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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

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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 Week in Quotations 06-06 to 06-12

Submitted by Rob G. on
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels "Henry was good. He said he will slap me." - Carlos Zambrano, on Henry Blanco coming out to talk to him after walking the first 3 batters in Sundayís game versus the Padres Not Settling for Second Best "It's early, but we don't want the Wild Card. We want to win the division. We will win the division. That's our goal." - Carlos Zambrano laying the smackdown Not That There's Anything Wrong with that... "He's a beauty." Jeromy Burnitz, on Carlos Zambrano Hot, Hot, Hot!!! "I'm feeling hot. You can see the team and everybody getting hot. It looks like 'D-Lee' woke up everybody. He was carrying the team at the beginning. I see that, I see 'D-Lee' play like that, how he's playing, how he's hitting. Let's fight for the team. We have a pretty good team, we have hitters, we have pitching. We'll do anything to win as many games as possible to catch St. Louis." - Carlos Zambrano Just Win Baby! "Everybody talks about having fun. 'Oh, let's go out and have fun.' I never understood that. Never. You have fun when you put together some wins. That's what we've done, and it's been a good time." -Jeromy Burnitz Hearing Voices "I heard a couple yells to go to second. I thought we had him -- I should've put a little more on it to make a more accurate throw. It ended up we didn't get him at first either." -John Koronka, on his ill-advised throw to try and nail the lead runner on a sacrifice bunt You Know, We've Been Saying That All Along "Neifi's been unbelievable all year, In that leadoff spot or No. 2 spot, he's been on base the whole time. He makes the plays, he's won a Gold Glove. The way he's swinging the bat, he's an All-Star right now." - Derrek Lee Campaigning "There should be a Cubs shortstop there, and it's the guy who's playing there right now. He's been unbelievable. He definitely deserves it." -Nomar Garciaparra Thereís No Such Thing as Bad LuckÖÖBut Just to Be Clear! "Not to me, it wasn't all black. It was black and white. I was thinking, 'Where did he come from? Does he live here?' [Omens] don't mean nothing to me." -Dusty Baker, on the cat that ran across the field during Wednesdayís game Is There Such A Thing as a Smart Mental Error? "I made a stupid mental error, I've maybe done it twice in my career. And unfortunately, [with tonight's situation], we end up losing. -Will Ohman, on not covering first properly in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays Preparing for The Future "You can't get enough pitching, but our plan was to get the best available guy. We're realistic in knowing it's a certain period of time to the big leagues. In the farm system, you want as many talented players as you can. We generally take the best available talent." -John Stockstill, Cubs Scouting Director, on the Cubs draft straregy At Least Someone is Noticing "What I've noticed is that he's leading the league in complete games and averaging under 100 pitches during his games. Maybe we can pay attention, especially some of the younger guys, on how to minimize your pitches." -Dusty Baker, on Roy Halladay's efficient pitching method Has He Seen The Light? "I tried to take what had been working on on the side and take it out there. Just trying to keep it a little more smooth. Sometimes, depending on the situation in a game, you want to try to do a little more and end up jumping. I'm trying to keep everything the same, regardless of the situation in the game. -Kerry Wood, on trying to steady his mechanics Thievery "They just have to have a little more larceny in their veins and cause a little more havoc. Just utilize their speed because they have the green light most of the time. It's a matter of letting your ability take charge and be a little more daring.'' -Dusty Baker, on Jerry Hairston and Corey Patterson stealing more bases Death By Speed "You are going to make some mistakes, but speed kills and creates mistakes. This is what I want them to do.'' -Dusty Baker It's Too High, It's Too High "I hit it in the wind. I hit it high enough for the wind to blow it far enough." -Greg Maddux on his Friday homer Back to the Bench, Dubois "I believe in 'Holly. It's a matter of him believing in himself. He has the skills. He can run, he can throw, he has power, he can hit. The last few games, he's starting to wake up and starting to swing the bat well again. -Dusty Baker But You Make It Look So Easy "[Red Sox catcher Jason] Varitek, he knows how I think. For example, when I hit a curveball to left field my first at-bat, he knows I eliminate that pitch and start looking for other pitches. So my next at-bat, first pitch, curveball. It makes it difficult." -Todd Walker, after Saturday's game We Never Doubted You For A Minute....Well Okay Maybe a Minute "I thought it was just a matter of time before we meshed." -Todd Hollandsworth

Comments

Submitted by Mike on Sun, 06/12/2005 - 06:34 pm

Zambrano walked the first and third batters with strikeouts in between. Gave up the tater to the 5th batter Nixon.

