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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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2010 Cubs Extended Spring Training Stats - Updated Thru 5/22

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Here are the unofficial statistics for EXST Cubs players through May 22nd. (There is no Official Scorer at Cactus League Extended Spring Training games, so the stats are not official).

2010 EXST CUBS RECORD: 12-22-7 (41 GAMES PLAYED THRU 5/22)

* Bats or throws left
* Bats both

EXST CUBS BATTING:

CURRENT ROSTER:

George Matheus (3B) – 615/600/692
(8-13, 2B, 3 R, BB, SH, 4 GAMES)

Chris Huseby (P-DH) – 571/667/857
(4-7, 2 2B, 3 RBI, R, 2 BB, 2 K, 3 GAMES)

Jae-Hoon Ha (C-RF) – 394/432/667
(13-33, 2 2B, 2 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 7 R, 3 BB, 5 K, SF, 2 GIDP, CS, PO, 12 GAMES)

Jesus Morelli (RF-CF-LF) – 377/460/603
(20-53, 8 2B, 2 3B, 8 RBI, 9 R, 5 BB, 11 K, 4 HBP, SF, 3 SB, 17 GAMES)

* Alvaro Ramirez (CF-LF-RF) – 356/359/508
(21-59, 2 2B, 2 3B, HR, 11 RBI, 7 R, BB, 9 K, HBP, 3 SH, GIDP, 6 SB, 2 CS, 18 GAMES)

* Pin-Chieh Chen (2B-SS) – 333/400/360
(25-75, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 10 R, 9 BB, 11 K, SH, 4 SB, 4 CS, 23 GAMES)

Brandon May (3B-1B-2B) – 301/402/425
(22-73, 7 2B, 3B, 11 RBI, 17 R, 12 BB, 15 K, HBP, SF, 2 GIDP, 23 GAMES)

Manuel Pestana (LF-CF) – 300/300/400
(3-10, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 2 K, 4 GAMES) - DISABLED LIST (sprained shoulder)

Luis Flores (C) – 273/370/364
(6-22, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 4 BB, 4 K, SF, SB, 11 GAMES) - NOTE: Was reinstated from Suspended List on 4/26

* Bobby Wagner (1B-3B) – 264/355/472
(14-53, 3 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 6 R, 7 BB, 19 K, HBP, SF, 19 GAMES)

# Rafael Disla (2B-SS-3B-LF) – 262/300/476
(11-42, 4 2B, 3 3B, 8 RBI, 10 R, 3 BB, 10 K, HBP, 2 SF, 2 SH, GIDP, 3 SB, CS, 18 GAMES)

# Vismeldy Bieneme (3B-2B) – 231/340/256
(9-39, 2B, 4 RBI, 6 R, 7 BB, 14 K, SF, 2 SB, 14 GAMES)

* Sergio Burruel (C-1B) – 225/304/275
(9-40, 2 2B, 7 RBI, 3 R, 4 BB, 12 K, HBP, SF, 2 GIDP, CS, 17 GAMES)

Runey Davis (LF-CF-RF) – 203/278/234
(13-64, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 15 K, 3 HBP, SF, 2 GIDP, 3 SB, 3 CS, 21 GAMES)

Xavier Batista (RF-CF-1B) – 200/247/371
(14-70, 4 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 11 R, 4 BB, 34 K, HBP, SF, SH, 4 GIDP, 23 GAMES)

Cody Shields (LF-CF) – 196/240/304
(9-46, 2 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, 3 BB, 10 K, SF, 2 GIDP, 3 SB, PO, 18 GAMES)

# Arismendy Alcantara (SS-2B) – 193/258/318
(17-88, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 17 R, 5 BB, 16 K, 3 HBP, SF, 4 SB, 2 CS, 28 GAMES)

Jose Guevara (C-1B) – 192/300/192
(5-26, RBI, 2 R, 3 BB, 9 K, HBP, SB, 14 GAMES)

* Wes Darvill (SS-2B) – 189/308/189
(10-53, 5 RBI, 5 R, 10 BB, 10 K, 2 SH, SB, 3 CS, 21 GAMES)

Albert Hernandez (LF-RF-1B) – 177/224/242
(11-62, 2 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 5 R, 4 BB, 20 K, SF, 5 GIDP, SB, 2 CS, 22 GAMES)

Blair Springfield (LF-2B-3B) – 164/193/164
(9-55, 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, 22 K, 2 GIDP, SB, CS, 21 GAMES)

Carlos Romero (C-1B) – 152/265/182
(5-33, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, 8 K, 3 HBP, GIDP, 16 GAMES)

Melvin Camarena (1B-LF-RF) – 150/208/200
(3-20, 2B, RBI, R, 2 BB, 10 K, SF, SH, SB, 8 GAMES) - DISABLED LIST (broken hand)

