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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 @ Padres: Series Thread (Games 53-56)

Submitted by Charlie on

The Cubs did a solid impression of a winning team, taking two of three from the Rays and coming up a few innings of relief shy of a sweep. They enjoy a day off today and begin again in San Diego. See below for matchups in this four-game series.


Game 53, Friday, June 2, 8:40 pm central
CHC: RHP Jameson Taillon (0-3, 8.04 ERA)
SDP: RHP Michael Wacha (5-1, 3.45 ERA)


Game 54, Saturday, June 3, 9:10 pm central
CHC: LHP Drew Smyly (5-2, 3.45 ERA)
SDP: RHP Yu Darvish (3-4, 4.61 ERA)


Game 55, Sunday, June 4, 4:30 pm central
CHC: RHP Marcus Stroman (5-4, 2.59 ERA)
SDP: LHP Ryan Weathers (1-3, 4.28 ERA)


Game 56, Monday, June 5, 8:10 pm central
CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 3.86 ERA)
SDP: LHP Blake Snell (1-6, 4.50 ERA)

Tags
2023 Cubs
San Diego Padres

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 06/01/2023 - 06:25 pm

vinny nittoli and tyler duffey opt-out of their minor league contracts.  nothing of value was lost and both guys would probably benefit from a change of clubs to "start over."

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 06/02/2023 - 06:59 pm

"Bruce Levine of 670 The Score reports that an MRI on Justin Steele's left forearm only ended up showing a "very minor issue.""

he's not going on the IL (for now), and is only expected to miss a single start.

Submitted by Finwe Noldaran on Fri, 06/02/2023 - 06:19 pm

No Mervis, and against a right hander? I'm about 5 minutes away from taking 6 weeks off from the big league club, Ross is a straight up tool.......

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Submitted by Finwe Noldaran on Fri, 06/02/2023 - 06:33 pm

Precisely, if they're not committed to letting players progress on the major league club, then just leave them in Iowa until they are willing to actually give them 6 - 10 weeks of consistent play to allow for a few adjustment periods to even them out and see what they really have with these guys............

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 06/02/2023 - 06:39 pm

unless it's a programing error, the friday/saturday/sunday games are all free streams on mlb.tv

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 06/02/2023 - 06:34 pm

madrigal destroying AAA through his first 6 games.

.458/.552/.833 1hr, 2 doubles, 2 triples

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 06/03/2023 - 06:36 pm

masterboney leading off and playing 3rd...the 7/8/9/1 hitters (rios/mervis/barnhart/masterb) are hitting about .157 avg and .270 ob%...the leadoff hitter sporting .149/.273 avg/ob%

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 06/03/2023 - 06:43 pm

feeling good about that 2-6...and i guess technically i should expect 4-5 hits/walks from the 7/8/9/1 slot, hopefully coming at a good time for that 2-6.

now i'm gonna sit back and wait for 0 hits and 10 Ks from the 2-6 stranding masterboney on base 3-4 times while rios and mervis hit a few homers...and m.fulmer comes in to blow the lead

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 06/04/2023 - 06:12 pm

boxb threw a pen session...bellinger unsure about returning next week (no setbacks), and unsure if he'll go on a rehab assignment when he's ready to play again

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Submitted by Childersb3 on Sun, 06/04/2023 - 06:15 pm

Crunch,

Here's what I want them to do:

1) Happ goes to 2spot. Dansby to 3spot. Suzuki goes to 5 spot. Figure out who is the 4th guy.

2) I'd give Morel 3B. He's almost the same hitter/fielder as Wisdom but nine yrs younger.

3) DFA Mastrobuoni and add Perlaza. Perlaza gets DH ABs. I'd put him in the 4th spot, but that's debatable. 

4) When Steele's absence requires a 13th arm for the pen in the next few days, DFA Barnhart.  Eat his salary. Amaya gets to be 2nd C. Add Palencia. A bold/risky upside move.

5) The moment Heuer is remotely ready, he comes up for Estrada. This requires a 40man move. I'd DFA Boxberger. Burdi might go to 60IL.

6) Mervis gets ABs at least until Belli returns. Once Belli is back, he goes to 1B. Time to make the first truly bold/risky move. Add and put PCA in CF!  DFA Rios. Decide if Mervis is DH or Perlaza.

