (10-8, 4.28)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST
 
Quintana gave up 5 ER in 6.1 innings and lost in KC on Wednesday.
 
He’s 2-0 with a 0.95 in three starts against Milwaukee this season. Overall, they are 41-188 (.218) against him. Moustakas is 12-42 with 3 HR. If the only thing he does consistently this year is beat the Brewers, I’m good with that.
 
Chacin won against the Padres his last time out (6 IP, 3 ER). He went six scoreless to beat the Cubs on June 13. They are 16-45 (.356) against him. Rizzo is 5-10 with 2 HR.
 
Hendricks and Guerra tomorrow at 1:20pmCST to end the series.
 
Go Cubs!
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Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:37 am

Trending: The post-Matheny Cardinals continue to win without Pham, CMart or Dexter, and the Davey Martinez Nats continue to blow games in the late innings.

And the Jansen-less Dodgers give up 4 in the 9th to blow Kershaw's 2-1 lead and lose again.  NL Wild Card is getting interesting.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:45 am

Overall, they are 4-188 against him.

Wow -- that is some seriously good pitching!  (Just letting you know that we do read your previews, CTSteve!) 

Submitted by CTSteve on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:14 am

If only. Just this once, I am going to blame the keyboard on my new MacBook Pro--which might take some getting used to.

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Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:17 pm

Such a bizarre season -- inspiring wins followed immediately by lifeless losses.

Assuming this score holds: Cubs will be 13-12 since the break. Six of the wins have been by one run, while an amazing 11 of the 12 losses by 3+ runs.  (Update: the score didn't hold...it got worse).

Submitted by Childersb3 on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:27 pm

Time to change the lineup around Joe.

Rizzo and Baez aren't 1-2 hitters. They're 3-4 hitters. 

We're 13-12 since the break.

We need to hit.

Bote didn't play at all today. Even for a curtain call at bat. He deserved that while we were down 7 runs. La Stella gets the start today vs a RHer. But, Bote has been hitting RHers.

And, Joe has just killed Almora. He simply must not like him or believe in him. He should/could have been an All Star.

Zobrist leadoff

Heyward 2

Rizzo 3

Baez 4

Happ or Schwarbs 5

Bote or Russell 6  depends on where Baez plays. If prefer Bote for a full week.

Contreras 7

Almora 8

Thoughts ?

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Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:36 pm

Fully agree.  Having Rizzo and Baez hit in front of good OBP/no power guys makes no sense to me at all.  Seems completely ass-backwards. 

And, it's time to get real about LaStella.  He's a very good pinch hitter who can reach first base (via single, walk or catcher's interference) in the late innings, which is nice, but that's his one and only skill.  He has zero HR this year and is SLG .313.  His glove certainly isn't a plus.  I know Joe loves him, but he can't be on the roster next year at the expense of Bote. 

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:34 pm

today's zobrist ejection was the first of his career.

1,563 games to get his first ejection.

"I basically said, ‘that’s why we want an electronic strike zone.’ That’s what obviously got me tossed. I’m not going to lie...I think he was going toss me anyway, before I said that, just because I wouldn't go away.""

you earned it with a solid jab zobrist, enjoy it.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:19 pm

The Cubs offense is outrageously bad.  Totally inept outside of Rizzo.  100% agree that the lineup construction hasn't helped anyone but Rizzo.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:23 pm

Milwaukee has a fairly light schedule in September so if things stay this way until then, they are in very good shape.  Cards are playing great ball, but have a pretty brutal schedule next few weeks.  If they are able to hang in there, they will have earned it.

That 11 game road trip from hell in September is downright scary now. 

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:31 pm

Nats about to lose agains to fall to .500.  Sorry, but Davey Martinez should be fired.  If you can't win with that ballculb, you should be fired.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 08:21 pm

the attitudes/egos/anger in that clubhouse is one hell of a powder keg, and they need someone who can manage the egos as much as fill out a lineup card.

it should have been easier with notorious alpha-asshole jayson werth gone in 2018, but it somehow got worse.  assumed clubhouse "good guys" such as max scherzer have had toxic moments this season while the tempermental strasburg has been leaning too much toward the negative side of his temperment.  bryce harper is still a suck-up shithead...one that will hopefully not infect some other postive clubhouse (like the cubs) with his selfish crap that pits players against each other.

there's a lot of egos that don't like to lose and cannot handle the reality of regularly losing.

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    I think it’s a bit of a chicken or egg scenario. Did they make these trades because they saw what was coming and weren’t impressed and knew to keep up with the demand for constant winning thru had to acquire impact players? Or did those additions cause a failure of resource allocation elsewhere.

    In addition, the whole they traded to acquire a star, that’s precisely what organizations should do if they feel they’re a piece away. Keep developing talent, but sometimes you need to supplement that talent. It’s what the best run organizations do. Atlanta does it. Houston in their prime run did it. Nationals during their prime run did it. Of course dodgers did it. Boston and Philadelphia too. Hell, the Cubs did it when they won. There’s no team that has had sustained success that has solely relied on their own internal development. It just doesn’t happen. I wouldn’t fault St Louis for that. What I suspect happened is in that 2020 season, in an effort to save money, they cut budget from developing and scouting. Or maybe the wrong guys got poached by other orgs. Regardless, blaming the acquisition of two of the best players of their generation for peanuts, seems off base to me.

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