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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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Tough Luck, Ticket-Holding Suckers

If you purchased tickets for any of next week's Cubs/Giants games so your kids could one day say they saw Randy Winn or Mark Sweeney playing leftfield, you may be screwed. Per the Commissioner by way of Phil Rogers in today's Tribune:
When Aaron was chasing Babe Ruth's record of 714, then-Commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered the Atlanta Braves to play Aaron during a series in Cincinnati rather than hold him out so he could hit the record-breaker at home. Selig seems set to follow that precedent if the San Francisco Giants should sit Bonds during their upcoming trip to Chicago and Milwaukee. "Clubs are in pennant races now," Selig said. "I would hope that would be the overriding issue and factor. You want to try to win every game and play your best team. … I hope everybody uses good judgment. I believe they will."

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even worse in that article... proposal to add more wild card teams.... although the proposal to make the first round a 7-game set I'm completely for....

The thing I wish they would do to the playoffs is get rid of all the travel days. It would be nice if the playoffs were a contest of teams that got you there, instead of 1-3 starters, 1-3 relievers and your starting 8 or 9. When your fourth and firth starters and bullpen depth become an issue again, I think we'll see less WC's and 83 win division champions in the World Series.

re: Jones. As we used to say in my Fantasy Baseball draft when a 'bidding war' errupted over end of the bench guy and it got to $4. 'You can have him, sir.'

That is cool. I especially like Izturis as the Cub least likely to swing and miss at a pitch. Oh, how we love his contact... Remember I am still donating $1 to TCR for each of his BBs.

Tickets are going to be quite hard to get around the league. As a Brewers fan, I know I know, I have heard it being difficult to get tickets to the last series we played against the Giants.

According to that site (from Real Neal), Rich Hill is the best fastball pitcher on the team. Hmmm. The player report cards are super cool.

Yeah, Wes. I went all the way through yesterday just accepting that I would have to wait until today for the Cubs to pick things up again... Then I got to work this morning and looked at the schedule... FRICK!

The Real Neal — July 12, 2007 @ 12:27 am The thing I wish they would do to the playoffs is get rid of all the travel days. It would be nice if the playoffs were a contest of teams that got you there, instead of 1-3 starters, 1-3 relievers and your starting 8 or 9. When your fourth and firth starters and bullpen depth become an issue again, I think we’ll see less WC’s and 83 win division champions in the World Series. ......................................................................... I second that Neal. At the very least they can eliminate that off days while the game is in each teams city. In a 2-3-2 seven game series. What sense does it make to take an off day between each game? If anything it makes the casual fan, without a particular rooting interest, totally un-interested. If they get back to playing a 7 game series in 9 days. Maybe the baseball season can end in October. Like God intended when he invented the game.

He'll sit once he clocks 754, even if it's in a first inning. He'll tie and break at home - that's a lock. IF there's a massive road trip after he's at 75 he MIGHT see a few games, but if he puts up 755 on the road, he'll get less ABs than Randy Messenger.

Ha, I love that Rich Hill has the lowest BAVG on his fastball after the conversation people just had. Obviously his fastball IS good enough.

Levine is saying 3 teams are interested in Izturis. He didnt say the teams, but I am postive they are the Nippon Ham Fighters, Yokohama BayStars, and Orix Buffaloes.

* At the very least they can eliminate that off days while the game is in each teams city. In a 2-3-2 seven game series. What sense does it make to take an off day between each game?* It's so the other game(s) on the schedule that day gets more viewers on TV. MLB can't have 3 games going on at the same time. *If they get back to playing a 7 game series in 9 days. Maybe the baseball season can end in October. Like God intended when he invented the game.* God obviously didn't intend there to be more than one WC team...or a 7 game series in the first or second round...or, heaven forbid, a NINE game series, which is the worst idea ever.

a 9 game WS is a terrible idea. However I am for any rule that helps pad the pockets of Scott Boras. Dude's gotta eat and all.

Let's not push the World Sereis to November. Chicago is very cold in November.

From earlier: I’m going to bring this up once, and then let the flaming begin. DFA Izturis, bring up Cedeno. 1)Izzy is a ZERO. He was a gold glove shortstop 3 years ago. He is not that player anymore. He is ballast…cannon fodder….zip, nada. .242/.291/.301. Yikes! 2)Cedeno is only 24. He is MASHING the ball at AAA. .383/.457/.611 at any level deserves a look. I am more impressed with 25 Walks to 24 Strikeouts. Bring him up, put him 2nd in the lineup, and tell him it’s his to lose, and to do exactly what he’s been doing at Iowa. Hit Fontenot/DeRosa 6th. 3) If Cedeno fizzles, go and get a SS, and use Theriot as a stopgap. Then trade Cedeno for a used jock. Also, bring up Soto and find Bowen a spot on the DL with back spasms or something.

