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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, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, four 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
* Richard Lovelady
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 

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 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 4
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P
* Jordan Wicks, P    

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




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Cubs @ Diamondbacks: Hamels vs Ray (Game 152) 

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (89-62): LHP Cole Hamels (9-9, 3.67) 
AZ (78-74): LHP Robbie Ray (5-2, 4.14) 
First pitch: 8:40pmCST 

Hamels gave up 2 ER in 6.2 for a no-decision against the Reds on Friday. Overall, the D’backs are 15-75 (.200) against him. Souza is 1-3 with a HR.

Ray, who had a no-decision against the Cubs at Wrigley on July 25 (7 IP, 1 ER), gave up 2 ER in 5.1 innings in Houston for a no-decision his last time out. For their careers, these Cubs are 10-55 (.182) against him. Almora is 2-3.

Tomorrow is the last day off, then it’s Quintana and Lopez Friday at 3:10pmCST on the Southside.

Go Cubs! 
 

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Comments

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:05 pm

Lots of buzz on Chicago sports radio today about Theo calling out Joe for violating the plan with Morrow (as in, "I thought we agreed not to pitch him 3 days in a row"), Theo mentioning that the pain started after that fateful 3rd consecutive game (June 2 in NY -14th inning, Cubs up 7-1) and Theo calling this a "lesson learned" and saying this is what happens when you "stray away from structure".  

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:49 pm

Or maybe another lesson to be learned is that this is what happens when you sign a closer who is so physically fragile that he can't pitch three days in a row without blowing out his elbow. Whose decision was it to sign Morrow in the first place? 

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Submitted by chitownmvp01 on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:29 pm

Haven't been able to watch as much Cubs baseball lately.

Why has Bote been struggling? Is he still making the same amount of hard contact?

Any update on Bobby Wilson? Don't get the point of the Gimenz-Wilson trade if Wilson isn't ever going to be activated, but it doesn't matter much anyways. 

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:04 pm

don't know for sure, but the c.gimenez trade seems to be "being a good bro" trade...cubs letting a vet get some work via another team to end out the season.

MIN lost their catching crew to injury and what was there was sucking.  there was about a 0% chance of gimenez making the post-season roster.  he could go to MIN and get some decent playing time to finish up the year and the cubs get a defense guy as a backup.

so far it's not been great for the cubs given that MIN isn't the only team this could have been done...pretty sure at the very least the cubs expected a warm body that could suit up by now.

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Submitted by bradsbeard on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 09:33 am

I actually think he’s been having more problems with the low pitch lately. Stuff diving out of the zone especially. I think he’s been pressing a bit to hit the low pitch when he sees it. Still making hard contact though. Think he’ll settle in and adjust over time. 

Submitted by Cubster on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:22 pm

Atl 7, StL 3. Final. Cards now 6 games behind the Cubs with their last three in Chicago (hopefully vs a team that has clinched the division).

Wonder if the Cards will make the wild card game. Looking more like Brewers vs. Dodgers/Rockies. At least they need to burn their hottest pitcher to get to the NLDS and the other series becoming, Braves vs winner of West. Would be interesting if LA misses the playoffs but StL needs to wake up for that to happen. Tough for me to root for that.

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:22 pm

Another year, and another playoff.

Miss you guys but that meant Cubs were bad and we would commiserate.


Hope you are all doing well!

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:24 pm

Almora CF, Bryant LF, Rizzo 1B, Baez 2B, Zobrist RF, Contreras C, Bote 3B, Hamels P, Russell SS

Submitted by cubbies.4ever on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:00 pm

AZ PHIL- Allen Webster already signed a minor league successor contract for 2019, but now that his contract was selected, how does that affect that because he's now on the Cubs 40, does that void that contract or is it if the Cubs choose not to tender him a contract does it automatically just go back to the minor league successor contract or does he become a free agent?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 09:31 am

cubbies.4ever: If the Cubs choose not to tender Allen Webster a 2019 Major League contract on 12/2 he becomes a non-tendered free-agent just like any other unsigned player on the MLB 40-man roster who is non-tendered. The only way his minor league successor contract would apply is if Outright Assignment Waivers are secured and he is sent outright to the minors prior to being non-tendered. (Webster signed a 2019 minor league successor contract prior to having his contract selected and being added to the Cubs 40-man roster, but he is now signed to a 2018 major league contract, and he will not be tendered -- or not tendered -- a 2019  major league contract until 12/2.  

Also, Webster does - NOT - have the right to elect Article XX-D free-agency if he were to be outrighted (he does not have enough MLB Service Time, and although he has been released previously in his career, he has not previously been outrighted).  

In addition, Webster (and this is also true for Terrance Gore, BTW) is (inconveniently) out of minor league options, which is why he will likely be dropped from the 40 soon after the conclusion of the post-season to avoid having the potential problem of getting him through waivers at the end of Spring Training if he has a strong Cactus League but there is no place for him on the Cubs 2019 Opening Day 25-man roster. (If Webster is signed to a 2019 minor league contract with an NRI to Spring Training and then does not make the Cubs 2019 Opening Day 25-man roster, the Cubs can just assign him to Iowa and he can pitch there until there is an opening for him in Chicago later in the season, sort of like what happened with Anthony Bass in 2018). 

