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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are 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

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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
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs vs. Mets: Series Thread (Games 89-92)

Submitted by Charlie on

The Cubs finish of the pre-All-Star portion of the season with 4-games against the New York Mets. See below for the daily matchups.

Game 89, Thursday, July 14, 7:05 pm central

CHC: RHP Keegan Thompson (7-3, 3.04 ERA)

NYM: RHP Carlos Carrasco (9-4, 4.55 ERA)

Game 90, Friday, July 15, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Marcus Stroman (2-5, 4.91 ERA)

NYM: RHP Taijuan Walker (7-2, 2.63 ERA)

Game 91, Saturday, July 16, 1:20 pm central

CHC: LHP Drew Smyly (2-5, 4.43 ERA)

NYM: RHP Max Scherzer (6-1, 2.15 ERA)

Game 92, Sunday, July 17, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Adrian Sampson (0-1, 3.33 ERA)

NYM: LHP David Peterson (5-2, 3.48 ERA)

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2022 Series Thread

Comments

Submitted by Cubster on Thu, 07/14/2022 - 07:16 pm

Why is tonight different from all other nights?
 

it's not Passover but Crunch sounds like he's working on the Cubs version of the four questions.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 07/14/2022 - 07:27 pm

i'm from the south, but far north of florida.  i have limited exposure to even passing references to jewish culture aside from TV, so i learned new stuff tonight.

i went searching for enough info for a decent comeback, but ended up learning a bunch of stuff about passover and how traditions around it are passed on.

but hey, i understand the joke now at least.

also, the past 10 minutes reading about this has been better than the game.  i'm ready for 2023.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 07:58 am

Cubs are now tied with the Reds at 34 wins. Only 5  losses above the Nats for the worst record in both leagues.

Submitted by CubbyBlue on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 07:42 am

I splurged and got a killer seat Field Box between home and 1st. Hadn't seen Keegan Thompson live yet, and it was just so gorgeous out. Oh but then the game part... So many Met rockets. People were saying maybe Thompson was tipping. When Ross got tossed, the whole place was quiet enough for me to hear a Met fan go, "What's that guy yelling about?" I woulda laughed but...

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 07:03 pm

it's getting real up in here.  2023 real, hopefully.

stroman - ??? - hendricks - steele - thompson

herz and wicks in AA/AAA ready to feed the pipeline.  killian in the mix already primed to be MLB or MLB/AAA type player.

alzolay technically exists, but he'll be 28 in march 2023 and he's never been able to throw more than 130 innings in a full season on combined levels in his 10 year pro career.  it would be nice to see him work a full season in the pen with his stuff, though.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 07:44 pm

D. J. Herz will be Rule 5 Draft-eligible post-2023 so the Cubs could call him up anytime in 2023 if they think he's ready. Jordan Wicks will not be Rule 5 Draft-eligible until post-2024. HOWEVER... If Wicks were to be called up sometime in 2023 he would get a 4th minor league option in 2026 (just like Caleb Kilian getting called up in 2022 means he will be getting a 4th minor league option in 2025), so the Cubs might not think twice about calling up Wicks next season. We might actually see a starting rotation of Steele, K. Thompson, Herz, Wicks, and Kilian by this time next year (presuming the Cubs can trade Hendricks and Stroman in the meantime). 

FWIW, OF Kevin Alcantara is one of the Cubs top 5 prospects and he is Rule 5 Dtaft-eligible post-2022  so he will almost certainly be added to the 40 in November. But if he is added to the 40 in November he will be eligible for a 4th minor league option year in 2026, so there will be no need to rush him. Same goes for RHSP Luis Devers. 

Submitted by DavidP on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 07:12 pm

I think that Alzolay's starting days are over, at least for the next couple of years.  I would like to see him coupled with Steele or Thompson, coming in for the last three or four innings of the game.  If and when Herz makes it, I would like to see him begin that way also.  Very similar to the way they handled Thompson in the beginning.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 07:14 pm

if he can work back to back days he could be (if he's still go the same stuff) the cubs closer of the future.

what's in the arm is great stuff.  i dunno how stable that arm is, though.

at the very least he could be a medium-rest long man if he can't bounce back quickly after doing work.  some guys can't throw 10-25 pitches and come out to do it the next day for some reason.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 07:21 pm

The multi-inning reliever (a pitcher capable of going once through the order) is now an important part of an MLB pitching staff, what with the 13-man pitcher limit. At least two are needed (they would have been Justin Steele and Keegan Thompson in 2022 if Hendricks, Stroman, Miley, Smyly, and Mills had been the five-man rotation).

