Diamondbacks Take Advantage of Cub Miscues at Talking Stick

Taking advantage of four errors to score four unearned runs, the Diamondbacks defeated the Cubs 8-5 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Whirlwind Field at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, east of Scottsdale, AZ.


21-year old 6’5 RHP Jose Arias got the start for the Cubs and worked three innings, and although he did allow two runs on four hits and a walk, he also struck out seven. Arias was considered the Cubs #1 pitching prospect in the Dominican Summer League (DSL) last season, and will likely be a rotation starter at AZL Cubs this year. He was throwing gas today.


In EXST Cubs roster news, Cuban LHP Gerardo Concepcion and fellow Cuban catcher Yaniel Cabezas have been moved-up to Peoria.


The 20-year old Concepcion was signed by the Cubs last month, receiving a five-year $6M major league contract. In three EXST games prior to getting promoted, Concepcion threw 11.1 IP, allowing seven runs (six earned) on 14 hits and four walks, while striking out 11. He also threw three wild pitches and committed a balk.


In his last outing last Thursday at Indian School Park in Scottsdale versus the Giants, Concepcion threw five innings (88 pitches), allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk, with four strikeouts. So he is stretched-out and ready to be a starting pitcher for the Chiefs.


Concepcion signed with the Cubs after defecting last year at the World Port Tournament in the Netherlands while a member of Team Cuba. Prior to defecting he pitched for Industriales in Serie Nacional (the Cuban major league), and was named the league’s Rookie of Year for the 2010-11 season.


Cabezas signed with the Cubs in December 2010 for a reported $500K bonus. He played for Los Vaqueros de la Habana in Serie Nacional prior to defecting, and split the 2011 season between AZL Cubs (Mesa) and Boise, hitting a combined 202/284/260 between the two stops. Cabezas turned 23 last Thursday


Here is the abridged box score from today’s game (Cubs players only):


CUBS LINEUP:
1. Shawon Dunston Jr, CF: 2-4 (2B, F-7, L-4, 1B)
2. Gioskar Amaya, 2B-DH: 0-4 (K, F-8, F-9, K)
3. Anthony Giansanti, DH-C: 0-3 (4-3, K, BB, L-7, R)
4. Rock Shoulders, 1B: 1-3 (4-3, 1B, BB, K, R)
5. Neftali Rosario, C-DH: 1-4 (K, K, 1B, F-8, R, 2 RBI)
6. Brian Inoa, DH-2B: 0-4 (F-8, K, E-6, 4-3, R)
7. Danny Lockhart, 3B: 0-3 (K, K, BB, F-7)
8. Carlos Penalver, SS: 1-3 (5-3, BB, 1B, 6-3, RBI, SB)
9. Garrett Schlecht, LF-DH: 2-3 (1B, K, 1B)
10. Kevin Encarnacion, RF: 1-3 (F-8, 1B, 6-4-3 DP, R)
11a. SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TWO TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
11b. Jair Bogaerts, LF: 0-1 (E-5)


CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Jose Arias: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 7 K, 61 pitches (44 strikes), 1/1 GO/FO
2. Ethan Elias: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 25 pitches (17 strikes), 0/2 GO/FO
3. Hunter Ackerman: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 40 pitches (24 strikes), 1/1 GO/FO
4. Sheldon McDonald: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 34 pitches (22 strikes), 2/3 GO/FO
5. Rafael Diplan: 1.0 IP, 1 H 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 16 pitches (8 strikes), 0/1 GO/FO


CUBS ERRORS: 4
1. P Ethan Elias - E-1 (errant pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed baserunner to advance to 3rd base – eventually scored unearned run)
2. C Neftali Rasario - E-2 (overthrow on stolen base attempt at 2nd base allowed baserunner to advance to 3rd base – eventually scored unearned run)
3. C Anthony Giansanti - E-2 (errant throw on stolen base attempt at 3rd base allowed baserunner to score unearned run)
4. 2B Brian Inoa - E-4 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely and baserunner to advance to 3rd base – eventually scored unearned run)


CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Neftali Rosario: 0-2 CS, 1 E (see above)
Anthony Giansanti: 0-1 CS, 1 E (see above)


ATTENDANCE: 12


WEATHER: Sunny and a bit breezy with temperatures in the 90’s

Tags: 
EXST Cubs
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Gerardo Concepcion
Jose Arias
Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 4:54pm
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Comments

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 6:04pm

not gonna start a new post since we have 2 new ones today...

