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40-Man Roster Info

39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-24-2024

* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris
Jameson Taillon
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman

OPTIONED: 8
Kevin Alcantara, OF
Michael Arias, P
Jose Cuas, P
Brennen Davis, OF
Porter Hodge, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P
Luis Vazquez, INF

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P
* Drew Smyly, P
* Justin Steele, P

60-DAY IL: 2
Caleb Kilian, P
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1
Garrett Cooper, 1B

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Brew Crew Pitching Suppresses Cub Bats at Maryvale

RHSP Javier Salas (four innings, one run, two hits, two walks, two strikeouts, and 8/1 GO/AO) and two relievers combined to fire a four-hitter, Zach Clark and Nick Roscetti lofted sacrifice flies (Clark in the 3rd and Roscetti in the 5th), and 5'3 Jose Gomez (the shortest player in affiliated ball) laced an opposite-field two-run single in the 6th to cap the Brewers scoring, as the Brew Crew defeated the Cubs 5-2 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Friday morning on Field # 7 (AKA "Paul Molitor Field") at the Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix, AZ.

Kevin Zamudio had two of the four Cub hits and drove-in both Cub runs (RBI double in the 1st and RBI single in the 7th).

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only):

CUBS LINEUP:
1a. Edgar Rondon, 2B: 0-2 (6-3, K)
1b. Fidel Mejia, 2B: 0-2 (4-3, K)
2a. Andruw Monasterio, SS: 0-1 (BB, K, CS)
2b. Luis Diaz, SS: 1-2 (E-6, 1B, R, PO)
3a. Michael Cruz, C: 1-1 (BB, 2B, R)
3b. Richard Nunez, C: 0-1 (BB, 6-3)
4. Kevin Zamudio, 1B: 2-4 (2B, F-7, 1B, K, 2 RBI)
5. Jonathan Sierra, DH #1: 0-3 (4-3, 6-3, P-5)
6. Joe Martarano, DH-LF: 0-3 (5-3, 5-3, K)
7. Christopher Morel, 3B: 0-3 (5-3, F-7, 5-3)
8. Jose A. Gonzalez, RF: 0-3 (6-3, 1-3, F-8)
9. Brandon Cummins, CF: 0-3 (4-3, 4-3, 1-3)
10. Yovanny Cuevas, LF-DH: 0-3 (4-3, K, E-6, SB)

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Jose MacDonna: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 PO, 2/3 GO/AO, 27 pitches (17 strikes)
2. Holden Cammack: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 0/3 GO/AO, 38 pitches (19 struikes)
3. Fauris Guerrero: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1/3 GO/AO, 27 pitches (15 strikes)
4. Mark Malave: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GO/AO, 29 pitches (21 strikes)
5. Luis Aquino: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 1/0 GO/AO, 15 pitches (7 strikes)

CUBS ERRORS: 3
1. P Jose MacDonna: E-1 (missed catch on popped-up bunt allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. SS Andruw Monasterio: E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
3. C Michael Cruz: E-2 (errant throw on stolen base attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance to 3rd)

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
1. Michael Cruz: 0-1 CS, 1 E (see above)
2. Richard Nunez: 0-2 CS

ATTENDANCE: 4
WEATHER: Partly cloudy with temperatures in the 80's

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Childersb3 04/25/2024 - 04:57 pm (view)

Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.
Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.
They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.
Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!
Childersb3 04/25/2024 - 04:33 pm (view)

25 in Attendance!!!
Phil, is that a backfield record?
Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?
TarzanJoeWallis 04/25/2024 - 04:12 pm (view)

He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.
crunch 04/25/2024 - 04:41 pm (view)

cubs sign dan straily...for some reason. minor league deal.

welcome back.

zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too. junior lake is his teammate. shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.
fullykräusened 04/25/2024 - 04:57 pm (view)

The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.
TarzanJoeWallis 04/25/2024 - 04:46 pm (view)

Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.
crunch 04/25/2024 - 04:55 pm (view)

STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades. neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too. that's ideal places to add talent.
TarzanJoeWallis 04/25/2024 - 04:48 pm (view)

Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.
TarzanJoeWallis 04/25/2024 - 04:44 pm (view)

In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s
The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
crunch 04/25/2024 - 04:33 pm (view)

busch is having a really intense k-filled mini slump. he deserves better after coming back to wrigley after that hot road trip.