* Kyung-Min Na (CF-RF) – 111/143/111
(3-27, 2 R, BB, 8 K, CS, 11 GAMES)

THE DEPARTED:

* Francisco Guzman (CF) – 471/500/588 (8-17, 3B, 5 RBI, 7 R, BB, K, 3 SB, CS, 5 GAMES) - MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/23

Jonathan Mota (C-2B) – 308/375/538 (3 2B, 4 RBI, R, 2 BB, K, SH, PO, 5 GAMES) - MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/23

Charles Thomas (3B-1B) – 303/342/348 (20-66, 3 2B, 8 RBI, 13 R, 5 BB, 8 K, SF, C-INT, 4 SB, PO, 19 GAMES) – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 5/12

Rebel Ridling (1B) – 286/286/333 (6-21, 2B, RBI, R, 4 K, 5 GAMES) - REHAB COMPLETED 4/23

D. J. Fitzgerald (LF-RF) – 267/354/400 (4-15, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, 7 K, 5 GAMES) – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/23

* Matt Spencer (1B) – 250/308/833 (3-12, 2B, HR, RBI, 3 R, BB, K, 2 GAMES) - REHAB COMPLETED 4/18

Jason Dubois (DH) – 214/267/357 (3-14, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB, 4 K, GIDP, 4 GAMES) REHAB COMPLETED 5/15

EXST CUBS PITCHERS:

CURRENT ROSTER:

Corey Martin: 0.00 ERA, 0.47 WHIP, .136 OBA
6.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 8/8 GO/FO, 5 GAMES

Andres Quezada: 0.00 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 231 OBA
3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 4/4 GO/FO, 2 GAMES

Alvaro Sosa: 0.00 ERA, 0.33 WHIP, 167 OBA
3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 6/1 GO/FO, 3 GAMES (2 GS) – NOTE: ex-catcher converted to RHP April 2010

* Casey Lambert: 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP, 167 OBA
1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 2 GAMES (2 GS) - REHAB (2009 TJS)

Juan Yasser Serrano: 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, .000 OBA
1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GO/FO, 1 GAME (1 GS)

Frank Batista: 2.21 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, .234 OBA
20.1 IP, 19 H, 11 R (5 ER), 4 BB, 16 K, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 21/22 GO/FO, 7 GAMES (3 GS)

* Marcos Perez: 2.22 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, .182 OBA
24.1 IP, 16 H, 7 R (6 ER), 2 BB, 19 K, 1 HBP, 1 GIDP, 29/23 GO/FO, 9 GAMES (3 GS)

Marcus Hatley: 2.43 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, .286 OBA
3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 5 K, 2/2 GO/FO, 3 GAMES (3 GS) - REHAB (2009 TJS)

Luis Liria: 2.95 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, .267 OBA
21.1 IP, 23 H, 8 R (7 ER), 10 BB, 21 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 20/16 GO/FO, 8 GAMES (4 GS)

* Drew Rundle: 3.24 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, .264 OBA
8.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R (3 ER), 4 BB, 4 K, 1 PO, 8/9 GO/FO, 7 GAMES - NOTE: Ex-OF converted to LHP September 2009

Tarlandus Mitchell: 3.38 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, .261 OBA
16.0 IP, 17 H, 6 R (6 ER), 10 BB, 14 K, 2 HBP, 2 WP, 14/14 GO/FO, 6 GAMES (5 GS)

* John Mincone: 3.47 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, .202 OBA
23.1 IP, 17 H, 12 R (9 ER), 6 BB, 14 K, 1 WP, 3 GIDP, 1 BALK, 1 PO, 31/22 GO/FO, 8 GAMES (3 GS)

* Austin Kirk: 3.66 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, .247 OBA
19.2 IP, 19 H, 8 R (8 ER), 6 BB, 19 K, 2 WP, 1 GIDP, 2 PO, 14/25 GO/FO, 7 GAMES (3 GS)

Jose Rosario: 3.94 ERA, 1.62 WHIP, .292 OBA
16.0 IP, 19 H, 12 R (7 ER), 7 BB, 10 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 3 GIDP, 1 BALK, 1 PO, 25/11 GO/FO, 7 GAMES

Alvido Jimenez: 3.97 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, .232 OBA
11.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R (5 ER), 6 BB, 7 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 14/10 GO/FO, 8 GAMES

Jadel Mendez: 4.09 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, .311 OBA
11.0 IP, 14 H, 8 R (5 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 2 GIDP, 1 PO, 15/9 GO/FO, 7 GAMES

Rogelio Carmona: 4.24 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, .250 OBA
17.0 IP, 17 H, 10 R (8 ER), 7 BB, 18 K, 1 WP, 14/15 GO/FO, 14 GAMES

Danny Keefe: 6.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, .289 OBA
18.0 IP, 22 H, 12 R (12 ER), 2 BB, 25 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 16/13 GO/FO, 12 GAMES

