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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

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

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

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 

 



 

Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

Cubs Minor League Camp Roster Projections

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.

* bats or throws left
# 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.

Comments

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.

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

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In reply to by Charlie

you forgot pinch-running.

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!!!

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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In reply to by Rob G.

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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In reply to by Rob G.

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.

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

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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In reply to by Rob G.

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).

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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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In reply to by crunch

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.

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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In reply to by The E-Man

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?

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).

Recent comments

  • 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.