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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 @ Reds: Series Thread (Games 26-28)

The Cubs (11-14) dodged a sweep in Atlanta by winning the final game, backing Alzolay to his first win of 2021. They'll complete the road trip with a 3-game series against the 4th place Reds (11-13). For now, it's a battle to get out of the NL Central basement. The Reds most recently took 2 out of 3 from the Dodgers, but prior to that they lost 7 in a row. See below for the weekend's matchups.


Game 26, Friday, April 30, 6:10 pm central

CHC: RHP Jake Arrieta (3-2, 2.57 ERA)

CIN: LHP Wade Miley (2-2, 2.45 ERA)

Arrieta took a loss against Milwaukee on April 25th through no fault of his own. It was probably his best start so far; he allowed 1 earned run and struck out 8 in 6 innings. Joey Votto is hitting .429 with 2 homeruns off of him in 14 ABs.

Wade Miley is off to a solid start in his second season with the Reds. He still relies on weak contact, but he's restricted the walks in the early going. He's lost his last two starts, allowin 6 earned runs on 3 walks and 10 hits in 11 innings. Bryant's is 6 for 14 off of Miley. Baez and Rizzo are a combined 3 for 24 with no homeruns off the veteran lefty.


Game 27, Saturday, May, 3:10 pm central

CHC: RHP Zach Davies (1-2, 9.47 ERA)

CIN: RHP Luis Castillo (1-2, 6.29 ERA)

Zach Davies's last respectable start was April 4, when he made his first start as a Cub and earned his first win of 2021. He's walked 15 in 19 innings pitched.

Luis Castillo has been off to a rough start this season, having an uncharacteristically difficult time missing bats and surrendering homeruns at a heightened rate in the early going. Notably, his velocity is down a tick or two compared to last year and he's throwing the changeup a little more frequently. He lost to the Cardinals last time out, allowing 4 earned runs and striking out 3 in 5.1 innings pitched. Ian Happ is is 6 for 13 with a homerun off of him and Heyward is 6 for 20 with a pair of dingers.


Game 28, Sunday, May 2, 12:10 pm central

CHC: RHP Trevor Williams (2-2, 4.44 ERA)

CIN: RHP Tyler Mahle (1-1, 1.75 ERA)

Williams's had an encouraging first month of the season. He managed to strike out more than one batter per inning and kept his ERA in the mid-4s while mostly avoiding the longball. If he can deliver more of the same, he'll be outpitching expectations. Reds hitters saw plenty of him when he was Pirate, but no one's numbers really jump off stat sheet. Votto boasts .387 average in 31 ABs, but that came with no homeruns and only 1 RBI.

Tyler Mahle took a big step forward in the shortened 2020 season and has continued with a spectacular April of 2021. Combined across that stretch he's put together 73.1 innings in which he's struck out 96 and had a 2.95 ERA. That's a solid half season of work. No Cub hitters have really thrived against him. Heyward, Rizzo, and Contreras are a combined 7 for 50.

Comments

amir garrett likes to fight.  he also likes to yell things at people.

unless you want to fight you might not want to yell things back at amir garrett.

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In reply to by Charlie

amir straight up remembers every team he's ever pissed off or has pissed him off doing things that only amir has the capability to determine.  the 2 teams almost fought a couple years ago because baez make mouth-yappy hand signs when amir was running his mouth and he tried to fight then, too.

amir was uber-hyped to K rizzo because he rembers rizzo a couple years ago defending javy during that outburst.  javy came to stick up for rizzo this time after amir was screaming at rizzo after the K.

this is the type of guy you're dealing with here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0spPbkZ9Jw

people say "never scared" a lot, but this dude lives it.  he's ready to take on everyone.  i would try to not piss him off even if he's ranting because he's a special kind of crazy.

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In reply to by crunch

I guess that's it. Seems silly to take the bait. Instead, why not ice him by asking for long timeouts or just continue to give him the yap yap sign? If he gets that amped up, you could probably goad him into an ejection. Javy coming out of the dugout doesn't accomplish anything.

As bad as this team is, somehow Marquee is worse. How the hell can you miss an attempted steal of home because you're zoomed in on Happ's face? 

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In reply to by waveland

they dont control the camera feed or direction on the road.  also, the announce team is local @wrigley no matter where the game is played.

they have screens showing most cameras for the announcers, but they're small view with the broadcast shot being bigger.

they can do custom replay and cut-ins after the fact under their control, so they do have access to the feed...real-time is sketchy, though.

boog is especially having a hard time with this and has expressed it a few times.

i'm just glad they're not making them dress up in suits like this is some 1980s national broadcast game.  that was played out.

Williams pulls the difficult but not impossible Three-Quarters Hendricks in the 3rd.  Only thing that kept him from attempting a Full Hendricks was getting taken out.

HBP a run in.

2 RBI single to follow it up.

2021 cubs pitching, everyone.

really impressed with the cubs "Pitching Lab"

it's a great replacement for actually investing in already developed talent.  great job, guys.

Game three is one of those games where I spend a few minutes looking up park factors and where G.A.B. sits on the list lately. Nice weather in Cincinnati today.

interesting having wolters sub at 2nd while moving hoerner to LF...

wolters in the OF must be nightmare fuel or something.  he is a former IF'r and all, so it's not extrodinary to ask wolters to play there...but hoerner is obviously a well above average defensive middle IF'r who got shoved into LF.

been watching a ton of games because, of course.

oddity about these reduced capacity games and crowd noise...  because there's only 20-30+% capacity at most parks, when "The Wave" starts to go through the parks that indulge this activity it makes the park sound 100% full.

also, if you've not watched a SD/LA game yet you're missing out.  playoff atmosphere from the first pitch and it's gonna be crazy when they're 100% capacity.

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  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • 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.