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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Rockies Rallies Result in a Win and a Tie at Riverview Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Dillon Thomas blooped a two-out two-run double between three Cub defenders in short right-field in the top of the 5th as the Rockies edged the Cubs 3-2 on Field #5, and Denzel Richardson belted an RBI triple and a single and scored a run to help the Rockies rally from a 4-1 deficit to tie the Cubs 4-4 on Field #6, in Cactus League Extended Spring Training split-squad doubleheader action this morning at the Under Armour Performance Center at Riverview Park in Mesa, AZ.

In EXST Cubs roster news, Elliot Soto has completed his 50-game "Drug of Abuse" suspension and has been assigned to AA Tennessee. In 18 Cactus League Extended Spring Training games (68 PA), Soto hit 333/397/417 with 6/9 BB/K, one double, two triples, 3 SB (0 CS), 12 RUNS, and 5 RBI, while playing outstanding defense at SS. 

Also, INF Giuseppe Papaccio has been sent back to Cubs Extended Spring Training from Daytona, and 1B Danny Canela has been sent to Cubs Extended Spring Training from Kane County. Both players were assigned to Squad "A" in the split squad doubleheader, with INF Varonex Cuevas and OF Shamil Ubiera moving from Squad "A" to Squad "B."    

And LHP Andin Diaz (hasn't pitched in a Cactus League EXST game since April 23rd) has been assigned to the DSL Cubs, who will begin their 2014 season tomorrow morning versus the DSL Marlins. The 21-year old Diaz spent the previous two seasons pitching in the DSL, but had his career sidetracked for a while by a 50-game PED suspension in August 2012 that carried over into 2013.

Here are the abridged box scores from today's games (Cubs players only):



FIELD #5

SQUAD "A" LINEUP:
1. Rashad Crawford, CF: 0-3 (L-3, F-7, P-5)
2. Mark Malave, C: 1-3 (1B, F-9, P-4, R)
3. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 1-3 (1B, 4-3, 6-3) 
4. Danny Canela, 1B: 0-3 (4-3, F-8, F-7, RBI)
5. Rony Rodriguez, DH #1: 1-3 (K, F-7, 2B, R)
6. Justin Marra, DH #2: 1-3 (1B, K, 1-3)
7. Giuseppe Papaccio, SS: 0-3 (6-4-3 DP, K, E-5)
8. Kevin Brown, LF: 1-3 (3B, K, K+WP)
9. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 1-3 (F-9, 1B, K)
10. Zak Blair, 2B: 1-2 (1-U, 1B)

SQUAD "A" PITCHERS:
1. Jose Paulino: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 5 K, 2/3 GO/FO, 63 pitches (41 strikes)
2. Luis Hernandez: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 6/0 GO/FO, 53 pitches (31 strikes)
NOTE: Hernandez's third inning was stopped with one out and runner at 3rd base

SQUAD "A" ERRORS: 2
1. C Mark Malave - E-2 (overthrow at 3rd base on stolen base attempt allowed baserunner to score unearned run)
2. P Luis Hernandez - E-1 (dropped throw on attempted 3-1 putout allowed batter to reach base safely - eventually scored unearned run)

SQUAD "A" CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Mark Malave: 1-2 CS, 1 E (see above)

SQUAD "A" OUTFIELD ASSIST:
LF Kevin Brown - batter thrown out 7-6-5 trying to stretch double into triple

FIELD #6:

SQUAD "B" LINEUP: 
1. Gleyber Torres, SS: 1-3 (5-3, 4-3, 1B)
2. Varonex Cuevas, 2B: 0-1 (BB, K, BB, R)
3. Charcer Burks, CF: 1-3 (2B, L-7, 1-5 FC, R, RBI)
4. Tyler Alamo, DH: 1-2 (1B, K, BB, RBI)
5. Roney Alcala, 1B: 0-3 (6-4-3 DP, F-7, F-9)
6. Adonis Paula, 3B: 1-3 (2B, 5-3, F-8, R)
7a. Ricardo Marcano, RF: 0-1 (F-7, BB)
7b. Shamil Ubiera, RF: 0-1 (5-3)
8. Eufran Vargas, C: 1-3 (1B, 5-4-3 DP, L-6, R)
9. Arnaldo Calero, LF: 0-1 (BB, F-8)

SQUAD "B" PITCHERS:
1. Jeferson Mejia: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 4/4 GO/FO, 34 pitches (25 strikes)
2. David Garner: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 7 pitches (6 strikes)
3. Adbert Alzolay: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GO/FO, 19 pitches (14 strikes)
4. Victor Salazar: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/4 GO/FO, 28 pitches (17 strikes)

CUBS SQUAD "B" ERRORS: NONE

CUBS SQUAD"B" CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Eufran Vargas: 0-3 CS

ATTENDANCE: 13

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures 100+ 
  

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Andin Diaz
Danny Canela
Giuseppe Papaccio
Elliot Soto

Comments

Submitted by Old and Blue on Fri, 05/30/2014 - 05:23 pm

I was looking at the tweet about Rizzo above and I realized that if the Cubs tried to move to Rosemont (or wherever) they'd probably get sued by people in Wrigleyville.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/30/2014 - 05:29 pm

it only took 23 minutes for this game to officially suck. down by 4...1 out in the 1st...man on 1st.

