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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, 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

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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
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Angels/Cubs Take Down Reds at Diablo

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Michael Strentz (Angels) singled twice and collected an RBI and speedy Bo Way (Angels) knocked-in two runs with a suicide squeeze-bunt single and an FC-GO, as the Angels/Cubs co-op squad defeated the Reds 5-1 in AZ Advanced Instructional League game action this afternoon on Field #7 at the Diablo Stadium Complex in Tempe, AZ.  

Reds top pitching prospect RHP Robert Stephenson got the start for the Reds and easily retired the first six men he faced (P-3, K, K, F-7, L-9, K), before allowing hits to the first four men he faced (and eventually three runs) in the bottom of the 3rd.   

Victor Caratini had his five-game hitting streak stopped, going hitless in four AB.  

Here is the box score from today's game (Cubs players highlighted in bold and underlined) 

REDS LINEUP: 
1. Carlton Daal, SS: 1-5 (E-5, 3-U, K, 1B, P-3)
2. Brian O'Grady, CF: 2-4 (F-9, 1B, 3B, HBP, K, R)
3. Aristides Aquino, RF: 0-4 (1-4-3, F-8, E-4, F-9, RBI, SB)
4. Taylor Sparks, DH: 0-3 (K, F-9, BB, K)
5. Gavin LaValley, 3B: 2-4 (1B, 2B, 6-3 DP, P-6)
6. Jon Matthews, LF: 0-4 (F-8, 6-3, P-3, K)
7. Reydel Medina, 1B: 0-3 (3-U, P-3, F-7)
8a. Chadwick Tromp, C: 1-3 (K, P-5, 1B)
8b. Maikel Lopez, C: 0-0 (BB)
9. Ty Washington, 2B: 0-4 (P-5, F-8, K, 3-U) 

ANGELS/CUBS LINEUP:
1a. Charcer Burks, LF: 1-3 (P-3, 1B, F-9)
1b. Rashad Crawford, LF: 1-2 (1B, K, RBI)
2. Kody Eaves, SS: 0-4 (K, K, F-7, L-4 DP) 
3. Zach Houchins, 3B: 0-3 (K, F-7 SF, L-8, L-8, RBI) 
4. Dan Vogelbach, DH-1B: 1-3 (F-7, P-5, 2B, BB) 
5. Victor Caratini, 1B-DH; 0-4 (L-9, 4-3, 3-U, 6-4 FC)
6. Natanael Delgado, RF: 1-3 (K, F-7, 1B, R)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
7. Andrew Daniel, 2B: 1-2 (1B, K, BB, 2 R)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
8a. Wade Wass, C: 1-2 (1B, F-8, R)
8b. Michael Strentz, C: 2-2 (1B, 1B+E1, RBI)
9. Bo Way, CF: 1-3 (1B, 4-3, 3-6 FC, R, RBI)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER

REDS PITCHERS: 
1. Robert Stephenson: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 0/5 GO/AO, 51 pitches (32 strikes) 
2. Jose Lopez: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/5 GO/AO, 42 pitches (28 strikes) 
3. Jimmy Herget: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 1/1 GO/AO, 31 pitches (20 strikes) 
4. Michael Sullivan: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 16pitches (10 strikes) 

ANGELS/CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Drew Rucinski: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 12 pitches (7 strikes) 
2. Ronnie Glenn: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 14 pitches (10 strikes) 
3. Michael Brady: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GO/AO, 12 pitches (strikes) 
4. Garrett Nuss: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 2/5 GO/AO, 41 pitches (29 strikes) 
5. Eduardo Paredes: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 0/2 GO/AO, 22 pitches (15 strikes) 
6. Zach Hartman: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GO/AO, 8 pitches (6 strikes)
7. Victor Alcantara: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/1 GO/AO, 23 pitches (12 strikes) 

REDS ERRORS: 2 
1. 1B Reydel Medina: E-3 (missed catch on pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 3rd 
2. P Michael Sullivan: E-1 (errant throw on infield single allowed batter to advance to 2nd)

ANGELS/CUBS ERRORS: 2 
1. 3B Zach Houchins: E-5 (throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely)  
2. 2B Andrew Daniel: E-4 (throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely)

