4/15 Rockies (Bettis) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 1:20 MLBN, CSN

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'm sure Contreras will be up by September, but one of the problems is one of roster spots. All the players at the bottom of the roster need to pass through waivers to be sent down(Szczur, Ramirez, Richard, etc) so you risk losing that guy for good if you do it. There are worse fates than letting Szczur go, and injuries/performance might open a more obvious spot by summer, but at the moment I'm not comfortable being certain that tradeoff will work itself out.

 

Didn't the Cubs clear a spot when the Marlins claimed Jokisch yesterday?

 

25 man spot, not 40 man. Contreras is already on the 40 man, and even if he wasn't, that's a lot easier to manipulate with all the AAAA relievers currently on it.

[CubInOK]

Can someone post the lineup? Whatever site hosting the picture that was posted which I assume contains today's lineup is blocked for me at work. Thanks.

[Banedon]

Can someone post the lineup? Whatever site hosting the picture that was posted which I assume contains today's lineup is blocked for me at work. Thanks.

 

That would be twitter.

[wvcbxl]

I'm sure Contreras will be up by September, but one of the problems is one of roster spots. All the players at the bottom of the roster need to pass through waivers to be sent down(Szczur, Ramirez, Richard, etc) so you risk losing that guy for good if you do it. There are worse fates than letting Szczur go, and injuries/performance might open a more obvious spot by summer, but at the moment I'm not comfortable being certain that tradeoff will work itself out.

 

Didn't the Cubs clear a spot when the Marlins claimed Jokisch yesterday?

 

25 man spot, not 40 man. Contreras is already on the 40 man, and even if he wasn't, that's a lot easier to manipulate with all the AAAA relievers currently on it.

 

Got it. Thanks.

[Tim]

I'm sure Contreras will be up by September, but one of the problems is one of roster spots. All the players at the bottom of the roster need to pass through waivers to be sent down(Szczur, Ramirez, Richard, etc) so you risk losing that guy for good if you do it. There are worse fates than letting Szczur go, and injuries/performance might open a more obvious spot by summer, but at the moment I'm not comfortable being certain that tradeoff will work itself out.

 

Didn't the Cubs clear a spot when the Marlins claimed Jokisch yesterday?

On the 40 man, yes. TT is talking more about the 25 man, though.

[Tim]

wow...who knew there was a second page?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Damn, Kyle bringing the heat today. Got it up to 87 there!

[JonJayCutler]

Out of the blue I had a suspicion that KB was striking out a lot less so far this year and sure enough, 16.7%

 

If he kept it under 25 all year, that'd be fantastic.

[sneakypower]

uh oh Miggy's got the yips

[Careless]

I enjoyed that half inning

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Hot damn, he's good!

[Schwarber Fan]

Wow, Addy

[sneakypower]

Russell makes that look so routine

[Careless]

They never call that pitch a strike on lefties. Weird.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

not a strike

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Boo! Bad call.

[sneakypower]

not a strike

if they call that all day, Hendricks goes 7 shutout innings

[Careless]

And then he doesn't call the opposite side strike out of the zone which umps always call against lefties.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

weird, a walk

[JonJayCutler]

Walk like a man, walk like a man.

[Careless]

Zobrist is wearing sunglasses to bat?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

And so it goes.

[Careless]

Why do they make everyone wear 42 instead of a patch or something? That's just obnoxious.

[Banedon]

Gameday said Rizzo tried to bunt at the first pitch he saw. True?

[Tim]

Gameday said Rizzo tried to bunt at the first pitch he saw. True?

Yep