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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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* bats or throws left
# bats both

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
 




Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

Cubs Minor League Camp Roster Projections

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Minor League Camp opened this week, as pitchers & catchers reported to Fitch Park after the Cubs moved up Center Streert to HoHoKam Park. Other minor league players will report on Tuesday.

Here are the projected Cubs Minor League Camp rosters (142 players), the DSL Cubs Reserve Lists (two teams combined - 66 players), plus some other stuff.

Players at Minor League Camp are often initially placed one level above where they are expected to play that season, and then they either get released or get demoted one or even two levels lower once the Cubs start to make cuts and send players to Minor League Camp (Fitch Park) from HoHoKam, with an accompanying downward cascade of players from Iowa to Tennessee, Tennessee to Daytona, etc.

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# bats both

PROJECTED 2010 CUBS MINOR LEAGUE CAMP ROSTERS:

IOWA (29):

PITCHERS (15):
Todd Blackford
David Cales
Chris Carpenter
Marco Carrillo
Hung-Wen Chen
Jay Jackson
* Casey Lambert
Alessandro Maestri
* Scott Maine
Arismendy Mota (AAA Rule 5)
Jake Muyco
* Jeremy Papelbon
Gregory Reinhard
* Dustin Sasser
Brian Schlitter
NOTE: Arismendy Mota was selected by the Washington Nationals in the AAA Phase of the December 2009 Rule 5 Draft and then was subsequently traded to the Cubs for cash considerations, so by rule he must be given a 15-day “fair trial” in Spring Training with AAA Iowa, but he can be assigned to any of the Cubs minor league affiliates prior to Opening Day.

CATCHERS (3)
Luis Flores
* Mark Johnson
* Mark Reed

INFIELDERS (7)
Russ Canzler
# Matt Matulia
Scott McClain
Jonathan Mota
Marquez Smith
Tony Thomas
* Ryne White

OUTFIELDERS (4)
Jason Dubois
Brandon Guyer
* Matt Spencer
Ty Wright

TENNESSEE (30):

PITCHERS (17)
Chris Archer
* Jeffrey Beliveau
Austin Bibens-Dirkx
* Ryan Buchter
Chris Huseby
Josh Lansford
Jordan Latham
* James Leverton
Oswaldo Martinez
Dan McDaniel
Craig Muschko
Mike Perconte
Ryan Searle
Aaron Shafer
* Chris Siegfried
* Luke Sommer
Henry Williamson

CATCHERS (3)
Michael Brenly
John Contreras
Jovan Rosa (ex-3B)

INFIELDERS (6)
* Ryan Flaherty
# Marwin Gonzalez
D. J. LeMahieu
* Jake Opitz
Rebel Ridling
Nate Samson

OUTFIELDERS (4)
* Kyler Burke
* Tony Campana
* Jason James
# David Macias

DAYTONA (31):

PITCHERS (19)
* Jeffry Antigua
Justin Bristow
Alberto Cabrera
Julio Castillo
Manolin DeLeon
Yohan Gonzalez
Steve Grife
Marcus Hatley
Robert Hernandez
Su-Min Jung
Kevin Kreier
Corey Martin
Ronny Morla
Jon Nagel
Julio Pena
* Brooks Raley
Dae-Eun Rhee
* Chris Rusin
Josh Whitlock

CATCHERS (3)
Jae-Hoon Ha
* Richard Jones
Mario Mercedes

INFIELDERS (6)
* Matt Cerda
* Justin Bour
Junior Lake
* Hak-Ju Lee
* Bobby Wagner
* Logan Watkins

OUTFIELDERS (3)
Runey Davis
* Nelson Perez
# Jose Valdez

PEORIA (32):

PITCHERS (19):
Rogelio Carmona
Tim Clubb
Diego Encarnacion
Eduardo Figueroa
Jesse Ginley
Danny Keefe
* Austin Kirk
Luis Liria
Toby Matchulat
Trey McNutt
* John Mincone
Tarlandus Mitchell
Dionis Nunez
* Marcos Perez
Andres Quezada
Carlos Rojas
Jose Rosario
Larry Suarez
Robert Whitenack

