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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 vs. Rays: Series Thread (Games 10-12)

Submitted by Charlie on

The Cubs split the series in Colorado to maintain a winning record going into a seven-game homestand. They'll take on a 5-5 Tampa Bay club to begin the week. This will be the first time these clubs have faced off since 2017. See below for daily matchups.

Game 10, Monday, April 18, 6:40 pm central

CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 7.00 ERA)

TB: LHP Shane McClanahan (0-1, 3.00 ERA)

Hendricks has not found his trademark command this far in the young season. He's struck out 11 in 9.0 innings across those two starts, but he's also walked 7 and allowed 12 hits. He could not get through the fourth inning in Pittsburgh last time round. The forecast calls for cool temps and a breeze coming in off the lake, which should help to keep the ball in the park.

Until last year, the young lefty McClanahan projected as a late-inning reliever. He showed up in 2021 with solid command, however, and made 25 starts. Out of his four-pitch mix, his fastball and curve stand out the most. He's struck out nearly 2 batters per inning in the early going but faces a Cubs roster replete with right-handed hitters.

Game 11, Tuesday, April 19, 6:40 pm central

CHC: LHP Justin Steele (1-0, 1.93 ERA)

TB: [Update: RHP Matt Wisler serving as Opener (0-0, 1.93 ERA), LHP: Josh Fleming as Bulk Reliever (1-1, 4.05 ERA)

Steele is making some hay with Miley and Alzolay out of the picture to start 2022. Although he is likely ticketed for the bullpen eventually, he's been able to succeed with essentially a two-pitch mix so far. He's not exactly living off of batted ball luck, either, as opponents have enjoyed a BABIP of .346 off of him so far.

Tampa Bay looks to employ Wisler as an Opener and then switch to the lefty Fleming for multi-inning relief.

Game 12, Wednesday, April 20, 6:40 pm central

CHC: RHP Marcus Stroman (0-1, 6.00 ERA)

TB: RHP Drew Rasmussen (0-1, 5.00 ERA)

Stroman has looked better than his numbers indicate thus far. His slider has been sharp enough to get a few whiffs and he's looked athletic on the mound. Wrigely should be a welcome sight following a tough outing in Colorado.

Cubs' fans may remember Rasmussen from his time in the Brewers' pen back in 2020. Since then he's made 25 appearances in relief and 12 starts for the Rays. He's reined in the walks ab it and has a high-90s fastball to fall back on as well as a plus slider.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/18/2022 - 04:06 pm

suzuki hits 4th today

madrigal - contreras - schwindel - suzuki - gomes(DH) - wisdom - hermasillo - happ - hoerner

if suzuki gets on base tonight he'll tie andy pafko for consecutive games on base to start their cubs career (9, pafko 1943).

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Submitted by JoePepitone on Tue, 04/19/2022 - 04:05 pm

Hopefully we don't trade him (Pafko was a five-time All Star) to the Dodgers for four players (Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis and Gene Hermanski) who nearly all turned in a negative WAR for every season they played for the Cubs (the one exception was Gene Hermanski, who managed a 1.2 and 0.2 bWAR for his first two seasons with the Cubs -- big whoop).

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  • 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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