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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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Easter Lilly in Full-Bloom at Fitch Park Sunrise Service

Ted Lilly threw 5.2 IP (66 pitches – 46 strikes) for the Iowa Cubs this morning against the Angels AAA squad (Salt Lake) at Fitch Park Field #3, allowing one run on three hits, no walks, with four strikeouts.

Lilly was supposed to throw four innings/60 pitches, but he was so efficient with his pitches he ended-up working into the 6th inning before he hit 60 pitches, and even then he ended up going slightly over his pre-arranged pitch limit.

Lilly retired the first nine men he faced, and he generally threw strikes (he didn’t walk anyone, and he went to a three-ball count on only two of the 20 men he faced). While he had outstanding command of his fast ball and had a really good change-up today (same as last time), he had some difficulty commanding his curve, bouncing three in the dirt.

Here is Lilly’s INNING-BY INNING LOG:

1st INNING:
F-7 on 3-2 pitch
3-U on 2-0 pitch
K (swinging) on 1-2 pitch

2nd INNING:
F-9 on 1-0 pitch
F-9 on 1-1 pitch
K (swinging) on 2-2 pitch
 

3rd INNING:
5-3 on 0-1 pitch
P-3 on 2-0 pitch
K (looking) on 0-2 pitch

4th INNING:
Bunt single (ball bounced off plate and over Lilly’s head) on first pitch
F-9 on 1-0 pitch
Lilly balked – runner advanced to 2nd base (otherwise runner was picked-off)
Lilly threw wild pitch as breaking ball bounced in dirt in front of plate, runner advanced to 3rd base
F-7 SF on 1-2 pitch, runner scored easily from 3rd base
P-6 on 1-1 pitch

5th INNING:
F-9 on 0-1 pitch
K (looking) on 3-2 pitch
Line single to RF on first pitch
1-3 on 0-1 [pitch
 

6th INNING:
F-7 on 1-2 pitch
Triple into right-centerfield alley on 1-2 pitch
FC (6-2) on 0-2 pitch, runner thrown out at home

The Iowa Cubs didn’t do much offensively, scoring a run in the 4th on a Bryan Lahair lead-off double into the RF corner and two ground outs, and the tying run with two outs in the bottom of the 9th on a throwing error by the Angels 3rd baseman on a Darwin Barney infield single after Marquez Smith and Matt Camp walked. (The game ended in a 2-2 tie, as Micah Hoffpauir flied out to the warning track in left-center with the potential winning run on base).

While Lilly was throwing against the Angels AAA squad on Field #3, Cubs #5 starter Tom Gorzelanny was getting shelled by the Angels AA squad (Arkansas) on Field #2, getting knocked-out of the game in the top of the 4th after allowing two HR. His breaking ball was really sharp, but his fast ball had no life and he really got hammered.

Starlin Castro had two RBI triples in the game.

Today is “getaway day” for the Cubs full-season minor league teams (Iowa, Tennessee, Daytona, and Peoria), so all games started at 9 AM. The Boise/Mesa squad will be remaining at Fitch Park and becomes the Cubs Extended Spring Training squad, playing games most every morning Monday-Saturday (they get Sunday’s off) until mid-June.

Here is today’s abridged box score (Iowa Cubs players only):

NOTE: Jose Guevara was brought up from Boise/Mesa for today's game only, and utility infielder Jonathan Mota will be assigned to Extended Spring Training for a while as he continues to learn the art of catching.