CATCHERS (3)
Jose Guevara
Brandon May (ex-3B)
# Alvaro Sosa

INFIELDERS (6)
D. J. Fitzgerald
Dwayne Kemp
George Matheus
Jordan Petraitis
Greg Rohan
Charles Thomas

OUTFIELDERS (4)
* Francisco Guzman
Jesus Morelli
Cody Shields
Kevin Soto

BOISE/MESA – EXST (20):

PITCHERS (10):
Gian Guzman
* Cody Hams
Dylan Johnston (ex-OF)
Hector Mayora
* Drew Rundle (ex-OF)
Jake Schmidt
Adam Spencer
Nick Struck
Tzu-An Wang
Yao-Lin Wang

CATCHERS (2)
* Sergio Burruel
Garrett Maines

INFIELDERS (4)
# Robert Bautista
* Pin-Chieh Chen
* Wes Darvill
Derek Helenihi

OUTFIELDERS (4)
Dong-Yub Kim
* Kyung-Min Na
Blair Springfield
* Sean Williams

NOTE: The Boise/Mesa Spring Training roster is established prior to the start of Minor League Spring Training games (which should begin around March 18th), and will consist of players moved down from Peoria and Daytona, players moved up to Fitch Park from the DSL Cubs (see DSL CUBS roster below), and players who are rehabbing from injuries. This squad then becomes the Cubs Extended Spring Training (EXST) team at Fitch Park April-May-June.

DSL CUBS (combined roster) - (66):

PITCHERS (37):
Frank Batista
Jane Bremon
Darlin Castro
Miguel Corletto
* Welington Cruz
Antonio Encarnacion
Denis Estrada
* Carlos Galvez
Ramon Garcia
Enyel Gonzalez
Alvido Jimenez
Joel Lanfranco
* Richard Leyba
Eric Martinez
Pedro Medina (ex-OF)
Roneidy Mejia
Jade Mendez
Loiger Padron
Amaury Paulino
Enyelberth Pena
Felix Pena
Junior Pena
Starlin Peralta
Roderik Pichardo
Francoris Pineda
Ramon Reyes
Albert Robles
Jhon Rodriguez
Santo Rodriguez
Melvin Rosa
Braulio Rosario
* Abner Ruiz
Julio Sanchez
Yilver Sanchez
Deuris Severino
Jose Tineo
Francisco Turbi

CATCHERS (6):
Yonan Fuenmayor
Miguel Gonzalez
Yamel Liria
Ricardo Parra
Carlos Romero
# Hector Suarez

INFIELDERS (12):
# Arismendy Alcantara
Joel Altagracia
Yohan Astacio
# Vismeldy Bieneme
Melvin Camarena
# Rafael Disla
Gregori Gonzalez
* Carlos Henry
# Jose Montecino
Juan Pena
* Melido Perez
# Jesus Rodriguez

OUTFIELDERS (11):
Xavier Batista
Smaily Borges
Alejandro Damian
Dariyn Figueroa
* Eduardo Gonzalez
Jasly Gonzalez
Albert Hernandez
Manuel Pestana
* Alvaro Ramirez
# Gregorio Robles
Rander Valdez

NOTE: The DSL Cubs most-likely to get promoted to Fitch Park for Minor League Camp (or Extended Spring Training) include SS-2B Arismendy Alcantara, 3B-1B Joel Altagracia, RHP Frank Batista, RF Xavier Batista, 1B-OF Smaily Borges (26-year old Cuban defector who played for DSL Cubs #2 last season), C Miguel Gonzalez, RHP Felix Pena, 3B-1B Juan Pena, OF Alvaro Ramirez (24-year old ex-NYY who was signed by the Cubs in June 2009 after he was released by the Yankees), RHP Ramon Reyes, RHP Melvin Rosa, RHP Yilver Sanchez, and RHP Jose Tineo.

