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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, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, four players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Richard Lovelady
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 4
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P
* Jordan Wicks, P    

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




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It's a One-Run Win/Loss Two-Game Split for I-Cubs & Smokies at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Todd Glaesmann cracked a two-run triple and a single and scored a run, Stephen Bruno tripled, singled, and scored a run, Jason Vosler belted a solo home run ovr the RF fence, and Jeffrey Baez singled, walked, stole two bases, and scored a run, as the Iowa Cubs (AAA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) edged the Nashville Sounds (AAA affiliate of the Oakland Athletics) 5-4 on Field #4, and Trevor Clifton tossed 3.2 IP of one-run ball with four strikeouts and Trey Martin doubled, singled, stole a base, and scored a run, but a 9th inning rally fell one run short as the Midland RockHounds (A's AA affiliate) hung-on to edge the Tennessee Smokies (Cubs AA affiliate) 4-3 on Field #3, in Cactus League Minor League doubleheader action Wednesday afternoon at the Lew Wolff Training Complex at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.

The Cubs temporarily moved-up about a dozen players from lower levels for the two games.

Here are the abridged box scores from the two games (Cubs players only):   


FIELD #3

TENNESSEE LINEUP:
1. D. J. Wilson, CF: 0-4 (K, 6-3 DP, F-9, K)
2. Zack Short, 2B: 0-3 (K, F-7, K, F-8 SF, RBI)
3. Chris Pieters, RF: 1-3 (6-3, BB, K, 1B, SB, CS)
4. Alberto Mineo, C: 1-4 (1B, 4-3, K, K)
5. Trent Giambrone, 3B: 2-4 (K, 3-1, 1B, 1B, R)
6. Jesse Hodges, 1B:  2-4 (1-3, K, 1B, 1B, R)
7. Isaac Paredes, DH: 1-3 (F-7, P-4, HBP, 1B, RBI)
8. Vimael Machin, SS: F-8, F-8, F-8, F-7 SF, RBI)
9. Trey Martin, LF: 2-4 (1B, K, 2B, K, R)

TENNESSEE PITCHERS:
1. Trevor Clifton: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 3/4 GO/AO, 65 pitches (39 strikes)
2. Craig Brooks, 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 3/2 GO/AO, 35 pitches (17 strikes)
3. David Berg: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 3/2 GO/AO, 34 pitches (24 strikes)
4. Enrique de los Rios: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO, 16 pitches (9 strikes)

TENNESSEE ERRORS: 1
P Trevor Clifton: E-1 (errant pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 2nd)

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FIELD #4

IOWA LINEUP:
1. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 1-3 (BB, K, 1B, P-5, R, 2 SB)
2a. Ruben Reyes, DH #1:  1-2 (6-3, 1B, SB, CS)
2b. Brandon Cummins, PH-CF: 0-1 (BB, 4-3, R)
3a. Troy Glaesmann, CF-DH: 2-3 (K, 1B, 3B, R, 2 RBI)
3b. Sam Tidaback, PH: 0-1 (K)
4. Cael Brockmeyer, 1B: 0-3 (6-3, F-7, F-9 SF, K, RBI)
5. Bijan Rademacher, LF: 0-3 (K, F-9, 6-3)
6. Jason Vosler, 3B: 1-3 (K, 4-3, HR, R, RBI)
7. Ian Rice, DH #2: 1-3 (K, 2B, K)
8. Bryant Flete, SS: 1-3 (K, L-8, 1B)
9. Stephen Bruno, 2B: 2-3 (2B, 1B, K, R)
10. Erick Castillo, C: 1-3 (4-3, 6-4 FC, 1B, RBI, CS)

IOWA PITCHERS:
1. Dallas Beeler: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 4/2 GO/AO, 35 pitches (20 strikes)
2. David Garner: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1/3 GO/AO, 37 pitches (21 strikes)
3. Daniel Corcino: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GO/AO, 27 pitches (15 strikes)
4. Gerardo Concepcion: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 35 pitches (21 strikes)
5. Pierce Johnson: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GO/AO, 15 pitches (8 strikes)

IOWA ERRORS: NONE

ATTENDANCE: 28

WEATHER: Partly cloudy with temperatures in the 80's  

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Cubs Minor League Spring Training Game Recap

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 03:48 pm

cubs/reds game ended early in the 5th because of rain. schwarb hit a homer...that's about it for the positives. heyward and montero continued their turrible spring batting. i'm over spring training. let's get going on the real thing.

