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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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Gameday Open Thread / Rockies @ Cubs

The Rockies visit HoHoKam this afternoon at 3:05 Chicago time. It's Rich "89.4 MPH" Hill vs. Franklin Morales.

And Lou Piniella confirms: when he said he'd have a rotation announcement by Friday, he meant it, dammit.


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"Cesar Izturis went 0-for-3 and committed an error Thursday against the Marlins. Izturis is batting .163 and he's up to seven errors in the equivalent of about 12 full games at shortstop." (Rotoworld) Glad he's not in the picture anymore.

He started the inning off with his sixth walk out on a missed bunt K Aramis made a throwing error Hill made a throwing error Hill gave up a double past CF KFuk yanked

mlb.com is saying that the recently demoted OF Josh Kroeger came in to relieve Hill in the 2nd, and got the next two hitters out... I don't believe that... Anyone know what really happened?

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In reply to by Transmission

You need it on "Rich-Text" if you want to use the toolbar when you write an article. Unfortunately for the 6 of us, it'll also default to that in the comments. It was one of the 8,000 emails I've sent out, I'm sure you missed it. Some of the writers have two accounts, one for writing stories and one for commenting, then you don't have to worry about it. Otherwise, if you just want to post a link and a bit of info, I've just gotten in the habit of hitting "Disable rich-text" and then switching the "input format" to "filtered html". The only benefit is that it automatically hyperlinks any links and truncates them if they're over 50 characters.

But no, it won't stick...you have to change it each time you want to do that.

Ryan Theriot walks Soriano batting, E-1 on pickoff attempt Theriot steals 3b Theriot scores on a WP ball four to Derrek Lee

Wow, just got a phone call from Pappa Trans, who is at the game! On his regular spring trip with the wife's family to AZ, and says it's a beautiful day. Beyond that, I'll just say that Pappa Trans's ability to comment on spring training games is somewhere below that of Arizona Phil's.

G Jones now pitching? Can't wait to see Az Phil's writeup ...Lou on the phone to the bullpen in the 2nd inning after the 6th walk from Hill, "send the bus to the minor league camp and bring back some pitchers, I'm going to be damned if I burn out my bullpen in March."

Is it possible that Hill could start in Iowa if he does not settle down? A rotation of Z, Lilly, Demp, Lieber, and Marquis to start the year if a trade is not made before opening day might sound bizarre, but possible. Trade Marquis or Dempster for the coveted RH CF/OF later and bring Hill back after the trade. Does Hill have any options left? Just a thought.....

Cubs Win 8-6. Wuertz 1 1/3 IP and a save, 2 K's. Nobody's said it yet but maybe he's our closer. Certainly he's been a good "fireman" this spring.

It's entirely possible that Hill starts the season in Iowa. Mainly because he hasn't had one start where he met his required pitch count. He's had shorter than desired outings. He'll need to stretch his arm out somewhere and that somewhere is very likely Iowa and Lou will go with a 4 man rotation early. I know he said he wasn't going to do that, but the most overrated Cub since Jason Dubois has screwed that up. Funny I don't hear anyone comparing him to Bedard anymore. LOL what a bunch of fools.

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In reply to by Rich_Hill_is_a…

eh? they're both lefties with good curves, but i dont recall people going out of their way to compare hill and bedard. they dont even have comparable fastballs. maybe i missed something but i dont recall the bedard/hill comparison and love being expressed.

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In reply to by Rich_Hill_is_a…

Ok, now I get it. Alright, thanks for coming here to criticize them. In other news, Fukudome is really struggling. All those fools who were comparing him to Vladimir Guerrero sure look stupid now! Idiots.

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In reply to by The Joe

haha another one who thinks Hill is just as good as bedard. FWIW, i'll be here all season and when Hill finishes with a 4.40 ERA and you can no longer use the "it's spring traing dude" excuse, I'll remind you of Hill's 2 pitch average ass. BTW, i've had this username before his suktacular ST.

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In reply to by Rich_Hill_is_a…

And when that happens, you'll find an army of overly impressed readers. You will be the king of prognostication and we shall bow down before you. Oh wait, nevermind...no one gives a shit.

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In reply to by The Joe

i dunno if its funny or sad that a lotta people compare fuku to a young/prime mark grace...from expected output at the bat to quality of D (though at a significantly different position). even if fuku performs on that level he's simply a "solid" player rather than a guy who carries the team. yeah, you cant have a team of Arods unless you wanna spend $200+m and anything complimenting dlee/soriano/aram is bonus...still... he's gonna K a lot...hopefully he'll walk a good amount, take pitches, manage to put 15-20 over the fence, and stick somewhere around a .350ob%...

The only fool i see is using spring training stats to go "See i told you so!" By using this guys logic Rich Hill is wayyyy better than Bedard. Erik Bedard has a 9.69 ERA in spring training and he isnt striking out anyone. Ohhhh i am sorry did i poke a hole in your stupid analysis? Poor fool.

"Bedard is getting hit hard because he's working on a cutter" And it's not possible that Hill working on his changeup and cutter? You're argument sucks. No one is saying Hill is as good as Bedard. Maybe you can't compute Hill's spring ERA, but according to my calculations its 7.11 which is better than Bedard's. So according to your own spring training argument, Hill is indeed a better pitcher than Bedard. So who do you think is better?

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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.