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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Cubs @ Brewers: Series Thread (Games 126-128)

Submitted by Charlie on

The Brewers have dropped to 6 games behind the Cards and now the Cubs have a chance to push them further back. See below for matchups. 

Game 126, Friday, August 26, 7:10 pm central

CHC: LHP Justin Steele (4-7, 3.25 ERA)

MIL: RHP Freddy Peralta (4-3, 4.08 ERA)

Game 127, Saturday, August 27, 6:10  central

CHC: LHP Drew Smyly (5-7, 3.47 ERA)

MIL: RHP Brandon Woodruff (9-3, 3.51 ERA)

Game 128, Sunday, August 28, 1:10 pm central

CHC: RHP Adrian Sampson (1-4, 4.04 ERA)

MIL: LHP Eric Lauer (9-5, 3.44 ERA)

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2022 Series Thread

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/28/2022 - 08:27 pm

"Aug. 28: LHP Justin Steele, RHP Adrian Sampson will be placed on restricted list during the Cubs' upcoming trip to Toronto"

anyone familiar with steele this will come as 0% shock.

looks like TBD will have to start for steele...might actually be alzolay, but if it is, there will need to be pen work cuz he's not good for more than 70-80 pitches.

at least the cubs won't need sampson.

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/28/2022 - 08:04 pm

WED is TBD, steele was slated to go according to cubs.com

"Steele would have lined up for Wednesday's game, but he will have his outing pushed back."

"As things stand, the Cubs have Javier Assad (Monday) and Marcus Stroman (Tuesday) as the probable starters listed for the series in Toronto, with Wednesday's starter to be determined."

luke farrell is warming in the pen today, fwiw...also, he's vax'd so they're not trying to use him before TOR and send him down for that reason.

...and ferrell is coming into relieve newcomb, who will hopefully not be a cub tomorrow.

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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 08:46 am

I'm not sure if they'd be able to be optioned and then also removed from the 40 man in the way Covid exemptions allowed. I think they'd technically be "returned" but I also think if they did that then called up Wesneski he wouldn't be able to be returned in the same way and would need to stay on the 40 man because he wouldn't be replacing anyone for a Covid reason.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 08:46 am

If a player is placed on the MLB CoViD-19 Related Injured List or on the Restricted List as the result of not being vaccinated, the player can be temporarily replaced on the MLB Active List roster by any player in the organization. When the player on the CoViD-19 IL or Restricted List is reinstated, the replacement player can be reassigned back to the minor league affiliate from which he was selected without requiring an Optional Assignment or Outright Assignment.
NOTE-1: The replacement player accrues one day of MLB Service Time for each day spent on the MLB Acrive List, but is not charged with an optional or outright assignment when sent back to the minor league affiliate 
NOTE-2: If a pitcher starts a game and pitches at least four innings and then is subsequently placed on the CoViD-19 Related Injured List or on the Restricted List for not being vaccinated, he cannot be replaced on the Active List roster by a replacement player for at least four days.     

Also, if the player who was placed on the CoViD-19 Related IL or Restricted List for not being vaccinated is reinstated and a different player -- not the replacement player -- is removed from the Active List and the replacement player remains on the Active List, the replacement player is no longer considered to be a replacement player and would be subject to optional or outright assignment in order to be sent to the minors. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 08:08 pm

The Cubs could select both Jeremiah Estrada and Brendon Little with one of them replacing Sampson  today (Monday) and the other one replacing Steele tomorrow (Tuesday), or either Estrada or B. Little could replace Sampson immediately with the other added in a "normal" way (like maybe Sean Newcomb will be DFA), and then Hayden Wesneski could replace Steele on Tuesday and start on Wednesday. 

Or the Cubs could place Steele on the 15-day IL retro to Saturday (lower back tightness) instead of on the Restricted List and then he could be replaced on the Active List immediately (today), but whoever replaces him would not be a "replacement player" because it would be a standard 15-day IL assignment. 