Submitted by Josh S on Sun, 06/12/2005 - 06:56 pm

Zambrano walked the first and third batters with strikeouts in between. Gave up the tater to the 5th batter Nixon. Yup. And he walked the first 3 batters last Sunday. But the Cubs won both games! Go Cubs!

Submitted by mannytrillo on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:19 am

We were talking on chat last night why Holly was not in the lineup Sunday vs. knuckleballer Wakefield. I thought maybe him fouling the ball off his leg was the reason or he did not do well vs. knuckleballers, but Baker said this: "He's not in the lineup because I don't want to mess up the stroke he's got with a knuckleball," Baker said. "Right-handers are hitting a whole lot more against Wakefield than left-handers. It seems like his ball moves away from left-handers more than right-handers." Willis on the mound today, so Dubois will most likely be in today, but Holly should be back in the lineup Tue and Wed with RHP's going both days.

Submitted by Chris on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:05 am

The Cubs are TERRIBLE in home games played at night. Honestly, I'd bet they win only 30% of these games going back to 1988. What is the deal?

Submitted by Phil on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:18 am

If this has already been discussed my apologies, but Joe Morgan is unlistenable, the two best (worst) examples: 1. After the Youkilis HR -- "that's what a number 3 hitter is supposed to do, not walk". Joe clearly hates rational analysis of the game. The comment was so out of place and so arbitrary, yeah, Joe a HR is better than a walk, but is a HR and 10 Ks, better than say, 5 walks, a single and 5 outs. It's all relative. 2. The Cubs really miss Sammy Sosa. Why? Because he's a superstar. uh-huh. Anybody do a Burnitz/Sammy analysis lately, please include $$. Sorry, I'm too lazy to do it. Guess I wouldn't have minded as much if the Cubs had won.

Submitted by DaKubs on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:41 am

My beef is (K)orey Patterson the guy has all the media convinced he is the second coming of Willie Mays....I'm tired of hearing about his potential ... ten years from now he still will be hitting 260 with 2 K's a game One walk a week 3 SBs a month and RBI's for get it he is a rally killing LOB King and he is a very average fielder. On a good team he is on the Bench.

Submitted by cubsnerd on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:29 am

"[Red Sox catcher Jason] Varitek, he knows how I thin. For example, when I hit a curveball to left field my first at-bat, he knows I eliminate that pitch and start looking for other pitches." Uhh Todd, now the whole league knows it. I know you like to be amicable to the press and tell them interesting stories. But lets keep your trade secrets under wrap.

Submitted by ryno on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:31 am

Good point DaKubs. I hope we see Cedeno full time at SS next year and Pie at CF. I don't think they're too young. Of course I'm dreaming. Management will probably trade all the young guys for Bagwell, Sheffield, Palmero, and Piazza. *sigh*

Submitted by cubsnerd on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:50 am

More fun paraphrased Morgan quotes: Joe: "That's why you can't replace stars with replacement players. Because they're just that, replacements." Wah? John: "Did you ever hit for the cycle Joe?" Joe: "umm...well...I don't...remember...umm...well...I guess I probably didn't." Jon: "Well, I think you would remember something like hitting for the cycle Joe." Joe: "you're right Jon, that's why I said I didn't. Let's get our stats guy on it." Joe: "Alot of people said the Giants would be better off as a team without Barry Bonds. Well this year so far proves that this is not the case." Huh?

Submitted by big lowitzki on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:44 am

Of course I'm dreaming. Management will probably trade all the young guys for ... Sheffield... I wish! I would love to have Shef in LF, even if he is an ass. I would trade top prospects for Gary Sheffield in a second.

Submitted by big lowitzki on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:49 am

Of course I'm dreaming. Management will probably trade all the young guys for ... Sheffield... I wish! I would love to have Shef in LF, even if he is an ass. I would trade top prospects for Gary Sheffield in a second.

Submitted by ryno on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:39 am

>>> I wish! I would love to have Shef in LF, even if he is an ass. I would trade top prospects for Gary Sheffield in a second.

Submitted by big lowitzki on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:38 pm

than last year's Last years? I guarantee you that you cannot find a Cubs player in the minors that will put up these numbers: .296/.402./.505 - 10 HR, 38 RBI, 34 runs, 6/7 in SBs. So who in the Cubs organization, other than Derek Lee and maybe A-Ram (without the SB's), can put up these kind of numbers?

Submitted by big lowitzki on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:45 pm

Sheff also has 12 win shares this year, which currently places him tied for 9th in all of baseball. Now...I do not believe that the Yankees would be willing to part with Sheff, as that would be signaling a white flag, which George would never do. But if he was available, I would love to have hit abilities in our lineup.

