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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 vs. Brewers: Series Thread (Games 1-3)

Submitted by Charlie on

The Chicago Cubs open the 2023 with a three-game series at Wrigley Field. Bring your mittens and balaclavas. See below for the daily matchups, such as they stand. Updates to come as the Cubs announce their starters for games two and three. [Updates made March 31.]

Game 1, March 30, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Marcus Stroman (0-0, -.-- ERA)

MIL: RHP Corbin Burnes (0-0, -.-- ERA)

Stroman had a somewhat disappointing 2022, posting 6-7 record and 3.50 ERA for the season, but finished strong along with the rest of the Cubs' pitching staff. He warmed up for competitive play pitching for Puerto Rico in the WBC--unlike his Brewers' counterpart, who sat out the international competition in favor of staying with his teams' camp. Burnes was stellar again in 2022, despite not matching his otherworldly 2021 performance. He'll surely be hoping to put a good foot forward in another campaign towards Cy Young votes. Dansby Swanson is expected to make his debut in a Cubs' uniform having signed a seven-year contract, and Nico Hoerner is fresh off an extension that bought out one of his free agent years. Former MVP and rebound hopeful Cody Bellinger will likely get a nice pop from the crowd when he is announced in center field as well.

Game 2, April 1, 1:20 pm central

CHC: LHP Justin Steele (0-0, -.--)

MIL: RHP Brandon Woodruff (0-0, -.--)

The 27-year-old Steele had something of a breakthrough in 2022, starting 24 games and recording 3.18 ERA. Steele showed an improved command of the zone and combined solid strikeout numbers with a ground ball percentage just over fifty percent--a reliable recipe for success as long as he maintains those components.

The Brewers will rely on veteran Brandon Woodruff to continue a string of dominant if not always durable seasons dating back to 2019, the first season that Woodruff was able to break into double digit starts in the majors. Cubs fans are familiar with Woodruff's overpowering arsenal, but he will face lineup with significant turnover.

Game 3, April 2, 1:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Jameson Taillon (0-0, -.--)

MIL: LHP Eric Lauer (0-0, -.--)

Taillon joins a crew of veteran free agents making their Cubs debuts at Wrigley. He comes in with a career 51-35 record and 3.84 ERA. Most of the chatter about him this spring training, however, has focused on his addition of a sweeper. He'll finally get a chance to show it off outside of the dry Arizona air.

Eric Lauer matched his season high in starts and slightly past his highest innings per season in 2022. He went 2-0 against the 2022 Cubs and collected 30 strikeouts in 22 innings pitched--his highest marks for both strikeouts and innings pitched against any team in 2022. He'll be missing two contributors that success this time around, however; Frank Schwindel and Seiya Suzuki are a collective 1-14 with 4 strikeouts against him. Schwindel is now with the NPB, and Suzuki will surely get a few more cracks out Lauer after he returns from his current IL stint.

Tags
2023 Series Thread
Dansby Swanson
Cody Bellinger
Nico Hoerner
Marcus Stroman
Milwaukee Brewers

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/30/2023 - 03:05 am

hoerner - swanson - happ - bellinger - mancini (DH) - gomes - hosmer - wisdom - mastro (RF)

im not sure how neifi perez jr and jason heyward jr are going to be setting the table for this team, but it seems to be what they're going with for now...

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/30/2023 - 03:08 pm

heyward = swanson...hoerner = neifi...it's snarky b/s about their bats.

to be fair...heyward was paid big to hit like he does and handle 1-2 putouts a game in RF.  what swanson does is -way- more impactful with his glove/arm.  hoerner the leadoff man, though...hmmm...pass.  i don't mind him in the lineup, but the top of the lineup?  i dunno...

hey, both guys can feel free to make an idiot out of me and i'll be cheering it on in a dunce hat.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/30/2023 - 03:26 pm

gomes is clanking the hell out of a lot stroman pitches considering we're only about 15 pitches into the season....passed ball or not, he needs to stop them

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 04/02/2023 - 04:06 pm

if anyone has a good reason f'n madrigal is playing 3rd base in the bigs and eating a roster space while bote is in AAA playing all over the infield and not being challenged with the bat or glove i'd like to hear it.

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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Sun, 04/02/2023 - 04:33 pm

My guess is: Because while Madrigal hasn’t shown anything, he’s still young enough that a turnaround is possible. David Bote has proven himself to be a quad-A player.

His service time in relation to being able to dump his contract in AAA and save his 40 man roster spot in the offseason for someone actually worthy of it also likely plays a factor. Generally I’m almost never going to defend the roster and service time manipulation nonsense, but in Bote’s case I will make an exception.

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 04/02/2023 - 04:53 pm

my big issue isn't madrigal existing as much as it is the club being 3 games into the season and he's started at 3rd twice.

the freedom of being able to stash bote in AAA without a 40-man roster hit is worth something, but im not sure it outweighs giving madrigal a lot of playing time to maybe hit a bunch of singles.

once suzuki gets back in RF it will probably be a bit better as far as getting madrigal back on the bench moreso than finding starts.

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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Mon, 04/03/2023 - 04:53 am

I agree with you on that… once Seiya is back, fewer starts for Madrigal should follow. And that’s a good thing. I also kinda think Madrigal could do with some Iowa time, so maybe Seiya’s return pushes Madrigal there?

I’m just tired of watching Bote flail away helplessly at mlb high fastballs. He’s fooled me several times now, and I’ve just come to the conclusion he’s a quad A depth piece at best.

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  • crunch (view)

    it's a "for cash considerations" trade.

    cooper is a 1st/DH only type, but that's practically a freebie for BOS.  i was expecting some AAA fodder gamble on the same level rather than cash.  he showed up decent in spring + his limited time with the cubs.

    given BOS's extreme need for a 1st, this is a steal for them.

  • Cubster (view)

    Red Sox get G Cooper, I doubt if the Cubs get anything in terms of personnel.

  • videographer (view)

    An excellent Earl Weaver chain smoking reference.  

  • 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.

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