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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

Last updated 4-28-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

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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Two Cubs Squads Get Bounced at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Nathan Nankil drove-in five runs with a two-run double and a three-run HR, Pedro Pineda clubbed an RBI double, walked, and scored two runs, Nick Schwartz drilled an RBI single, walked twice (one of the walks forced-in a run), and scored two runs. Robert Puason hammered an RBI double, and SP Jackson Finley hurled four innings of one-hit shutout ball, as the Stockton Ports (Oakland Athletics Lo-A affiliate) trounced the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Chicago Cubs Lo-A affiliate) 10-2 on Field # 1, and Reynaldo de la Paz (two-run single) and Luis Marinez (RBI double) stroked consecutive run scoring hits to highlight a three-run 8th, as the ACL Athletics (no hit for the first five innings) rallied to defeat the ACL Cubs 7-2 on Field # 2, in Cactus League Minor League Spring Training game action Friday afternoon at the Lew Wolff Training Complex at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.

Jacob Wetzel smacked a solo HR for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in a losing cause.

Five of the pitchers who threw for the Cubs in the two games (Gray, Watkins, Cabrera, A. Hernandez and J. Romero) were temporarily moved-down from the South Bend Cubs group so that they could get their scheduled work. 

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

FIELD #1

MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS LINEUP:
1. Cristian Hernandez, 2B: 1-3 (K, F-8, BB, 1B, R)
2a. Christian Olivo, CF: 0-3 (F-9, 5-3, 6-4-3 DP) 
2b. Jefferson Encarnacion, RF: 1-1 (1B) 
3. Christopher Paciolla, 3B: 0-4 (K, P-6, F-9, F-8)
4. Andy Garriola, LF: 1-3 (2B, P-3, K, BB) 
5. Jacob Wetzel, RF-CF: 1-4 (F-9, HR, F-8, 3-6 DP, R, RBI)
6. Drew Bowser, DH-1B: 0-3 (K, BB, K, K)
7. Alexis Hernandez, SS: 0-3 (K, K, K)
8a. David Avitia, C: 0-2 (K, K)
8b. Carter Trice, C: 0-1 (L-8) 
9. Reggie Preciado, 1B-DH: 1-3 (6-3, 2B, L-6) 

MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS PITCHERS: 
1. Drew Gray: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 5 R (4 ER), 4 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 46 pitches (19 strikes) 
2. Chase Watkins: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 6/0 GO/AO, 30 pitches (22 strikes)   
3. Juan Bello: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 3/2 GO/AO, 46 pitches (27 strikes) 
4. Yovanny Cabrera: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO, 12 pitches (8 strikes)  

MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS ERRORS: 3 
1. SS Alexis Hernandez: E-6 (fielding miscue allowed batter to reach base safely) 
2. 2B Cristian Hernandez: E-4 (fielding miscue allowed batter to reach base safely) 
3. 1B Drew Bowser: E-3 (missed catch on attempted 5-3 GO allowed batter to reach base safely) 

 



FIELD # 2 

ACL CUBS LINEUP:
1. Leonel Espinoza, RF: 1-4 (E-3, 1B, E-6, F-8) 
2. Yahil Melendez, SS: 0-4 (4-6 FC, 4-3 DP, K, 4-3) 
3. Angel Cepeda, 2B: 1-4 (E-4, K, 1B, F-8) 
4. Alfonsin Rosario, CF: 1-4 (K, E-1, 5-3, 1B, R)
5a. Albert Gutierrez, 1B: 0-2 (4-3, BB, K) 
5b. Anderson Suriel, 1B: 0-1 (4-3) 
6. Frank Hernandez, DH #1: 2-4 (3B, F-8, 6-3, 1B, R) 
7. Geuri Lubo, LF: 1-3 (F-9 SF, E-5, 1B, 4-6-3 DP, RBI)
8. Jose Escobar, 3B: 0-4 (6-3, 5-U DP, 4-6 FC, K) 
9. Adan Sanchez, C-DH: 0-3 (6-3, 6-3, K) 
10a. Yidel Diaz, DH-C: 1-2 (1B, 4-3) 
10b. Jairo Diaz, C: 1-1 (1B) 

ACL CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Luis Martinez-Gomez: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GO/AO, 46 pitches (24 strikes) 
2. Francis Reynoso: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GO/AO, 25 pitches (19 strikes) 
3. Angel Hernandez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 BALK, 2/0 GO/AO, 13 pitches (9 strikes) 
4. Jose Romero: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 1 HBP, 1/0 GO/AO, 24 pitches (12 strikes) 
5. Grayson Moore: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 2/0 GO/AO, 22 pitches (14 strikes) 
6. Shane Marshall: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO, 25 pitches (12 strikes) 