ANGELS/CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
1. Wade Wass: 1 PB
2. Michael Strentz: 0-1 CS

WEATHER: Sunny and a bit breezy with temperatures 105+

ATTENDANCE: 14 

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Comments

Submitted by johann on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:33 pm

Wow Castro just had a hell of a defensive play stopping a single and Carlos Pena even pointed at him and clapped after getting thrown out. Don't see that too often from an opposing team.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:02 pm

Kind of hard to comprehend that the Cubs are going to win 95ish games and come in 3rd in the division. Absurd. Would have been a disaster a few years ago when there was only 1 Wild Card team and the Cubs would have missed the playoffs.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:10 pm

i'm not a fan of ever-expanding playoffs because i don't want to see it turn into a thing where 1/2 the league gets to the playoffs. that said, i love the way they did this. not only is it a sudden-death 1-game matchup, it forces the WC winner to go into the league championship having used one of their best pitchers to get there. i like how "fairly" balanced it all comes out. it's not perfect...i guess closer to perfect would involve no divisions and going in based on league rank...but i like how it was implemented.

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:23 pm

I agree with you in all aspects. With a 162 game season, the regular season needs to mean something more than in all other sports. But, the new format really is perfect (at least in theory). It keeps many more teams involved in meaningful baseball in September, and it rewards the best team in the league, which the old way did not. I don't see how the system can improve. Ideally, the WC would be 2 of 3, and the Division series 4 of 7, but I don't logistically see that happening unless they shorten the regular season.

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Submitted by Charlie on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:47 am

I'm a fan of 5 teams from each league making the playoffs. I would also support having the playoff teams with the two worst records take on the 1-game playoff (instead of the two WC teams), but I understand that doesn't happen for ratings purposes. I wonder how much that really makes a difference for playoffs, though. Are Cards fans really going to tune in for Cubs games (and not, say, Mets games) if the Cards are already eliminated?

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:22 pm

baez rocking the safety glove for baserunning...which i dunno why everyone doesnt use it since it adds an inch or two to your reach. he's a fan of safety gear considering all the new crap he's rocking this year. len mentioned he's probably going to keep wearing his mega-flap helmet.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:31 pm

If Cubs win tomorrow, the weekend will be a bit more interesting and meaningful than anticipated.

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:45 pm

10% of his pitches came in that at bat. - Reds TV crew on Lester It was a masterful outing by Lester. He's doing his best Arrieta impression tonight. He's got to drop the attitude with the umpires though. That's going to hurt him more than it helps him in the long run.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:08 pm

Cardinals clinched the division. They sure earned it this year with the strength of the division and the number injuries they had. With that said, they seem to be one of the more flawed teams in the NL heading into the playoffs.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:48 am

In my mind, there's no such thing as a flawed team in the playoffs. I sure didn't have the Giants winning it all last year. If the Cubs can get out of their division, though, they match up very well against every other team out there, and things could get crazy.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:49 am

EDIT I should add that the Cubs match up well against teams in their division, too. I'm really mostly thinking and hoping they can just unlock that magic door that is the do or die game.

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Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:56 am

Pitching. For the Pirates, who is also a young team, it comes down to pitching. The Cubs, they've punished mistakes in the zone this year... badly, but when facing a legit starter who isn't making mistakes, they are as helpless as any other young team. It's why they are leading baseball in strikeouts. As they mature, you would hope that they would improve in this area. The Pirates aren't much different, so as long as Lester or Arrieta, or whoever starts the game keeps the mistakes to a minimum, it should be a close, low-scoring game. When it comes to a potential Cards/Cubs series, I think that series would be different- maybe even high-scoring.

Submitted by Tito on Thu, 10/01/2015 - 10:27 am

Reynolds last night was talking about Dick Williams and how he would put pluses and minuses by a player's name to note how a guy did in certain situations and then use that info to teach in the spring. After he talked for a bit, he goes, "You can talk about sabermetrics and whatever, but this is what Williams did blah blah blah," yet again refusing to understand that advanced stats are not the devil.

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  • crunch (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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  • Childersb3 (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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  • 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.
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