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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. 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)

    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...