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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: 13
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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Mets @ Cubs: Vargas vs Mills (Game 132)

Submitted by CTSteve on
NYM (58-73*): LHP Jason Vargas (4-8, 6.96)
CHC (77-53*): RHP Alec Mills (0-0, 1.17)
First pitch: 1:20ishpmCST
 
While we wait for yesterday's game to conclude and for the comments feature to be fixed (thanks, Michael!), here's an overview of what's on tap for today.
 
Mills pitched well enough to win (5.2 IP, 1 ER) but ended up with a no-decision against the Reds on Friday. None of the Mets have faced him.
 
Vargas kept the Nationals off the board for six innings for the win his last time out. He’s been hurt and shitty. Zobrist (12-29, 1 HR) and Rizzo 0-6 are the only two Cubs to have faced him.
 
Montgomery faces Foltynewicz in a one-night stand (a make-up from May 17) in Hotlanta tomorrow at 6:35pmCST on our way to Philly.
 
Go Cubs!
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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/29/2018 - 08:18 pm

evidently this game is supposed to feature a "maddon's been smoking crack" lineup...can't wait to see that one.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/29/2018 - 08:16 pm

Schwarber LF, Almora CF, Zo 2B, Rizzo 1B, Bote SS, Contreras C, La Stella 3B, Mills P, Happ RF

not as crazy as advertised...though schwarber is leading off vs a lefty and bote is playing SS.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/29/2018 - 08:51 pm

kintzler into the game with 2 on...that sounds promising.

also, caratini playing 3rd.

whatever.

...oh look, a run in.  great.

...oh look, 2 more runs.  neat-o.

Submitted by Rogers on Wed, 08/29/2018 - 08:36 pm

Bryant not in the lineup tonight at Iowa and not listed on the Iowa extra position players.  I would say he will be flying with the team to Atlanta and be activated tomorrow with (in my opinion) one of the 13 pitchers (Rosario?) being sent down for the two days until they can increase the roster.

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Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Wed, 08/29/2018 - 08:12 pm

It would make more sense to me for them to send Mills down to fit Bryant on the roster, but then I don't know if that means Mills has to stay down for a certain length of time. I know AZ Phil would know the answer to that. If there is a time limit though, I do know that they can come up with an injury for someone like Rosario after he pitches another day, and send him down and replace him with Mills, since I believe they are going to the 6-man rotation and still need Mills to pitch in 6 more days. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 08/30/2018 - 08:31 am

LRB: It used to be that a player on Optional Assignment to the minors could be recalled as soon as his minor league club's season concluded, but it's not that way anymore. Now a player who is optioned to the minors must remain on Optional Assignment for at least ten days even if his minor league club's season has concluded - UNLESS - the player is recalled to replace a player who is placed on the DL or other MLB inactive list (Paternity Leave, Bereavement/Family Medical Emergency Leave, et al). 

The Cubs will likely recalled Adbert Alzolay from his Optional Assignment on Saturday (9/1) and then immediately place him on the 60-day DL, which will open up a slot on the Cubs MLB 40-man roster for another player (Gore, Gimenez, Bass, or ???). Presuming that happens, the Cubs will have a brief window where they can recall a player from an Optional Assignment to "replace" Alzolay on the MLB Active List without that player having spent at least ten days on Optional Assignment to the minors prior to being recalled.

So (for example) the Cubs could option Randy Rosario, Alec Mills, or even Kyle Hendricks to Iowa today (Thursday) and then recall him on Saturday after Alzolay is recalled from Iowa and is placed on the Cubs MLB 60-day DL, thereby opening up a spot for Mike Montgomery on the 25-man roster so that he can start the game in Atlanta tonight or for Kris Bryant if he were to be recalled from his Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment and reinstated from the DL prior to Saturday. 

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/29/2018 - 08:05 pm

MIL/CIN game is insane.  high scoring, flip-flop ties and leads, awful pitching, lots of homers...yelich has hit for the cycle.

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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