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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-23-2024
 
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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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. Brewers: Chatwood vs. Peralta (Game 3)

CHC(1-1): RHP Tyler Chatwood (0-0, -.-- ERA)
MIL (1-1): RHP Freddy Peralta (0-0, -.-- ERA)
First pitch 1:20pmCDT

Tyler Chatwood leads the way Sunday afternoon. The Cubs will be aiming to walk away victors in their first series, and Chatwood will attempt to build on a mildly successful 2019 campaign. Chatwood recovered from an absolutely dreadful first season with the Cubs (in which he walked over 8 batters per nine innings) to do respectable work out of the bullpen and as a spot starter. He found the zone with his fastball a little more and cut his walk rate in half. In five 2019 starts, he compiled a 3.97 ERA over 22.2 innings pitched. He's held current Brewers to a .535 OPS and is yet to surrender a homerun. Yelich is 4-12 with three walks off of him.
Freddy Peralta starts for the Brewers. He made eight starts for them in 2019 and appeared out of the pen 31 times. In those 85 innings he posted a K/9 over 12 but also allowed 1.59 HR per 9. Across 163.1 MLB innings he's allowed a career 4.79 ERA. In his eight starts last year 28 earned runs. This will be his first start against the Cubs.

The Cubs and Brewers enter the rubber game of the first series in a three-way tie with the Reds for second place, while the Cards are off to a hot 2-win start.

Comments

Former Cub minor leaguer Thomas Hatch is starting for Blue Jays today.  2016 3rd pick, believe that was Cubs first pick of that draft.  Will interesting to follow some of TheoJeds draft picks that end up in other organizations and see if the Cubs have had a drafting pitchers issue or if it more an issue with minor league development. 

On July 30, 2019, the Cubs traded Hatch to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for David Phelps.

Phelps signed as a free agent this offseason with the Brewers.

I agree, pitchers sometimes take time to develop and the Cubs track record hasn't been strong (if ever).

Watching Jays/Rays game in Tampa.  Weird hearing crowd noise for a game being played at the Trop. 

Robel Garcia claimed by Cincinnati today (after we took Derek Dietrich off of their hands this past week).

Vimael Machin makes the Oakland 30-man roster and starts today as the DH. Considered a strong bet to remain on their roster past each cutdown (from 30 to 28 to 26) as a UTIL/PH.

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In reply to by Wrigley Rat

So who is taking Garcia's spot.  Also is Weick really hurt or is Ross going to keep the tradition of the slumping/bad outting that Maddon always sent people to the DL for.  Not upset about the Descalso "sprained ankle" though

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In reply to by cubbies.4ever

I think Wieck is actually hurt. He didn't seem right and who knows if his recent heart surgery is still affecting him.

Garcia lost his spot so we could carry either Rex Brothers or Josh Phegley. I choose to think it's Brothers because losing a player to needlessly add Josh Phegley is stupid.

chatwood

6.1ip 3h 2bb 8k, 1r/er, 84 pitches

neat.

I've gotten to game 3 and now have my first Ross gripe. Phegley entering a game before actual worthwhile players like Bote and Souza.

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In reply to by Eric S

they're calling it a "forearm strain" now.  either way, they expect him to miss 3+ months and it sounds like a serious thing.  i dunno how you go from elbow to forearm considering he didn't injure anything today (start was on friday).  long story short, it's probably TJ time.

*shakes fist at dusty baker*

Would be pretty cool if Caratini, Nico/Kipnis and Happ keep that bottom of the order pesky and annoying to deal with

I'll miss Lester at bats. Well, maybe a little Less than missing Zambrano at bats.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

  • crunch (view)

    busch is having a really intense k-filled mini slump.  he deserves better after coming back to wrigley after that hot road trip.

  • crunch (view)

    i know alzolay isn't having a great time right now, but i trust hector "ball 4" neris even less than alzolay based on what i've seen coming out of their arms.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Neris reminds me of Don “Full Pack” Stanhouse.

  • Eric S (view)

    Happ, Busch, Dansby and Madrigal have a combined 25 runners left on base through 7 innings, with Busch accounting for 9 of those.  Seems like a lot. 

  • crunch (view)

    PCA finally gets a hit!  2r HR!!!

  • Charlie (view)

    They certainly could be coupled. It could also be the case that a team needs good players at the heart of the team and if they are not coming from one source (development) they have to be sought out elsewhere. I don't see the evidence needed to infer the cause. 

  • crunch (view)

    bases loaded for the cubs, 0 out...and no runs score.

    cubbery.