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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

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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
* 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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O Mio Amaya!

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Gioskar Amaya drilled two home runs and an RBI single and collected four RBI, Jesse Hodges doubled twice, singled, and drove-in two runs, and Kelvin Freeman belted a two-run HR, leading the Cubs to a 9-4 victory over the Athletics in Arizona Instructional League action this afternoon at the Papago Park Baseball Facility Field #2 (AKA "Connie Mack Field") in Phoenix.

Amaya also reached base on an HBP, stole a base, and made three diving stops & throws at 2B that resulted in run-saving put-outs (two of the stops made while going to his right, and one made while going to his left).  
19-year old RHP Jen-Ho Tseng (the top rated international prospect out of Taiwan this year who received a reported $1.625M bonus when he signed with the Cubs in August) made his professional game debut today, and it was painful. After allowing an unearned run on no hits in a languorous 28-pitch bottom of the 3rd inning (the run scoring thanks to two walks and an Erick Castillo PB), Tseng was struck on the lower left leg by a line-drive off the bat of A's 1st baseman Ryan Huck on his very first pitch in the bottom of the 4th. Tseng was obviously in a lot of pain (he didn't even try to retrieve the ball and throw Huck out after being struck, even though the ball landed just a couple of feet from the mound), and he had to be helped off the field.  

Tseng has a herky-jerky delivery where he snaps his head up into the air just before releasing the ball, and in the process he loses sight of the catcher & batter and really isn't in a position to see the ball when it comes off the bat. 

RHP Juan Carlos Paniagua threw a couple of innings and was cranking his fastball up to 97 MPH, easily retiring the first five men he faced. But then he walked a batter on a 3-2 pitch with two outs, before hanging a slider that Jaycob Brugman hooked over the RF fence for a two-run HR, followed by a Kyle Wheeler double off the top of the left-centerfield fence (near HR).

RHP Duane Underwood had an impressive outing, striking out the first three men he faced on 11 pitches and then retiring four more in a row before allowing a couple of singles (the run charged to Underwood was an inherited runner who scored after Underwood had left the game). The young right-hander had command of all of his pitches (fastball, curve, and change-up), such that he was able to throw all of his pitches for strikes (which has been a problem for him in the past). He also worked quickly and seemed to be pitching with a lot of confidence (he didn't waste any time between pitches).       

Despite the nine runs and 11 hits, Cubs hitters collectively struck out 14 times today, but 13 of the 14 strikeouts were racked up by just four hitters: Kelvin Freeman four times (all swinging), and Trey Martin, Jeffrey Baez, and Rashad Crawford three times each (Martin and Baez all swinging strikeouts, while Crawford struck out looking each time). 

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

CUBS LINEUP:
1. Gioskar Amaya, 2B: 3-4 (HR, 1B, K, HR, HBP, 3 R, 4 RBI, SB)
2. Trey Martin, LF: 1-5 (6-3, K, K, K, 2B, RBI)
3. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 1-4 (K, BB, 1B, K, K, R, SB)
4. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 3-5 (2B, 2B, 5-3, 1B, P-3, R, 2 RBI)
5. Kelvin Freeman, 1B: 1-5 (K, K, K, HR, K, R, 2 RBI)
6a. Carlos Penalver, SS: 0-2 (6-3, BB, 1-3)
6b. Gleyber Torres, SS: 0-2 (3-U, 4-3)
7. Rashad Crawford, CF: 0-5 (F-8, K, 4-3, K, K)
8a. Erick Castillo, C: 0-3 (6-3, 4-3, 1-3)
8b. Wilfredo Petit, C: 1-1 (1B, R)
9. Jordan Hankins, DH: 1-3 (BB, 5-3, 2B, 4-3, 2 R)

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Paul Blackburn: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 4 K, 1/0 GO/FO, 42 pitches (19 strikes)
2. Jen-Ho Tseng: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GO/FO, 29 pitches (17 strikes)
3. Juan Carlos Paniagua: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 2/2 GO/FO, 37 pitches (19 strikes)
4. Duane Underwood: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1/4 GO/FO, 38 pitches (26 strikes)
5. Tyler Ihrig: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GO/FO, 22 pitches (18 strikes)  

CUBS ERRORS: 1
3B Jesse Hodges - E-5 (dropped pop fly in foul territory)

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Erick Castillo: 2-4 CS, 1 PB

ATTENDANCE: 96 (including 80 students & instructors from MLB Scout School)

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 80's    

 

Tags
AZ Instructional League
Gioskar Amaya
Duane Underwood
Jesse Hodges
Kelvin Freeman
Jen-Ho Tseng
Juan Carlos Paniagua

Comments

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 10/04/2013 - 10:17 pm

BRUCE LEVINE - the OTHER Maddux a candidate? Levine Tweets Greg Maddux being considered for Cubs gig now. Who next?

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 10/04/2013 - 10:40 pm

candidate for what? head of going on mcdonalds runs? he's kinda legendary for willing to share/teach, but walking away if someone doesn't "get it" the way he's explaining it...forget the radar gun, focus on location, do your homework on batters, have consistent mechanics. that's been his "thing" in the cubs + tex systems. you'd think he'd be in line for a bench coach job first...someone who's going to apply their passion of situation study to be in the manager's ear.

Submitted by fullykräusened on Fri, 10/04/2013 - 10:23 pm

Awesome pun, A.Z. "Oh mio Amaya, crawfish pie, and file gumbo..." Okay, if the median TCR reader gets this, how desperate are we to see the Cubs win before we die?

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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