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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
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

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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Angels Edge Cubs at Riverview Park

LHP Hunter Green and four relievers combined to toss a seven hitter with eight strikeouts, as the Angels edged the Cubs 2-1 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training Opening Day action this afternoon on Field #6 at the Under Armour Performance Center at Riverview Park in Mesa, AZ.

Tyler Alamo flied out to the warning track in RF with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th to end the game.  

LHP Jonah Weseley struck out five Cubs in just two innings of relief, and ex-Cub Trevor Gretzky played 1B for the Angels and went 1-3 with a double and a stolen base.    

Jae-Hoon Ha (post-2013 broken wrist) continued his EXST rehab, playing CF and going 1-3 with a line-drive rope single, a walk, a stolen base, and two fly outs to RF.  

Here is the abridged box score from today's game (Cubs player's only):  CUBS LINEUP:
1. Gleyber Torres, SS: 0-4 (K, F-9, K, 4-3)
2a. Kevin Brown, 1B: 0-2 (3-U, F-7)
2b. Justin Marra, 1B: 0-2 (K, F-9)
3. Jae-Hoon Ha, CF: 1-3 (BB, F-9, 1B, F-9, SB)
4a. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 1-3 (F-7, K, 2B)
4b. Rashad Crawford, PH: 1-1 (1B, R, SB)
5. Eloy Jimenez, DH: 0-4 (P-3, 4-3, K, FC, RBI)
6a. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 1-2 (F-8, 1B, SB)
6b. Rony Rodriguez, RF: 1-2 (P-4, 1B)
7. Charcer Burks, LF: 0-4 (1-3, 6-3, K, 6-4 FC)
8a. Giuseppe Papaccio, 2B: 0-2 (5-3, K)
8b. Dalfis Ortiz, 2B: 1-1 (1B, BB, PO)
9. Tyler Alamo, C: 1-4 (1B, K, L-4, F-9)

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Eduardo Figueroa: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 19 pitches (12 strikes)
2. David Garner: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/FO, 7 pitches (4 strikes)
3. Erick Leal: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 4/1 GO/FO, 27 pitches (15 strikes)
4. Josh Davis: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GO/FO, 30 pitches (23 strikes)
5. Zak Hermans: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GO/FO, 20 pitches (12 strikes)
6. Jasvir Rakkar: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/2 GO/FO, 19 pitches (14 strikes)

CUBS ERRORS: NONE

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Tyler Alamo: 0-3 CS

ATTENDANCE: 19

WEATHER: Mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 80's

EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING ROSTER (73 players are at EXST - 60 players are ACTIVE)

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# bats both

ACTIVE PITCHERS (34): 
Adbert Alzolay
* Jeffry Antigua
Dallas Beeler (ACTIVE REHAB)
Trevor Clifton
Casey Coleman
Josh Conway (ACTIVE REHAB - 2013 elbow stress fracture)
Josh Davis
* Alberto Diaz
Greyfer Eregua
Eduardo Figueroa
* Frailyn Figueroa
Kyuji Fujikawa (ACTIVE REHAB - 2013 TJS)
David Garner
Trevor Graham
Zak Hermans
Luis Hernandez
Corbin Hoffner
* Tyler Ihrig
Pierce Johnson (ACTIVE REHAB - hamstring)
Trey Lang 
Erick Leal
Trey Masek (ACTIVE REHAB)
Ryan McNeil (ACTIVE REHAB - 2013 TJS))
Jeferson Mejia
Erling Moreno
* Jose Paulino
Hector Perez 
Joel Pineiro 
* Anthony Prieto
Jasvir Rakkar
Alexander Santana
Duane Underwood (ACTIVE REHAB - forearm strain)
Michael Wagner
Ben Wells

LIMITED ACTIVITY REHAB PITCHERS: (9):
Marcelo Carreno (2013 shoulder surgery)
Jesus Castillo (2013 unknown-type injury)
* Michael Heesch
* Tommy Hottovy
Barret Loux (shoulder) 
Dillon Maples (rib injury)
Trey McNutt (shoulder)   
Brad Renner
* Sam Wilson

CATCHERS (7)
Tyler Alamo
# Erick Castillo
# Mark Malave 
* Justin Marra
* Alberto Mineo 
Antonio Valerio 
Eufran Vargas