Submitted by Carlito on Fri, 05/30/2014 - 05:14 pm

"Hi Ricky, yeah Theo here. I love Valbuena, I do. We re-signed him for a reason. Anyway here's the thing: you play him at 3rd base more than once every two weeks and I'll trade him for a billy goat and a generic Pepsi. Okay, talk to you soon. Bye now."

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/30/2014 - 05:06 pm

no idea...i occasionally see highlight videos, but not full at bats. given the 20-25% of his ABs ending in a K it's hard to know just by looking at that number or the highlight swings where he'll hit a wall in pitching talent vs his hitting talent. it's also a bit early to tell if he's capable of swift corrective measures if he does hit a wall. if he's got any vulnerabilities, so far not many in AA are talented enough to use them against bryant.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 05:39 am

Wasn't Bryce Harper in Double A when they brought him up? I'm pretty sure Mark Grace was. Plenty of others, too. He doesn't really need to go to Iowa unless that's a pitchers league (I have no idea). EDIT: As much as I love to say "bring him up" I think they may have been a little hasty with Harper. His stats weren't like this, either.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 05:28 pm

I think if there was an injury they might consider it, but this group seems to take it one level at a time. Anyway Bryant still has D and strikeout issues to work on as exciting as he's been.

The pressure on him and Baez when they get called up is going to be pretty immense by the fans and media, doesn't need to be working on major flaws to go along with it and read about it every day in the paper, hopefully just fine tuning at that point and adjusting.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 05:29 pm

Giancarlo Stanton strikes out a lot and it doesn't hurt him too much. I'd rather see strikeouts when things aren't going right than the Sureouts approach of hitting into a double play every time there are men on base. I haven't seen him bat much and I'm no expert anyway, but strikeouts don't bother me much. This group will need to weigh putting pressure on the kids against putting pressure on themselves. Joel Sherman had a good article on this slow and steady approach today. Hot prospects don't always pan out. The whole Cubs plan is only as good as the kids they bring up, since they don't want to look at other avenues of obtaining players for some reason. I'm not sure waiting 6 months or even a year is going to make a bit of difference when it comes to Bryant, and he doesn't seem fazed by pressure anyway. I'm not saying they should bring him up now but if he keeps tearing it up they need to think about where to put him, and, especially, are they at all interested in Olt. They don't seem to be.

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Submitted by johann on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 05:48 pm

Depends on the reason for the strikeouts and having not seen Bryant play I can't say one way or another but if he's having problems with something like breaking balls major league pitchers are going to take advantage in a way AA pitchers can't. We're gonna need multiple prospects to come up plus then spending on FA at the same time to compete so why the urgency? If Bryant has nothing left to learn then great but if he can still work on defense and his approach at the plate re: SOs then why not just use this opportunity of guaranteed suckitude at the Major League level to let him iron it out. Castro has taken major strides this season but I think he would have been better served without the unforgiving glare of Chicago media and fanship too.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 05:19 pm

I have no idea if Bryant is missing breaking stuff. I guess I could get myself an MILB tv account and watch a few games. If he is, that's a problem but I haven't read anyone saying he is. I follow that Arguello fellow quite a bit on the Trib's attempt to be trendy blog thing - Chicago Now I believe it's called. He's actually pretty informed and I haven't seen him say anything about it. Doesn't mean it isn't so of course. The real question for me is where does he fit in because if his defense is really that questionable and they like Olt anyway (another big question based on the way Renteria uses him) then he should be in the outfield right now.

Submitted by Carlito on Fri, 05/30/2014 - 05:52 pm

We should hire some Blackhawks as team consultants / psychiatrists. Those guys just never quit.

Submitted by jacos on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 05:26 pm

Bonafacio @ third Coughlin baker Barney in line up also /no hitter alert at level Ryan

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Submitted by Carlito on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 05:20 pm

Yeah, I mean what are we learning about this team when we win with a lineup like that? That we win when the pitcher is perfect and Rizzo hits 2 homeruns? Fine we know that. I cannot stand this manager. God, he's infuriating. The only legitimate questions regarding position players are whether Olt is part of the future core and possibly if a couple of these young outfielders are comeback / reclamation projects. Anything else is irrelevant. So what do we get? A painstakingly complete, spare no cost, detailed exploration of our low ceiling, middle aged, light hitting 1.5 tool journeymen. Thanks captain fucky, you're a force to be reckoned with...

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sun, 06/01/2014 - 06:28 am

I actually understand the showing off Bonifacio thing in the hopes that some team would be stupid enough to give the Cubs more than he's worth, but I don't understand it at the expense of not playing Olt. The window to find out if he can play is getting smaller all the time because Bryant looks like he isn't interested in waiting, MLB clock time or no. For a management team that prides itself on foresight I find it amazing they are not dealing with 1) Getting Olt in the line up every day to see if he's going to be any good (he may not, I'll be the first to admit) and 2) If Olt pans out, they need to get Bryant into the outfield ASAP and time's a wastin'.

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Submitted by The Joe on Sun, 06/01/2014 - 06:47 pm

My guess is that the plan is to continue as is with intermittent playing while all the other crap builds up trade value. After the deadline or whenever everything of 'value' can be traded, Olt can play every day. He'll have had the first half of partial play and the second half of regular play. Hopefully, after the deadline, they'll start playing the guys who might actually have a future with the Cubs.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Sun, 06/01/2014 - 06:13 pm

It's hard to picture a guy that tall--Bryant is listed at 6'5--playing third. And Olt looks pretty good there. So I would guess that Olt is better. But the only thing I'm really sure of is that Bryant hit another ball out of play today between the foul lines (#18).

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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