IOWA LINEUP:
1. Matt Camp, SS: 0-4 (Kc, 6-3, Ks, P-4, BB)
2. Darwin Barney, 2B: 2-5 (1B, E-3, F-8, F-7, 1B+E5)
3. Micah Hoffpauir, 1B: 2-4 (1B, 1B, 3-1, BB, F-8)
4. Jason Dubois, LF: 0-4 (L-7, F-7, 5-3, Ks)
5. Bryan Lahair, RF: 2-4 (3-U, 2B, 1B, Ks, R)
6. James Adduci, CF: 1-4 (1B, 4-3, E-4, Ks)
7. Chris Robinson, C: 0-4 (4-6 FC, E-4, 6-4 FC, F-8, RBI)
8. Marquez Smith, 3B: 0-3 (4-U FC, F-9, 6-4 FC, BB, R)
9a. Ted Lilly, P: 0-2 (4-3, F-7)
9b. Bobby Scales, DH: 0-1 (Kc)
9c. Jose Guevara, PH: 0-1 (Ks)

IOWA PITCHERS:
1. Ted Lilly- 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 BALK, 4/9 GO/FO, 66 pitches (46 strikes)
2. Thomas Diamond – 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GO/FO, 17 pitches (8 strikes)
3. J. R. Mathes - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/FO, 10 pitches (6 strikes)
4. Jay Jackson – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/FO, 8 pitches (6 strikes)

ERRORS: NONE

Best I can tell, here are the Iowa, Tennessee, Daytona, Peoria, and Boise/Mesa rosters as they were yesterday:

UPDATED 2010 CUBS MINOR LEAGUE CAMP ROSTERS – SATURDAY 4/3:

IOWA (24):

PITCHERS (12):
Mitch Atkins
Casey Coleman
Thomas Diamond
* John Gaub
Jeff Gray
Jay Jackson
* Scott Maine
* J. R. Mathes
Mike Parisi
Blake Parker
Brian Schlitter
Jeff Stevens

CATCHERS (2)
Welington Castillo
* Mark Johnson (Inactive - player/coach)
Chris Robinson

INFIELDERS (6)
Darwin Barney
* Matt Camp
* Micah Hoffpauir
* Bryan Lahair
# Bobby Scales
Marquez Smith

OUTFIELDERS (4)
* James Adduci
Jason Dubois
* Sam Fuld
* Brad Snyder

TENNESSEE (27):

PITCHERS (15)
Austin Bibens-Dirkx
Todd Blackford
* Ryan Buchter
David Cales
Chris Carpenter (Limited Activity Only – Injury Rehab)
Marco Carrillo
Andrew Cashner
Hung-Wen Chen
Alessandro Maestri
Marcos Mateo
Craig Muschko
Jake Muyco
* Jeremy Papelbon
David Patton (Limited Activity Only – Injury Rehab)
* Dustin Sasser
* Chris Siegfried
* Luke Sommer

CATCHERS (2)
Robinson Chirinos
* Steve Clevenger

INFIELDERS (7)
Russ Canzler
Starlin Castro
* Ryan Flaherty
* Blake Lalli
* Jake Opitz
Nate Samson
* Matt Spencer (Disabled List – broken toe)
Tony Thomas

OUTFIELDERS (3)
* Tony Campana
Brandon Guyer
Ty Wright

DAYTONA (28):

PITCHERS (13)
Chris Archer
Alberto Cabrera
Rafael Dolis
Chris Huseby
* James Leverton
Oswaldo Martinez
Dan McDaniel
Mike Perconte
* Brooks Raley
Dae-Eun Rhee
* Chris Rusin
Ryan Searle
Aaron Shafer

CATCHERS (4)
Michael Brenly
Luis Flores
* Mark Reed
# Alvaro Sosa

INFIELDERS (6)
# Marwin Gonzalez
Junior Lake
D. J. Lemahieu
# David Macias
# Matt Matulia (Inactive - player/coach)
Josh Vitters
* Ryne White

OUTFIELDERS (5)
Smaily Borges
* Kyler Burke
* Brett Jackson
* Jason James
* Nelson Perez

PEORIA (24):

PITCHERS (12):
* Jeffry Antigua
* Jeffrey Beliveau
Steve Grife
Su-Min Jung
Jordan Latham
Corey Martin
Trey McNutt
Ronny Morla
Jon Nagel
Andres Quezada
Nick Struck
Robert Whitenack

