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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, ten players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, two players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players are on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-17-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2 
Seiya Suzuki, OF
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 2
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs vs./@ Cardinals: Series Thread (Games 20-24)

Submitted by Charlie on

Coming off the equivalent of an 8.1-game losing streak (1-3 series) vs. the Brewers, the Cubs now welcome their St. Louis rivals for a 5-game series at Wrigley. Featuring two double headers and two "away" games played in their home stadium, it is likely to be an early contender for weirdest series of the year. The Cardinals begin the series an unlikely second place in the division, holding a .500 record but having played fewer than half the games the Cubs have played.
There's a bit too much here for me to preview on a busy Monday morning, but here are the probable starters.

Day 1, Game 1:
CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks
STL: LHP Kwang Hyun Kim

Day 1, Game 2:
CHC: RHP Adbert Alzolay
STL: RHP Austin Gomber

Day 2:
CHC: RHP Yu Darvish
STL: RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon

Day 3, Game 1:
CHC: RHP Colin Rea
STL: RHP Jack Flaherty

Day 3, Game 2:
CHC: RHP Alec Mills
STL: LHP Ricardo Sanchez

Tags
2020 Gameday Thread

Comments

Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:48 pm

Don't worry everyone, noted worthless catcher du jour Josh Phegley slots into the lineup for game 1, at DH no less! Our offense is saved.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:53 pm

bryant(LF) / rizzo / baez / contreras / bote(3rd) / souza(RF) / phegley(DH) / almora / hoerner

game 1

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:27 pm

baez fouled one off his foot -very- hard.

hope the pad did it's job.  he's staying in, but he is not 100%.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:32 pm

i'm about done with "bases loaded, 0 runs score" innings.

we've been seeing a lot of that lately.

Submitted by Eric S on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:07 pm

Hendricks threw a 90 mph fastball so that's fun

Almora bringing the leather today in center field - also fun

Submitted by Eric S on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:23 pm

So the Cubs are basically on an 11 game losing streak. With a starter making his MLB debut on tap.

Mercy

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:44 pm

bryant(3rd) / rizzo / baez / schwarber / contreras(DH) / happ / heyward / caratini(C) / kipnis

game 2

Submitted by Eric S on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:26 pm

On the positive side, Cubs will most likely have to pitch only six innings for the nite cap ... and Underwood should get a chance to shake the cobwebs out.

Submitted by Eric S on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:38 pm

If I had to guess, the Cubs will make a trade for at least one bona fide left handed reliever by the August 31st trade deadline.  Kyle Ryan doesn't appear to have "it" this season. 

Submitted by Eric S on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:12 pm

Well well well.  Looks like the Cubs will be throwing at least seven innings tonite after all 🤪

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:40 pm

cubs win!

jeffress save...darvish goes tomorrow.

Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 08:46 pm

Awesome win!

This bullpen is such a crapshoot. Other than Jeffress, it's been rocky with everyone. Tepera, Underwood, and Winkler were good tonight. But they're never guaranteed. I am really hoping Duane can start putting it together more consistently. When he's like he was tonight, he's got all he needs to be a high leverage guy.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 08:50 pm

happ / rizzo / baez / schwarber / contreras(DH) / heyward / bote / caratini / kipnis

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 08:42 pm

bryant recieved some kind of injection treatment (maybe cortisone) on his left wrist today...the one he fell on last week.

souza to the 10d IL (right hamstring) and hernan perez is called up to challenge josh phegley for the batting title.

b.wieck goes from 10d to 45d IL...won't see him until mid/late september at the earliest

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/19/2020 - 08:34 pm

Things have not ended well when Mills hits a batter. 3 run homer allowed in last game and a grand slam in this one. 

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/19/2020 - 08:52 pm

Superb outing by Alzolay - should have a two run lead but for Rizzo taking his eye off a throw from Bote (can't believe they tagged Bote with the error)

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/19/2020 - 08:24 pm

kimbrel vs a 2 run lead.  it would be nice to have our zillion dollar closer back in closing duty.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/19/2020 - 08:34 pm

phew.