 

MINOR LEAGUERS GONE LAST 12 MONTHS

RELEASED:
Ryan Acosta, RHP (ST) – signed with NYY
Erick Almonte, INF (ST) – signed with MIL
Cliff Andersen, OF (BOISE)
Ezequiel Astacio, RHP (IOWA)
Luis Bautista, 1B (ST) – signed with TB
Alfredo Belizaire, LHP (DSL CUBS)
Edward Campusano, LHP (ST)
Angel Castro, RHP (ST) – signed with PHI
Glenn Cook, OF (AZL CUBS)
Michael Cooper, RHP (ST)
Daley Cox, LHP (AZL CUBS)
Jesse Estrada, RHP (TENNESSEE) – signed with WAS
Arturo Florentino, RHP (DSL CUBS)
Erik Hamren, RHP (PEORIA)
Ryan Harvey, OF (ST) – signed with COL
Jim Henderson, RHP (ST) – signed with MIL
Sean Hoorelbeke, 1B (EXST)
Grant Johnson, RHP (ST)
Jericho Jones, OF (DAYTONA)
Bryan Jost, 1B (ST)
Ken Kadokura, RHP (ST)
Ryan Keedy, 1B (DAYTONA) – signed with FLA
Jesse Lebron, RHP (DSL CUBS)
Anderson Machado, INF (IOWA) – signed with MIL
Jose Made, INF (DAYTONA)
Pat Mahoney, C (ST)
Shawn McGill, C (ST)
Juan Medina, C (AZL CUBS)
Maicol Medina, RHP (DSL CUBS)
Alexander Mejia, 1B (DSL CUBS)
Tommy Mejia, RHP (ST)
Carlos Morales, INF (DSL CUBS)
Billy Muldowney, RHP (DAYTONA)
John Muller, RHP (ST)
Bubba O’Donnell, RHP (ST)
Mark Pawelek, LHP (ST) – signed with CIN
Genezaret Pena, RHP (DSL CUBS)
Carlos Perez, C (ST)
George Pineda, RHP (AZL CUBS)
Cedric Redmond, RHP (EXST)
Roeldwin Reyes, RHP (DSL CUBS)
Kyle Reynolds, 3B (TENNESSEE)
Tony Richie, C (ST)
Richie Robnett, OF (TENNESSEE) – signed with NYY
Jayson Ruhlman, LHP (TENNESSEE)
B. J. Ryan, LHP (IOWA)
Tomas Sanchez, RHP (DSL CUBS)
Audy Santana, RHP (ST) – signed with SF
Joe Simokaitis, RHP (TENNESSEE)
Matt Smith, LHP (ST)
Ryan Sontag, OF-LHP (BOISE)
Mike Stanton, LHP (ST)
Harol Tolentino, RHP (ST) – signed with PHI
Melvin Vasquez, LHP (AZL CUBS)
Steve Vento, RHP (DAYTONA)
Jose Vigay, C (DSL CUBS)
Chris Weimer, 1B (AZL CUBS)
Jason Waddell, LHP (IOWA) – signed with DET
Bill White, LHP (ST) – signed with PHI
TeWayne Willis, OF (ST)
Jonathan Wyatt, OF (DAYTONA)

TRADED:
Alberto Alburquerque, RHP (to COL for Jeff Baker)
Dumas Garcia, RHP (to TOR for $$$)
Josh Harrison, IF-OF (to PIT with Kevin Hart for John Grabow & Tom Gorzelanny)
Rocky Roquet, RHP (to OAK for $$$)
Justin Sellers, INF (to LAD for $$$)

POST-2009 MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENTS – DID NOT RE-SIGN WITH CUBS:
Doug Deeds, OF – signed with AZ
Matt Craig, 1B
Casey Fossum, LHP
John-Ford Griffin, OF
Jose Pina, RHP – signed with OAK
Luis Rivas, INF
Nate Spears, INF - signed with BOS

