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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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A 16-Team MLB Post-Season Playoff Format Beyond 2020? Really?

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Not that MLB owners and the MLBPA would care since the post-season is where the real money and the big bucks are, but...
Starting in 1995 (and I'm not counting 1994 because the strike ended the season early), when MLB went from four divisions to to six divisions and added a Wild Card team to the playoffs:  

If the 16-team playoff format MLB is using in 2020 had been in effect in MLB 1995-2019 (where the first and second-place clubs from each division plus the seventh and eighth best records among the remaining clubs would qualify for the post-season), 38 TEAMS with losing records (including one 75-86 team and three 77-85 teams) would have made the playoffs in 25 seasons.

If a 14-team playoff format had been in effect in MLB 1995-2019 where the first and second place clubs from each division plus the seventh best record from among the remaining clubs would qualify for the post-season and the club with best regular-season record would get a first-round bye, 11 TEAMS with losing records would have made the playoffs in 25 seasons. 

If a twelve team playoff format had been in effect in MLB 1995-2019 where the first place clubs from each division plus the three remaining clubs with the best records but not necessarily a second-place club (so that all three Wild Card teams could be from the same division) would make the playoffs (with the two division winners with the best regular season records getting a first-round bye), TWO TEAMS with losing records (the 1997 80-81 White Sox and the 2017 80-82 Royals) would have made the playoffs in 25 seasons.     

No clubs with a losing record made the four-team playoffs (three division winners plus one Wild Card team) 1995-2011 and the five team playoffs (three division winners and two Wild Card teams) 2012-2019. 

As far as the Cubs are concerned, as it happened they made the playoffs eight times over the course of 25 seasons 1995-2019 (in 1998, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018), but they would have made the playoffs five more times (1995 7th seed, 2001 6th seed, 2004 7th seed, 2009 8th seed, and 2019 8th seed) if the 16-team playoff format had been in effect 1995-2019, and although they would have just barely qualified in 1995, 2001, 2004, 2009, and 2019, at least the Cubs did have winning records in those seasons. (And given the randomness of a short baseball series where any club can beat any other club, I suppose anything could have happened).

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 08:16 am

MLB POST-SEASON PLAYOFF MATCH-UPS IF SEASON ENDED TODAY (8/23): 

FIRST ROUND (BEST TWO OUT OF THREE) 

A. L.: 
TOR (13-13) at OAK (20-9) 
CHW (17-12) at TB (19-10) 
HOU (15-13) at MIN (19-10)  
CLE (17-11) at NYY (16-9) 

OTHERS IN CONTENTION (WITHIN 2.0 GB A PLAYOFF SLOT) 
BAL (14-14)  
DET (11-15) 

NOT REALLY IN CONTENTION AT PRESENT: 
KC (11-17) 
TEX (10-17) 
SEA (11-19) 
BOS (9-20) 
LAA (9-20) 

N. L. 
COL (13-15) at LAD (22-8)  
SF (14-16) at CUBS (17-10)
MIA (11-11) at ATL (16-12) 
STL (9-8) at SD (18-12) 

OTHERS IN CONTENTION (WITHIN 2.0 GB A PLAYOFF SLOT): 
NYM (12-14) 
AZ (13-16) 
WAS (11-14) 
CIN (11-15) 
MIL (11-15) 
PHI (10-14)

NOT REALLY IN CONTENTION AT PRESENT: 
PIT (7-17) 

So while the N. L. is clearly more competitive than the A. L. the N. L. also has more mediocre teams (if the season ended today, at least two N. L. playoff teams would be sub-500, while no teams with a losing record would make the A. L. playoff cut). In fact, only five of the 15 N. L. clubs are currently playing over .500, while seven of the 15 A. L. teams are presently over .500.   

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 08/24/2020 - 08:13 am

Cubs gain Wisdom.

kinda like caddying for the Dalia Lama...

Patrick Wisdom goes to S. Bend as 58/60 roster player.  29 yr old with mostly AAA track record. 

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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  • Childersb3 (view)

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