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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Golden Bear Cub Comes Through When It Counts

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Brett Jackson rifled an RBI single into the LF corner with two outs in the bottom of the 9th to score Jim Adduci from 2nd base with the winning run, as the Cubs scored one in the 8th and one in the 9th to edge the Cleveland Indians 2-1 in Cactus League action at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in sunny & warm Mesa this afternoon.

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Randy Wells got the start for the Cubs today, and threw four shutout innings (57 pitches - 35 strikes, 6/3 GO/FO), allowing a single and a walk while striking out two. Kerry Wood pitched the 5th and struck out the side (S. Duncan-Valbuena-Donald) after allowing a lead-off single to Travis Buck, and Andrew Cashner pitched the final four innings (55 pitches - 33 strikes), allowing one run (a solo HR by Jayson Nix, the second batter Cashner faced). Cashner's command was a little bit spotty, but he got a ton of ground balls (7/1 GO/FO), and may have taken the lead in the battle for the 5th starter job (with Randy Wells now solidly #4) with his performance today. For the day, Cashner allowed just the one run (the Nix HR) on three hits and a walk, plus three stikeouts and one GIDP, in 4.0 IP.  

Meanwhile, Cleveland pitchers threw 5.2 IP of no-hit ball at the Cubs, as Tribe starter Justin Masterson threw three perfect innings (with five strikeouts) and Jeanmar Gomez followed with three innings of one-hit shutout ball (including three punch-outs). The Cubs didn't even have a baserunner until one out in the bottom of the 6th, when Koyie Hill drew a walk. But with pitcher Andrew Cashner at bat, Hill was thrown out at 2nd base on a busted "butcher boy" hit & run play where Cash faked the bunt and then swung away (and missed), and then Cashner immediately followed the Hill CS with a line-drive single to left, the Cubs first hit of the day.  

Down 1-0 going into the bottom of the 8th, Marquez Smith ripped a one-out double down the left-field line off Frank Herrmann, advanced to 3rd base on a Wild Pitch, and then scored when Indians catcher Chun-Hsiu Chen made an inadvisable (and errant) throw to 3rd base trying to nab Smith (who had already arrived at the bag). Chen had a bad day behind the dish today, with the critical E-5 and a PB.

With the score tied 1-1, Jim Adduci led-off the bottom of the 9th for the Cubs, beating out an infield hit. Fernando Perez then laid down a bunt and reached safely on a SH-FC when Cleveland pitcher Vinny Pestana tried to force the speedy Adduci at 2nd base (Pestana had absolutely no chance). But Scott Moore popped-out into short LF and Josh Vitters popped out to right-center, leaving it up to Brett Jackson (the Cubs 2009 1st round draft pick out of Cal), who came into the AB hitting .063 (1-16) in Cactus League action. And the Golden Bear came through, hammering the first pitch he saw into the LF corner, scoring Adduci from 2nd base with the winning run. 

Today was "Ron Santo Day" at HoHoKam Park, with a pre-game ceremony featuring the Ricketts Family, Ferguson Jenkins, Billy Williams, Randy Hundley, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, and Ronnie's wife and kids. There were a lot of #10 jerseys at HoHoKam today.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 03:39 am

Submitted by QuietMan on Thu, 03/10/2011 - 7:17pm. Great as usual AZ Phil. How did Colvin look at firstbase? ================================= Q-MAN: I like what I've seen of Tyler Colvin at 1st base (so far). He has the actions of a 1st baseman (not hard to understand since he played there in HS and in his Freshman year at Clemson), and can make all the plays. I'm not saying he's Gold Glove material, but he's not bad. But Colvin has really been struggling with his outfield play in Cactus League games. He has misplayed and misjudged several pop ups and line-drives, and just doesn't look comfortable out there. I guess some would wonder if working out at 1st base has had a negative impact on how he is performing defensively in the outfield, but I don't know if that's true. Colvin was never a good defensive outfielder in the minors (passable is how I would describe him, with plus-range and an adequate arm but poor instincts).