CATCHERS (2):
Mario Mercedes
Jovan Rosa (ex-3B)

INFIELDERS (6):
* Justin Bour
* Matt Cerda
* Hak-Ju Lee
George Matheus
Greg Rohan
* Logan Watkins

OUTFIELDERS (4):
* Richard Jones
Jesus Morelli
* Alvaro Ramirez
# Jose Valdez

BOISE/MESA (52):

PITCHERS (29):
Frank Batista
Justin Bristow (Limited Activity – injury rehab)
Rogelio Carmona
Tim Clubb
Eduardo Figueroa
Jesse Ginley
Yohan Gonzalez
Gian Guzman (ex-SS)
* Cody Hams
Marcus Hatley (TJS rehab)
Dylan Johnston (TJS rehab)
Danny Keefe
* Austin Kirk
* Casey Lambert (TJS rehab)
Luis Liria
Toby Matchulat
* John Mincone
Tarlandus Mitchell
Arismendy Mota
Julio Pena
* Marcos Perez
Carlos Rojas
Melvin Rosa
Jose Rosario
* Drew Rundle (ex-OF)
Adam Spencer
Larry Suarez
Tzu-An Wang
Yao-Lin Wang

CATCHERS (6):
* Sergio Burruel
Jose Guevara
Jae-Hoon Ha
Garrett Maines
Jonathan Mota (ex-SS)
Carlos Romero

INFIELDERS (10):
# Arismendy Alcantara
* Ping-Chieh Chen
* Wes Darvill
# Rafael Disla
D. J. Fitzgerald
Derek Helenihi
Brandon May
Rebel Ridling (appendectomy rehab)
Charles Thomas
* Bobby Wagner

OUTFIELDERS (7):
# Vismeldy Bieneme
Runey Davis
* Francisco Guzman
Dong-Yub Kim
* Kyung-Min Na
Cody Shields
Blair Springfield

NOTE: The Boise/Mesa squad becomes the Cubs Extended Spring Training (EXST) team at Fitch Park April-May-June.

Comments

Jason Dubois... he's the cockroach of Cubs minor league players.

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In reply to by springs

Submitted by springs on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 7:14pm. Trey McNutt is one to watch -- sounds like if he could control his stuff, he would be one of our best pitching prospects. I think Az Phil spoke about Richard Jones having great power. Rosa should hit Peoria pitching pretty well and hopefully becomes a good catcher. ========================================= SPRINGS: From what I have seen of Trey McNutt, he should be the ace of the Peoria staff. He would have made the Daytona Opening Day roster, but it was loaded with starting pitchers who really can't go back to Peoria (Archer, Dolis, O. Martinez, Searle, Shafer, and Rhee, plus Rusin and Raley are there, too). McNutt is probably the Cubs #3 pitching prospect right now, behind only Cashner, J. Jackson, and Carpenter. At least I think so Peoria will be getting one more pitcher before Opening Day, and it almost certainly will be a lefty, probably either Brooks Raley moving down from Daytona, or John Mincone moving up from Boise/Mesa. Mincone has been throwing the ball VERY well the last week or so, BTW. He would be the perfect lefty for the Peoria pen (Jeffrey Beliveau is the only lefty reliever there now). .

My calender says today is Apri 4th Ted is 60 days early

Phil, I notice there are three outfielders on TN roster (not including Matt Spencer who is on DL), and five on the Daytona roster. With Jackson and Burke in Daytona, do you think a callup - even if temporary - is likely?

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Submitted by chattbaseball on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 8:15pm. Phil, I notice there are three outfielders on TN roster (not including Matt Spencer who is on DL), and five on the Daytona roster. With Jackson and Burke in Daytona, do you think a callup - even if temporary - is likely? ====================================================== CHATT: It doesn't look like it. Blake Lalli played 1B today (and Steve Clevenger has been playing 1B, too), allowing Russ Canzler to play corner OF in addition to 1B. So I guess the Smokies will just go with that arrangement until Matt Spencer returns, and even then, I don't know how much OF Spencer will play. I only saw Spencer at 1B in Minor League Camp, although he played mostly LF and RF last year with OAK in AA (Midland).

