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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. Pirates: Series Threads (Games 135-138)

I didn't get to put up a post and the Cubs won two close games in Minnesota. Does that mean I should continue to not post? We'll never know! Next up, four games against the last-place Pirates. See below for the matchups.


Game 135, Thursday, September 2, 7:05 pm central

CHC: RHP Keegan Thompson (3-3, 3.09 ERA)

PIT: RHP Mitch Keller (4-10, 6.75 ERA)

Thompson has yet to carry his bullpen success into his starts. He went only two inning against the White Sox and allowed four earned runs while striking out only one. He has yet to go more than four innings in an appearance.

Keller went 5.1 innings but got shelled by the Cardinals last time out. It was the third start this season in which he's allowed 7 earned runs.


Game 136, Friday, September 3, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Alec Mills (6-6, 4.32 ERA)

PIT: LHP Steven Brault (0-3, 4.57 ERA)

The Cubs best starting pitcher, Alec Mills, pitched 8.1 shutout innings to earn a win against the White Sox. Absolutely bless his heart.

Lefty Brault has made only five starts this season, all since the beginning of August. Too bad for him the Pirates had given up long before that. The Pirates earned seven earned runs off of him in three innings on August 28.


Game 137, Saturday, September 4, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks (14-6, 4.43 ERA)

PIT: TBD

Alec Mills emulator, Kyle Hendricks, suffered through a start ranking among his bottom three of the season at the end of August. He allowed eight earned runs to the White Sox in 4.2 innings. He was only a few starts removed from a nine-run beating at the hands of the Brewers--August was unkind to his ERA.

The Brewers have not yet announced a starter for the Saturday game.


Game 138, Sunday, September 5, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Zach Davies (6-10, 4.91 ERA)

PIT: RHP Wil Crowe (3-7, 5.46 ERA)

Davies held the Twins to one earned run but was pulled during the fifth for the second start in a row. He allowed *eleven* homeruns in six August starts.

Crowe pitched well enough in his last start, allowing three earned runs in five innings, but did not earn a decision against the Cardinals. He last faced the Cubs on May 26, when he exited after only 1.1 innings having allowed five hits and three earned runs.

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In reply to by Dolorous Jon Lester

???? - Hendricks - Alzolay - Mills - Steele/Thompson/???

if they go cheap for 2022 and only add a single sure-thing starter, i hope he's good enough to slot in as the ace.  it won't take the best arm on the market to beat out hendricks, so it's not like that bar is mega-high.

hendricks has a history of good, alzolay and steele both have unrealized upside while showing they're MLB-ready.

mills is mills and that's not bad for an end-rotation guy who is also comfortable doing long relief work.  unless he blows it in september, he's most likely being looked at as a rotation guy.

im bummed cory abbott seems to have played his way out of this discussion for 2022.

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In reply to by Charlie

this club is so torn down i have 0 idea how to handicap what this club considers a priority in 2022.

i have no idea if they're going to try to turn any of these young kids they got into trade bait for mlb-ready cheap dudes during the long off-season.  i have no idea what they're planning on spending.

if this club has a road map i haven't seen it.

d.ross and j.hoyer have tested positive for COVID...both vax'd, showing little to no symptoms.

The A's/Cubs game in Mesa was riled a forfeit, not a postponement or cancelation. Seems odd.

 

Arizona Phil? Any news?

this k.hendricks 5th is a horror show.

a single, 3 walks, and a HBP...wtf...

bases loaded with 1 out in the 5th and his day is done.

this clown ass manager straight up put t.megill into a bases loaded, 1 out situation after throwing 1.1ip yesterday.

harsh?  yes.  i'm sticking with it, though.

I picked a great weekend to be in Chicago. I'm especially glad that I managed to stay awake and not leave the park before the end of yesterday's game. 

It beat the last time I was at Wrigley (September 2019), when the Cubs were shut out in both games.

can we DFA z.davies just for the hell of it?

i mean, nothing 2021 matters, we might as well make z.davies not matter.

matt duffy hasn't had a wrigley homer this season.

he's got 2 today.  one is a grand slam.  first career grand slam.  first career multi-homer game.

*flex*

3rd inning lasted 41 minutes.

2x grand slams (PIT/CHC) and a bunch of other b/s.

terrible teams doing great things.

holy shi....mat gamel...he showed up with his glove today.

contreras got robbed on a big time diving catch by gamel that would have tied the game and even the fans were "damn, that's dope" about the catch.

AZ Phil or others - Anyone know why we released Matteo Bocchi yesterday? His numbers at SB were great (even though he just turned 25). I was hoping he'd stay in the rotation or pitch piggy-back at AA next year. I'm hoping he had an offer to play overseas or that Italy was calling him back home.

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In reply to by Wrigley Rat

W-RAT: The Cubs released both 1B-3B Ryan Reynolds and RHP Matteo Bocchi over the past couple of days, but it wasn't because they needed their slots on the 180-man Domestic Reserve List. At present, there are 170 players on the DRL (ten slots are open), and even if you add the five draft picks who have yet to play in a game and thus do not yet need to be added to the DRL, that's still only 175 players.  

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.