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

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* 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: 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Cubs vs. Cardinals: Series Thread (Games 51-55)

Another double-header turns this 4-day series into 5 games. See below for matchups (to be updated soon.)


Game 51, Thursday, June 2, 7:05 pm central

CHC: RHP Keegan Thompson (5-0, 1.58 ERA)

STL: LHP Matthew Liberatore (1-0, 3.72 ERA)


Game 52, Friday, June 3, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Marcus Stroman (2-4, 3.95 ERA)

STL: RHP Miles Mikolas (3-3, 2.67 ERA)


Game 53, Saturday, June 4, 12:20 pm central

CHC: TBD

STL: TBD

Game 54, Saturday, June 4, 6:15 pm central

CHC: TBD

STL: TBD


Game 55, Sunday, June 5, 6:08 pm central

CHC: LHP Justin Steele (1-5, 5.40 ERA)

STL: RHP Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.75 ERA)

Comments

Jordan Bastian @MLBastian
No announced timetable for lefty Drew Smyly (right oblique), but the Cubs pitcher estimated he could be sidelined for at least a month.

thompson gets to throw 89 pitches.  he was slowing down a bit in the 6th at 80+ pitches, but that tracks with his low workload so far this year.

he leaves with 2 on in the 6th (both walks)

5.1ip 5h 3bb 3k, 2r/er

Not surprising and not saying it isn't deserved but hard for any manager to look good with a bad defense and a weak bullpen.

Back in the day, I thought Girardi would be the guy to take over the team from Renteria when Cubs got serious about winning. Maddon stepping in and taking that role worked out pretty well enough though. 

caleb kilian gets the SATURDAY start. (day corrected)

at least the cubs aren't trying to sign dallas keuchel...hopefully...

Espinoza is 27th and has to return to Iowa tomorrow

Kilian is the 26th and gets to stay if Jed wants

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In reply to by Childersb3

Saw where Miley threw "another" bullpen session today. And CMartin will eventually come back from Bereavement list. Also AMills will need to come off the 60IL very soon.

Swarmer has 12 IP of 2 ER. He'll stay up and Kilian will go down. Just a conservative guess

b.davis had back surgery...shelved for an indeterminate amount of time.

the "good" news is it seems to be a minor procedure involving soft tissue rather than the hard structure of the back, itself.

cubs got suzuki, happ, and morel going into 2024...the OF is good right now...no biggie.

I might be really off but...my Kilian first impression reminds me a bit of Mark Prior.  Big calves, throwing strikes and working up and down. Prior was even  taller but Kilian is supposedly 6'4.

Is it theoretically possible for Andelton Simmons to have a negative OPS+? I know he's getting close. 

kilian

5ip 3h 2bb 6k, 3r/er, 83 pitches

masterful first 3ip, cruddy 4th, great 5th

jason heyward fouling off fastballs down the middle swinging late.

ugg.  another season of this...

givens throws 45 pitches (wtf) and walks 3 guys in his 2nd inning of work.

can we get a pulse check on d.ross?  i want proof he's actually still alive or at least watching the game.

Chris Martin has been automaticaly transferred to the Restricted List because he has exceeded the maximum number of days (seven) a player can spend on the Bereavement / Family Medical Emergency List. BTW, it's one list that covers both a death in the family and a family medical emergency, so if a family medical emergency turns into a death, the player's absence can very well exeed seven days. A player is not paid while he is on the Restricted List. 

So the Cubs will have a slot on the 40 open until Martin returns and is reinstated. David Bote is eligible to be reinstated from the 60-day IL on Tuesday, and Alec Mills was eligible to be reinstated from the 60-day IL this past Friday. 

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it