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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 

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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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Soriano Blast Is All Cubs Need

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Alfonso Soriano had three hits including a two-run HR and Carlos Silva threw five innings of shutout ball, as the Cubs blanked the Colorado Rockies 2-0 before 10,005 fans in Cactus League action at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in breezy & (mostly) sunny Mesa, Arizona, this afternoon.

 

box score

This was the last Cactus League game for the Cubs, although they will be staying in town for a couple of more days while playing pre-season exhibition games with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

2010 Opening Day for the Cubs will be Monday in Atlanta.

Carlos Silva got the start for the Cubs today, and Jeff Francis was the starter for the Rockies. Both threw five innings of shutout ball.

Although Silva did not allow a run, he did give up six hits in his 5.0 IP (plus one batter faced in the 6th). He benefitted from some big defensive stops (one of which was Silva himself catching a hot-shot liner on the mound), but he also absolutely shattered a bat into slivers with one of his heavy sinkers. He also retired seven men in a row at one point between the 2nd and the 4th (6-3, P-6, 1-3, Ks, 1-3, F-9, L-7), his best stretch today.

Silva was relieved by Carlos Marmol in the top of the 6th, after allowing a lead-off single to Ryan Spilborghs on his 75th pitch of the game (48 strikes, 5/8 GO/FO). Koyie Hill then threw out Splilborghs trying to steal 2nd base, and Marmol struck out Todd Helton and Troy Tulowitzki (both swinging) to end the inning.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the 6th, when Derrek Lee roped a lead-off double off Rockies RHRP Matt Daley that sailed over CF Dexter Fowler's head. Then after Aramis Ramirez and Marlon Byrd struck out swinging, Alfonso Soriano clubbed a two-run HR over the LF fence. And that's all the runs the Cubs needed.

Jeff Samardzija faced only two batters in the 7th (L-7 and a single) as Manager Lou Piniella apparently just wanted The Shark to throw two days in a row at least once during Spring Training (Samardzija was moved back to the bullpen last weekend). LHP John Grabow relieved Samardzija with one out and promptly walked lefty-hitting Ian Stewart to put runners on 1st & 2nd, before striking out Jonathan Herrera (looking) and getting PH Jason Giambi on a 3-1 inning-ending ground out.

RHP Jeff Gray was brought up from minor league camp and worked the 8th (21 pitches - 14 strikes), getting into immediate difficulty when he walked Dexter Fowler and allowed a single to Ryan Spilborghs to lead-off the inning. But then Gray retired the next three batters on an F-7, a 9-6 FC (a bloop that fell between Mike Fontenot and Kosuke Fukudome in short RF, but Fukudome was able to quickly pick-up the ball and force the runner at 2nd base), and an inning-ending 4-3 ground out.

Acquired from Oakland in the deal that sent Jake Fox and Aaron Miles to the A's, Gray was a contender for a Cubs bullpen slot coming into Spring Training, but he missed about a month after suffering a strained groin the first day he threw off the mound in February, and he just never got caught up. But he will likely be one the first Iowa relievers considered for recall in case of Cubs bullpen failure.

Esmailin Caridad pitched the 9th (12 pitches - 9 strikes), and induced PH Melvin Mora to bounce into a game-ending 5-4-3 DP after allowing consecutive one-out singles to Eric Young, Jr and Jonathan Herrera that put the potential tying run on base.

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Comments

Submitted by Old and Blue on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 04:29 pm

I haven't seen Silva pitch this year and I realize he's everyone's dude to hate but I remember another big sinker baller who had a few decent seasons. Wrigley is a good place for a guy with a really good sinker. Hope springs eternal. If Alf can golf a few out over the left field fence this year that would be nice, too, but I'm not convinced yet he can hit a curve ball to save his life. If Rudy can fix that he'll deserve some new award.

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Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 04:34 pm

He looked okay today. Just okay. I mean at least come to camp in shape, or people will get the impression you just don't give a shit. His stuff, it didn't have a lot of giddyup on it, but he was staying away from the center of the plate. He has a nice, long arms and a nice downward angle to his delivery. It's easy to see why they drive those into the ground. All in all, I'd say he is almost as good as Marquis. Sweet dreams, TCR.

Submitted by Cubster on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 04:26 pm

Thanks Arizona Phil for a wonderful job of bringing spring training to life for all of us. Now that they've completed their Mesa season, who had the most impressive spring as far as you are concerned, who surprised you the most and who was the biggest disappointment of spring training?

Submitted by Hagsag on Fri, 04/02/2010 - 04:17 am

With S.T. winding down, it will give Az. Phil more time to concentrate on finding the Cubs a couple of "blue chippers" at Extended S.T.

Submitted by Chicago Jamie on Sat, 04/03/2010 - 04:51 pm

Arizona Phil or anyone else who'd like to chime in, I know that Tyler Colvin has zero walks this spring and has a history of low walk totals in his minor-league career. My question is, are there good examples of good/great hitters who have a similar approach at the plate and have been successful? Especially guys who are more of a spray hitter than HR hitter? Most of the guys I can think of like that are power hitters with an all-or-nothing approach (HR or K) at the plate, but this isn't of course Colvin's style as a hitter. I can almost smell Opening Day! Go Cubs Go...

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Submitted by Charlie on Sat, 04/03/2010 - 04:52 pm

I'm not an expert, but Jacque Jones seems like an easy comp to Colvin. Low BB%, relatively high K%, hits with some pop to all fields, likes to swing early, above average speed, decent center fielder when healthy. That may not sound so great, but Jones would've been much more appreciated his time in Chicago if he'd been playing out his league minimum and arbitration years rather than coming in as a free agent.

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