Submitted by Childersb3 on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 03:40 pm

AZP: What's up with Jose Paulino? Haven't read much about him this spring. I'm assuming he's just coming along slowly. Which minor league team are you most excited about? Not that the CHW would ever trade with the CHC, but is it realistic for the Cubs to trade for Quintana without giving up Happ or Jimenez?

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Submitted by John Beasley on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 03:43 am

Just in my opinion, it wouldn't be realistic to trade for Quintana without giving up Jimenez. He's the only player in the Cubs system who can headline a Quintana deal. Once you start with Jimenez, you're not absolutely trading Happ in that package, but it might be easier than cobbling together a half-dozen arms. The price is very high, and there is no logical reason why the Yankees, Astros, Pirates, Dodgers, or some others would allow the Cubs and their inferior prospect base to win that bidding war.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 03:17 am

CHILDERS: Jose Paulino is with the Myrtle Beach squad and has been moved to the bullpen, where his 94 MPH sinker and hard slider should play up.

I actually am most excited about Iowa at this point, only because the prospects below AAA are spread out fairly evenly among the other three full-season affiliates and the short-season teams.

As far Jose Qunitana is concerned, the Cubs would probably have to give up Eloy Jimenez, Dylan Cease, probably either Ian Happ or Jeimer Candelario, and maybe one or two other lesser pieces (Top 20 prospects) as well to even be considered. Remember, Quintana is under control for four more seasons at a very reasonable well below-market salary, the Cubs would have to outbid other clubs who are interested in acquiring him (and there supposedly are several MLB clubs who are genuinely interested), - AND - overcome the natural White Sox bias against trading with the Cubs. Although it would be great to get him, I just don't see the Cubs acquiring Jose Quintana.

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Submitted by cubbies.4ever on Fri, 03/24/2017 - 03:52 pm

Paulino to bullpen? Is this another C.J. Edwards ordeal. Future Top of line starter turned into bullpen pitcher, with the tag of possible "future closer"? That'd be a bummer. I was looking forward to seeing him with Cease and Clifton could do in the future after Lackey retires (maybe not this year after all) and Jake is gone and they're scrapping for pitching because they can't afford to match their expensive no longer kids bats with top of the line expensive pitchers.

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Submitted by K Dub on Sat, 03/25/2017 - 03:39 am

I don't remember Paulino ever being thought of as a top of the line starter. He was always a slightly built lefty with good velocity and one decent breaking ball but not multiple secondaries that tracked average or better. That's a reliever's profile usually. I don't know why exactly he was moved off of starting by the Cubs, but it doesn't come as a great shock to me. He was never mentioned to be on the same level as the Cease/De La Cruz/Clifton crowd, just as a promising, young lefty with a couple of good pitches.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 03/25/2017 - 03:22 am

beyond all of that, when you're soon to be 22 and you haven't thrown more than 75 innings in your career you're probably not meant to be a starter. he's had a few run-ins with injuries, both major in the past and small somewhat recently, that hasn't helped that workload. there's also supposedly on/off command issues, but that seems to be a minor(ish) issue he's expected to outgrow. that said, i've never seen the guy pitch...just heard of both his promise and battles with injuries for years.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 03/25/2017 - 03:51 am

CRUNCH: Jose Paulino hasn't had any injuries in his career. His problem has been fastball command and the inability (thus far) to learn an off-speed pitch to add to his 94 MPH sinker and hard-slider. He actually threw 99 innings last season including 24 IP in EXST Cubs games (which although they are not "official" games, they are just as real as AZL or Eugene games). At EXST Cubs in 2016: * JOSE PAULINO - Age 21 - 2011 IFA (Dominican Republic) 2.63 ERA - 1.21 WHIP - .218 OppBA 24.0 IP, 19 H, 10 R (7 ER), 10 BB, 29 K, 2 HBP, 0 HR, 3 WP, 1 GIDP, 26/13 GO/AO, 63% strikes, 15.8 PITCHES-PER-INNING 8 GAMES