Thanks for the roster info, Phil. Q's: 1. Thomas, Opitz, and Samson joining Castro and Flaherty, does that probably mean Flaherty will primarily play 3B and let the others share 2B? (When Marquez Smith was with Tenn, I'd figured Flaherty primarily for 2b.) Rotation questions: 1. Nick Struck: does he seem slotted for rotation or relief. Have you seen or heard anything about him? He got some superslot money, McNutt-level I think, so I'm curious how much they like him? 2. Iowa: which of these 6 is *not* in the rotation? I'm guessing Mathes starts as the token lefty, and it's Atkis or Parisi to the pen? 3. Tenn: With Cashner and Patton hurt, and Rusin dropped to Daytona, I'm puzzling for their rotation. Cashner, Bibens, Muschko, Chen, and Papelbon? Or will there be some surprise reliever-used-in-rotation deal, with Blackford or Carrillo or Mateo or something? 4. Daytona: as you noted, a lot of names. I'm assuming Archer, Cabrera, Dolis, Raley, Rhee, Rusin, and Searle are the 7 rotation candidates, and even that is a surplus; or will on of the Shafer/Leverton/Martinez group surprise me and be starting and crowd it even more? Dropping Raley to Peoria could alleviate some of the glut, I'd think... 5. Peoria: without Raley, I see Jeffry Antigua
 Trey McNutt
 Nick Struck
 Su-Min Jung
 Ronny Morla Robert Whitenack and Jon Nagel as seven rotation/piggy-back possibilities, and Raley could add an 8th. Am I missing anybody for rotation? And are there any of my rotation possibilities who are definitely going to be used in relief rather than rotation, based on what you've seen? Struck, or Morla, or Jung, or somebody? Thanks much for all your input. Fun to look forward to the upcoming minor league season.