INFIELDERS: (10+2)
# Roney Alcala
* Zak Blair
# Varonex Cuevas
# Frandy de la Rosa (INACTIVE - neck injury suffered in off-season car crash)
* Bryant Flete
Jesse Hodges
# Dalfis Ortiz
Giuseppe Papaccio  
Matt Scioscia
Elliot Soto (RESTRICTED LIST - serving 50-game Drug of Abuse suspension)
# Trevor Stevens (LIMITED ACTIVITY ONLY - right hand injury)
Gleyber Torres

OUTFIELDERS (9+2):
Jeffrey Baez
* Kevin Brown
Charcer Burks
Arnaldo Calero
* Rashad Crawford
#  Kevin Encarnacion (INACTIVE - burns & other injuries suffered in off-season car crash)  
Jae-Hoon Ha (ACTIVE REHAB - 2013 broken wrist)
Eloy Jimenez
* Ricardo Marcano
Rony Rodriguez 
Casper Wells (INACTIVE - knee injury)

MANAGERS:
Jimmy Gonzalez
Gary Van Tol

COACHES
Jesus Feliciano 
Brian Lawrence
Carmelo Martinez 
Guillermo Martinez
Ricardo Medina
Osmin Melindes
Anderson Tavares
Rick Tronerud

Comments

Jason Hammel day...up 1-0 early on Pirates

Minors

P. Blackburn went for Kane County and they won; 5 IP, 2 ER...J. Hannemann with a triple in the game

F. Pena went for Daytona in Game 1, but they lost; 6 IP, 1 ER...Almora went 2/3 with a double

J. Rosario going in Game 2

CJ Edwards going for the Smokies, 4 IP, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 ER so far

C. Pimentel went for Iowa and they won; 6 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB and 10 K...B. Jackson and Vitters both had HR's.

Folks, Castro's defense is really exciting to watch right now. He made a great play tonight already - probably the fastest I've ever seen him move. He really appears to have upped his intensity. Keep it up Starlin!

Hey AzPhil, I might've missed something, as I haven't really followed things that closely, but was Ben Wells cut? I see him on the last XST list of yours, but he's not there now. Thanks.

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In reply to by Cubster

CUBSTER: Gleyber Torres is an exceptional defensive shortstop. He makes the routine plays consistently, and I mentioned in a comment a couple of days ago that he made a leaping catch sideways (leaping to his right) in the "sim" game on Monday, and you have to be fairly athletic to get elevation while leaping sideways... and he just turned 17 in December!

He is very confident and poised for his age, and he doesn't show emotion or get flustered when he makes a mistake.

Offensively he appears (at this point) to be a top of the order type (#1 or #2 hitter), although he will need to get on base at a high rate to stay there as he eventually moves up the pipeline to the higher levels (AA, AAA. and MLB). 

19-year old Kane County SS Carlos Penalver is a pretty good defender, too, so the Cubs have a couple of interesting teenaged shortstops in the system (although they are both probably several years away).
 

In the never ending drive to see a .500 team by the year of our Rush, 2112, it was good to see a few things yesterday. All of it was probably obvious to most of you, so I won't bother with most of it. And, it's awfully early. But I am beginning to wonder if Mueller is having an effect on Rizzo. JD mentioned Rizzo is attacking the ball early, then being more patient. That seems to be the case. My God, it's like the team has a hitting strategy. I tend to give coaches too much credit when things go good/well, so that's kind of a whatever. And again, I like Junior Lake more than most people who seem more knowledgeable than I am about baseball. That ball was crushed. He just seems to have some serious mojo. He came up pretty fast through the system, so I'm not surprised he screws up once in awhile. But I like that kid.

AZ Phil, have you heard what happened to Mike Hamann? He seemed like a decent pitching prospect.

HAGSAG: I have no information about the present status and/or whereabouts of the two remaining MIA, Mike Hamann and Brian Smith

Well was some bad baserunning by Castro in this game and the blocking the plate rule is dumb but it's nice to see the Cubs actually get the bouncing ball hits go there way, especially for Rizzo. Last year it seemed like all his hard hit balls went to defenders.