1ip 0h 0bb 3k, 1 HBP

he lost it for a bit after the HBP, but picked it up.  he threw a lot more offspeed stuff after starting out with 98mph heat.  he's probably not "the" closer, but he's made a claim to be back in the mix.

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Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 08/19/2020 - 08:46 pm

He looked filthy - located the fastball up and down - couple at 99

Whatever they've done appears to be working

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/19/2020 - 08:35 pm

t.bauer was warned he would be suspended if he wore his custom "free joe kelly" shoes, and now he's got a no-hitter into the 5th a few minutes after thom brennaman pretty much got fired mid-game for using a homophobic slur on a hot mic earlier in the game.

hell of a night for CIN.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 08:49 pm

t.hatch has thrown 11.2ip of 2.31era 0.86whip ball for TOR so far in 2020 (mostly in relief)...he was given up for 17 innings of david phelps.

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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 08:17 am

We also got Phelps into enough games to trigger a few of his incentives.

Its almost like they have no clue how to scout and develop their own system. Hopefully the new regime in that department can do better.

It occured to me watching the Cardinals having MLB debut after debut that in the Theo era we've seen I think 6 draftees/ first contract international FAs debut with the Cubs. Underwood, Norwood, Alzolay, T. Miller, Pierce Johnson, and Zastryzny. Not a single established big leaguer.

Submitted by Cubster on Thu, 08/20/2020 - 08:23 pm

Mets player positive for CV, also one staffer. 

Mets-Marlins tonight is canceled.

Mets-Yankees tomorrow is canceled.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 08:08 am

Now entire Mets-Yankees weekend series is postponed. Had to expect this. 

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 08/21/2020 - 08:24 am

san diego padres has changed their twitter name to "slam diego padres" after hitting 4 grand slams in 4 straight games.

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    AZ Phil,
    Did you agree with the demotion of Luke Little? He'd been pretty good up until the AZ/wild pitch appearance. I know that can't jettison Smyly (just yet) so they didn't need another LHRP. Especially with Leiter effectively being a LHRP. I still thought he deserved to stay. It's not permanent. He'll be back. Lots of moves to come with Taillon, Steele and other guys coming and going.

    Also, do you see Hodge being able to "control/command" his stuff to get a chance this year?
    Is Arias better than Hodge?   Thanks

  • crunch (view)

    just waiting to hear patrick wisdom and masterboney are spotted at the airport going in opposite directions...

    aj puk going for the marlins (lefty)...gotta imagine we'll see wisdom in the lineup.

    someone has to make room for taillon, too.

  • crunch (view)

    he's a low-level cubs star in the modern history of the cubs (c.zambrano, k.wood, r.dempster, etc), but that star has dimmed...and has been dimming since 2021.

    2024 has been ugly the whole way and we're only in mid-april.  homers aside (even though there's been 7 in 17ip) he gave up 29 hits in 20 spring innings and 31 in 17 regular season innings.

    he's pretty much only got 2 pitches at this point in his career and the mix isn't fooling anyone.  he threw a noticable amount more curves in his last start to add to the mix and it didn't help his issues.  he don't have many moves left to break out.

  • Eric S (view)

    Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)

  • Eric S (view)

    Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts.  Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season.  Ouch.  

  • crunch (view)

    m.busch had 0hr and 2 doubles when he was last at wrigley.

    we'll probably see a few more of his jerseys in the seats when they return tomorrow.

    wonder who will go down for taillon.  hey hendricks, you got a hangnail or something?

  • Eric S (view)

    Nice work by Wesneski with some solid defense behind him and the late tack on runs were welcome. Gladly take a 5-4 West Coast swing, particularly down two key starting pitchers … Now just don’t get swept by the Marlins for Pete’s sake. 

  • crunch (view)

    dansby takes the team lead in SB today after a SB with 2 SB total.  the team has 3.  madrigal has the other one.

    cubs also have 7 triples, 7 players each.

  • crunch (view)

    sure am ready for p.wisdom and m.masterboney to swap roster spots.

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