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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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Guess We Need A New Thread

The previous thread was getting a little long and I'll be with limited Internet access in about 25 minutes and I'm typing this on my iPhone. Let's see if this ends up on "damn you autocorrect".

The Cubs have strung two wins together for the first tine since 1989, or so it feels like. The second win on the heroics of Geovany Soto and Tyler Colvin (twice). He hit what looked like the game winner in the 9th after Soto tied it up, but it was called back on fan interference. He then later reached and scored the winning run. Hopefully it's the start of his season turning around.

I thought the most fun part of the game was when Q-ball had to make the decision with 2 outs and runners on the corners to walk D. Brown. Charlie Manuel somehow blew through his bullpen with the rain delay and all, and was now forced to either stick with the pitcher or go all out for the win there and pinch-hit. With 2 outs and the odds not that great for a winning play, he stuck with his pitcher who made the last out and then got the lost in the next inning thanks to an error by Polanco.

Cubs get to face the holy trinity the rest of the weekend. Hope all of your weekends fare better.

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In reply to by big_lowitzki

Current adminastration is good at drafting pitchers and not offensive players already. "I would love to see what Billy Beane could do with a real payroll" I would be worried if you saw Ricketts walking around with a copy of "Moneyball" under his arm as he was looking for loose change under the seats at Wrigley.

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In reply to by Ryno

"The difference for the Cubs this season has been that they aren’t relying on the long ball nearly as much, and that they have the ability to manufacture runs via the stole base and timely hitting." Not only has he not watched them them this year, he hasn't even looked at the relevant stats. They have the ability to steal bases? Really? Where's the evidence?

Goes to yesterday's thread re international prospect signings/$. From the Prospect Hot Sheet posted today in BA. Jeimer Candelario, 3b, Cubs. July 2 is right around the corner, which means Baseball America's reports on the top international prospects will start next week. Meanwhile the summer leagues in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic are underway, with the majority of last year's international signings making their debuts in those leagues. One of the early standouts has been Cubs third baseman Jeimer Candelario, a $500,000 signing out of the Dominican Republic last summer (although he was born in New York) who has come better than advertised. Candelario, 17, earned praise from scouts for his potential to hit for average and power from both sides of the plate. Even better, his approach at the plate is quite mature for his age, as he's already drawn 12 walks in 34 plate appearances. Sure, it's early, but he's off to a .364/.588/.455 start and leading the DSL in OBP.

Rob, I think your iPhone autocorrected whatever you typed to read "The Cubs have strung two wins together"!! LOL!!!

there's little to be gained by trading a bargain-priced middle reliever, especially the one in question who does have some residual sentimental value [to some of us]...if we can dump any of the overpaid under-performers, so be it; if not, grin & bear the rest of the season & start lopping off the lard @ season's end

Jayson Stark of ESPN has a Bryce Harper update: "On one hand, Bryce Harper is 18 and would still be a senior in high school if he'd lived a normal life. On the other hand, scouts who cover the South Atlantic League have been raising eyebrows for weeks about his sense of entitlement. Tales of Harper showing up late for team stretching, and occasionally exiting those stretching drills before they were over, have been circulating in the scout community. And as talented as Harper may be, and as fun as he may be to watch on the field, he has often offended outsiders with his what-am-I-doing-in-THIS-league body language. That has to stop." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page… He also writes about Kerry Wood.

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In reply to by Jace

an 18 year old is gonna be an 18 year old...especially one that's been big man on campus every single step of his career, even when playing over his head. but... for a guy who's "whos-who of whom i respect" includes scrapers and gamers...he needs to learn how to respect the game he's playing. i'd rather see him get pissed at an ump or throw a tantrum over a play rather than showing up without purpose everyone on the field that's not him with dismissive attitude. this is a guy who's own personal selfishness and need to make a message got him suspended in the college playoffs with his demonstration to the ump of what the strike zone is. respect the game at least. go be an 18 year old jerk off the field.

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In reply to by Paul Noce

imo, he needs to be humbled. he's just never had someone slap the "metaphorical shit" out of him. if you move him down he'd probably hit .400 and be just as bored/dismissive. the counter is...if you move him up he may still hit damn well, get what he wants in return, and not learn a damn thing. he's just that good. WAS may have to live with it the same way teams learned how to deal with jerky guys like randy johnson, roger clemens, barry bonds, paul oneil, dave kingman etc. speaking of jerks...one of his top-of-the-list heroes is pete rose...and he was a jerk for waaaaaaaay more than just that whole betting scandal thing.

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In reply to by crunch

I hated Pete Rose long before the gambling crap. You're right, the more he succeeds the bigger head he gets. He needs to struggle for the first time in his baseball life and see how he responds. But I would still like to see a veteran manager rip him for his crap. I'm shocked the other team didn't beat the crap out of him the game he blew a kiss at the pitcher.

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In reply to by Paul Noce

The night before Harper was drilled in the leg and the opposing team was taunting him and harassing him, every time they went by the dugout. Harper simply stepped into the batters box the next day and let his talent do the speaking. If the other team wants to talk shit about injuring a player then Harper can blow as many kisses as he wants.

