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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three 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
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

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 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

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

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Submitted by Christian Ruzich on
I can't guarantee I'll be able to keep this up all season, but I went through all the box scores for the Cubs and all their minor-league affiliates and tallied who had started at what position, and how often. At the beginning of the season, before too many injuries, demotions, etc., this should give a good idea of who is considered the "starter" at each position and at each level. I will leave it to Arizona Phil to come along and add his interpretation and analysis; for now, here are the numbers: CHICAGO CUBS C: Barrett 8, Blanco 3 1B: Lee 11 2B: Walker 7, Hairston 3, Perez 1 3B: Ramirez 9, Perez 2 SS: Cedeno 11 LF: Murton 11 CF: Pierre 11 RF: Jones 6, Pagan 3, Bynum 1, Mabry 1 SP: Zambrano 3, Rusch 3, Maddux 2, Marshall 2, Williams 1 IOWA CUBS (AAA) C: Soto 8, Kopitzke 3 1B: Sing 9, Deardorff 2 2B: Fontenot 6, Theriot 4, Coats 1 3B: McGehee 9, Coats 1, Deardorff 1 SS: Ojeda 6, Theriot 5 LF: Restovich 4, Strong 4, Deardorff 3 CF: Pie 11 RF: Coats 5, Restovich 5, Theriot 1 SP: Ryu 3, Walrond 2, Valdes 2, Guzman 2, Hill 2 WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (AA) C: Richie 7, Reyes 2, Farina 1 1B: Hoffpauir 8, Dopirak 1, Lewis 1 2B: Patterson 10 3B: Moore 8, Lewis 2 SS: Rojas 7, Cates 3 LF: Montanez 7, Lewis 2, Hoffpauir 1 CF: Walker 9, Greenberg 1 RF: Greenberg 8, Montanez 2 DH: Lewis 3, Moore 1, Cates 1 SP: Mathes 2, Marmol 2, Wells 2, Mateo 2, Cash 1, Baez 1 DAYTONA CUBS (A+) C: Fox 8, Rick 2 1B: Craig 10 2B: Spears 8, Salas 2 3B: Spearman 10 SS: Simokaitis 10 LF: Jackson 5, Culpepper 4, Salas 1 CF: Fuld 10 RF: Harvey 6, Culpepper 4 DH: Jackson 5, Fox 1, Harvey 1, Rick 1, Wick 1 SP: Berg 2, Gallagher 2, Hagerty 2, Holliman 2, Johnson 2 PEORIA CHIEFS (A) C: Muyco 5, Reed 4, Morgan 1 1B: Norwood 9, Garcia 1 2B: Chirinos 9, Rivera 1 3B: Taylor 10 SS: Johnston 7, Rivera 3 LF: Valdez 6, Defendis 4 CF: Gregg 8, Ciaramella 2 RF: Ciaramella 6, Defendis 2, Valdez 2 DH: Garcia 8, Chirinos 1, Norwood 1 SP: Veal 2, Blackford 2, Billek 2, Yepez 2, Atkins 2

Comments

Submitted by Matt of AMerica on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:21 pm

not to be picky, since you've clearly done way more work than i did, but did we not start a RF for 2 games? that only totals 9 games.

Submitted by matt of america on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:23 pm

and i think rusch has started 3 games, now.

Submitted by Christian on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:31 pm

Hmm. Math is hard. I've fixed those two things that Matt mentioned. Chris, Nic Jackson is the Jackson who is playing at Daytona and has split his time between left field and DH.

Submitted by Christian on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:32 pm

Glad you like it. Hopefully I'll eventually be able to link the names to stats for the players...

Submitted by Jackson on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:36 pm

Jackson had a major injury, that I forget what exactly now but he missed all of the 05 season. He seems to be starting back at square 1.

Submitted by aaronb on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:38 pm

more likely Jackson is taking the spot of someone who may develop into something useful.

Submitted by D on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:45 pm

When I saw the Cubs Spring Training game against the Diamondbacks on March 20, I spoke to the father of a Cubs Minor League OF named Jesse Schmidt. Schmidt had been invited to the Big League game that day and got one AB, his only one of the spring. His dad said he was going to AA, but I haven't seen his name anywhere. Does anyone know where he was assigned (or whether he has a future with the Cubs)?

Submitted by Christian on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:46 pm

Jackson had rotator cuff surgery in July of 2004.