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Submitted by craig on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 10:14am. Thanks for the roster info, Phil. Q's: 1. Thomas, Opitz, and Samson joining Castro and Flaherty, does that probably mean Flaherty will primarily play 3B and let the others share 2B? (When Marquez Smith was with Tenn, I'd figured Flaherty primarily for 2b.) CRAIG: Ryan Flaherty played mostly 2B in Minor League Camp, although his future is probably as a multi-positional supersub (he really struggles against LH pitchers). I'm not sure what the Cubs intend to do with Tony Thomas. He literally played himself right off the Iowa roster. He is a streaky hitter and a below-average defensive 2nd baseman with no apparent versatility to play other positions, although I guess OF is always a possibility. The Cubs might even just trade him for someone else's misfit. Rotation questions: 1. Nick Struck: does he seem slotted for rotation or relief. Have you seen or heard anything about him? He got some superslot money, McNutt-level I think, so I'm curious how much they like him? CRAIG: Nick Struck was a starter in Minor League ST games and he pitched OK, although Trey McNutt is better. (McNutt is probably the Cubs #4 pitching prospect right now). 2. Iowa: which of these 6 is *not* in the rotation? I'm guessing Mathes starts as the token lefty, and it's Atkis or Parisi to the pen? CRAIG: Mitch Atkins had a bad Spring, and will probably begin the season as the long-man in the Iowa pen. Atkins is also now the #1 candidate to get dropped from the 40-man roster whenever the Cubs get to the point where they need a slot (which could be a while, because the Cubs 40-man roster is presently at 39, and Angel Guzman can be transferred to the 60-day DL if a second slot is needed). 3. Tenn: With Cashner and Patton hurt, and Rusin dropped to Daytona, I'm puzzling for their rotation. Cashner, Bibens, Muschko, Chen, and Papelbon? Or will there be some surprise reliever-used-in-rotation deal, with Blackford or Carrillo or Mateo or something? CRAIG: Cashner, Chen, Bibens-Dirkx, Muschko, and Papelbon were the Tennessee starters the last week of Minor League Camp. Cashner absolutely blew the Giants AA squad away (devastating slider) in one game I saw. Cash just needs to throw strikes more consistently. 4. Daytona: as you noted, a lot of names. I'm assuming Archer, Cabrera, Dolis, Raley, Rhee, Rusin, and Searle are the 7 rotation candidates, and even that is a surplus; or will on of the Shafer/Leverton/Martinez group surprise me and be starting and crowd it even more? Dropping Raley to Peoria could alleviate some of the glut, I'd think... CRAIG: There is indeed a logjam of potential starters at Daytona. Although I believe Chris Archer will eventually be moved to the bullpen, he'll probably be a atarter at Daytona in 2010. Rafael Dolis is a mess and will probably work out of the bullpen (set-up) because he can't throw strikes right now (that's why he got demoted to Daytona). Alberto Cabrera will probably work in middle relief. Dae-Eun Rhee is probably a 3-4 inning pitcher right now and so another pitcher (Shafer or O. Martinez) might have to "piggy-back" with him for a while. So the rotation will probably be Rusin-Archer-Searle-Raley-Rhee (Rusin just missed the cut at Tennessee), with Dolis-Huseby-Sommer-Perconte-Siegfried the short relievers, Cabrera in two-inning middle-relief, and Shafer and O. Martinez the long-men in the pen (although both could get some starts, too). 5. Peoria: without Raley, I see Jeffry Antigua
 Trey McNutt
 Nick Struck
 Su-Min Jung
 Ronny Morla, Robert Whitenack and Jon Nagel as seven rotation/piggy-back possibilities, and Raley could add an 8th. Am I missing anybody for rotation? And are there any of my rotation possibilities who are definitely going to be used in relief rather than rotation, based on what you've seen? Struck, or Morla, or Jung, or somebody? CRAIG: If I had to guess, I'd say the Peoria rotation will probably be McNutt-Antigua-Nagel-Whitenack-Struck, with Ronny Morla and Su-Min Jung piggy-backing if one or two of the five can't go longer than 3-4 innings in April. Morla could be a starter, too, if one of the five (like Struck) pitches in the back-end of a piggy-back. Jordan Latham, Steve Grife, Corey Martin, Jeffrey Beliveau, and Andres Quezada (and whoever is the 13th pitcher) will be the 1-2 inning relievers. Martin (who throws sidearm/submarine, BTW) and Grife are probably the closers (as they were in Instructs), although Latham has closer stuff, too, and could get some chances. Beliveau had a really bad Spring control-wise right from the outset, which is why he got dropped from Daytona to Peoria just a few days into Minor League Camp. He was never really considered for Daytona, and they needed lefty relievers there, too. Beliveau is the closest thing to Mark Pawelek in the Cubs system (high risk/high reward). Wild lefties make the Cubs Player Development people really nervous for some reason.

This may be a dumb question or one that has already been answered (if so, my bad), but why isn't Starlin Castro going to Iowa? It seems that the Cubs see Castro as the starting SS of the future and Darwin Barney as more of a backup/utility guy. If so, and if the Cubs want Castro to keep developing, why not send him to Iowa and face better pitching and have Barney back him up there? Are they trying to keep Barney fresh and ready to be promoted as the first middle INF call-up during 2010 if someone gets hurt at the big-league level?

http://cubs.scout.com/2/960139.html differences I spotted... T. Blackford & D. Patton aren't on the AA roster L. Sommer and C. Siegfried will start with Daytona C. Lambert is on the Tennessee DL (along with M. Spencer as noted) no sign of J. Leverton, D. McDaniel, J. James, L. Flores, or A. Sosa, all of whom Phil saw assigned to Daytona. I assume some were cut and some stay back in extended spring training.

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.