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 03:09 am

Today is the first day since the end of the World Series that Draft-Excluded Players (anyone eligible for selection in last December's Rule 5 Draft who was added to a 40-man roster after August 15th) can be sent to the minors by outright or optional assignment. The four Draft-Excluded Players presently on the Cubs 40-man roster are Alberto Cabrera, Robert Coello, Scott Maine, and Kyle Smit. And next Tuesday is the last day clubs can option or outright an injured player to the minors, as long as the player did not accrue any MLB Service Time last season. So the Cubs have to make sure to send Alberto Cabrera, Rafael Dolis, John Gaub, and Kyle Smit (the four players presently on the Cubs 40-man roster who did not accrue MLB Service Time last season) to the minors by next Tuesday. Otherwise, if the player is not sent to the minors by Tuesday and then gets hurt, or reports an injury that the player claims occurred sometime earlier, the club has to place the player on its MLB 15-day (or 60-day) Disabled List and pay the player at the major league rate (at least $414K pro-rated) while on the DL, and the player also accrues MLB service time for as long as he is on the DL, too. So I would very much expect the Cubs to option Cabrera, Dolis, Gaub, and Smit to the minors by no later than Tuesday (probably after the weekend Vegas trip). Minor League Spring Taining games start next Thursday, so I would expect the younger NRI players in camp (like Carpenter, Clevenger, B. Jackson, J. Jackson, McNutt, and Vitters) to get sent to Minor League Camp by next Monday or Tuesday. The younger NRI players are not competing for big league jobs (at this time). Rather, they were invited mainly so that the player can get a feel for the big league environment, and so that the manager and coaches can get to know the player's personality and the player's strength and weaknesses for future reference. Next Tuesday is also the last day a player signed to a non-guaranteed major league contract can be released where the club only has to pay him 30 days salary (about 1/6 of his 2011 salary) as termination pay. Players with non-guaranteed major league contracts who are released anytime starting next Wednesday up until MLB Opening Day get 45 days salary (about 1/4 of their 2011 salary) as termination pay. All major league contracts become guaranteed starting on MLB Opening Day, and so a player released after the start of the MLB regular season gets 100% of his salary as temination pay (minus the pro-rated portion of the MLB minumum salary if the player subsequently signs a major league contract with a different club), regardless of whether or not the player signed a guaranteed major league contract. In addition, it's very possible that one or more of the MLB veterans signed by the Cubs to minor league contracts during the off-season (OF Reed Johnson, RHP Braden Looper, INF Augie Ojeda, and RHP Todd Wellemeyer) have an opt-out clause in their contract where the player can demand his release if he's not added to the Cubs 40-man roster (and 25-man roster) by a certain date (usually MLB Opening Day). All things being equal, having an opt-out clause might have an impact on whether a player is cut or not, and that's why (for example) Reed Johnson might win the backup OF job over Fernando Perez (who has one minor league option left), why Augie Ojeda might win the middle-infield back-up gig over Darwin Barney (who the Cubs might want to play everyday at Iowa), and why Wellemeyer and/or Looper might capture a slot on the pitching staff when other pitchers (who have options remaining) have performed just as well.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 03:21 am

The Cubs have released 21-year old 6'5 Australian LHP Cody Hams. He's the former cricket star (bowler) who paid his own way to the MLB Australian Baseball Academy in 2007 to try his hand at something called "baseball." The second baseball game he ever saw was one where he was the starting pitcher. (Talk about a blank slate!). The Cubs liked what they saw of Hams and gave him a $150K bonus to sign in March 2008. He apparently did not progress as fast as the Cubs had hoped, however, although I thought that he would get at least another year to prove himself given his lack of baseball background and a solid performance working out of the bullpen in the AZL last summer. With Hams having just been released, and with RHP Adam Spencer and OF Sean Williams getting released a year ago, only one Australian player (RHP Ryan Searle) is left in the Cubs minor league system.

Submitted by navigator on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 03:10 am

The entire extent of the SunTimes' coverage of yesterday's game: At the plate: Outfielder Brett Jackson gave the Cubs the win in the ninth with a single to left field, which was just one of four hits the North Siders had on the day. They also went a dismal 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position. On the mound: Right-hander Randy Wells continued to make his bid for a spot in the starting rotation, pitching four shutout innings and allowing just one hit, while fanning two and walking one. Kerry Wood also threw a scoreless inning, while Andrew Cashner picked up the win. Up next: vs. White Sox, CSN, 670-AM, MLB.com.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 03:40 pm

gwah...ninja c'mon...3 run 9th, 2 outs so far also, yet another homer where adults barrel over kids in the OF to catch a ball. i've seen a LOT of this this spring. saw it twice earlier in the week during a LAD game where a kid got absolutely plastered. i'm yet to see one of these class acts give the ball to a kid, either...especially one they trampled over.

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  • Bill (view)

    I would have kept Cooper rather than Wisdom, but at least I can understand why they did it.  In a team that lacks dominant power hitters, Wisdom can be a dominant power hitter, at least in streaks.  I suppose that there is always the possibility that the streaks longer in both duration and frequency.  I will be content if they essentially make a 100 % DH commitment to Mervis against righties and Wisdom against lefties.  When a regular needs rest, give them total rest, rather than a DH rest.  Do this for at least 2 months, and then re-evaluate at that point.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    This is Cubs adjacent but…


    Jordan Walker just was optioned by the deadbirds. For all the talk of the Cardinals development machine, they’ve really missed on a lot of can’t miss superstars lately. Walker has struggled. Gorman has been okay. They’re already trying to push Carlson out the door. Their pitching system has been so bad they had to go out and sign basically a full rotation over the last two offseasons.

    They’ve still developed a few of those pesky solid players, like Donovan, Edman, and Nootbaar. Their two best prospect to MLB players have been Adolis and Arozarena, neither of which is a cardinal.

    I hope they never figure it out again. Cardinal failure brings me such joy.
     

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

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