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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* 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: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Cubs @ Atlanta: Series Thread (Games 17-19)

The Cubs (7-9) dropped 3 of 4 to the Pirates despite outscoring their opponents 29 to 12. The sandwiched a blowout between three close losses. They begin a 6-game road trip with three games the reigning World Series Champions. Atlanta enters the series at 7-10. See below for daily matchups.


Game 17, Tuesday, April 26, 6:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Marcus Stroman (0-2, 8.78 ERA)

ATL: LHP Max Fried (1-2, 3.50 ERA)

Stroman had a solid debut for the Cubs but has performed poorly in two starts since then, allowing 12 earned runs in 8.1 innings. He's collected more than a strikeout per inning but would benefit from more soft contact.

Fried has been in full command through three starts, issuing only one walk in 18 innings pitched compared to 17 strikeouts. He won his last start on the back of seven scoreless innings.


Game 18, Wednesday, April 27, 6:20 pm central

CHC: RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (0-1, 11.05 ERA)

ATL: RHP Charlie Morton (1-2, 6.32 ERA)

Leiter bounced back slightly in his second start, allowing two earned runs in four innings. His time in the rotation is likely limited, but he might be able to win some bullpen time.with a solid showing.

Morton is looking to follow up a great first season with Atlanta but has been stung by the homerun ball in the early going. Cubs fans saw the most of him during the first act of his career, when he was a pitch-to-contact Pirate. He since reinvented himself with Houston and really hit his stride in 2019 pitching for the Rays.


Game 19, Thursday, April 28, 6:20 pm central

CHC: LHP Drew Smyly (1-1, 2.45 ERA)

ATL: RHP Kyle Wright (2-0, 1.06 ERA)

Smyly has acquitted himself admirably in his first three starts and is making a bid to stick around in the rotation even when the Cubs welcome back some injured starters. Last time out he did surrender four earned runs in a loss to the Pirates.

26-year-old righty, Kyle Wright, has spent parts of the last three seasons in the majors with Atlanta. His fastball sits mid-90s, but spotty control and vulnerability to the longball have both held him back. He's had a hot start to 2022, punching out 26 opposing hitters in 17 innings pitched while walking only two and allowing zero homeruns thus far.

Comments

1ip 0h 0bb 3k speaks for itself, but e.roberts looked as sharp as the results.

burl carraway has pitched 4 games in AA, 3.2 IP...he's walked 3 guys in 3 of 4 outings and 1 in the other.  ow.

a.mills shut down for at least a week because of tightness in his right quad while working out.

ball straight up dieing this season many feet short of the wall.  it's not like they're banging off the top barely missing, but it seems a good amount of stuff that would be out in years past is falling 10+ feet from the fence for a popout.

leiter done after (2ip 2h 1bb 0k, 0r/er, 45 pitches).

thompson in.

would not highly protest thompson taking leiter's spot...

acuna rejoins the braves...boo.  he's supposedly starting in RF tonight.

i mean, welcome back and all, but friday would have a great time to rejoin the team.

is there a manager in the game that removes a starter after 4.1 or 4.2 innings more than d.ross...or even close?

it makes sense sometimes, but it seems to happen a lot.

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it