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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Cubs vs. Diamondbacks: Darvish vs. Greinke (Game 19)

CHC (9-9): RHP Yu Darvish (1-2, 6.11 ERA)
ARZ (10-10): RHP Zack Greinke (2-1, 5.79 ERA)
First pitch 1:20pmCDT

Yesterday's win brought the record to .500. The division standings now resemble pre-season expectations, with the top four teams within 2.5 games of each other.Darvish looked much improved in his fourth start, going 5.1 IP and striking out 8. Still, he walked 4 and has allowed 4 homeruns in 17.2 IP this season. His stuff has been fairly electric all season. He'll continue to work on his command coming off his mostly lost 2018. There's not a lot of history against Darvish on the Diamondbacks' roster, but they've been a little below average against righties this year.

Zack Greinke's ERA still bears the burden of his opening day loss, in which he allowed 4 HR in only 3.2 IP. His three starts since have been much better, and last time out he went 7 innings for the win. A number of current Cubs have succeeded against Greinke in limited exposure, with a team slash of .311/.354/.467 against him in 90 ABs. Heyward, however, is 3-18 with 6 strikeouts and may find himself getting a rest.

It looks like the wind will still be blowing in off the lake for the game, albeit with a bit less violence than yesterday. Hold onto your hats.

Comments

The Cubs have recalled RHP Alec Mills from AAA Iowa, and placed LHRP Randy Rosario on the 10-day IL. Mills was actually recalled to the Cubs MLB Taxi Squad yesterday, which is why RHP Ryan Williams was activated by AAA Iowa prior to yesterday's game. It's likely that Mills will "piggy-back" with Tyler Chatwood (if necessary), and then be optioned back to Iowa tomorrow.  

MLB TAXI SQUAD: 

A club can recall a player from a minor league Optional Assignment and place the player on its "Taxi Squad" for one day. If the player is not added to his club's MLB Active List by 3 PM (Eastern) the next day or at least three hours prior to the scheduled start of the next day's game (whichever is later), the player must be removed from the Taxi Squad and returned to his minor league assignment. A player on the Taxi Squad does not count against his club's MLB Active List or the minor league affiliate's active roster, and the player does not accrue MLB Service Time while on the Taxi Squad. The most common reasons to recall a player and place him on the Taxi Squad is when a club is considering whether to place a player on the Injured List (or other MLB inactive list) but has not yet decided, or if a trade is imminent but has not yet been consummated.

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

The Rosario move has been changed to an Optional Assignment to Iowa, and Rosario will not count against the Iowa 25-man active roster until he physically reports to the team (he has 72 hours to report).  

Also, Rasario can be recalled without spending the full ten days on Optional Assignment if he replaces a player on the Cubs MLB 25-man roster who goes on an MLB inactive list (IL, Paternity, Bereavement, etc), which he could not do if he was on the 10-day IL. 

One other thing about Rosario is that the Cubs don't have to concern themselves with "protecting" Rosario's last minor league option year, because it's a fourth minor league option, and it disappears next season whether it's used this year or not. So even if Rosario does not use a minor league option this season, he will be out of minor league options next season anyway. (That also applies to Alec Mills). 

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

RHRP Tony Barnette goes to AAA Iowa on an Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment. Barnette last threw (one inning - ten pitches - 1-2-3) at EXST on Thursday. 

Remember that for players on an MLB injured list, the player must agree to a minor league rehab assignment, and the player gets to decide where he goes and how long he stays. Also, a player on an Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment does - NOT - count aganist the minor league affiliate's active roster limit, and there is no limit on how many players on an MLB IL can be assigned on an Article XIX-C Rehab Assignment with any one affiliate. However, Extended Spring Training is - NOT - considered to be a Minor League Rehab Assignment. And the maximum number of days a player can spend on a Minor League Rehab Assignment (30 days for pitchers and 20 days for position players) is not affected by the player moving from one affiliate to another during the course of the rehab assignment. 

It's quite different for players on a minor league injured list (including a player on an MLB 40-man roster who is on an Optional Assignment to the minors). The MLB club gets to dictate to the the player where he goes and how long he stays (subject to the 30- day lmit for pitchers and 20-day limit for position players). However, a player on a full season affiliate's IL can - ONLY - be sent to Extended Spring Training for rehab (and again, with no time limit because EXST is not considered to be an "official" rehab assignment) prior to the start of the short season leagues in June, and then a player on a full-season affiliate's IL can be sent on an "official" Rehab Assignment (in the case of a Cubs minor leaguer on the Iowa, Tennessee, Myrtle Beach, or South Bend IL) - ONLY - to Eugene or to one of the two Cubs AZL teams once their season starts). And no more than three minor league players can be on a Rehab Assignment with any one short-season affiliate at any one time. 

So (for example) a player on the Iowa IL cannot be sent on a rehab assignment to Myrtle Beach or South Bend. He either goes to Extended Spring Training (with no time limit) in April, May, and the first half of June, or (after the start of the short-season leagues in mid-June) to Eugene or to AZL Cubs #1 or to AZL Cubs #2. And a maximum of three minor leaguers can be on an "official" rehab assignment at Eugene, a maximum of three with AZL Cubs #1, and a maximum of three at AZL Cubs #2 (for a total of nine combined between Eugene, AZL Cubs #1, and AZL Cubs #2) at any one time.

And (as is the case with players on an MLB IL who are on an Article XIX-C Rehab Assignment), a player on a full-season minor league affiliate's IL who is assigned to Eugene or to one of the two Cubs AZL teams does - NOT - count against the short-season affiliate's roster limit.  

With both Addison Russell and Oscar de la Cruz scheduled to finish their respective suspensions and be reinstated from the Restricted List in a couple of weeks, look for the Cubs to transfer Brandon Morrow and Victor Caratini to the 60-day IL to make room on the 40 for Russell and ODLC. 

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...