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 03/25/2017 - 03:40 pm

i thought he had an elbow thing 3-4 years ago and on/off again "shut down for rest" periods the past few years. i may be mixing up those "shut down for rest" periods for him working extended spring, though. i could be mixing him up with someone else, too. i've only casually followed his progress. either way, your eyes and ears are way better on the situation and if his stamina is fine to start, that's that no matter what.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 03/25/2017 - 03:58 am

K-DUB: Jose Paulino has the stamina to start, he just never developed an off-speed pitch, and so the Cubs apparently feel it's time to just let him be a two-pitch LHRP and maybe move faster through the system. I think the idea that he is "slightly-built" comes from being 6'2 165 when he signed as a 16-year old in 2011, but he's put on at least 15-20 pounds over the past six years.

Submitted by Hagsag on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 03:26 am

Phil, have Remillard and Cornelious been released? I see they aren't listed anymore. Thanks.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 03:58 am

HAGSAG: Kevin Cornelius has a broken left hand and Will Remillard is still rehabbing from TJS #2. I put them back on the INACTIVE section of the Depth Chart. Thanks for checking that. Nobody has been released yet, so let me know if you find any other names missing.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 03:40 pm

fwiw, there's at least 3 guys taking radar on quintana today from behind home plate...one is putting the gun on every pitch and the other 2 are bit more casual.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 03:02 pm

b.anderson confirmed as the #5 starter...montgomery to work pen. not a huge surprise. they're both having cruddy springs so far. also, jim henderson released.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 03:42 pm

Happ continues to impress. I know he needs to play, which means he heads to the minors, but he could solve the LaStella/Szczur conundrum -- LH vs. RH, IF vs. OF -- he does all of those things.

Submitted by Childersb3 on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 03:54 pm

Contreras Rizzo Zobrist Russell Bryant Schwarber Jay Heyward Montero Baez LaStella Szczur That'll be the 12 we take to STL. 13 pitchers. Almora at Iowa. Candelario at Iowa Happ at TN or Iowa Caratini at Iowa Andreoli at Iowa That depth is impressive.

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  • crunch (view)

    bleh.

    at least MIL has lost the past 2 nights, too.

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal pinch hitting for matt mervis vs jansen?

    okay.

  • crunch (view)

    surprising amount of cubs fans at the park, too.  HR really brought them out.

  • Cubster (view)

    hmmmm... 

    4-4

    beisbol can be fun

  • crunch (view)

    4 singles and 0 walks (1 HBP) through 7 innings for cubs batters...amazing they even have 1 run.

  • crunch (view)

    nico gets his 5th error on the year...damn.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Folks, I've known Richard Lovelady since he was an 18 yr old Freshman at East Ga State College in Swainsboro, Ga.

    I was the WBB Coach at EGSC and Richard was their prize recruit from outside of Hinesville, Ga.

    My roommate was the Pitching Coach there.

    Richard showed up a skinny, loose lipped, 83mph Lefty. Pretty good basketball player actually. 

    My roommate became the head coach.

    Richard came back from a minor injury for his Sophmore year a more serious man. He hit 90mph and started mowing GA JUCO hitters down. It was really fun to watch.

    He was the first D1 signee for EGSC baseball (school had only had athletics for five yrs at that point). He went to Kennesaw St and became their closer. One yr later, he hit 100mph and KC drafted him in the 10th Rd. 

    He lost the high velo with a surgery a while back.

    It's so cool to see him in MLB. And now he's a Cub!! It's crazy to realize I actually "know" a Cub.

    He's a legit good guy.

    Easy to root for!!!

     

  • Cubster (view)

    Tim. Thanks for remembering Lee Elia Day. It will always be one of the most epic rants in all sports.  It took about 3 seconds to recognize him from your picture but I  did get it right. 

    Now that Les Grobstein is no longer with us, that might contribute to this grand piece of Cubbery fading.

    Just like fine wine, it should be savored...unedited. 40 years, wow.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Does he have any options left, Phil?

  • crunch (view)

    morel in the lineup and playing 3rd.

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