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

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, ten players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are 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
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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Javy Baez Back in Action at Extended Spring Training

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Renato Nunez drilled an RBI double, walked twice, and scored a run, Iolana Akau ripped an RBI double and a single, Nate Freiman (on Oakland A's MLB 15-day DL with a lower back strain) reached base three times (walk, single, and HBP), and Matt Stalcup tossed four innings of shutout ball, leading the Athletics to a 4-1 victory over the Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning on Field #6 at Mesa CubTown at Riverview Park in Mesa.

Frandy de la Rosa pulled a solo HR over the RF fence to account for the lone Cub run.  

Javy Baez was a DH and batted twice in the game, flying out to deep left-center his first time up, and striking out (swinging) on a 1-2 breaking ball his second time up. Baez is in the process of getting back into game shape at Extended Spring Training after missing the first two weeks of the regular season following the death of his sister.     

Prior to the Cactus League EXST game on Field #6, RHPs Jordan Brink, Jae-Hoon Ha (ex-OF), Scott Frazier, and Jose Zapata threw one inning a piece in a two-inning intrasquad "sim" game on Field #4. Baez "warmed-up" for the Cactus League EXST game by getting an AB in the "sim" game, rifling a double down the LF line off Brink. 

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

CUBS LINEUP: 
1. Kevonte Mitchell, CF-DH: 1-3 (1B, L-4 DP, F-8) 
2. Ho-Young Son, DH-SS: 1-3 (L-5 DP, 2B, 4-3) 
3a. Javy Baez, DH #2: 0-2 (F-8, K) 
3b. Roberto Caro, CF: 0-1 (K)
4a. Kevin Encarnacion, DH #3: 0-1 (BB, F-9) 
4b. Jose Paniagua, PH: 0-1 (F-7) 
5a. Eloy Jimenez, RF: 0-2 (6-4-3 DP, F-7)
5b. Jenner Emeterio, RF: 0-0 (BB)
6. Tyler Alamo, 1B: 0-3 (F-7, F-7, 5-4 FC)
7a. Ricardo Marcano, LF: 0-2 (P-6, F-9)
7b. Carlos Jimenez, LF: 0-1 (E-9)
8. Tim Saunders, SS-DH: 1-3 (P-4, K, 1B)
9a. Jhonny Pereda, C: 0-0 (BB)
9b. Yohan Matos, C: 0-1 (BB, K)
10. Wladimir Galindo, 3B: 0-3 (F-8, L-4 DP, F-7)
11. Frandy de la Rosa, DH-2B: 1-2 (F-8, HR, R, RBI)  
12. Andrew Ely, 2B-DH: 1-1 (1B, BB) 

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Adbert Alzolay: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 0/3 GO/FO, 49 pitches (27 strikes) 
2. Alexander Santana: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1 GIDP, 2/0 GO/FO, 30 pitches (17 strikes) 
3. Yomar Morel: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 3/3 GO/FO, 25 pitches (11 strikes) 
4. Pedro Araujo: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GO/FO, 27 pitches (16 strikes) 
5. Greyfer Eregua: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GO/FO, 24 pitches (13 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 2 
1. 2B Frandy de la Rosa - E-4 (overthrow at 1st base while attempting to turn 6-4-3 DP allowed batter to advance to 2nd base)
2. 3B Wladimir Galindo - E-5 (overthrow at 1st base allowed batter to reach base safely)  

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Yohan Matos: 0-1 CS 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in th 80's 

ATTENDANCE: 12 

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Javy Baez
Frandy de la Rosa

Comments

Submitted by mannytrillo on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:58 pm

Glad to see Baez back. Not glad to see him with a 50% K rate. :) I am sure the Cubs are in no rush getting him back as there is really no place for him to play. I will be interested to see where he goes in the field.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:35 pm

O's cancelled tonight's game because of some rioting on the other side of the city...alright then. james brown would not approve.

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:17 pm

Homer Bailey to DL with right elbow strain...M. Scherzer will miss next start with thumb injury, that one doesn't sound too serious though.

 

Submitted by Cubnut on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:20 pm

Another one bites the dust.

Brandon McCarthy down with UCL tear, likely done for the season.

 

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:25 pm

is any team going to ever offer a pitcher an extension that isn't extremely team friendly by this point?

I love Arrieta but considering his age and you know, pitchers, I would just take chances at arbitration at this point.

Submitted by mannytrillo on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:29 pm

Good point Rob G. That is why I like what the Cubs have done building around position players. The Mets clearly didn't learn from from the early 2000's Cubs with Wood, Prior and Zambrano.

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Submitted by mannytrillo on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:16 pm

What I don't get is when people say the leagues should have the same rules, so the NL should get the DH. Why can't the NL have a 'never add the DH' stance? AL has stuck by their stance of never getting rid of the DH. That being said, i am sure the NL will cave, but only after they get serious concessions from the players.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:45 pm

So true. Why is that never even considered? The game was founded without a DH. The DH is just a cheap American League marketing gimmick. The DH is an aberration. If you can justify one DH, than why not have 9 DH's and 9 defensive specialists?

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Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 04:37 pm

because interleague play is here to stay and now necessary (for the better). Rules need to be uniform. More importatnly, teams aren't letting their pitchers hit in the minors, it's getting pointless and even dangerous to let them hit. 

I'll miss the fun and unpredictability of a good hitting pitcher, I find it a more fun version of baseball, but it's time is done.

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Submitted by sbwilliams on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 04:31 am

Basically if there was much of a good hitting pitcher left. They are so few, and too often it's just a joke. Is it cool to see Wood hit the occasional bomb? Yes. But 99 percent of the time we just have to watch near automatic outs step up to the plate. They don't practice hitting, why should they have to?

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Submitted by Charlie on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 04:20 am

Cubs pitchers I've enjoyed watching hit in the last 15 years or so: Kerry Wood, Prior, Zambrano, Maddux, Marquis, Sean Marshall, Travis Wood, maybe even Hammel and Arrieta. I don't think it's that rare to have a pitcher up there who isn't a complete zero. It's an added entertainment to have a slight advantage over the opposing team because your starter for that day might smack a double, and trying to get to the pitcher for an easy out also alters the rhythm of the game. Hard to say how much I'll warm to the DH--maybe that will be even more entertaining?

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Submitted by mannytrillo on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 04:14 am

Had to look and compare to see how bad these guys were: Colon - 13/165 (.079 BA) Johnson - 78/625 (.125 BA) Lester - 0/44 (.000 BA)

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Submitted by Stevens on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 04:04 pm

Not pro, per se, but I'm prepared for it. I like the idea of 9 vs. 9, but it just doesn't happen outside the NL. No other professional league in the U.S. is without the DH, correct? It's not like the minor league pitchers in the Cubs system bat anywhere until they get to the bigs. That's just silly. Get to the major leagues, and THEN learn a new skill? What? Plus, it's been what, 40 years? Time for the leagues to play the same set of rules. Momentum is in favor of the DH, and I don't care enough to protest it.

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  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

    i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

    hack wilson, ryne sandberg, sammy sosa, christopher morel, and michael busch.

  • Cubster (view)

    A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554

  • Cubster (view)

    Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

    AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

  • crunch (view)

    You have to C it! (tm)

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

    Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

    Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

    Best pitcher: IL after one start 

    Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

    Noice 

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki 10d IL.

    right oblique strain.  ow.  that's generally more than a 10d thing.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Seiya on IL with an oblique strain

  • crunch (view)

    cooper and morel are on the field doing pre-game stuff so it's not them...

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