Adbert Alzolay would seem to fit that profile in 2023 (likewise Brailyn Marquez if he ever gets back into game action), although it does not preclude him from eventually becoming a traditional rotation starter or high-leverage one-inning reliever. In fact, the multi-inning reliever role might be the best way to integrate a young pitcher into MLB in the 2020's.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 07/16/2022 - 07:18 pm

game 1 is an oddly slow moving game for a low offense game.

lot of pitches being thrown without offense outcomes.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 07/16/2022 - 07:10 pm

8th loss in a row...

contreras is sitting in the dugout by himself with his head in his hands...he seems to be so over all of this.  he doesn't seem pissed, but he seems worn the hell out.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 07/16/2022 - 07:03 pm

damn.

this team really could use some time off.  we're doing ejections almost every game lately.  players seem moody.  no one's dealing with this losing season well, especially this current losing streak.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 07/16/2022 - 07:33 pm

PCA went 1 for 2, double, in the futures game.  he was a bench substitution and played CF.

AL won, jassssssssson dominguez hit a homer.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 07/17/2022 - 07:58 am

One thing MLB clubs tend to do is trade a good but not Top 100 prospect they acquired in a trade more-readily than a guy they signed. That's because a club doesn't have the financial (bonus) investment in a player they acquire from another organization.

So don't be too surprised if the Cubs flip two or three of the young outfielders (or first basemen) they acquired in trades over the past year or two in another trade for pitching or for an infielder or a catcher from an  organization that doesn't have much in the way of OF / 1B prospects. 

Most likely Cubs player to be traded is RF Alexander Canario (acquired from SF in the Kris Bryant trade), but they could flip one or two others as well.  

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Submitted by Childersb3 on Sun, 07/17/2022 - 07:21 pm

Speaking of our gluttony of OF prospects.....what do you think Morel's "main" position is or will be? Of course he can play all over, but what's his best/main spot? His arm strength seems under utilized at 2B. He hasn't played much SS the last two years. Is it 3B? Just checking. Thanks Phil

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 07/17/2022 - 07:52 pm

childersb3: Although he is a natural SS and has played a lot of 3B in the minors, I would say CF is probably Christopher Morel's best position. However, no matter where he plays, he is still raw defensivley. His real value ultimately will be as a "bat-first" multi-positional super utility player (along the lines of Ben Zobrist), and to be that type of player, he will need to polish his defense (especially at 3B and SS) so that he can be at least passable at all of the positions he will be expected to play.  

Although CF is probably his best defensive position, if Morel plays mainly one position with the Cubs, for better or for worse, it would probably have to be 3B, simply because there will not be room in the Cubs outfield for him long-term. There will eventually be just too many other players just as good or almost as good as Morel who (unlike Morel) cannot play anywhere other than in the outfield.  

Recent comments

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Seems like Jed was trying to corner the market on mediocre infielders with last names starting with "M" in acquiring Madrigal, Mastroboney and Zach McKinstry.  

     

    At least he hasn't given any of them a Bote-esque extension.  

  • Childersb3 (view)

    AZ Phil:
    Rookie ball (ACL) starts on May 4th. Do yo think Ramon and Rosario (maybe Delgado) stay in Mesa for the month of May, then go to MB if all goes "solid"?
     

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

    also, wisdom and taillon are both in chicago.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

    p.wisdom was not in today's lineup in iowa (rained out) and he was removed from the game last night mid-game, but not for injury.  good bet he's with the team in the bigs, too.

  • Bill (view)

    A good rule of thumb is that if you trade a near-ready high ceiling prospect, you should get at least two far-away high ceiling prospects in return.  Like all rules-of-thumb, it depends upon the specific circumstances, but certainly, we weren't going to get Busch for either prospect alone.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

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