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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Watson Game Is Afoot at Indian School Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

LHSP Grant Watson tossed five innings of shutout ball and combined with RHP Julio Benitez to hurl a five-hitter, Nathaniel Javier smacked two doubles and drove-in a run, and Jesus Tona and Jean Angomas each singled twice, scored a run, and collected an RBI, leading the Giants "orange" squad to a 7-1 victory over the Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Monday morning on Field #2 (AKA "Jim Davenport Field") at Indian School Park in Scottsdale, AZ. 

In EXST Cubs roster news, OF Zach Davis (Cubs 2016 32nd round draft pick - Texas Tech) has been moved-up to South Bend. Davis was a RH-hitter only prior to this season, but he began switch-hitting at Minor League Camp in March to take advantage of his blazing speed. It hasn't been easy for the 22-year old Houston native, but he has shown some improvement hitting LH over the course of the past week, and it will be interesting to see if he can handle the better pitching he will see in the Midwest League (he only hit .120 in Cactus League EXST games). Getting on base more often also might help him steal a few bases (he didn't attempt to steal any at EXST), since bunting, taking walks, and running the bases is what he does best. 

Zach Davis Cactus League EXST game stats: 
16 GAMES (58 PA)
120/241/160
1 3B, 7 BB, 1 HBP, 23 K 

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

CUBS LINEUP:
1. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 1-4 (6-3, 1B, F-9, 3-6-3 DP) 
2. Aramis Ademan, SS: 1-3 (6-3, F-8, 1B)
3. Miguel Amaya, C-DH: 0-3 (6-3, F-8, F-8)
4. Gustavo Polanco, DH #1: 0-3 (5-3, K, K)
5. Jonathan Sierra, RF: 0-3 (K, 4-3, K)
6. Rafael Mejia, 1B: 0-2 (3-U, BB, P-4)
7. Kwangmin Kwon, LF: 0-3 (P-3, 3-U, P-5)
8. Kevin Zamudio, DH-C: 0-1 (BB, 3-U)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
9. Rafael Narea, 2B: 2-3 (1B, P-4, 1B, R, PO)
10. Fidel Mejia, 3B: 0-2 (6-3, 3-U, BB)
11. Marcus Mastrobuoni, DH #3: 1-3 (L-7, 6-3, 1B, RBI)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Jose Albertos: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 5/0 GO/AO, 35 pitches (19 strikes) 
2. Nathan Sweeney: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GO/AO, 11 pitches (5 strikes) 
3. Brailyn Marquez: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 2/4 GO/AO, 43 pitches (27 strikes) 
4. Faustino Carrera: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1/3 GO/AO, 30 pitches (22 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 3 
1. SS Aramis Ademan: E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. 1B Rafael Mejia: E-3 (missed catch on pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 3rd) 
3. SS Aramis Ademan: E-6 (errant throw to 1st base on infield single allowed runner to score from 2nd)

CUBS OUTFIELD ASSISTS: 
CF Jose Gutierrez - batter thrown out 8-2-6 attempting to advance to 2nd base on RBI single 

ATTENDANCE: 6 
WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures 100+ 

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Submitted by Childersb3 on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 05:33 pm

Az Phil, How's Jonathan Sierra doing? Does he loom like Griffey, JR? That's the comp I've read. How's his defense?

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 05:56 pm

CHILDERB3: Jonathan Sierra has been comped to a young Daryl Strawberry, and you can see why when he takes BP or runs the bases or tracks fly balls or makes throws from the outfield. No question he is a "toolsy" player with plus-HR power (at least in BP), above-average speed for a big man, a good eye at the plate, and a plus-arm that can play in RF. But he also is VERY raw.

Sierra struggles to make contact and show his HR power in games, and the Cubs have spent much of the past year trying to re-work his approach at the plate and get him to use his power and turn on the ball more instead of trying to arm-bar everything to the opposite field. He has shown improvement this year, but he still has a long way to go (he has a 33% K-rate in Cactus League EXST games, but with that high K-rate he hasn't hit any HR and only has two XBH in 51 PA). 

Jonathan Sierra Cactus League EXST game stats: 
15 GAMES (51 PA) 
182/275/227 
2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 4 RUNS, 6 BB, 17 K, 2 SB (0 CS), 1 PO   

Submitted by Childersb3 on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 05:00 pm

Thanks

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  • Childersb3 (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 (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (view)

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

  • crunch (view)

    i know alzolay isn't having a great time right now, but i trust hector "ball 4" neris even less than alzolay based on what i've seen coming out of their arms.

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