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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player 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
* 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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Mets @ Cubs: Syndergaard vs Lester (Game 130)

Submitted by CTSteve on
NYM (58-72): LHP Noah Syndergaard (9-3, 3.38)
CHC (76-53): LHP Jon Lester (14-5, 3.64)
First pitch: 7:05pmCST
 
Lester gave up 1 ER in 5.2 innings and won in Detroit on Wednesday. He went 7 scoreless to beat the Mets on June 3. Overall, they are 49-217 (.226) against him. Flores is 5-13 with 3 HR.
 
Syndergaard beat the Giants his last time out (6 IP, 2 ER). The Cubs are 20-63 (.317) against him. Heyward is 4-9.
 
Hamels and deGrom go tomorrow at the same time.
 
Go Cubs!
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Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:43 am

Phenom update:  Since the A/S break:

Gleybar Torres: .215 BA, .303 OBP, .649 OPS

Baseball continues to be hard.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:25 pm

When reporting the story of Murphy's "gay lifestyle" comments, the media should distinguish between Billy Bean (who nobody had heard of before this) and Billy Beane (who was played by Brad Pitt in a major movie and everybody knows).  In addition to the name similarity, they both were highly-touted OF prospects from California who never had much success at the MLB level.  I consider myself pretty up on baseball stuff, and I wasn't sure if there were two Billys or one.   

Submitted by JoePepitone on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:41 pm

In case nobody noticed, Javy has been a beast since mid-June.  .337/.372/.623/.995 since June 11 with 14 HR and 51 RBI.  Woo.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:03 pm

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

also, j.bautista is going to PHI in trade from NYM so there's that.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:08 pm

Plan for tonight is to hold 'em close and get into the Mets' pen.  Unfortunately, it's not good Lester weather -- hot with the wind blowing out pretty good.

Submitted by Eric S on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:25 pm

Lester may not pitch well in the heat, but he can at least hit in it. Big two out, bases loaded single there. 

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:40 pm

lester pickoff throw to 1st!

like...one that was in the air...and got to the 1st baseman's glove...and got an out.  neat.

a few more of those and maybe people will quit taking 20+ foot leads off him.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:21 pm

mess of a 9th, but no runs scored and the cubs win.

cubs gain a 1/2 game on MIL + STL (not playing tonight).

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:48 pm

Two extra scoops of ice cream for whoever scouted Chavez.  That was a total "whaaaa?" trade, and he's been awesome.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/27/2018 - 08:44 pm

iowa...

bryant goes 0-3 with a walk

chatwood 4.1ip 3h 5bb 3k, 2r/er...77 pitches

also, corn.

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Submitted by George Altman on Tue, 08/28/2018 - 08:52 am

They rework his mechanics over the winter or he becomes Theo's Carl Crawford of Chicago.  Get the knife and fork to eat some contract. 

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Tue, 08/28/2018 - 08:46 pm

Not sure I would go that far. There is a 4 year and $100+mil gap between the Chatwalk and Carl Crawford deals and that doesn't even account for salary inflation. J-Hey would be the closer comp in terms of size/length of contract. Just trade the human charity walkathon to the A's. Sure he will develop into a decent pitcher along with former Cubs, E-Jax, Cahill and Brett Anderson.

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  • crunch (view)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

  • crunch (view)

    busch is having a really intense k-filled mini slump.  he deserves better after coming back to wrigley after that hot road trip.

  • crunch (view)

    i know alzolay isn't having a great time right now, but i trust hector "ball 4" neris even less than alzolay based on what i've seen coming out of their arms.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Neris reminds me of Don “Full Pack” Stanhouse.

  • Eric S (view)

    Happ, Busch, Dansby and Madrigal have a combined 25 runners left on base through 7 innings, with Busch accounting for 9 of those.  Seems like a lot. 

  • crunch (view)

    PCA finally gets a hit!  2r HR!!!

  • Charlie (view)

    They certainly could be coupled. It could also be the case that a team needs good players at the heart of the team and if they are not coming from one source (development) they have to be sought out elsewhere. I don't see the evidence needed to infer the cause. 

  • crunch (view)

    bases loaded for the cubs, 0 out...and no runs score.

    cubbery.

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