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In reply to by crunch

I agree on Rose. I've hated the SOB ever since he spiked Ernie Banks at first base in 1967. I laughed my ass off when he got suspended from baseball. That being said, there's lots of SOB's in the HOF and I have no problem with Rose being inducted someday as long as Shoeless Joe Jackson is inducted posthumously with him the same year.

i got a good feeling about the cubs tonight. halladay is good, but he's not a feared soft tossing lefty. go scrubs.

...and then got the lost --- Stoopid autocorrect or giant fingers on small iphone keypad: ...and then got the "L"

The Cubs have released 20-year old Taiwanese RHP Tzu-An Wang. The 6'6 Wang received a $350K bonus in July 2009 (the highest bonus the Cubs have given to a player from Taiwan), but never developed. INF (now CF) Pin-Chieh Chen and RHP Yao-Lin Wang were signed about the same time as TA Wang--but for less money. But both Chen and YL Wang had been members of the Taiwanese Junior National Team prior to signing with the Cubs and already were "baseball players," while TA Wang was more a of a projectable "blank slate." PC Chen and YL Wang (though six inches shorter than TA Wang) definitely have some upside, with Chen really showing improvement both offensively and defensively since getting moved to CF at Extended Spring Training, and now that Matt Loosen has been moved up to Daytona (where he is pitching very well, BTW), YL Wang will proBably be battling Luis Liria for the Opening Night starter's gig at Boise. But Tzu-An Wang just never got going. He looked like a basketball player trying to be a baseball pitcher. He shuffled around Fitch Park like somebody woke him up out of a sound sleep, and he registered very poor numbers at both Extended Spring Training and with the AZL Cubs last season: 2010 EXST: 10.80 ERA - 2.06 WHIP - .352 Opp BA 11.2 IP - 19 H - 17 R (14 ER)- 5 BB - 11 K - 1 HR - 3 HBP - 2 WP 2010 AZL CUBS: 7.32 ERA - 1.68 WHIP - .292 Opp BA 19.2 IP - 23 H - 16 R (16 ER) - 10 BB - 19 K - 3 HBP - 3 WP He hadn't pitched at all this year prior to getting released.

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In reply to by Paul Noce

Submitted by Paul Noce on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 11:42am. What are the signing bonuses like for non-drafted players, and for players taken late in the draft? Since signing football players clearly doesn't work (TA Wang, Shark Face), why not try signing jockeys? ======================================= PAUL N: Low round guys and NDFA without leverage (college seniors) could get as little as an $800 or $1,000 bonus.

Brett Jackson sat for the third straight game tonight. I guess we'll get the injury (or re-injury) scoop any day now. Vitters up over .280!

Angel Guzman 2 scoreless IP for Peoria, sun times says (without a setback) he might be ready in a month for mlb callup.

Per Rosenthal... B(r)ad Snyder to Iowa, coleman back up Per muskie... Va lefty lee, castro, barney, montanez, aram, dewitt, soto, pena, colvin, garza Per wittenmeyer... Snyder DFA

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In reply to by Rob G.

turn that 2-run double into a 2-run single and it's even more typical garza. it hasn't been as bad lately, but it's been a long time since ive seen a guy give up so many singles base incidents that turned to runs. also, this team has double-play-turning issues, still. castro's fielding has gotten a little bit more stable, but he is marginally slow to mechanically set and throw once he gets the ball. it doesn't look clumsy, but it's not fluid-fast.

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In reply to by crunch

2nd double play of the day not turned...beat out by ibanez... barney was a little slow on that one, but not horrible. ...it's screwed. it looks good when they do it, especially in slo-mo...but there's wasted/slow mechanics piling up on some of these plays when you see it real-time. the guys up the middle don't look clunky doing it, but they (esp. castro) seems to be giving up speed of turning the play in order to get it mechanically right. meh...sigh...

blake dewitt needs to move back to 2nd...barney...it's been fun...you're neat...great bench...great occasional starter...great injury replacement... but yeah...dewitt in LF isn't looking good.

L and with that we just took over the major league lead in fielding errors... MLB worst in defensive efficiency, fielding percentage, double plays...

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In reply to by navigator

1/3rd of mlb going to playoffs...very lame. 8 is wearing it thin enough, imo...though it works. i liked the expansion(s) and the 8-team format, but i drew a personal line there.

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In reply to by navigator

Terrible idea, IMO, because it lessens rivalries and also expands interleague play, both of which I think are detrimental to fans interest in the game. Cubs fans, I think, are more excited to play the Cards 18 times rather than adding the Mariners, Angels, Rays...(other than CWS, Yanks and Red Sox, the entire AL).

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In reply to by springs

I don't like the idea of two 15 team leagues because how fun would it be to finish in 11th place? or 13th, or 15th? Heck, you could finish in 8th place and have a winning record and casual fans would think you had a crappy season. It's stupid. Not to mention two teams would be playing interleague games every day of the season, including the crucial playoff race games at the end of the year.

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In reply to by navigator

I still can't believe that Selig was able to pull off moving the Brewers into the NL Central. What a colossal dicking-over of the entire rest of the division... It is absolutely ridiculous that NL teams have to be better than two more teams that AL teams in order to make the playoffs... Not that I think it would make any difference to this Shit version of the Cubs...

I'm all for the Cubs going... --- the Cubs should move to the Cuban league. Both uniforms on the same field would be like watching Mick and Bianca.

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  • 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.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.