VOLUNTARY RETIRED:
Kurt Calvert, OF
Matt Williams, C

SELECTED IN DECEMBER 2009 RULE 5 DRAFT (AAA Phase):
Miguel Sierra, RHP (by TB)

RESTRICTED LIST:
Francisco Acosta, RHP
Wilson Contreras, C-3B
Clark Hardman, OF
NOTE: F. Acosta was placed on the Restricted List in July 2009, Hardman (2007 9th round draft pick out of Cal State - Fullerton) was placed on the Restricted List in October 2008, and W. Contreras (17-year old Venezuelan who received an $850K signing bonus last July) was placed on the Restricted List post-2009 after he was suspended by MLB for 50 games after testing positive for a prohibited substance.

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Comments

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:54 pm

Angel Guzman has a significant ligament tear in front, bottom part of his right shoulder, a career-threating injury for the 28-year-old right-hander. ------ essentially this is a labrum tear plus a tear of the middle and inferior glenohumeral ligament. These often tear when the shoulder dislocates (or subluxes, partial dislocations). Probably similar to ARam's situation last year....but worse as that was not his throwing arm. sigh and sadness for Angel, couldn't get much tougher for him.

Submitted by Charlie on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:07 pm

Carlos Silva: The much fatter, more expensive Jason Marquis minus the first half success and the ability to pinch hit?

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 03:23 am

you forgot pinch-running.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:12 pm

Welcome to the Carlos Silva Era.... Let's hope it very short lived and he doesn't make the team out of Arizona. Also, allowing 2 SB in the first inning does not make be feel any better. Go Cubs!!!

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:12 pm

I'll be there for the first 2-3 innings also, if you're logged into the site, you are now automatically logged into Parachat

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Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:15 pm

hmm, not working in Google Chrome for me, odd. it does in Firefox. Teahan K's against Silva, I wonder how embarrassing that is? Guzman loses his brother and then possibly his career. Damn.

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Submitted by mjmiller73 on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:48 pm

Guzman's injury news is a kick in the grapes. Poor kid has lost a lot. The injury was the first player news I read after migrating my league from SN to ESPN today. He was a valuable player in that Roto league that counts holds last year, so much so that I traded for him later on. He then gave up 6 earned in his first two IP on my roster and didn't seem warm when he entered those games. Indeed, he never looked like the guy I had been watching all season long after that as he issued 8 BB over his final 9 IP. I wonder if he was pitching through pain in injury denial, or if it was just a rough stretch and the injury came later.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:45 pm

Muskat on Guzman: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100306&content_id=86…
"He has a very unstable shoulder," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said on Saturday. "There's no timeframe of anywhere soon that he'll be pitching. Obviously, it wasn't good news."
The part I don't like (because it sets up the medical staff to second guessing). I guess a good reporter would report on whether Guzman had an MRI when he was shut down last September and if he did, why didn't they report on it?:
This injury is related to the soreness he had at the end of last season near his right armpit, which prompted the Cubs to shut Guzman down on Sept. 22.
Anatomy of the shoulder, including inferior glenohumeral ligament (item-4): http://tinyurl.com/yaww6oq

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:09 pm

awesome info Phil.. when did Rosa become a catcher and Rundle a pitcher? The things I miss. I can't believe Todd Blackford is still in this organization (acquired from the Braves for Hollandsworth)

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:53 pm

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 3:09pm. awesome info Phil.. when did Rosa become a catcher and Rundle a pitcher? The things I miss. I can't believe Todd Blackford is still in this organization (acquired from the Braves for Hollandsworth) ====================================== ROB G: OF Drew Rundle was convertted to LHP, 3B Jovan Rosa and IF-OF Brandon May were converted to catcher, and OF Jae-Hoon Ha was converted back to catcher (the position he played in high school), at Instructs last Fall. Also, Matt Cerda is done as a catcher (he was moved to 3B at Instructs).

