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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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Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

Cubs Whitewash Dodgers at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Four pitchers combined to toss a four-hit shutout, as the Cubs blanked the Dodgers 2-0 in AZ Instructional League action this aftenoon at Fitch Park Field #4 in Mesa.

Both Daury Torrez and Jose Rosario threw three innings of shutout ball with four strikeouts, but Rosario was especially effective, retiring nine of the ten men he faced (allowing no hits and one walk as he recorded the rare three-inning save).  

Dodgers pitchers were just about as good, as starter James Campbell and four relievers combined to allow just three singles and one walk. Both of the Cub runs were unearned, thanks to four Dodger errors. 

The defensive gem of the day was turned-in by Cubs CF Rashad Crawford, who raced at full speed into the right-center alley before making an inning-ending diving catch in front of the warning track, robbing Adam Law of an extra-base hit.

Ben Carhart made his AZIL game debut at catcher, and he handled himself fairly well, although he did allow a Passed Ball during his five innings behind the plate.  

RHP Arodys Vizcaino (60-day DL - 2011 TJS rehab) threw a 45-pitch three-inning "sim" game on Field #3 this morning prior to the Cubs-Dodgers AZIL game, and he looked good. 

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

CUBS LINEUP:
1. Charcer Burks, LF: 0-3 (5-3, P-4, F-7)
2. Jacob Hannemann, DH #1: 1-3 (F-7, 5-3, 1B)
3. Danny Lockhart, 2B: 0-3 (6-3, 3-U, 4-3)
4. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 1-2 (1B, BB, 5-3, R, SB)
5. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 1-3 (E-6, 1B, K)
6. Gleyber Torres, SS: 0-3 (L-4, 4-3, 4-3, RBI)
7. Cael Brockmeyer, 1B: 0-3 (5-4-3 DP, F-9, P-4)
8a. Ben Carhart, C: 0-2 (F-8, K)
8b. Alberto Mineo, C: 0-1 (4-3)
9. Tyler Alamo, DH #2: 0-3 (E-6, K, 4-3, R)
10. Rashad Crawford, CF: 0-3 (E-1, 4-3, 4-3)

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Duane Underwood: 2.0 IP, 2 H. 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GO/FO, 37 pitches (17 strikes)  
2. Sam Wilson: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GO/FO, 9 pitches (8 strikes)
3. Daury Torrez: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/4 GO/FO, 40 pitches (29 strikes)
2. Jose Rosario: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2/3 GO/FO, 44 pitches (25 strikes)

CUBS ERRORS: 1
SS Gleyber Torres - E-6 (throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely)

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
1. Ben Carhart: 1 PB
2. Alberto Mineo: 0-1 CS, 1 PB

ATTENDANCE: 14

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 70's  

Tags
AZ Instructional League
Rashad Crawford
Ben Carhart
Arodys Vizcaino
Daury Torrez
Jose Rosario

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 10/12/2013 - 10:34 am

minor league transactions...from BA Chicago Cubs Signed: RHP Marcus Hatley (re-signed), 2B Edgar Gonzalez (re-signed), OF Jonathan Mota (re-signed) Removed from 40-man: RHP Rafael Dolis, RHP Trey McNutt, RHP Zach Putnam, C J.C. Boscan, OF Darnell McDonald, OF Thomas Neal (all players outrighted to Triple-A) btw, jc boscan has elected to become a FA. ...also of note, TOR removed r.romero from their 40-man...he's owed $15m over the next 2 seasons with a 600K buyout in 2016...mad fail.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 10/12/2013 - 10:46 pm

The six Cubs outrighted to the minors this week:

1. Trey McNutt: Does NOT have the right to elect free-agency if outrighted (he has not been outrighted prevously in his career, he has not accrued at least three years of MLB Service Time, and he is not eligible for Salary Arbitration as a "Super Two"), and he cannot be a Rule 55 minor league FA (so-called "six-year minor league free-agent") until post-2015, but he will be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft this year and in December 2014 unless he is added back an MLB 40-man roster in the meantime,

2-3-4. Rafael Dolis, Thomas Neal, and Zach Putnam: Do NOT have the right elect free-agency if outrighted, but all three will automatically be declared Rule 55 minor league free-agents at 5 PM on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series, unless the player signs a 2014 minor league successor contract between now & then, in which case the player would be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft.

5. J. C. Boscan: Was eligible to elect free-agency if outrighted per Article XX-D of the CBA (which he did) because he had been outrighted previously in his career. He can now sign a 2014 major league or minor league with any club, including the Cubs.

6. Darnell McDonald: Like Boscan, McDonald can elect free-agency if outrighted per Article XX-D of the CBA (he has eight days to decide) because he has been outrighted previously in his career (he also has accrued at least three years of MLB Service Time). If McDonald does not elect free-agency per Article XX-D, he would automatically be declared a Rule 55 minor league free-agent at 5 PM on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series, unless he signs a 2014 minor league successor contract between now & then, in which case he would be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft.  

ARTICLE XX-D CUBS MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENTS POST-2013:
J. C. Boscan, C (elected 10/10)
Michael Bowden, RHP (elected 10/1)
Darnell McDonald, OF (player decision pending)  
Henry Rodriguez, RHP  (player decision pending)
Eduardo Sanchez, RHP (elected 10/1)

Marcus Hatley, Edgar Gonzalez, and Jonathon Mota are the first of the Cubs potential post-2013 Rule 55 minor league free-agents to sign 2014 minor league successor contracts. All three will be eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft, however.  

Here are the other potential Cub post-2013 Rule 55 minor league FA. Note tha the player cannot be a FA if he is added to an MLB 40-man roster or if the player & club agree to a 2014 minor league successor contract prior to 5 PM on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series...  

POTENTIAL CUBS MLB RULE 55 MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENTS POST-2013:

SIX-YEAR MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENT:
Jeffry Antigua, LHP
Kyler Burke, LHP
Alex Burnett, RHP
Yeiper Castillo, RHP
Jaye Chapman, RHP
Johermyn Chavez, RHP (ex-OF)
Rafael Dolis, RHP
Eduardo Figueroa, RHP
Cole Gillespie, OF
Marcos Mateo, RHP
Edwin Maysonet, INF
Thomas Neal, OF
Brad Nelson, 1B
Nate Samson, IF-OF
Tim Torres, IF-OF
Casey Weathers, RHP
Ty Wright, OF

SECOND-CONTRACT MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENT
Michael de la Cruz, RHP (previously released by TEX)
Carlos Figueroa, INF (previously released by CHC)
Humberto Garcia, INF (previously released by CHW)
Nate Maldonado, C (previously released by CHC)
Yomar Pacheco, RHP (previously released by PIT)
Zach Putnam, RHP (previously non-tendered by CHC)
Brohiglyn Rivero, RHP (previously released by TB)
Orbandy Rodriguez, RHP (previously released by AZ)
Roberto Vahlis, C (previously released by TOR)

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Tauchman gets a pinch hit RBI single with a liner to RF. This is his spot. He's a solid 4th OF. But he isn't a DH. 

    He takes pitches. Useful. I still believe in having good hitters.

    You don't want your DH to be your weak link (other than your C maybe)

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