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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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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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Cubs Pitchers Micrify Giants with Combined Two-Hitter

Jacob Hannemann and Kelvin Freeman belted RBI doubles and Arodys Vizcaino and five relievers combined to toss a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts while retiring the last 16 batters in a row, as the Cubs edged the Giants 2-1 in Arizona Instructional League action this morning at Indian School Park Field #1 in Scottsdale.
Vizcaino allowed a walk and struck out one in his one inning of work (18 pitches  12 strikes). His fastball velocity was clocked consistently at 93-94 MPH, and his command was fair.  

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

CUBS LINEUP
:
1. Shawon Dunston Jr, CF: 0-3 (K, F-9, K, BB, SB)
2. Danny Lockhart, 2B: 1-4 (6-3, 4-3, 2B, 5-U FC, R)
3. Jacob Hannemann, DH: 1-4 (K, 4-3, 2B, 5-3, RBI)
4. Yasiel Balaguert, RF: 2-4 (1B, 1B, K, F-9)
5a. Will Remillard, C: 1-3 (1B, F-9, L-5)
5b. Cael Brockmeyer, C: 0-0 (HBP)
6. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 1-4 (K, K, 1B, 5-3, R, SB)
7. Rashad Crawford, LF: 0-4 (K, K, K, K)
8. Kelvin Freeman, 1B: 1-4 (3-U, K, 2B, 6-3, RBI)
9a. Gleyber Torres, SS: 1-2 (6-3, 1B, PO)
9b. Giuseppe Papaccio, SS: 0-2 (F-9, 5-3)

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Arodys Vizcaino: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/FO, 18 pitches (12 strikes)
2. Rob Zastryzny: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 27 pitches (21 strikes)
3. Tyler Skulina: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GO/FO, 23 pitches (18 strikes)
4. Scott Frazier: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 8 pitches (5 strikes)
5. Sam Wilson: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 10 pitches (9 strikes)
6. Trey Masek: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/2 GO/FO, 18 pitches (12 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 1
2B Danny Lockhart - E-4 (dropped pop fly allowing batter to reach base safely and baserunner to score unearned run)  

ATTENDANCE: 25

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 70's
 

Comments

AZ Phil: any more detail on the progress of the 2013 draft pick pitchers who threw at least 2 IP. Some strike throwing machines out there: (Zazz (21/27, 77%), Skulina (18/23,78%) and Masek (12/18, 66%)). Wilson (9/10) and Frazier (5/8) were no slouches either.

CUBSTER: All of the Cubs pitchers who threw today pitched well and were pounding the strike zone. 

Zastryzny absolutely carved-up the Giant hitters (striking out four af the last five men he faced - all four swinging), changing speeds on his fastball and using his breaking ball to put 'em away. I'm not sure if he was throwing a slider or a curve (maybe both?), but it was a VERY impressive outing.  

Skulina is a big dude (6'6 225) and he was throwing a low 90's fastball with movement and a plus-slider (getting one swinging "K" and two more looking), with an occasional slow curve to keep the hitters guessing.  

Masek (who has a similar frame as Roy Oswalt) was a bit more hittable and a bit less in command than Zastrynsky and Skulina, but he did retire all six men he faced (6-3, K, F-9, 6-3, 6-3, F-9). Masek's stuff isn't in the same class as Skulina's and Zastrynsky's, but it's not bad.

LHP Sam Wilson struck out the side (two looking and one swinging) on ten pitches, throwing fastball/slider/fastball/slider/fastball/slider combinations to freeze the Giant hitters. Wilson is being primed as a lefty reliever and he could be pretty good. BTW, Tyler Ihrig (who did not pitch today) is another lefty 2013 draft pick at Instructs who is apparently being groomed for the bullpen, and he combines a rather pedestrian fastball (I believe it's a cutter or a sinker, maybe both) with a "Bugs Bunny" curveball (you can take three swings before it reaches home plate).

Scott Frazier had one strikeout (swinging) and two busted bat 4-3 ground-outs in his eight-pitch inning today. 
 

"Rays pitching prospect Taylor Guerrieri has been suspended 50 games for testing positive for a drug of abuse." seriously dude...you gotta put the weed away...the minors are a bit cruel about it. tim beckham went down twice for it in the TB system. luckily for guerrieri (if you can call it luck) he's recovering from TJ surgery and he can serve that time while injured.