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:10 pm

Lou in dugout reading the Cubs 2010 media guide probably trying to figure out all the guys sitting in his dugout.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:18 pm

easy single to LF, Soriano completely overruns it, butchers the play and it bounces past him, runner heads home and they probably had him, but Theriot throws a JJ and bounces the relay throw woo spring training

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:32 pm

Brenly gives get well wishes to Rebel Ridling. Had emergency appendectomy last week. que M*SH theme. Hendry just said on TV, Angel Guzman will probably go visit Dr. James Andrews.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:36 pm

Andres Blanco sprains ankle on a successful pickoff throw at 2B from Wellington Castillo...comes out of game limping. Replaced by 'The' Starlin Castro.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:38 pm

Cashner walks the first two, W. Castillo picks off the guy at 2b, Blanco rolls his ankle and leaves the game, Castro in Castillo airmails next throw to 2b on a steal Hendry said best case scenario is 2-3 months on Guzman but he'll see Andrews as Cubster said... Colvin was headed home last year, but due to injuries was called up and apparently was tired from the long season and moved to Arizona and decided to get in better shape to survive a full season. Worked out in Mesa with Cubs strength coach (Buss) all offseason, Hendry said he looks like an everyday player now.

Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:38 pm

"Cubs aren't a team that overhypes prospects".... okay...

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:33 pm

carlos silva...we trade one guy who supposedly doesn't care, though he shows up every year in shape and ready to go for someone who supposedly cares, though he shows up yet another year out of shape and not ready for much. at least silva is a guy you'd want to have a beer with...and the club "saved" 4-6m bucks which they blew more loot on top of that to sign bradley's replacement. never wanted to see a billy martin type so badly in the clubhouse leadership...the pre-alcoholic-mess martin, that is. now silva...that's a guy who got a contract and "checked out"...but at least he smiles while he sucks.

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Submitted by Sweet Lou on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:15 pm

Crunch -- Two points: 1. You keep comparing Bradley to Silva, but the comparison is irrelevant. The Cubs didn't trade Bradley to get Silva. They traded Bradley to get rid of Bradley. When it became obvious that no one else wanted Bradley, they agreed to trade bad contracts with Seattle. But make no mistake about it. Getting rid of Bradley was the goal. Who they got for him was not what the trade was all about. 2. I've heard others say something similar to what you said about Billy Martin. Something to the effect of, "If we had a manager like Billy Martin, we wouldn't have had the problems with Bradley we had last year." Martin was a tough-nosed manager who didn't take shit from anyone. If you think he would have coddled Bradley, I think you're wrong. He was much more likely to kill Bradley than coddle him.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:47 pm

I am still going to stand by belief that this is no better than a 3rd place team - as it stands now - in the Central.

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Submitted by artskoe on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:25 pm

According to Len Kasper on today's broadcast, the restrooms have been refurbished, Captain Morgan Club is opening soon, and there's a new party room on the sky deck level. Given all this, how can you possibly believe this is "no better than a 3rd place team" ?? Where your spree de corpse?

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 03:03 pm

One other item ref Minor League Camp.... I cannot confirm at this time, but 17-year old OF Kyung-Min Na (called the "fastest HS player in Korea" when the Cubs signed him for $725K last year) might have been placed on the Restricted List while he is attending school back home in South Korea. He was at Instructs at Fitch Park last fall, however, with fellow Koreans RHP Dae-Eun Rhee, SS Hak-Ju Lee, Catcher (ex-OF) Jae-Hoon Ha, and OF Dong-Yub Kim. (RHP Su-Min Jung was the only one of the Cubs Korean prospects who did not participate in the 2009 AZ Instructional League, and that was because he went back to South Korea in August to attend college).

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  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Indeed they do TJW!

    For the record I’m not in favor of solely building a team through paying big to free agents. But I’m also of the mind that when you develop really good players, get them signed to extensions that buy out a couple years of free agency, including with team options. And supplement the home grown players with free agent splashes or using excess prospects to trade for stars under team control for a few years. Sort of what Atlanta does, basically. Everyone talks about the dodgers but I feel that Atlanta is the peak organization at the current moment.

