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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: 14
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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Cease Fires Cubs to Victory at Sloan Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Chris Pieters drilled a two-run single and a double, Kevonte Mitchell ripped an RBI single, walked three times, and scored a run, Yeiler Peguero doubled twice and drew a walk, and Dylan Cease tossed three innings of one-hit ball with six strikeouts and combined with five relievers to fan 14, leading the Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Athletics in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action Wednesday morning at Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ. 

The game was pre-planned as an eleven-inning affair so that all of the A's and Cubs pitchers scheduled to throw could get their work. 

John Arguello has some excellent game notes from the game at Cubs Den 

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And here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only): 

CUBS LINEUP:
1a. Shane Victorino, DH #1: 2-2 (1B, 1B) 
1b. Michael Foster, PH-DH: 1-3 (F-8, 1B, K, R, SB)
2. Robert Garcia, RF: 1-4 (5-3 SH, F-8, K, 4-3, 1B, R, RBI, SB)
3. Kevonte Mitchell, CF: 1-2 (K, BB, BB, 1B, BB, R, RBI, CS)
4. Wladimir Galindo, 3B: 0-3 (HBP, P-5, K, F-9, HBP, RBI) 
5. Chris Pieters, 1B: 2-5 (P-6, 2B, F-8, FC, 1B, 2 RBI)
6a. Jhonny Pereda, C-DH: 0-3 (K, F-7, K)
6b. Vimael Machin, PH-DH  0-1 (BB. K)
7. Yeiler Peguero, 2B-SS: 2-3 (2B, BB, 2B, 1-3, PO)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIFTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
8a. Kevin Zamudio, DH-C: 0-3 (L-4, K, L-6)
8b. Eric Gonzalez, PH-C: 0-1 (HBP, L-8, R)
9a. Yonathan Perlaza, SS: 0-2 (4-3, K, BB)
9b. Edgar Rondon, 2B: 0-1 (BB, F-7)
10a. Luis Ayala, LF: 1-3 (6-3, 1B, K, CS)
10b. Jonathan Sierra, LF: 0-2 (6-4 FC, 4-3, R)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Dylan Cease: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 6 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 51 pitches (31 strikes) 
2. Aaron Crow: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GO/AO, 18 pitches (9 strikes) 
3. Erling Moreno: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 25 pitches (17 strikes) 
4. Mark Malave: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GO/AO, 20 pitches (15 strikes) 
5. Enrique de los Rios: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GO/AO, 27 pitches (21 strikes) 
6. John Michael Knighton: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 1/3 GO/AO, 22 pitches (17 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: NONE 

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Jhonny Pereda: 2-2 CS, 1 PO 

ATTENDANCE: 15 

WEATHER: Partly cloudy and a bit breezy with temperatures in the 80's 


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Dylan Cease
Yeiler Peguero

Comments

Submitted by K Dub on Wed, 04/27/2016 - 04:07 pm

Thanks, Phil. Any word on how Moreno was throwing? Velocity? I'm assuming Cease was his normal 97-98. Did he have command of his curve? Having your ever vigilant eyes down in Mesa is a great resource. Thanks again!

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 04:06 am

K-DUB: Erling Moreno was at his usual 89-91 MPH for his fastball, featuring a plus-curve (definitely his best pitch), and a promising change-up. In fact, it was his  "secondary" stuff and advanced command (for a pitcher his age) that attracted the Cubs to him in the first place, and while his fastball velocity is OK, it hasn't increased in the three years since he signed (minus about a year lost to TJS). But at 6'7 and only 19 years old, he will carry the "projectability" tag for a while.  

Dylan Cease was throwing his "usual" 95-98 MPH  and he mostly overpowered the A's hitters with his plus-fastball. He had trouble throwing his curve, although he finally snapped off a couple of good ones in his third inning of work. The change-up is more of a work-in-progress but it's coming along. But he really needs to be more consistent with commanding his fastball. He was yesterday, but that has not always been the case.  

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Submitted by johann on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 04:50 pm

Theo just said on the Kap show that they wanted Contreras to have more development time before coming up and that he might be a 2nd half call up. Madden said too that Contreras would be a call up if a catcher injury happens later in the season and he would only get called up now to cover a single game and not to fill a DL need.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 04:02 pm

Tim Federowicz is out of minor league options, so Outright Assignment Waivers would be needed before he can be sent back to Iowa. He also has the right to elect free-agency if outrighted, but he probably wouldn't elect to be a FA if outrighted unless the Cubs shit on him somehow while he's up with the big club (not likely). 

But it is possible that another MLB club could claim Federowicz if the Cubs place him on waivers, which would leave Willson Contreras as pretty much the only other option if a catcher goes on the DL again later in the season. 

The Cubs view Federowicz the same way they did  Tayler Teragarden in 2015 and Eli Whiteside in 2014, which is to say as a veteran defensive-oriented catcher with MLB experience  who can handle a veteran MLB pitching staff. That's why Federowicz was kept with the big club throughout Spring Training up until Opening Day. so as to maximize his familiarity with the Cubs MLB pitchers.

Willson Contreras is still matriculating. He especially needs to learn to control his emotions on the field, and not give umpires a hard time. I can remember seeing him getting into pissing matches with home plate umpires in the AFL post-2015 and at Minor League Camp this season. For example, he was a DH in a Minor League Camp game the last week of Spring Training, and after being called out on strikes, he threw his helmet and his bat, and continued to yell at the umpire from the bench. CATCHERS CANNOT DO THAT, even when they are serving as a DH that day.  