I'm really missing the twitter bar. Not showing up the last day or two on chrome

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In reply to by Jumbo

works on my firefox and I just tried it on chrome and safari on mac os x 10.8.5 and it showed up. It is usually the last thing to load though.

I wish I knew more about it, but I don't think it's on our end. And if it is, but it's showing up on my computer, it's nearly impossible for me to troubleshoot.

The standard clear out your cache, restart, etc and my apologies?

mesa loses their 1st game, 11-9...7-1-1(tie) bryant 3-5, 2 HR, double almora 1-6, double soler 2-5 it's weird having 4 legit "top" hitting prospects (those guys + baez) and a few others who aren't bad even if not on their level (a.alcantara, m.olt, vogelbomb, j.candelario). now the team needs a few legit pitching prospect besides cj edwards. given how thin the 2014 draft is shaping up for bats, especially power bats outside of highschool 1st/OF, i imagine they're going for a pitcher this go around.

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In reply to by Rob G.

I don't usually wish death upon people, but fuck that guy. Your team is a game away from the World Series and you wear a jersey mocking a last place team? I hope he gets the bird flu this winter.

h.ramirez pulled from the lineup pre-game...then back into the lineup an hour ago...now in the training room with n.punto warming up 15 minutes before game time. rollercoaster elimination lineup. ...and h.ramirez is back in the lineup 6 minutes before game time.

delay of game because s.van slyke + j.kelly are still hats-over-hearts in a standoff after the national anthem. this is absolutely stupid as hell.

puig's D and defensive choices have tanked this game early on...crazy trainwreck. 2 instances of "bryce harper disease" trying to play superman on plays and letting runners advance on throws to the wrong base rather than conceding a run and holding runners. a couple innings later lets a leadoff single turn into a man on 2nd fielding a ball as if he's going to throw out the runner going to 1st...and he ends up clanking the ball that would have right in front of him. messy over-aggressive stuff out there. on the flipside...kershaw is doing himself no favors getting hit a ton. ...wow, kershaw...3 straight hits to lead off the 5th...no outs, men on 2nd/3rd...he's out of the game...down 0-5...gave up 10 hits.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving player than Puig. That dude needs a slap down.

STL once again proves you can't win without blowing up your team for a few years and getting a bunch of low-round draft picks to build your farm...wait, no they didn't. either way, they're off to the World Series. barf.

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In reply to by crunch

Ok. I think you know the difference between a team that is going to the World Series for the 4th time in the last ten years based largely on their farm system and the Cubs situation when Epstein took over, but I'm sorry it bums you out so much. You're obviously a major fan, and knowledgable and do your homework. I just think in 10 years if the cubs are a winning machine that we'll all be happy they built the foundation. Time shall tell that's for sure. Either way.

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In reply to by Carlito

that's a key point...4th time in the past 10 years. they haven't had to tear down and sink to rise again from the ashes to do it. they get a 20th pick in the 1st round...they get talent. they get a 5th round pick...they get talent that seems like a 1st/2nd round pick...etc i like what's going on with the cubs, but STL never had to go through 2-3 years of "please be patient while we collect parts and lose like hell" to get there. what's been going on the past 2 seasons...and maybe 1 more season...has been knowing we're not going to compete before april even begins and all the "hell yeah!" of off-season signings has been followed by "wonder what we'll get for this dude in june/july?" i just hope theo/jed can do as well with their 20th+ picks in the 1st round and minors building once they're not getting sweet top-5 picks in the 1st round and not trading away talent mid-season. that's what they were hired for as much as (and more important than) what's going on right now.

1.) 5 of the 11 championship series games have been shutouts. That's CRAZY! 2.) I hope Albert Pujols at least loses a little sleep.

The won because they replaced Pujols with Allen Craig, no wait...Allen Craig was replaced with... and then there was Wacha-macallit

per mlbtr...JC Boscan and Darnell McDonald have elected to become free agents. Yawn.

bryant + almora sitting tonight...soler + w.darvill playing darvill is playing 3rd.

holy f'n shit...it's game 2 all over again. grand slam after scherzer comes out. BOS leads by 3, bottom 7th.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • 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.