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

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

Comments

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.

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

game 1

baez fouled one off his foot -very- hard.

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

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

we've been seeing a lot of that lately.

Hendricks threw a 90 mph fastball so that's fun

Almora bringing the leather today in center field - also fun

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

Mercy

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

game 2

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.

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. 

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

cubs win!

jeffress save...darvish goes tomorrow.

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.

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

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

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

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)

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

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In reply to by crunch

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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In reply to by crunch

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

Whatever they've done appears to be working

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.

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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In reply to by crunch

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.

Mets player positive for CV, also one staffer. 

Mets-Marlins tonight is canceled.

Mets-Yankees tomorrow is canceled.

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

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

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • 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...