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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Cubs vs. Brewers: Series Thread (Games 16-19)

The Cubs start a 4-game home series with the second most wins and the best winning percentage in baseball. These 4 games give them a chance to add to their substantial early season lead in the division and to continue to beat up on their division rival, the Brewers.
Game 16, Thursday, Aug. 13

CHC: RHP Yu Darvish (2-1, 2.12 ERA)

MIL: LHP Brett Anderson (0-1, 5.40 ERA)

Yu Darvish was awesome in game one of the series and helped the Cubs to a 13-3 record. He earned his third win.


Game 17, Friday, Aug. 14

CHC: RHP Tyler Chatwood (2-1, 5.40 ERA)

MIL: RHP Brandon Woodruff (1-1, 2.53 ERA)

After two very strong starts to open the season, Chatwood did not have his good stuff in the third. He allowed 8 earned runs in only 2.1 innings to Kansas City. The good news was that he did not walk anybody. The bad news was that he allowed 11 hits including 2 homeruns.

Woodruff has allowed no more than 2 earned runs in each of his 4 starts so far, including a loss to the Cubs on July 24.


Game 18, Saturday, Aug. 15

CHC: RHP Alec Mills (2-0, 1.38 ERA)

MIL: RHP  Adrian Houser (1-1, 2.65 ERA)

Mills missed his last opportunity to pitch due to the Cardinals layoff. He'll be pitching for the first time in 11 days. He has kept run scoring to a minimum in his first two stats by mixing speeds and inducing weak contact. His performance filling in for Quintana is a big part of the tremendous start to 2020.

After two sterling performances to start the season, Houser lost his last start to Minnesota. He allowed 4 earned runs in 5 innings on 6 hits including a homerun.


Game 19, Sunday, Aug. 16

CHC: LHP Jon Lester (2-0, 1.06 ERA)

MIL: RHP Josh Linblom (1-0, 5.68 ERA)

Lester continued a streak of solid performances to start the season by holding Cleveland to one run in six innings. All three of his starts have approached masterful, lacking only duration to break into that next level. His strikeout rate has been low so far this year, but he has held opponents to only 7 hits in 17 innings.

Remember Josh Lindblom? He's back after two seasons in the KBO, now preparing for his 118th MLB appearance and 10th MLB start. So far this season he has struck out 20 batters but managed only 12.2 innings in three starts. He's also sported a 1.58 WHIP in that time and allowed 4 homeruns.


Following the series, the Cubs plan to continue the home stand with games against the Cardinals.

Comments

Brewers Game 1: KB (LF), Rizzo, Javy, Willson (DH), Happ, Bote (3B), Souza (RF), Nico, Caratini, Darvish

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In reply to by crunch

Well, shoot.

Here we go again: Nico, Rizzo, Javy, Willson, Schwarber (LF), Happ, Bote, Souza, Caratini

Not thrilled with Nico leading off when the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history was available but whatever 

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In reply to by Jackstraw

Updated Bullpen tiers:

Tier 1 (Closer/Firemen)

Wick and Jeffress (interchangeable)

Tier 2 (Preferred Setup roles)

Tepera, Sadler, Rea (!)

Tier 3 (Face lefties exclusively if possible)

Ryan (has to get that fastball out of mid-80s or head to South Bend)

Winkler 

Tier 4 (Long man innings eater)

Underwood 

Tier 10 (reserved for use when either up or down by 10+ runs)

Kimbrel

I think that covers it?

this team is amazing.  i want more than 60 games of this.  darvish since mid-season last year has been great stuff.

also, wick got to close.  kimbrel hasn't worked in quite a while.

Managerial change making a difference I think. Hopefully the changes to the amateur scouting department also bears fruit

"Chicago Cubs  @Cubs
Our Aug. 7-9 series at St. Louis has been rescheduled as three 7-inning doubleheaders at Wrigley Field.

#Cubs will be home team for Game 1. Cardinals home team for Game 2."

Brewers Game 2: Happ, Rizzo, Javy, Schwarber, Willson, JHey, Bote, Kipnis (DH), Nico, Chatwood 

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In reply to by Eric S

Yet again another change to the starting lineup as Chatwood has been pulled due to mid-back tightnes. Mills to start instead - no word on who will start tomorrow 

Not the best timing with the five game series in three days coming up with the Cards - perhaps Quintana will be ready to roll by then. 

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In reply to by crunch

On the one hand I bet he'd prefer to start so it's nice he's getting the chance. On the other, he didn't look all that impressive in spring training 1.0 stretched out to start and has looked much more like a big leaguer in the small sample we've seen of him out of the bullpen.

I do wonder who we are going to call up to eat innings for our "save the Cardinals" series. I'm thinking Alzolay, maybe Cotton?

Hoerner and Happ both walk in the 5th (entire inning has had deep counts), a sequence of beauty (if you are into RBI walks). Then Rizzo unloads (I kid, a bloop single for another run). Woodruff gone after no-hitter thru 4.

starlin castro (WAS) broke his wrist diving for a ball @2nd.  he's in the 1st year of a 2 year deal for them.

i low key want the dude to get 3000 hits so the HOF voters can be confused as hell about whether they should let an average-D, low ob%, low-WAR, slap hitting guy who has 3000 hits in or not...1634 currently...long shot given his skill set and expected natural decline.

seems like he's been around forever (2010), but he only turned 30 this year.

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In reply to by crunch

Very good and thanks - high rising fastballs certainly beat middle-middle ones that we've seen far too many of. Read an article where the Cubs were "suggesting" to Kimbrel that he stop throwing a change up that he's been tinkering with (but not actually using in games) - that it was screwing up his deliveries for his bread and butter pitches.  Maybe they're getting somewhere with this. 

Another Cincy Red player has tested positive for cv per Ken Rosenthal. Pirates-Reds game today is probably going to be canceled.

The Cubs don't play the Reds again until 8-28.

Poor Pirates didn't play a series earlier this week with the Cardinals because of COVID - sucks. 

Rizzo has the homer but Schwarber worked a great at bat drawing a walk with two outs which set up what could have been a big inning - at least Happ got the run scoring double.

Quality outing by Rea - had not been stretched out and got into fourth inning, responsible for two runs allowed with one man still on base when he left. 

Looks like Underwood will be pitching in this game. Saddler needs to get his 💩 in order stat

Man our bullpen is trash. Even our "better" guys aren't very good. Sadler, Tepera, Ryan, etc

Also, Orlando Arcia I feel has become a Cub killer. Its a shame because Orlando Arcia is a pretty crappy player except when he plays the Cubs.

Well, I guess if you steal second base with two outs in the bottom of the 8th you're looking pretty smart. Or not

sigh.

2 games of huge tease with losses.

hours later mark grace is still trending up/down on twitter because of his ex-wife/dingbat story.

i don't think they fully understand that relationship, but here we are.

Chatwood to IL, Jason Adam selected, Cotton DFA.

The Cotton DFA is a little bit surprising, given we're going to need innings this week. Shortens our SP depth even further, too.

el mago indeed...

if it wasn't for slo-mo replay he would have had a wtf safe call sliding into 1st...almost got it...

also, this entire series has been torture.

Counsell/Brewers have had the Cubs number for a few years now.

The silver lining from this series? Craig freaking Kimbrel

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.