Furcal SS, Schumaker 2B, Holliday LF, Beltran RF, Freese 3B, Molina C, Carpenter 1B, Robinson CF, Wainwright P

vs.

DeJesus RF, Campana CF, Castro SS, LaHair 1B, Soriano LF, Stewart 3B, Barney 2B, Soto C, Samardzija P

here comes the winning streak....

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 7:19pm

dejesus just got a gift.

1-0 cubs.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 7:20pm

Molina missed the tag but DeJesus missed the plate. Ump called him safe though.

Submitted by Newport
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 7:34pm

He was sure to touch the plate on his way back to the dugout. I'm sure Soriano would have done the same, lol.

Submitted by Charlie
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:25pm

On the replay, it was clear that DeJesus got to his knees ready to lunge back in and get a hand on the plate, having missed it. He stops right as the ump calls him safe.

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 7:20pm

Joe's having a good time in the chattings.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 7:21pm

be there.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 8:01pm

Can't get on parachat right now, but did enjoy Len's comment RE: Campana stealing and getting to third on the error:

"Molina should have just thrown to third."

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 8:10pm

april 24th...soriano gets his 1st extra base hit (double)

Submitted by Eric S
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 8:34pm

More cubbery with the DeJesus pick-off. Poor Samninja, can't catch a break with this crew.

Submitted by Charlie
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:27pm

Looked great again today. Hopefully we see more of the good Samardzija with control this year than we see of the bad.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:01pm

Got the good Samardzija tonight. Well done.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:16pm

Marmol coming in for the 4 out save. I feel confident.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:21pm

that was an odd decision.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:21pm

make that a shitty decision, 2r homer.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:23pm

http://emotibot.net/pix/3658.jpg

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:24pm

Came home just as Marmol did what he does best. I hate baseball.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:25pm

and he follows it up with a 2 base error after walking beltran...neat.

...he gets out of it with a popout to RF.

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:26pm

I hate baseball because I love it so much.

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:29pm

good luck trading marmol.

Send Soso with him maybe we can get a one arm third baseman.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:33pm

bowden about to make his debut.

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:40pm

Lulz. Carlos Marmol: Cubbery at its finest. Thanks Jim Hendry!

Submitted by The E-Man
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:51pm

The sad thing is, as awesome as he was (and quite incredible, as we all remember) he is equally terrible now.

I wonder what the fuck happened that he just fell off the table?

Submitted by George Altman
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:24pm

Slider isn't being thrown for a strike and the League knows it. Waiting on a 92-93 MPH fastball that's not extraordinary. Fun times...................

Submitted by Charlie
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:30pm

Personally, I think his fastball used to have more and sharper movement to it, too. So you had a fastball that looked like it was going to be off the plate away, but would break over the middle of it, and a slider that looked like it was going to be down the middle in would take a left turn. Now you have fastball that's much straighter.

Submitted by superjimmer
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:54pm

Carlos Marmol starring in "The Return of Latroy Hawkins!"

LaHair is GOD!

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:53pm

LAHERO!

TIE GAME!

Submitted by tem99
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:53pm

Free LaHair!

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:55pm

off a lefty, too...good stuff.

Submitted by Charlie
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:31pm

Imprison Baker!

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:55pm

If I see Baker at first again, I;m going to drive down to clark and addison and kick Sveum in the nuts.

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:55pm

Too bad LaHair can't hit lefties.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:57pm

The legend of LaHair grows

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 9:59pm

cut it out

Submitted by The E-Man
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:05pm

MIKE C says, "I will never admit that LaHair is actually, maybe, probably, more than a AAAA player and not a piece of shit player from our talent-less farm system."

Submitted by superjimmer
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:02pm

Mather time!

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:07pm

Mather, you are not LaHair.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:10pm

FREE BOBBY SCALES! DOWN WITH MATHER!

Submitted by superjimmer
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:10pm

Is it just me or did Mather just show a complete lack of sanity? Who the fuck almost falls over swinging for the fences three times with the winning run standing on 3rd? Really? Are you kidding me Mather? Read the fucking CUBS WAY. I am sure it says something like put the fucking ball in play and put pressure on the defense and pitcher when the (expletive) ;) win is on 3rd base. Hero = goat.

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:14pm

I think he really liked playing the hero from the other night...except he did that with a walk off single. What a dolt.