7) With Belli and PCA, Tauchman can be DFA'd. Madrigal comes back up.

8) This lineup becomes 2B Nico--LF Happ--SS Dansby--DH Perlaza--RF Suzuki--1B Belli--3B Morel--CF PCA--C Gomes. Maybe switch Perlaza and Belli. Amaya-Mancini-Wisdom-Madrigal off the bench. That's only four LH bats but don't put bats that aren't good enough on the roster just because they're lefties.

Before Steele returns from IL, the rotation is Stro-Tail-Smyly-Kyle-Wez. Pen of Leit-Hughes-Merry-Alzo-Fulm-Palencia-Heuer-Assad. When Steele returns Assad goes down. But Assad should be used some in the mean time. He's literally just sitting down there. Use him and not just for emergencies. 

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 06/04/2023 - 06:22 pm

agree with a lot of that.  wish they'd send mervis back to AAA if they're not ready to give him 5+ games a week.  with amaya up, that don't exactly open up DH opportunities.  mancini will probably be around next year unless he gets the opportunities to build his value to opt-out (tied to 350+ PA), so he can't exactly not play and DH/1st is all he can do.

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Submitted by Finwe Noldaran on Sun, 06/04/2023 - 06:29 pm

Totally agree with the majority of this. 

I'd say the most of it would likely take place closer to the trade deadline, so we can get some kind of return for Wisdom and Bellinger; and trading Stroman, Smyly, and Hendricks as well. The window will be just starting to open next year, with the real window starting in 2025, so players that wouldn't be around in 2024 really shouldn't be kept when they can bring in value that may contribute to 2024 and beyond. 

I'd like to see PCA just leapfrog Iowa, but I see Velazquez and/or Davis (depending on performance at the time) getting a chance first (keep in mind Perlaza is an OF as well), with PCA and Cassie going up to Iowa after some moves on the big league roster; there's also Sgt. Slaughter, who is playing really well, and has some speed, as INF depth/bench.

I'd like to see a lineup (not necessarily in this order) after the deadline of:

3B Morel

2B Hoerner 

SS Swanson 

RF Suzuki 

LF Happ 

C Amaya

DH Perlaza

CF Velazquez

1B Mervis

Bench: CF Tauchman 1B Mancini C Gomes 3B Slaughter 

Rotation: 5 out of 8 of: Steele, Taillon, Wesneski, Assad, Thompson (Riley or Keegan), Brown, Killian

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Submitted by Childersb3 on Sun, 06/04/2023 - 06:27 pm

Bellinger is turning 28 in July. Mervis turned 25 in April. If Bellinger is the better RBI/Slugger than pay him. Keep Mervis in Iowa for a while. Maybe he DH's.

We need LH RBIs. Happ scares me b/c 72 RBIs is his career best. He's our 3spot hitter this yr and he's on pace for less than 70 RBIs. Maybe he gets hot. He usually hits better in Aug/Sept but that's usually too late for a 3hole hitter to find his grove.

Guys like Belli, Mervis, Perlaza, PCA and eventually ONKC are going to be really important. That's why I want to see Perlaza in Wrigley this yr.

I'd love to see Slaughter over Madrigal but Jed/Ross seem to love Nick so I gave up on that dream even though he has no pathway to ABs with Wisdom and Morel.

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Submitted by Finwe Noldaran on Sun, 06/04/2023 - 06:05 pm

Again, totally agree with the majority of what you said; I like Bellinger, I just think he's going to want a contract like the 4 shortstops this last free agency, and he's too good in CF (which would give him a bigger payday), so he'll opt out, and we'll lose him for nothing if we don't trade him.......

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 06/04/2023 - 06:38 pm

cubs got a serious k.thompson regression issue...another terrible outing today

1.2ip 1h 5bb 4k, 2r/er (first career balk, too)

in 4 iowa games so far (all pen)... 5ip 8h 10bb 6k, 10r/er (runs given up in 3 of 4 games).

Submitted by Finwe Noldaran on Mon, 06/05/2023 - 06:44 pm

Mancini has been atrocious recently, besides one home run; why isn't Mervis playing every day, is Mancini really going to get us over the hump? No, an effective Mervis would though. But, it's just what you get when your manager is Dross.