If Levine isn't talking out his hoohah (toss-up at best) about having potential takers for Izturis, then DFA'ing him is the obvious wrong decision.

aaronb — July 12, 2007 @ 9:28 am Dusty Baylor — July 12, 2007 @ 7:16 am I’m going to bring this up once, and then let the flaming begin. DFA Izturis, bring up Cedeno. 1)Izzy is a ZERO. He was a gold glove shortstop 3 years ago. He is not that player anymore. He is ballast…cannon fodder….zip, nada. .242/.291/.301. Yikes! 2)Cedeno is only 24. He is MASHING the ball at AAA. .383/.457/.611 at any level deserves a look. I am more impressed with 25 Walks to 24 Strikeouts. Bring him up, put him 2nd in the lineup, and tell him it’s his to lose, and to do exactly what he’s been doing at Iowa. Hit Fontenot/DeRosa 6th. 3) If Cedeno fizzles, go and get a SS, and use Theriot as a stopgap. Then trade Cedeno for a used jock. Also, bring up Soto and find Bowen a spot on the DL with back spasms or something. ………………………………………………………………. DB, I agree 100% on both points. Both C and SS are black holes that need to be addressed at some point. It looks like we MIGHT have 2 viable in-house candidates to fill those voids. It only makes sense to give Soto and Cedeno an extended look now. If it looks like they can’t hack it. Then it’s something to fill in the offseason from outside the organization. If they can hack it. It’s 2 critical parts on the team that are filled with Minimum wage players.

more WC teams? oh hell no... yeah we got payroll dispertion issues...and if you're not BOS/NYY in the AL East you better have your luck/skill together...etc etc still, i dont wanna sit through 162 games over 1/2 year to see 1/2 of MLB waltz into the playoffs. no no no no... playoffs are a moneymaker, but lets at least keep a championship feel to the championships. anything can happen in the short series...162 games to take a chance on a 5-game series is a risk enough for a season... ugg. no thanks.

in playoffs you gotta have the travel days...premium ticket prices, special merchandise, and the national TV PR of having your team/players in their home stadium (and cheering crew). its one of those places where business and baseball have to have a middle ground, even at the expense of how to best/efficiently get it done.

what a find Real Neal, thanks.... I love Aramis, 2nd at chasing the most pitches out of the zone but 3rd least likely to swing and miss a pitch. It's like a little Vlad. 7-game first round however it is accomplished would make me happy. And there seem to be some extra days in the schedule now with the World Series having to start on a Tuesday. But hell no on more wild card teams.

the Twins talk about Jones is just Hunter endorsing bringing Jones back, that dont' mean much... With Neifi gone for awhile maybe Dombrowski can help us out again. :)

Rotoworld blurb says Boras and Arod won't negotiate an extension during the season and could be looking for $30 mil a year..... A nice twist to the Arod saga is if he opts out and goes on the free agent market rather than signing an extension, the Rangers are off the hook for their portion of the next 3 yrs of his deal.

More Wild Card Teams? Of course, how else would MLB make sure the Yankees are in the playoffs. According to the Sun Times Greg Couch "Cubs' bean counters are expected to meet in the next week or so to set a plan, set a framework " for the remainder of this season. Nice sense of urgency.

gallagher down hopefully... meh...who cares, really... it'd have to be a catcher going i imagine. wonder who's the odd man out.

Pretty much has to be Hill going down. Bowen probably couldn't make it through waivers.

from yahoo's news/note on mr. maddux... "Opponents are hitting .409 (18-for-44) against Maddux when he exceeds 75 pitches, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune." yow.

hill's been pretty consistant (but far from great) behind the plate...his bat quit showing promise long ago and his recent pro tryout isnt showing much.

Maddux is done after 75 - best sign yet he's more worried about golf than baseball these days.

yeah, but who would give Hill a major league job? Might as well stay with this organization that knows him and get a potential call back up. It's not like he's a defensive whiz or hitting anything that someone else is going to snatch him. He was a FA we grabbed in the offseason..

Baseball does not need to expand the number of playoff teams. To do so cheapens the value of the regular season. MLB has come close to the edge of making the regular season too cheap already with divisions and wild cards, but I'm an old codger who still fondly remember pre-1969 baseball with one pennant winner per league BTW, the World Series used to be best of nine ... no, I wasn't alive then. One sport which should expand playoff teams is basketball. The NCAA should throw everyone into the post-season, like in high school, and go from there. The NBA should shorten its season to 40-60 games and expand either the number of playoff teams and/or the length of the playoff series. The playoffs are the only thing worth watching anyway, and the TV ratings reflect it. College football should change its post-season format, too, and there's a way to do it where everyone makes an even bigger pile of money ... but that's enough on this topic for now. So, there's no End O' Story.

Might as well stay with this organization that knows him and get a potential call back up. Yea.. but with the Cubs he is probably #4 in the system, which is pretty bad for a "veteran." You have to place Blanco ahead of him, and I would rather have Bowen than Hill. And from what it looks like, Soto is a better player than Hill. I can see Hill getting a look from other teams as their #2/#3 catcher - which is probably better than what he is with the Cubs right now.

if k.hill leaves i doubt many would cry. bowen seems to have a job til he wears out his welcome or he breaks down. he was a target of a trade and makes pretty much nothing for the next couple years. soto's made himself interesting... hill just never got that bat going and his D was never that strong. at one time he was a semi-high-end line drive hitting catcher with average D.

"WTF? Anyone want an autographed Wrigley Field clubhouse urinal." Hey I'm a fancy baseball-playing millionaire, I need a urinal to go to the bathroom. I'm too good for a steel trough like everyone else at the stadium. I'll only micturate in a fancy porcelain urinal. God, pro athletes are so spoiled.

Yea.. but with the Cubs he is probably #4 in the system, which is pretty bad for a “veteran.” You have to place Blanco ahead of him, and I would rather have Bowen than Hill. And from what it looks like, Soto is a better player than Hill. Maybe, 'm kind of on the Blanco's not going to play again this year kick myself which means Koyie is one injury or slump from being back in the majors. I can't see him being any other teams #2 guy right now. Plus I think someone somewhere mentioned he loses money if he leaves the team, something about being on the 40-man, etc.

If he elects free agency, he will likely defer the decision until after the season. According to AZ Phil

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • 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.