It's kind of a tricky situation because a player placed on the Restricted List for not being vaccinated does not get paid while he is on the Resiricted List, so placing Steele on the 15-day IL instead of on the Restricted List would mean Steele gets paid while the club is in Toronto, but Sampson does not. That could cause some resentment on the part of Sampson. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 08:21 pm

FWIW, rules related to replacement players for players placed on the CoViD-19 related IL or on the Restricted List for not being vaccinated were special fiats issued by the MLB Commisioner with consent of the MLBPA Exec Comittee, but they may be periodically tweaked. If anything has changed recently I don't have it.

For example, I am nor clear on if a replacement player can be switched for a different replacement player. That could be necessary because of an injury. 

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Submitted by fullykräusened on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 08:40 pm

Speaking of resentment, I can't quite get my head around the laissez-faire attitude pro athletes seem to have (at least publicly) about non-vaccinated teammates not playing as a result. I know there are things more important than the game--they have bereavement leave, parental leave, and so on. And I know Sandy Koufax didn't pitch WS Game 1 in 1965 because it was Yom Kippur. But still, what happened to sports principles like "try to win every game" and "don't let your teammates down"? Reading between the lines of the player quotes in the paper, it's almost like "hey, the team's going nowhere, so who cares whether we win against Toronto?" or "I wasn't going to play anyway, so it makes no difference."  Not  going into the pro- and anti-vax discussion, just the team angle. I wonder whether there really is some private resentment on the part of teammates.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 08:31 pm

when you work/live/travel together 200+ days a year you gotta let some stuff go...even if it's a dumb way to put your team at a disadvantage.

besides, even ignoring vax stuff, there's a bit more greed and selfishness in the world of professional atheletes than the general workplace.  to some guys, they're the ones that got themselves there and their decisions are the only logical thing in the world.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 08/28/2022 - 08:31 pm

Something must be really wrong with Josh Hader. His line today was 1/3 IP, 6 runs, 5 hits and 2 walks. His era is over 6 and his WHIP is around 1.5. The Brewers were on to something but it makes me wonder if they also were selling damaged goods that they knew about. 

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Submitted by JoePepitone on Sun, 08/28/2022 - 08:27 pm

Yeah, that's not how you do business in a small group of people who you have to deal with repeatedly. They better have made full disclosure of any and everything they knew about or even suspected before they dealt him if they don't want to get a reputation as a club you don't want to deal with. 

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  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think it’s a bit of a chicken or egg scenario. Did they make these trades because they saw what was coming and weren’t impressed and knew to keep up with the demand for constant winning thru had to acquire impact players? Or did those additions cause a failure of resource allocation elsewhere.

    In addition, the whole they traded to acquire a star, that’s precisely what organizations should do if they feel they’re a piece away. Keep developing talent, but sometimes you need to supplement that talent. It’s what the best run organizations do. Atlanta does it. Houston in their prime run did it. Nationals during their prime run did it. Of course dodgers did it. Boston and Philadelphia too. Hell, the Cubs did it when they won. There’s no team that has had sustained success that has solely relied on their own internal development. It just doesn’t happen. I wouldn’t fault St Louis for that. What I suspect happened is in that 2020 season, in an effort to save money, they cut budget from developing and scouting. Or maybe the wrong guys got poached by other orgs. Regardless, blaming the acquisition of two of the best players of their generation for peanuts, seems off base to me.

    I do agree that we’ve more or less come to the same conclusion, but our paths to that conclusion contain almost no crossover. I think we can also agree that seeing the cardinals struggle brings a warmth to our hearts.

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    (LAUGH EMOJI)

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    azbobbop: Yes. 

  • Mike Wellman (view)

    I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Very well played game all around tonight.

  • crunch (view)

    best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.

    little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Richard Gallardo just left the Smokies game with an arm injury after going to the ground following a pitch. Doesn’t sound good at all.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Phil, do you think Wiggins will start out in ACL?

  • azbobbop (view)

    The level of conversation on this site is intelligent, reasoned and informative. Miles ahead of other Cub sites.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    This was Jaxon Wiggins previous "live" BP on 4/5: 

    JAXON WIGGINS: 
    ONE INNING (20 pitches - 10 strikes) 
    one batted ball in play (F-9 by Stevens)
    one walk (B. Davis) 
    one HBP (B. Davis)
    two strikeouts (Peralta & Escobar - both looking)
    three swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    four called strikes
    nine called balls 

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