    That said, the constant roster churn is very Rays- ish. What they do is incredible, but it’s extremely hard to do which is why they’re the only ones frequently successful that employ that strategy. I definitely do not want to see a large market team like ours follow that model closely. But I don’t think free agent frenzies is always the answer. It’s really only the Dodgers that play in that realm. I could see an argument for the Mets too. The Yankees don’t really operate like that anymore since the elder Steinbrenner passed. Though I would say the reigning champions built a good deal of that team through free agent spending.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    The issue is the Cubs are 11-7 and have been on the road for 12 of those 18.  We should be at least 13-5, maybe 14-4. Jed isn't feeling any pressure to play anyone he doesn't see fit.
    But Canario on the bench, Morel not at 3B for Madrigal and Wisdom in RF wasn't what I thought would happen in this series.
    I was hoping for Morel at 3B, Canario in RF, Wisdom at DH and Madrigal as a pinch hitter or late replacement.
    Maybe Madrigal starts 1 game against the three LHSP for Miami.
    I'm thinking Canario goes back to Iowa on Sunday night for Mastrobuoni after the Miami LHers are gone.
    Canario needs ABs in Iowa and not bench time in MLB.
    With Seiya out for a while Wisdom is safe unless his SOs are just overwhelmingly bad.

    My real issue with the lineup isn't Madrigal. I'm not a fan, but I've given up on that one.
    It's Tauchman getting a large number of ABs as the de factor DH and everyday player.
    I didn't realize that was going to be the case.
    We need a better LH DH. PCA or ONKC need to force the issue in about a month.
    But, even if they do so, Jed doesn't have to change anything if the Cubs stay a few over .500!!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Totally depends on the team and the player involved. If your team’s philosophy is to pay huge dollars to bet on the future performance of past stars in order to win championships then, yes, all of the factors you mentioned are important.

    If on the other hand, if the team’s primary focus is to identify and develop future stars in an effort to win a championship, and you’re a young player looking to establish yourself as a star, that’s a fit too. Otherwise your buried within your own organization.

    Your comment about bringing up Canario for the purposes of sitting him illustrates perfectly the dangers of rewarding a non-performing, highly paid player over a hungry young prospect, like Canario, who is perpetually without a roster spot except as an insurance call up, but too good to trade. Totally disincentivizing the performance of the prospect and likely diminishing it.

    Sticking it to your prospects and providing lousy baseball to your fans, the consumers and source of revenue for your sport, solely so that the next free agent gamble finds your team to be a comfortable landing spot even if he sucks? I suppose  that makes sense to some teams but it’s definitely not the way I want to see my team run.

    Once again, DJL, our differences in philosophy emerge!

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    That’s just kinda how it works though, for every team. No team plays their best guys all the time. No team is comprising of their best 26 even removing injuries.

    When baseball became a business, like REALLY a business, it became important to keep some of the vets happy, which in turn keeps agents happy and keeps the team with a good reputation among players and agents. No one wants to play for a team that has a bad reputation in the same way no one wants to work for a company that has a bad rep.

    Don’t get me wrong, I hate it too. But there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

    On that topic, I find it silly the Cubs brought up Canario to sit as much as he has. He’s going to get Velazquez’d, and it’s a shame.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Of course, McKinstry runs circles around $25 million man Javier Baez on that Tigers team. Guess who gets more playing time?

    But I digress…

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Seems like Jed was trying to corner the market on mediocre infielders with last names starting with "M" in acquiring Madrigal, Mastroboney and Zach McKinstry.  

     

    At least he hasn't given any of them a Bote-esque extension.  

  • Childersb3 (view)

    AZ Phil:
    Rookie ball (ACL) starts on May 4th. Do yo think Ramon and Rosario (maybe Delgado) stay in Mesa for the month of May, then go to MB if all goes "solid"?
     

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

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