And because he was added to the 40 after August 15th, Webster (like Terrance Gore and Taylor Davis) has Rule 6 Draft-Excluded Player status, meaning if Outright Assignment Waivers are not requested by 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day after the final game of the World Series and he is not outrighted to the minors prior to the Rule 5 Draft, he cannot be sent outright to the minors any earler than 20 days prior to 2019 MLB Opening Day (so that the Cubs would not be able to outright Webster to the minors in December, January, February, and for part of March if they need his 40-man roster slot for another player during the off-season, although he could be traded or released). 

So as things stand right now, the Cubs will likely either try to secure Outright Assignment Waivers and outright Webster to the minors very soon after the conclusion of the World Series (because they can't do it after the Rule 5 Draft if it turns out they need his slot on the 40 for maybe a free-agent or a waiver claim in December-January-February-March) -- although if they do that they would risk losing him off waivers, or non-tender him on 12/2 (thus avoiding the waiver trap) and then try and re-sign him to a 2019 minor league contract (his 2019 minor successor contract would be voided by the non-tender) for "40-man roster money" with an NRI to Spring Training. 

The problem is, there is a twelve-day gap between the filing of minor league reserve lists on 11/20 and the tendering (or non-tendering) of major league contracts on 12/2, and if the Cubs believe they need Webster's slot on the MLB 40-man roster on 11/20 to protect a Rule 5 Draft-eligible player they do not want to lose, they might not be able to wait until 12/2 to remove him from the 40. 

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/19/2018 - 09:01 pm

it is not ham's night...

the "b-squad" ARZ lineup and he's given up 3 runs and has a man on 3rd through 15 pitches.

Submitted by cubbies.4ever on Thu, 09/20/2018 - 09:17 pm

AZ PHIL-  That is a ton of info on Webster's situation.  So he'll likely be back (at least at Iowa until TBD), that's good (hopefully).  I'd assume Taylor Davis just does the same since he seems to enjoy his role as Iowa fan favorite, catching at Iowa for the past 4 years, understanding his no real future with the Cubs, but getting a September call up.  Do you think Terrance Gore will be back or was he just their late season speed pickup?

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 09/21/2018 - 09:42 am

cubbies.4ever: I think in a perfect world the Cubs would like to have Terrance Gore at Iowa in 2019, and then bring him up in September when rosters expand, just like they did this year. However, the problem is how to remove Gore from the MLB 40-man roster.

If they need his roster slot for a Rule 5 Draft-eligible player on 11/20 (and they probably will), Gore will have to be removed from the 40 prior to 12/2 (the contract tender date). This means placing him on Outright Assignment Waivers where he could get claimed. Or if he is not claimed off waivers and then is outrighted to the minors, he can elect free-agency. That doesn't mean the Cubs couldn't re-sign Gore to a 2019 minor league contract if he were to be outrighted and then elect free-agency (the Cubs did that with Mike Freeman last year), it's just that he might get more $$$ and/or a better pathway to MLB with another organization once he becomes a FA and has a chance to negotiate with other clubs. 

Generally speaking, non-tendering a player on 12/2 (to avoid waivers) and then re-signing him to a pre-arranged minor league contract (for "40-man roster money") and with an NRI to Spring Training (after the Rule 5 Draft) is the best approach. That also would apply to Justin Hancock, Allen Webster, and Taylor Davis (in fact that's exactly what happened with T. Davis last year), but as is the case with Gore, the Cubs might not be able to wait until 12/2 to remove Hancock, Webster, and/or T. Davis from the 40. They might need one or more of those roster slots on 11/20. 

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  • CubbyBlue (view)

    Wow. I knew he recorded it, but never heard the Grobstein part before. I'm savoring!

     

  • crunch (view)

    bleh.

    at least MIL has lost the past 2 nights, too.

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal pinch hitting for matt mervis vs jansen?

    okay.

  • crunch (view)

    surprising amount of cubs fans at the park, too.  HR really brought them out.

  • Cubster (view)

    hmmmm... 

    4-4

    beisbol can be fun

  • crunch (view)

    4 singles and 0 walks (1 HBP) through 7 innings for cubs batters...amazing they even have 1 run.

  • crunch (view)

    nico gets his 5th error on the year...damn.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Folks, I've known Richard Lovelady since he was an 18 yr old Freshman at East Ga State College in Swainsboro, Ga.

    I was the WBB Coach at EGSC and Richard was their prize recruit from outside of Hinesville, Ga.

    My roommate was the Pitching Coach there.

    Richard showed up a skinny, loose lipped, 83mph Lefty. Pretty good basketball player actually. 

    My roommate became the head coach.

    Richard came back from a minor injury for his Sophmore year a more serious man. He hit 90mph and started mowing GA JUCO hitters down. It was really fun to watch.

    He was the first D1 signee for EGSC baseball (school had only had athletics for five yrs at that point). He went to Kennesaw St and became their closer. One yr later, he hit 100mph and KC drafted him in the 10th Rd. 

    He lost the high velo with a surgery a while back.

    It's so cool to see him in MLB. And now he's a Cub!! It's crazy to realize I actually "know" a Cub.

    He's a legit good guy.

    Easy to root for!!!

     

  • Cubster (view)

    Tim. Thanks for remembering Lee Elia Day. It will always be one of the most epic rants in all sports.  It took about 3 seconds to recognize him from your picture but I  did get it right. 

    Now that Les Grobstein is no longer with us, that might contribute to this grand piece of Cubbery fading.

    Just like fine wine, it should be savored...unedited. 40 years, wow.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Does he have any options left, Phil?

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