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In reply to by Rob Richardson

they have the highlight on Gameday, he was waived in for sure and with 2 outs, usually wise to take that chance. The highlight cuts off before going to any close-ups, did they actually call hime safe or safe because of blocking the plate? If blocking the plate, that's an unfortunate interpretation of it. The ball did arrive early and he sort of drops down in front of the plate I guess, but man, not like he had a lot of time to think about it, seemed pretty natural.

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In reply to by Charlie

if it was a no tag call I think Hurdle would have been allowed to challenge it. In the end, Castro was safe anyway because Sanchez had the ball in his bare hand and Castro slid into his glove and pushed it back and touched the plate as the actual ball was tagging him, so ultimately it didn't matter. I really don't know what else Sanchez is suppose to do on that play...straddle the plate I guess to try and catch the ball?

early MILB games today

Iowa wins, Baez HR, Hendricks 7 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Tennessee loses 1-0; Arrieta with 3.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

KC wins, Skulina 5.2 IP, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

Daytona tonight, T. Scott pitches

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In reply to by Newport

i hope this is the last time we see kalish hitting 2nd. sure, he had a good spring, but he did a chunk of his work in later innings vs minor leaguers. plus, having 3 lefties in a row is getting stupid...such as this inning where it's kalish/rizzo/sureholds coming up 1/2/3.

Two Ex Cubs Go yard in same game for the A's: Fuld and Donaldson.

cubs put 2 on with 0 outs in the bottom 9th...2 Ks follow. ...and it's up to darwin barney...because screw you cubs fans. ...and he walks (a legit one rather than a "the pitcher is up next" one). bases loaded and emilllllllllllllllllllllio's up. ...and he grounds out...because screw you cubs fans. meh. cubs are 3-6.

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In reply to by crunch

Their record could be quite a bit better. I think they're playing ok baseball overall. I only heard part of the last few innings as I was driving (yay smartphones). Castro got hits again, I don't know how Rizzo did. Did Valbuena bat for Olt? And why Olt? When Barney was nearing the plate? I realize he walked but dear God. If it wasn't Olt, then why whoever it was instead of Barney?

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In reply to by Old and Blue

valbuena batted for the pitcher who's slot was used in a double switch moving olt out in the 7th (with PIT at the plate) moving boni to 3rd and inserting d.barney at 2nd. along with telling everyone to steal bases and weird bunting...renteria loves to move boni all over the place making substitutions.

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In reply to by crunch

ok, good. Thanks for that info. I had the game on in the car and I could only hear Len and JD and I thought I heard Len ask if it was a good move pinch hitting Valbuena. Maybe he just was wondering if there wasn't somebody else on the bench, or maybe there was just too much traffic making too much noise and I didn't hear right.

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In reply to by johann

"with your hating on everything cubs instead" yet the comment i replied to "Cubs are going to look back at this one in October...." is just awesome 2014 cubs love that i squashed with my piss-on-your-parade comment. the reality (or opinion if you're optimistic) of 2014 being a sunk season before spring training even begun has nothing to do with me. most people accept this as a fact. but yes let's just get upset about that and blame it on me. my bad. if we all cheer up and dedicate some good vibes the team can probably squeeze out another 20+ wins. Believe (tm). *note: this post contains jokes. i do not guarantee 20+ wins via good vibes. no cash value. not valid in hawaii or alaska.

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In reply to by crunch

Yes we all knew we weren't going to compete in 2014 so you can whine and complain about it constantly as you do or look for things to actually like and enjoy such as seeing the players that are actually part of our future doing well and rooting for them to succeed. I find the second way much more rewarding and enjoyable. You seem to prefer the 1st way.

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In reply to by johann

yeesh...really? how about searching through the past 4 threads...for a start. you'll see a few capital letters exclamations of cubs leads and more than a few pro-cubs and pro-kids comments. in those same 4 threads i see a total of 2 comments from you...both about me.

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In reply to by johann

I'm seeing a lot of good things from the hitters. Even Barney took ball four instead of hacking at 3-2, as one of the announcers pointed out that he did last year. They're working the count nicely. I blame Bill Mueller. It's gotta be tough to see the relievers trash these good efforts.

Tonight's line-up is in. No Olt. Bonifacio 2B, Valbuena 3B, Riz 1B, Schierholtz RF, Sweeney CF, Castro SS, Kalish LF, Castillo C, Samardzija P

Recent comments

  • 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.