Jesse Ginley: 6.00 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, .285 OBA
12.0 IP, 14 H, 8 R (8 ER), 7 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 2 HBP, 1 GIDP, 14/16 GO/FO, 8 GAMES (1 GS)

Eduardo Figueroa: 6.51 ERA, 1.96 WHIP, .341 OBA
19.1 IP, 30 H, 19 R (14 ER), 8 BB, 13 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 5 WP, 2 PO, 14/23 GO/FO, 7 GAMES (4 GS)

Yao-Lin Wang: 7.13 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, .306 OBA
17.2 IP, 23 H, 14 R (14 ER), 4 BB, 20 K, 3 WP, 1 GIDP, 1 BALK, 1 PO, 13/12 GO/FO, 6 GAMES (4 GS)

Carlos Rojas: 7.63 ERA, 1.69 WHIP, .292 OBA
15.1 IP, 19 H, 19 R (13 ER), 7 BB, 14 K, 4 HR, 2 HBP, 1 WP, 17/14 GO/FO, 12 GAMES

Tzu-An Wang: 13.00 ERA, 2.17 WHIP, .356 OBA
9.2 IP, 16 H, 17 R (14 ER), 5 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 3 HBP, 2 WP, 10/12 GO/FO, 7 GAMES

Gian Guzman: 19.20 ERA, 3.43 WHIP, .333 OBA
4.2 IP, 7 H, 10 R (10 ER), 9 BB, 0 K, 3 HR, 1 HBP, 4/8 GO/FO, 4 GAMES – DISABLED LIST (sore elbow)

Hector Mayora: 21.00 ERA, 3.67 WHIP, .438 OBA
3.0 IP, 7 H, 10 R (7 ER), 4 BB, 3 K, 4/2 GO/FO, 4 GAMES (1 GS)

* Cody Hams: 40.50 ERA, 6.75 WHIP, .600 OBA
1.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R (6 ER), 3 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GO/GO, 2 GAMES – DISABLED LIST (back strain)

Chris Huseby: INFINITE ERA, INFINITE WHIP, .000 OBA
0.0 IP, 0 H, 4 R (4 ER), 4 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 1 GAME

THE DEPARTED:

Esmailin Caridad: 0.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, .000 OBA - 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/2 GO/FO, 1 GAME – REHAB COMPLETED 5/2

Yohan Gonzalez: 0.82 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, .200 OBA - 11.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 14 K, 1 GIDP, 9/10 GO/FO, 7 GAMES – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 5/13

* James Leverton: 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, .000 OBA - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 GAME – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/18

Larry Suarez: 3.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP, .357 OBA - 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 2/3 GO/FO, 2 GAMES – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/18

Chris Carpenter: 5.40 ERA, 1.80 WHIP, .375 OBA - 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GO/FO, 1 GAME (1 GS) – REHAB COPMPLETED 4/18

David Patton: 9.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, .250 OBA - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GO/FO, 1 GAME – REHAB COMPLETED 4/15

EXST CUBS DEFENSE:

CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Sergio Burruel: 5-18 CS (28%), 3 PB, 1 PO, 1 E
Luis Flores: 6-13 CS (46%), 1 PB, 1 PO, 3 E
Jose Guevara: 3-5 CS (60%), 4 PB
Jae-Hoon Ha: 2-10 CS (20%), 6 PB, 3 E
Jonathan Mota: 1-5 CS (20%), 1 E (DEPARTED)
Carlos Romero: 4-10 CS (40%), 2 PB, 4 E

ERRORS BY INFIELDERS:
Wes Darvill – 11
Arismendy Alcantara – 10
Rafael Disla – 7
Pin-Chieh Chen – 6
Vismeldy Bieneme – 4
Blair Springfield – 3
Charles Thomas - 3 (DEPARTED)
Brandon May - 2
George Matheus – 1
Bobby Wagner - 1

OUTFIELD DEFENSE:
Xavier Batista: 1 E
Runey Davis: 1 ASSIST, 2 E
Brandon Guyer: 1 ASSIST
Francisco Guzman: 1 ASSIST, 1 E (DEPARTED)
Jesus Morelli: 1 E
Kyung-Min Na: 1 ASSIST
Manuel Pestana: 1 ASSIST
Alvaro Ramirez: 1 E
Blair Springfield: 1 ASSIST

ERRORS BY PITCHERS:
Marcos Perez – 3
Eduardo Figueroa – 2
Luis Liria – 2
Carlos Rojas – 2
Chris Carpenter – 1 (DEPARTED)
Danny Keefe – 1
Casey Lambert – 1
Andres Quezada – 1

