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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: 14
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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Cubs @ Miami: Hamels vs. Alcantara (Game 17)

Submitted by Charlie on

CHC (7-9): LHP Cole Hamels (2-0, 3.79 ERA)
MIA (4-14): RHP Sandy Alcantara (1-1, 4.24 ERA)
First pitch 6:10pmCDT

Hamels takes the mound as the Cubs go for the sweep in Miami. The lefty pitched 8 innings in his last start allowing a solo HR as the only scoring. He’s done a good job keeping guys off the bases, and his 50% GB rate bodes well for his season. It would be encouraging to see him suppress HRs a bit more. Watch out for Martin Prado, who has slashed .319/.347/.478 against Hamels in 69 ABs.The Cubs will face yet another young fireballer in Sandy Alcantara. Miami picked him up in the Ozuna trade prior to the 2018 season. He’s made 9 big league starts so far and has a career 3.71 ERA in that role. Walks have been an issue for him in that time, and he hasn’t accumulated the strikeouts to match. You can credit his solid ERA to GB% and generally outperforming his peripherals. I expect the patient Cubs’ lineup to give him some trouble and maybe even tag him for his first homerun allowed of the season. He pitched 1.2 IP against the Cubs across two relief appearances with STL in 2017. I imagine some of the vets are looking forward to facing a familiar pitcher at some point. Heyward remains the hot bat and David Bote went 2-4 with a 2B and a BB yesterday.

The Cubs have tomorrow off and will then face Arizona at home. After the horrid 1-6 start, the Cubs have enjoyed a respectable 6-3 stretch. Keep on the sunny side, Cubs fans!  

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 04:35 pm

MIKE W: MIL, OAK, NYY, and BOS are the only MLB clubs with a lower (worse) waiver claim priority than the Cubs right now because the previous season's standings are used to determine waiver claim priority through the first 30 days of the MLB regular season, but beginning on the 31st day of the 2019 MLB regular season (April 27th), MLB standings as of 9 AM (Eastern) on the morning the player clears waivers will be used to determine waiver claim priority. 

Submitted by George Altman on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 04:27 pm

Is this guy with OPS+ of 82,  OPS of .679, and .3 WAR for his career. I like the 44% CS with Boston but think I'll pass.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 04:39 pm

GEORGE A: Swihart was a 1st round pick when Theo was Red Sox GM, so (for better or for worse) that might have somer influence on the Cubs interest. 

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 04:40 pm

i cannot believe this "going split screen" and showing a commercial (with audio) while live gameplay is happening is a thing.

it's not just a cubs broadcast thing, either.

ugg.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 04:31 am

someone's gonna hit a homer or some other exciting play while a washed up actor tells me about liquor or insurance.

plus, if you don't have a big TV the action is kinda hard to see on the split screen.

we're most likely not too far away from ads being on screen full time via "watermark" graphics on the corner of the screen.  some networks are already playing with that on some programming.

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Hmmm. Maybe my idea of transitioning Hendricks into a closer role isn’t so crazy.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mervis and Wesneski getting promoted aaccording to Tommy Birch from Des Moines Register.

    So Happ to the IL

    Maybe Hendricks to IL ????

    Mervis/Cooper are DH platoon

    Wisdom, Canario, Tauchman share LF/RF

    I wonder if Busch has ever played LF?

    I don't believe he has

  • crunch (view)

    “I respect his track record of what he’s accomplished,” Counsell said on Sunday morning. “And you go through these. He’s gone through -- maybe not this particular stretch -- but stretches where you’re not pitching the way you want to and struggling. And you figure it out.” -- Counsell on Hendricks

    fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

    i respect his track record of no longer being in the rotation.  in 2016 he threw 2 innings out of the pen, his only work out of the pen.  the cubs won the world series that year.  let's repeat that magic.  the formula is obvious.  stats don't lie.  etc etc whatever...

    small sample size and all, but how about this craziness...

    "Entering Sunday, Hendricks had allowed an .843 OPS against hitters in their initial plate appearance, followed by a 1.056 OPS in a second meeting and a 2.449 OPS when seeing batters for a third time."

  • Finwe Noldaran (view)

    Phil: Great to see what Rosario is doing!

    Do you think having Rosario may have influenced/impacted the front office's decision on including Hope in the trade for Busch at all?

  • crunch (view)

    it's so crazy we got a new "barnstorming" harlem globetrotters-type baseball product that was introduced less than 5 years ago and is wildly popular all over the nation.

    a notion left long in the past, unearthed, polished for modern audiences and popular as ever.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    No question right now Alfonsin Rosario is one of the Cubs Top 20 prospects (probably Top 15). Rosario is to the Cubs what Zyhir Hope is to the Dodgers.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Savannah Bananas will be playing the Party Animals at Sloan Park in Mesa this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The games are sold out (15,000+ each night), and berm tickets are going for well over $100. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    RAISIN: In the game versus the A's at Fitch Park last Friday, Mule threw half FB and half SL (16/16), and one CH (which coincidentally was the only hard-hit ball off him -- a near HR line-drive double off the LF fence). FB was 91-94 and the SL (really more of a "slurve") was 80-82, and he got three swing & miss on each pitch (six swing & miss total out of his 20 strikes). So I think it is safe to say that right now, Mule is strictly a two-pitch pitcher (FB/SL), 

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Recalled it was sampled in a Nas song.  Did a little sleuthing.  It was a Nas song called "Hate Me Now" that featured Puff Daddy.  Imploring the crowd to hate somebody seems a bit overly dramatic for a keyboardist but perhaps there is some other connection to the song. 

     

    In general there has been a weird overuse of Carmina Burana's O Fortuna in sports and commercials in past decade or so.  Maybe it is a fallback choice if there isn't anything else.   

     

    Sidenote, while the O Fortuna part has become a bit pop-culture cliched; the overall piece is very interesting and rather expansive in scope. I played percussion in a production of it while in college.  There is a rather jovial movement set in a tavern.  In the score it calls for the clinking of beer steins.  Let's just say we did a lot of research to determine the best sounding beer steins. 

  • crunch (view)

    ooof...this is just as likely as anything.  professional organists are weird humans.

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