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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 eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three 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
* 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
* 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 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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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Cubs vs. Rockies: Darvish vs. Marquez (Game 60)

Submitted by Charlie on

CHC (33-26): RHP Yu Darvish (2-3, 5.02 ERA)
COL (31-28): RHP German Marquez (6-2, 3.48 ERA)
First pitch 7:05pmCDT

Yu Darvish goes to the hill against the Rockies for game two of the series. He's had a string of four OK starts besmirched only by a bad beginning of the 8th on May 25. Last time out, he pitched six one-run innings striking out six and walking three against the Cardinals. The Rockies have seen little of him. Arenado is 3-8 and Trevor Story is 2-6, each with a homerun.Kyle Freeland got most of the attention in 2018, and is getting it again in 2019 for quite different reasons, but German Marquez established himself as very good starting pitcher last season as well. Despite pitching half his games in Colorado, he posted a 3.77 ERA and struck out 10.56 per nine innings while keeping the walks reasonable and coaxing groundballs at a high rate. It's more of the same this year, except better on most counts. He's been especially tough on the road, with a 2.08 ERA and a .467 OPS against. Milwaukee and Boston were able to get to him for four runs and five runs respectively in their home ballparks this year, so it can be done. Last time out he went seven innings allowing two earned runs against the Blue Jays at home.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 06:49 pm

schwarber / bryant / rizzo / baez / cargo(RF) / contreras / heyward(CF) / bote(2nd) / darvish

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 06:59 pm

Craig Kimbrel has two minor league optiions left, so the Cubs can sign him to a major league contract and then option him to the minors (with his consent) while he gets into game shape.

Obviously it wouldn't be for an extended period of time, just long enough to make-sure he's ready. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 06:27 pm

Morrow (club option certainly declined), Strop, Cishek, Kintzler, Brach (club option certainly declined), Collins, Cedeno, Barnette (club option very likely declined), Hamels, Zobrist, and CarGo are free-agents post-2019, plus T. Davis, Mills, and Rosario, and maybe Graveman, K. Ryan, Underwood, and/or Webster, too, are likely 12/2 non-tenders (or could be outrighted off roster prior to 11/20). 

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 06:29 pm

bote!!

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 06:12 pm

huge "bote" chant as he came to the plate and before pitches he's seeing.

6 RBI night so far.  fans are about it.  reminds me of the "auggie ojeda game".

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Submitted by First.Pitch.120 on Thu, 06/06/2019 - 06:35 am

And the cupboard is pretty bare in terms of LHP in the minors... interesting option though is Wyatt Short (currently at AA). He went from A+ to AA mid year in '18 & is owning AA right now with even better LOOGY splits. Maybe a mid-season bump to AAA & a look later in the summer. A stretch for sure, but he sure looks like a LOOGY. 

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 06/06/2019 - 06:28 am

I believe the lefty will come in a trade. Hopefully in all of this Kimbrel stuff, Brach will be gone. Ryan sent down. Edwards reclaim some of his stuff. Chatwood (formerly Chatwalk) return to a swing-man role. Ian Happ could get traded. Schwarber possibly. Although, I will admit he did a terrific job going the other way last night with a single off Marquez.

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Submitted by Charlie on Thu, 06/06/2019 - 06:45 pm

Having Kimbrel should create a lot of breathing room for both Strop and Edwards. The bullpen looks way better with them as supporting guys. (I'm a little tantalized by the potential of a playoff bullpen with those three and Morrow, as well. Would be a little like the 2016 post-season bullpen minus the domestic violence factor.)

I'm not keen on trading young position players for reliever rentals. But I am also a bit precious about homegrown youngsters sometimes.

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