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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, ten players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, two players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players are on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-17-2024
 
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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
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2 
Seiya Suzuki, OF
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 2
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

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





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Cubs @ Marlins: Series Thread (Games 147-149)

The Cubs hop down to Miami to begin a 7-game road trip. They'll face the Marlins for three in Florida to start the week. See below for pitching matchups.


Game 147, Monday, September 19, 5:40 pm central

CHC: LHP Wade Miley (1-0, 2.89 ERA)

MIA: RHP Edward Cabrera (5-3, 2.70 ERA)


Game 148, Tuesday, September 20, 5:40 pm central

CHC: RHP Adrian Sampson (2-5, 3.48 ERA)

MIA: RHP Pablo Lopez (9-10, 3.99 ERA)


Game 149, Wednesday, September 21, 5:40 pm central

CHC: LHP Drew Smyly (7-8, 3.48 ERA)

MIA: TBD

Comments

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In reply to by Lester's rattl…

Fixed: "Reds"

The moral to this story is that year to year, pitcher injuries are tough to predict but a one year gamble for an established starter (and lefty) made sense to me. Given their record approaching the All-Star game, it's a shame his health made him untradable. Ditto for Smyly.

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In reply to by Cubster

I think it was a good gamble on paper, but in retrospect I think they should have been a little more concerned about why the Reds were giving him away for salary relief only. It would have been nice if they could have put the $20M they gave to Miley, Simmons, and Villar towards one player who could have contributed on a higher level. 

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In reply to by bradsbeard

Definitely not arguing the $20 mil could have been better spent. Especially the Villar and Simmons portion.

I can see why they didn't examine the Miley DFA more closely though.... the Reds were casting everything overboard that wasn't nailed down last winter, his DFA could have been interpreted similarly. But hindsight being 20/20 it turned into a missed opportunity.

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In reply to by Cubster

Ah yeah, the Reds... thanks.  And yeah I would loved to see both them get traded at the deadline. However, Smyly has gotten on track and now I'm really kinda hoping he picks up his $10m option. Although sure would hope he stays healthy if so. If he wants to renegotiate and get more money and years I wouldn't bother though. 

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In reply to by videographer

He needs a bit more development time in the minors, same with Nelson. If we're looking to contend those two need to start their seasons in Des Moines.

I like both of them and I'm glad we've gotten a chance to see them, but I think there's some development needed

stroman gets smyly's wednesday start because of shoulder fatigue.

schwarb hit his 40th.

leading NL in homers and Ks.

also, judge hit #60 if you're keeping track of that.

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In reply to by crunch

Definitely a remarkable accomplishment by Mr. Judge. I expect David Kaplan to be pushing for the Cubs to offer him $250-300M for eight years tomorrow morning on his radio show (and anywhere else he appears nowadays). Kaplan has been jonesing for the Cubs to sign Judge for the past three months. 

WBC qualifiers have been a fun watch.

some of these games are taking place in parks that are getting lower attendance than highschool baseball games.

btw, there's umpire review in WBC, even qualifiers.

quiroz (lefty) batting leadoff vs a lefty.

okay, sure.  like 2022 matters, i guess.

p.wisdom with a killer sliding catch on a play he should have picked up on the bounce and have the batter held to a single.

2nd start in RF this season, 4th career.

awesome catch, though...career highlight reel stuff.

thompson returns and hasn't missed a beat.

3ip 1h 1bb 6k, 0r/er

he's going to be working out of the pen for the rest of the year for no real reason except we're almost done here.  he's expected to be a starter 2023.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    he's a low-level cubs star in the modern history of the cubs (c.zambrano, k.wood, r.dempster, etc), but that star has dimmed...and has been dimming since 2021.

    2024 has been ugly the whole way and we're only in mid-april.  homers aside (even though there's been 7 in 17ip) he gave up 29 hits in 20 spring innings and 31 in 17 regular season innings.

    he's pretty much only got 2 pitches at this point in his career and the mix isn't fooling anyone.  he threw a noticable amount more curves in his last start to add to the mix and it didn't help his issues.  he don't have many moves left to break out.

  • Eric S (view)

    Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)

  • Eric S (view)

    Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts.  Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season.  Ouch.  

  • crunch (view)

    m.busch had 0hr and 2 doubles when he was last at wrigley.

    we'll probably see a few more of his jerseys in the seats when they return tomorrow.

    wonder who will go down for taillon.  hey hendricks, you got a hangnail or something?

  • Eric S (view)

    Nice work by Wesneski with some solid defense behind him and the late tack on runs were welcome. Gladly take a 5-4 West Coast swing, particularly down two key starting pitchers … Now just don’t get swept by the Marlins for Pete’s sake. 

  • crunch (view)

    dansby takes the team lead in SB today after a SB with 2 SB total.  the team has 3.  madrigal has the other one.

    cubs also have 7 triples, 7 players each.

  • crunch (view)

    sure am ready for p.wisdom and m.masterboney to swap roster spots.

  • Eric S (view)

    The fifth inning has not been kind to Wicks this season. Giving up leadoff doubles to Tucker Barnhart is also not good for business. IIRC, the Cubs are on the hook for the majority of Barnhart’s salary this season to add insult to injury (could definitely be wrong here). 

  • Cubster (view)

    Kris Bryant to IL with low back strain. He’s keeping the Rockies docs busy.