ACL CUBS ERRORS: 5 
1. 2B Angel Cepeda: E-4 (fielding miscue allowed batter to reach base safely) 
2. SS Yahil Melendez: E-6 (fielding miscue allowed batter to reach base safely) 
3. 2B Angel Cepeda: E-4 (missed catch on attempted 5-4 FC allowed runner to reach 2nd base safely) 
4. C Yidel Diaz: E-2 (catcher's interference allowed batter to reach base safely) 
5. SS Yahil Melendez: E-6 (fielding miscue allowed batter to reach base safely) 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 80's 

ATTENDANCE: 16 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 03/29/2024 - 03:33 pm

21-year old 6'5 RHP (ex-1B) Francis Reynoso continues to impress with his high velo FB / hard SL combo. He just arrived from the Cubs Dominican Academy a couple of weeks ago and is presently assigned to the Mesa (ACL Cubs) group at Minor League Camp, but given his stuff and his ability to command it, he could end up at South Bend by the end of the season (he also is Rule 5 Draft-eligible post-2024).    

As I have mentioned here previously, Reynoso was a first-baseman in the Cardinals organization 2021-22, and he struck out 83 times in just 213 PA between the DSL and the FCL before getting released in December 2022. Then the Cubs signed him last June and converted him to a RHP at their Dominican Academy, just like they did in 2021 with ex-SS Michael Arias after he was released by the Blue Jays. 

Submitted by Childersb3 on Sat, 03/30/2024 - 03:19 pm

Yes, play your talent!!

Also, Cubs release Max Bain, Liam Spence, Ke'Shun Collier, Juan Mora, Cristian More and Joel Machado.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 03/30/2024 - 03:00 pm

lineup from 10 years ago...opening day...year 3 of theo intentionally crippling the team for draft pick gambles.

emilio bonifacio
junior lake
starlin castro
rizzo
mike olt
welington castillo
nate schierholtz
darwin barney
(pitcher) samardzija

out of the 8 hitters 4 of them had no business being starters at this point in their careers.  nate had no business being a starter the year before, but earned his 2014 starting slot...which he regressed badly.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 03/30/2024 - 03:17 pm

morel playing 3rd.  cooper DH.  nico leading off (lefty starter).

too early to speculate...nonetheless...looks like our 8m manager might be playing a better fielding 3rd baseman for the more ground-ball inclined pitchers (like steele).

Submitted by TarzanJoeWallis on Sat, 03/30/2024 - 03:18 pm

So, I see where neither Carl Edwards or Dominic Smith have been picked up by other teams as I and others on here speculated they would. Both are now showing as past players on Baseball Reference and both feature a Last Game date in their profiles. I realize this isn’t a death knell for a career but it does feel ominous.

That got me to thinking about the reasoning behind turning down a minor league assignment at the end of spring training. Rosters are pretty well set by that time so the chances of being picked up would be pretty low. These guys are both relatively young (31 and 28) and both showed some signs of life in ST. By accepting a minor league assignment they might have been able to showcase themselves and demonstrate value sufficient for a team in need to trade for them.

So, what’s the psychology between turning down the minor league assignment? Are some veterans just too proud to accept it? Are they assuming that a big league team will come calling even though they’re out of the game and unable to demonstrate performance in the mlb-milb system? Are they kind of shrugging their shoulders and calling it a career? Maybe any or all of the above?

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 03/30/2024 - 03:21 pm

dom not having a job surprises me, but he's gotta be looking a team committed to giving him significant playing time or a team with sketchy lineup that he may be able to slide into after a little time in the minors.

as far as edwards goes, the league has been disrepecting his results his entire career.  yes, there's injury concerns, but there's a lot worse guys in his pay range getting steady work.

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  • 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 heard...unedited. 40 years, wow.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Does he have any options left, Phil?

  • crunch (view)

    morel in the lineup and playing 3rd.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Richard Lovelady one walk & 20 K, 22 hits but no HR, high ERA, and two-to-one GB to FB in 12.1 IP, so I would guess that's why he got the call. Sort of the exact opposite of Luke Little. 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Definitely surprised about Dick Lovelady. He has a phenomenal name but that’s probably the best thing he’s got. I was kinda hoping for Wieck even though he’s apparently still tossing 86 as his heater 

  • crunch (view)

    wicks 15d DL...cubs select...get ready for this one...richard f'n lovelady.  lovelady's stregnths include being able to throw a ball left handed and that's about it.

    also little optioned, palencia up.

  • crunch (view)

    straily's a bit rusty...

    3ip 4h 5bb 4k, 2r/1er

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Open 40 man spot might see the return of CJ. He’s been okay in Iowa. Teheran has been rocked in his starts this year. SSS of course.

    Wouldn’t be shocked seeing another 40 man spot open with Brewer losing his spot.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Word is that Counsell thought Mervis and Wisdom got too much work in yesterday so it will be Wesneski.

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