Submitted by superjimmer
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:35pm

I'm just glad Soriano read the situational hitting chapter. Mather got an F on the "how to win a ball game 101" quiz for dumbasses tonight. Which is not easy to do.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:17pm

"harry could handle pronouncing 'salas' backwards...he'd be okay." - len

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:21pm

another gift for the cubs...campy safe on a SB, 1 out...

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:26pm

Who do those umps think they are? There's no way their gifts could possibly outweigh the Cubs' ability to blow a game.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:29pm

SCRUBBIES WIN!

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:29pm

I'm not sure if the Cubs won...but the Umps and Cards seemed to have lost.

Submitted by superjimmer
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 10:40pm

Just cause the Cubs caught a break, don't forget Ninja and LaHair frickin kicked ass. And the little man's speed made those tough calls at home plate and 2b possible. Sometimes you make your own breaks. Which is kinda cool!

Please make Marmol go away tho...

Submitted by The Joe
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:08pm

Just looking at the bad calls and errors. Ninja certain deserved a win...

Submitted by Charlie
on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:39pm

Loving the Ninja, these days. I will be infinitely psyched if he turns out to be a legit #3 or so with the potential to dominate on occasion.

Now Volstad and Travis Wood need to get on the becoming useful pitchers wagon.

My love for LaHair might be greater than my love for Borowski circa 2003; I dig the longball (and the solid overall plate approach) more than I dig the save.

Submitted by cubswin18646
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 3:34am

Hey AZ Phil I enjoy your reporting. I would love to check out some extended spring games. Can you give me a schedule of the games. Thanks

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 7:24am

So last night I'm watching the game on my iPhone but since I thought it was the NINTH inning when Holliday smoked Marmol, I turn off the game, in disgust, after Castro strikes out to end the ninth eighth.

Then I turn on the phone and I guess I turned off the phone but didn't kill the app, and Soriano is bouncing one through the infield with Campana coming home and I look at the box score and see my man crush tied it in the ninth. As the kids would say, FML.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 10:12am

Senior moment?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 10:13am

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects...

Hayden Simpson just about done.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 10:28am

I have generally admired the overall body of Wilken work. But he has really "missed some bats" as well during his Cubs tenure.

I thought at the time that it was a shrewd move by Hendry, as he wanted to try to upgrade things.

He has turned out closer to Jerry Angelo in that he blew it with most of his 1st rounders.

Not that he was alone by any stretch, but in the Simpson and Colvin rounds there were more impact players taken after the respective picks.

Submitted by Eric S
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 11:05am

Vitters over Wieters not looking so hot either - can't recall if that was Wilken though.

Submitted by John Beasley
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 11:07am

Vitters over a lot of guys. That might have been the deepest 1st round in forever.

Edit: In all fairness, I do believe Vitters still has a shot to be a serviceable MLBer.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 11:42am

Whereas I think we can agree Hayden is probably a classic "bust", I also think Vitters is certainly not yet.

Agree in that he will have a productive career. Not a star, imo, but a contributing MLBer.

Submitted by tem99
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 11:58am

Call me crazy but I think Vitters has the chance to be better than that. He's been rushed a bit by the prior regime and is only 22 playing in AAA for the first time. And from his numbers this year it at least looks like he's trying to be more selective at the plate. I don't think he'll be a regular all star, but maybe once at his peak.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 11:55am

it was Wilken, think that was as much money as talent

maybe Baez will pan out :)

better run of major leaguers than his predecessor, but lacking impact talent

I know it's been listed before, but since 2006:
Colvin, Samardzija, Clevenger, Donaldson, Guyer, Barney, Russell, Cashner, Flaherty, Cub Carpenter, J. Harrison, Campana, Coleman, Erick Hamran (pitched for Padres briefly last year), LeMahieu

Castro was signed in 2006, but doesn't seem like Wilken had much to do with that one.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 12:39pm

Add Clevenger so far this year.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 12:41pm

I see him in that list, do you not?

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 1:05pm

I have gone on about this before, but the talent evaluator/scouting director/gm goal really is two-fold:

- Graduate draftees to the Majors
- Develop said draftees for use in trade.

Once we strip everything away, this is their main job description.

It is combination of luck, health, and finally, evaluation skills, that produces impact players like Pujols, for example.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil
on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 2:58pm

I do, but I guess I did not.

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