12 More Cubs Pitchers Go "Live" at Fitch
12 Cubs pitchers threw "live" BP this morning at Fitch Park in Mesa. Each pitcher threw 25 pitches, and each hitter saw five or six pitches befiore rotating out of the batting cage.
The "live" BP was fairly uneventful, as no batters were hit by pitches, no hitters knocked a ball over the fence, and no pitchers were shut-down in the middle of an "inning."
Starlin Castro (who played winter ball) had the best swings.
Aramis Ramirez did not take "live" BP (he did not take "live" BP last year, either), and the hitting group consisting of Jim Adduci, Matt Camp, Brad Snyder, and Max Ramirez did not get a chance to face "live" BP today. However, M. Ramirez did put on quite a power display in a later BP session on Field #2 with a coach throwing "soft toss."
Priior to the "live" BP session, Aramis Ramirez did take infield practce on Field #3, and Marquez Smith was worked out at 2B and Scott Moore at SS on Field #2. Although Moore was drafted as a SS (1st round pick by DET in 2002 out of the same HS that produced Josh Vitters) and played there his first year in pro ball, he lacks the range to play there except in a pinch. And M. Smith both lacks the range and fluidity needed to be an everyday 2B, although playing 2B in addition to 3B could help to get him to the big leagues if he is unable to make it to the bigs as an everyday 3B.
PITCHERS
FIELD #2
1. Randy Wells
2. Andrew Cashner
3. Casey Coleman
4. Esmailin Caridad
5. Justin Berg
6. John Gaub
HITTING GROUP #1
Marlon Byrd
Tyler Colvin
Alfonso Soriano
HITTING GROUP #2
Reed Johnson
Bobby Scales
Geovany Soto
Josh Vitters
HITTING GROUP #3
Starlin Castro
Blake DeWitt
Koyie Hill
Scott Moore
Carlos Pena
FIELD #3
PITCHERS
1. Kerry Wood
2. Todd Wellemeyer
3. Robert Coello
4. Thomas Diamond
5. Marcos Mateo
6. Jay Jackson
HITTING GROUP #1
Steve Clevenger
Brett Jackson
Marquez Smith
HITTING GROUP #2
Kosuke Fukudome
Bryan Lahair
Lou Montanez
Fernando Perez (batted LH)
HITTING GROUP #3
Jeff Baker
Darwin Barney
Welington Castillo
Augie Ojeda
Chris Robinson
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