INJURY REHAB GROUP (15):
Justin Bristow, P (unknown)
Melvin Camarena, 1B-OF (broken hand)
Esmailin Caridad, RHP (elbow)
Manolin DeLeon, P (2010 knee surgery)
Brandon Guyer, OF (left elbow)
Angel Guzman, P (2010 shoulder surgery)
Gian Guzman, P (elbow)
* Cody Hams, P (back)
Dylan Johnston, P (2009 TJS)
Dong-Yub Kim, OF (unknown)
Marcos Mateo, P (2010 knee surgery)
Mike Parisi, P (2010 shoulder surgery)
Manuel Pestana, OF (shoulder)
Melvin Rosa, P (2010 TJS)
Adam Spencer, P (shoulder)

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Comments

Submitted by The Real Neal on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:47 am

He starts off by commending the Cubs for recognizing Cashner's possible value when drafting him as at three-pitch guy. He concludes, however, by saying:
"They need bullpen help, and Cashner is ready. Let's just hope it's a temporary fix so all of this really smart development doesn't go for naught."
Link: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=10950 Subscription probably required.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:15 pm

Despite a sweep of the Giants by the A's - the NL is winning the interleague series 22-20 (if my counting is correct). Normally I like to see the AL take as many wins out of the NL as possible, but I am getting a little tired of everyone saying it's the superior league.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:55 pm

But it was because he dismisses the minor league innings - if I recall. I was watching the game - the first inning if I recall was particuarly long. Crunch's argument is speculous though - because even, like in this case when you identify a guy who's innings got ramped up - crunch says it was too early in the season to count. At the end of the day, Dusty has a long line of injured or less effective pitchers in his wake. If you compare him to other managers who've managed for a similiar period - LaRussa, Great Grandpa Lou and Cox, it seems like Dusty has more guys go down, and he's also less concerned with pitch counts.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:23 pm

you do not put a pitcher in a box and "protect" him from throwing like a major league pitcher until he turns 25. this is baseball, not a spreadsheet. guys have to be able to do 200-ish workload to stay a starter...that's why we have sean marshall in the pen. if you're 20, 21, 22...and done with AAA...you need to be able to go out there and pitch like you belong once you've shown you can break that 150-200ip mark. we used to have 4-man rotations and pitch limits only raised eyebrows when people went 150+. you can't treat everyone like they're angel guzman...you'll miss the nolan ryans. ....the russ ortiz example was a comparison on cox vs. dusty (aka dusty cocks) managing style of pitchers. when cox gets a guy (lol...cocks gets a guy...gay) he can push, he pushes him pretty much without fail. people talk of dusty like he's frank "what, people used to throw 150+ a game" robinson.

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:31 pm

Kyle Lohse got a "stress MRI" of his pitching forearm (two for the price of two)...so no Penny or Lohse in the weekend series at Wrigley (not sure that's good or bad news).
Lohse had two MRIs on Monday, one before exercising and a second after working out.
"It was enough to show the inflammation," Lohse said. "I basically got the feeling I would get from throwing. Something is going on."
Lohse is likely to join Brad Penny (upper back) on the 15-day disabled list. Like Penny, Lohse had not mentioned that his 2009 symptoms had returned prior to Saturday's start, but problems in his latest outing convinced him he had to tell the team.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5216010

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:52 pm

"there should be a 6th tool when scouting...does he love it?" - kevin millar there's a nice piece on millar returning to the st. paul saints (indie league) (where his career started) on MLB TV "Live"...they'll probably run it a few times because they went through a lot of trouble to shoot footage and take interviews. he also stated that the cubs was the first team that ever cut him and it made him cry. he spoke of watching the team bus leave after he got cut and him and his son packing up his locker at cubs spring camp.

Submitted by navigator on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:55 pm

Earlier this year, ARIZONA PHIL on TY WRIGHT
Ty Wright is an outfielder without the defensive acumen & range to play CF or the arm to play RF, and he doesn't have the HR power you would look for in a LF. On the other hand, he's a pretty good hitter, he runs OK, and he plays LF with reckless abandon. He's the kind of player fans tend to like. Probably in an attempt to improve his versatility, the Cubs were working him out at 3B in Minor League Camp last week, but he was back in LF yesterday.
and Today, May 24
KODAK, Tenn. - The Tennessee Smokies made it back-to-back weeks as OF Ty Wright was named this afternoon by the Southern League as its "Hitter of the Week," for the week of May 17-23.... Wright went on a power surge this past week. His grand slam Monday against Huntsville was one of two he hit last week against the Stars. Another two late last week against Jacksonville put him at eight on the year (T-4 in the league). His 42 RBIs are second in the league and he leads the Smokies in runs scored (34), home runs (8)and RBIs (42).
What's up? Did he get Colvinized last winter?

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 05:07 pm

but someone lock up Hendry, another 2bmen is available Kaz Matsui was released by the Astros, apparently last week.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

  • crunch (view)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

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