Part of pitch-framing is mechanical, but it also involves schmoozing the umpire and not getting him on your bad side. Miguel Montero is one of the most popular players in baseball, and David Ross makes it a point to have a good rerlationship with the home plate umpire when he is working a game. That is actually part of the pitch-framing process. Contreras is a fiery, emotional player, but he has to remember that he's not a third-baseman anymore, and so he needs to bite his tongue and stuff his emotions in his back pocket. 

Submitted by craig on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 04:25 pm

Phil, DJ Wilson seems to mostly have 0-for-X box-scores, from those I've seen and remember. 1. What do you have for his XST record thus far; 2. Is he hitting in bad luck? Or just not hitting the ball very hard very often? 3. Is he having trouble with everything, or does it seem mostly like breaking stuff is what's giving him trouble? He turns 20 in less than 6 months.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 04:36 pm

CRAIG: D. J. Wilson is hitting 083/115/167 in six Cactus League EXST games (26 PA), but his K-rate is only 11.5% and he has somehow managed to drive-in five runs along the way (he's tied for second on the team in RBI), so it's not like he's swinging & missing a lot. He does seem to be feeling for the ball a bit, however, which has resulted in too much weak contact and not enough line drives.  

His outfield defense in CF continues to be A+ (he has the team's only two outfield assists and he gets to just about everything hit his way), and he is a good baserunner, too. I think once a few of his BABIP fall in for hits he will gain more confidence at the plate, and hopefully start to drive the ball more consistently. 

He is a dead-red fastball hitter, although he generally handles off-speed stuff OK (not great). He does have problems with harder breaking balls from left-handed pitchers (as most young LH hitters do), but it really doesn't translate into strikeouts because there aren't many LHPs who throw hard breaking stuff at EXST (except maybe the occasional rehab guy). Most of the quality breaking balls you see here are 80 MPH curve balls. 

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 04:31 pm

"Some of the most racist things I've ever heard have come out of people that are on the air at ESPN," Schilling said Wednesday on "Breitbart News Patriot Forum." He was fired by ESPN last week. “In the end for me it felt like that rule applied to me and me alone because I was conservative … Bigots are calling me a bigot. A bigot is someone who refuses to accept a different opinion. I will accept anyone’s opinion.” --- it's amazing the bubble he lives in. he's a constant self-professed victim who not only does nothing wrong, but he's got a laundry list of ready-made conspiracy about why he's being oppressed...along with some interesting mental gymnastics leading him to believe he's the open minded one. it's probably lost on him that if he was working in a place with such horrible bigotry in the workplace that he's picking a hell of a time to out this great injustice. for some reason this wasn't a big deal while he was employed. *eye rolling out of my skull* we don't have enough wood to build enough crosses for people like this. also, im sure keith "suspended multiple times by ESPN" olbermann would be interested to learn that only conservatives with conservative views get suspended from ESPN.

Submitted by Jackstraw on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 04:20 pm

Watching the NFL Draft on ESPN with the mute on is one of the greatest joys in my small life. Being able to not hear Roger Goodell, Chris Berman, Jon Gruden, and Mel Kiper in quick order is just somehow immensely satisfying. I hope by the time the Bears pick they have Steven AAAAAAAAAAAAA Smith and Skip Bayless on so I can not hear them too.

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Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 04:49 pm

Seems like a bizarre pick -- they moved up 2 spots to pick up a guy who was not dominant in college. According to the talking heads, supposedly a great athlete (but an unpolished football player). So was Alonzo Spellman. And the guy who could jump out of a pool. Bears have missed the playoffs 5 straight years and 8 of the last 9. And they made Marc Trestman an NFL head coach. Maybe they can hire Theo in his free time. Sheesh.

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Submitted by johann on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:19 am

So while I'm not happy about this pick and hes going to be a project the positive that can be said is we aren't expected to compete this year and we have a decent LB core so he doesn't have to just go in and dominate. He has some time to develop and he obviously has the athletic ability and speed to build on. It

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Submitted by Jackstraw on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:47 pm

Ryan Pace has a reputation as a good judge of talent. Head coach is known for the D side of the ball. D coordinator Fangio known for fitting guys in to spots that best utilize their skills. I'm for seeing how it plays out. I assume their had to be some consensus among those 3 about who to take. Also I'm for letting the Cubs catch up to the Hawks in victory parades before Theo takes on outside projects.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 04:42 am

dee gordon (MIA) suspended 80 days for PEDs. wow. "excessive testosterone and Clostebol" hell of a late-night news flash.

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    Players on the 40 can be recalled and be placed on the MLB Taxi Squad for one day, like for example if a club is unsure if a player might or might not be placed on the IL ("game time decision"). Like maybe Happ, for example. 

    Also, a player on the MLB Taxi Squad must be returned to his optional assignment the next day if he is not officially recalled to the 26-man roster. 

    The player is NOT paid at the MLB split rate and does NOT accrue MLB Service Time while he is on the Taxi Squad. Also, it is not considered to be an official recall / option back if he is not added to the 26-man roster. 

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    Wesneski has not spent 15 days on optional assignment since he was optioned so he cannot be recalled unless he is replacing a player being placed on the IL or other MLB inactive list (Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical, et al), a player who is traded, or a player who is claimed off waivers.

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