Submitted by John Hill on Mon, 06/13/2005 - 06:07 pm

Phil--"Anybody do a Burnitz/Sammy analysis lately, please include $$. Sorry, I'm too lazy to do it."
Because the net effect of the Sosa trade was the Cubs giving the Orioles Sosa and $16.15m for Hairston, Fontenot and Crouthers, and with Burnitz signing a $4.5m deal (plus $500k buyout of next year), I believe the net effect of the Sosa trade is that the Cubs are actually paying just $0.35m less to have Burnitz play right instead of Sosa. In other words, money no matter.
Ryno--"Good point DaKubs. I hope we see Cedeno full time at SS next year and Pie at CF. I don't think they're too young."
Bitching about Corey and then hoping the Cubs rush Pie to the majors when he has similar strikeouts problems to those Patterson had at the same stage of his development, gotta love it.
Joe Morgan--"That's why you can't replace stars with replacement players. Because they're just that, replacements."
So if ESPN replaced Joe Morgan, not that he's a star or anything, that'd make his replacement just a replacement. Okay, I could live with that.
Joe Morgan--"Alot of people said the Giants would be better off as a team without Barry Bonds. Well this year so far proves that this is not the case."
Well, if there's one thing I've said all along, it's that having a guy with a 12 billion OPS stops you scoring runs. Okay, not really. Shut up, Joe. Too proud to say "I never hit for the cycle".

Recent comments

  • 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!!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Teheran minor league deal is done, per MLB.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Based on Phil’s sound analysis it sounds like a no brainer for Almonte to be placed on waivers as today’s roster move. We shall see.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I suspect Counsell/Hottovy will use the piggy-back extensively, with Taillon and Hendricks pitching as the "pig" (and with a very short leash) and some combo of Wicks, Brown, and Wesneski (whichever two do not start) as the "backers."  

    Keep in mind that Keegan Thompson has a minor league option available, and if Yency Almonte is not outrighted by 4/26 he cannot be sent to the minors without his consent after that date. Almonte is out of minor league options, so I am talking about him getting outrighted to the minors if he is not claimed off waivers, and if he is claimed off waivers, the Cubs save the pro-rated portion of his $1.9M salary, which helps lower the Cubs 2024 AAV.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Totally agree. The 26 man roster very rarely consists of the 13 best position players and 13 best pitchers.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Based on what Jed has done in the past, I’d say the plan is to

    -give Hendricks another few starts
    -give Taillon some runway ot get his season underway

    -Mix and match in the bullpen and see what sticks

    Jed usually doesn’t do a whole lot of waiver wire plays in-season, at least early in the season. He only reallly did that after he blew up the rosters in 21 and 22 because they needed bodies (guys like Schwindel, Fargas, etc).

    I think he’s a little handcuffed by a full 40 man in that he can’t really maneuver much with giving anyone showing ability at AAA (R Thompson/ Sanders/ Edwards etc). Brewer has the most tenuous grip there, and we will see what kind of chance he gets. Other than his spot, there isn’t a ton of 40 man wiggle room.

    I’m very curious to see what happens with Brown now that Taillon returns. Bullpen? Wicks to Iowa? 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Pro teams have to play their "big money" guys if they are healthy and not "locker room" issues.
    The Cubs wanted to deal JHey off well before they bought him out. They just didn't want to pay him to play for someone else for that long. Jed did give him 20+mil to play for LAD last yr.
    Jed might also let Kyle walk at some point this year. Similar scenario to JHey, except Jed thought Kyle was going to be good/solid in '24!!
    You'd think Smyly is in the same book as well. Same with Neris (he's a 1yr vet RP, so he's not really in this convo too much).
    That's ~35mil between those three and those three are going to get opportunities until at least late June) over younger guys even if their performance is "iffy".
    But, Jed is going to play Taillon a lot. They have to try and justify that contract and hope a veteran works out.
    So, Taillon, Imanaga, and Hendricks are locks for the rest of April and probably May.
    Assad, Brown and Wicks handle the last spots until Steele is ready.
    Now, you're question has real merit when Steele comes back. That will interesting if Brown is still good and Hendricks is still bad. But Taillon is entirely safe as long as he's healthy.

    And the bullpen moves were "money" based as well. Smyly has actually been okay. But he hasn't been clearly better than Little. Little had one bad outing. But Smyly makes 9mil. If they needed another RHRP and one of Little and Smyly had to go, it was going to Little. But that doesn't mean Smyly is one of the best 13 arms for the team. 

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