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28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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A Trade Possibility...

Rotoworld had a blurb today that Kevin Frandsen is taking a break from playing shortsop. This is on the heels of Omar Vizquel being sidelined with a knee injury. Rotoworld speculates the Giants will probably be looking for a shortstop by the time spring training is ending and it made me think the Cubs might be able to help them out.

As previously mentioned, by a number of folks including our own Arizona Phil, center fielder Rajai Davis is out of options and could possibly fill that right-handed hitting, three-spot outfielder the Cubs have been searching for since the offseason began. A speedster, who is known for playing hard at all times, his major and minor league numbers suggest that, at the very least, he's not immune to taking a walk. The Cubs, of course, have a shortstop named Ronny Cedeno who happens to be also out of options.

So Jim Hendry, if you're out there, go ahead and contact me and I'll let you know where to send the consulting fee once this goes through.

Comments

I'd love that move. Do it to it. And for the record, there's probably no one better on the planet for Ronny Cedeno to learn from than Omar Vizquel.

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In reply to by John Beasley

Why not just trade Schoenweis and Castillo to the Cubs for Marquis, DeRosa and Murton? It solves problems for both teams and wouldn't gut the farm system as the Roberts trade. 1. Castillo bats behind Soriano. 2. Schoenweis becomes provides a nice lefty option out of the pen. 3. Cedeno plays CF, SS & 2B off the bench in a platoon with Pie. 4. Cintron plays SS, 2B & 3B as a back-up. 5. Jake Fox (PH/OF/1B/C), Henry Blanco (C/1B) & Daryl Ward (PH/OF/1B) finsih out the bench. For the Mets: 1. Murton solves their need for an outfielder that can hit in the middle of the order. 2. DeRosa replaces Castillo - with more power. 3. Marquis eats innings.

Of course, it leaves the Cubs with Alex Cintron as the backup SS in all likelihood...so yeah.

Cedeno is worth more than Rajai Davis and I do not even like Cedeno that much. We should be targeting Brian Anderson for the right handed backup OF, the White Sox seem to want a back of the rotation guy give them Marshall or Dempster depending if they want a vet or young guy.

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In reply to by Chifan

That would be a decent enough proposal for both sides. Unfortunately they already got a SS backlog with 2 guys who are possible starters and/or paid like starters in cabrerra and uribe. Agreed that cedeno is worth ore than r.davis...fontenot i wouldnt have an issue with.

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In reply to by crunch

100% certain that no one is going to trade for Mike Fontenot to play SS for them.

But yeah, probably would be happier just keeping Cedeno and teach him how to shag flyballs. 

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In reply to by Rob G.

yeah, fontenot has a hard enough time ranging 2nd base. the "well, he does have experience playing there" can only get you so far. may we never see more than 1 inning of d.ward playing RF in anything but a blowout game in 2008, please...wow...yeah...

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In reply to by Chifan

Brian Anderson?! The guy can't hit his weight.

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In reply to by Timmer

He can hit the shit out of John Mabry.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

He can hit the shit out of John Mabry. I had forgotten about that. It was a great baseball fight.

fwiw...things like trading for pro-level players in march tends to not happen til the last week or so of march. i could only find offseason trading records back to 2003, but there has only been one pro-level talent exchange prior to the last stretch of ST. trade was a dbacks march 8th 2006 a.cintron to the wsox for whosit mcwhatshisface, btw. so what's this mean? nothing. just something to be aware of while the rumors grind us down.

I didn't really know much about Davis, but after looking up his stats, I'd be all for this trade. In 190 at bats he hit .279 with a .361 OBP, in addition to 32 runs, 11 doubles, and 22 stolen bases. Take those numbers out to a full season (roughly multiple by 3) and you get a pretty good player. 30+ doubles, nearly 100 runs scored, and over 60 stolen bases. In the minors he regularly stole 40-50 bases a season, has a career OBP of .373, and it looks like he is a pretty good outfielder as well - has had double digit assists twice. And even though it's a small N of just 67 games, fwiw he has a 1.000 fielding percentage in the bigs.

the cubs should at least float the possibility out there and let andy the clown see it.

I have always liked: Randy Wynn? He has always played well against us. Hits for power. Some speed. Solid defensively.

Brian Anderson? Pew. I thought we were looking for basically a "bench" guy that bats right-handed and can play all outfield spots? Randy Winn is a starter. I'd be all for welcoming Rajai to the squad. I saw him play several times when he was an Indianapolis Indian and he plays hard and would upgrade the Cubs team speed. If Felix flounders or twists his other nut, I don't think we'd miss a beat with RD. Love the trade idea, Rob.

I still like Rob G's idea of sending a reliever to the Tigers for Inge and then flipping him to the Angels for Figgins.

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In reply to by Timmer

not sure I can take credit for that, the newspaper report was the Tigers asking us about bullpen help and mentioning Inge, I think "the Joe" was hoping we can then flip him for Chone, which is pretty doubtful. I had, earlier in the offseason, mentioned trying to work a 3-way deal between the same 3 teams though where Angels get Inge and something, Tigers gets some relievers and pitching rotation depth (Marhsall, Gallagher, Hart type guys) and we get Figgins. That's just me, floating stuff though.

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In reply to by Rob G.

I think "the Joe" was hoping we can then flip him for Chone, which is pretty doubtful. I'd be happy with Willits -- not on the same level as Figgins, of course, but he would be an excellent 4th outfielder/platoon CF for the Cubs.

Early cut for Colvin, considering he was in the RF discussion until Fukudome was signed. When do the minor leauge games start?

awright, so who's the poor schlub who wasted his 1st round pick on pujols? i swear those guys sold their soul for that world series.

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In reply to by Rob G.

I have thought about selling my soul for a long time. But screw the Cubs. If I'm selling my soul, I would get to be a rock star. And not some crappy ass rock star like Pete Wentz but a real rock star like Gene Simmons or Mick Jagger.

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In reply to by Chad

Probably better use of your soul there Chad. Selfishly I would rather Sacrifice your soul for the greater good of Cubdom. It was nothing personal against you I assure you. It was just a sacrifice I was willing to make. Surely you understand.

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In reply to by Chad

"And not some crappy ass rock star like Pete Wentz but a real rock star like Gene Simmons or Mick Jagger." I thought Gene Simmons is a cartoon character...

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.