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Submitted by George Altman on Mon, 06/05/2023 - 06:28 pm

I'm not sure what folks expect Ross to do with this collection of bats. His collection of above average MLB bats is Happ, Suzuki, Swanson, Hoerner, and Bellinger (back soon we hope). Wisdom and Morel are above average but have 36%+ K rates. Gomes is league average at the moment. Someone has to fill the other 5-6 roster spots and, until different players are added, Ross will play who they give him. This is on Jed and the Player Development staff, not Ross. This is 3 straight years he's had crap to field a lineup so how would any of us know how good or bad he is? Is Pitching any different? Taillon has shit the bed every start until last week. Wesneski failed in his SP5 Audition. They came out of Arizona with a bullpen built around Fulmer, Boxberger, Hughes, K. Thompson,  Rucker and Assad - how'd that work out. Leiter, Alzolay, Merriweather - not terrible, but they can't pitch every day.

 

Hopefully, help is close for the first time since 2014 - PCA,  Caissie, Amaya, B. Brown, Wicks, Palencia. Maybe a trip back to Iowa can help Mervis. No - this is a Jed/Ricketts screw the pooch show. Even if PCA, Amaya, and Mervis are solutions, they need a SP1 or 2 to go with Stroman, Steele, and Taillon plus a LH DH. Amazing how 1 FA would fill both of those holes and Ricketts could still be under the 2024-25 CBT. If Cubs ownership really is all in.

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Submitted by Finwe Noldaran on Mon, 06/05/2023 - 06:42 pm

I'm all aboard the Ohtani train as a free agent. 

For right now, it IS Jed's fault that Dross only has what he has to field a lineup; but not playing these young guys everyday is just sheer ignorance, and totally on Dross, unless he's being given explicit instructions to not play the young guys, which I find highly improbable. Morel, Amaya, and Mervis should play all games but maybe once a week, if only to see what they have; look at Morel last game, he walked twice, prayerfully that's him adjusting. Mervis can't adjust if he's not playing. Barnhart should be there as a mascot, same with Rios, Mancini, and Mastrobuoni; the players with potential upside (Mervis, Amaya, Morel) need to play against both right and left handed SP's. I could go on, but then I'd digress.......

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Submitted by Finwe Noldaran on Mon, 06/05/2023 - 06:13 pm

For your 2nd point:

A 2025 lineup before free agents would consist of 13 players from this group:

CF PCA/Alcantara 

RF Suzuki/Velazquez/Davis

LF Happ/Cassie/Perlaza/Roederer 

2B Hoerner/Murray Jr./Strumpf 

3B Morel/Slaughter/Vazquez 

SS Swanson  

1B Mervis/Murray Jr./McGeary 

C Amaya/Aliendo

(Hoerner, Swanson, Happ, and Suzuki would likely only move to another position than where they are currently if somehow a better option was available defensively)

Submitted by First.Pitch.120 on Mon, 06/05/2023 - 06:26 pm

Hendricks better hammer the outside edge & see what calls he gets. 
 

Also want to see YG’s PAs… being DH is the perfect role to express displeasure. 

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 06/05/2023 - 06:13 pm

ive never seen hendricks have less fun on the mound, even in games where he's done worse.

Recent comments

  • 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.  

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    I suspect Brown will spend some time in the bullpen due to inning restrictions.  Pitched only 93 innings last year and career high is 104 innings in 2022.  I would expect them to be cautious with a young player with his injury history.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I wanted Almonte gone last week, but that was before Merryweather went down and Little got demoted. Almonte in his last 5 appearances has gone 4.1 IP with no ER or Runs. NO hits, 3 BBs and 8 SO. He did hit 96 with his 2S FB in AZ on Tues.
    I don't see Jed waiving him when we have injuries all over and guys with options that can be sent down.
    I probably won't like the move Jed makes, but he can't play the "let's hope no one wants his 1.7mil remaining deal and we can hide him in Iowa" card.
    That's why I think the current Bullpen stays as is and Wicks goes to Iowa.
    I don't like that, but that's the fix I see.
    We'll find out soon enough!!!

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