Submitted by Ienpw on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:55 pm

I wonder how long Hagerty will keep his rotation spot. It's about time to stick a fork in him.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:13 pm

What's the explanation for this: 2B: Fontenot 6, Theriot 4, Coats 1 Saw a lot of Theriot in ST, but no Fontenot. Is Theriot learning another position?

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:14 pm

or hurt?

Submitted by jacos on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:22 pm

"more likely Jackson is taking the spot of someone who may develop into something useful." I might be mistaken, but wasn't Jackson projected ahead of KPat to make the majors? Very Kevin Orie like?

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:23 pm

fontenot is in the doghouse it seems...unless he was injured this spring, i dont really see a reason for him not to be there (3rd/2nd). yeah, he's got low power and ordinary speed, but he's not immune to a walk or contact. theriot needs to learn all the possitions he can if he wasnt to be in the bigs. some people have very little power and some people have very very very little power...theriot fits the 2nd category. unfortunately he dont have pierre-like speed to make up for it. what he does have, though, is the ability to play middle IF. he reminds me of a slightly taller auggie ojeda who can take a walk.

Submitted by aaronb on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:34 pm

jackson was a 2nd rounder compensation pick, from when the Drays signed steve trachsel. Patterson was a huge flop because he was the #3 overall pick in the 98 draft. Both were highly thought of prospects.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:49 pm

and mark prior was the yanks 1st choice in 98..suplimental 1st, they lost their 1st pick. kelton was the cubs 2nd pick in that draft.

Submitted by aaronb on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:59 pm

cubs have missed on just about all of their position player picks for as long as I can remember.

Submitted by aaronb on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:08 pm

Luis Montanez R/R 6-0 170 12/15/81 1 SS William Hill S/R 5-10 180 04/03/78 2 SS Aaron Krawiec L/L 6-6 215 03/17/79 3 LHP Nicolas Jackson R/R 6-4 205 09/25/79 3 CF Todd Wellemeyer R/R 6-3 195 08/30/78 4 RHP Gary Banks R/R 6-1 185 11/04/81 5 SS Jonathan Johnson R/R 6-2 192 11/03/81 6 SS

Submitted by Hobart Mike on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:49 pm

Shawon Dunston, Greg Maddux, Lee Smith, Mark Grace, Steve Trachsel, Joe Girardi, Wood ...

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:05 pm

cruddy thing is this year's draft...where the cubs have a protected mid-level 1st round pick...is very college pitcher heavy. the bats on both the college and HS level are a lot of nothing worth mentioning. still, with the new scouting crew i'd expect some highschool middle infielder from god knows where to go to the cubs round 1.

Submitted by 433 on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:43 pm

Ruz -- nice work, that's an interesting set of data. Another suggestion: it would be interesting to see a similar breakout for the Cubs' batting order, i.e. which names have appeared in each slot and how many times. Even more interesting would be a breakdown of how each player has performed in each slot. So if you could have that on my desk by 9am, that would be greeeat.

Submitted by Christian on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:47 pm

(That's for the major league team only, of course. That level of breakdown for the minors would take more patience than I have.)

Submitted by 433 on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:56 pm

Thanks Christian -- I hadn't seen that page before. And I have to go on record (like many others) with my sadness, horror and disgust at the fact that Walker started only 3 of the 6 games last week.

Submitted by Brett on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:44 pm

does anyone know where Mark pawelek is? I thought he would be at Peoria.

Submitted by Walt on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:23 pm

Pawlek is in extended spring training. The thought is to have him work on mechanics with warm weather instead of pitching in the cold spring weather of Peoria. I'm sure he'll be up soon.

Submitted by Walt on Mon, 04/17/2006 - 04:25 pm

Have you seen the stats at West Tenn.? Wow! The pitching staff is unbelievable!

Recent comments

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    Incredible moment. Huge part of the fun of working there is when something magic like that happens, and you get to interact with baseball fans. 

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    That bear hug was indeed awesome. Word is that Dansby has become an outstanding clubhouse leader and that moment really demonstrated it. That reaction was one of a proud coach/mentor who’s student just excelled. I’m not even sure who was more overjoyed, Dansby or PCA. A veteran expressing that kind of unabashed support and enthusiasm for a struggling rookie is beyond fantastic to see.

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    BAHAHA! I've actually not seen a single fight, but can't wait to see 70 degrees for sure!

  • crunch (view)

    next time i roll up into wrigley i'll try to start a fist fight and maybe we'll meet.

    be prepared.  i'm gonna make you earn your money.

    seriously, though...that's a cool as hell "retirement" assignment.  i imagine it will be better with warmer nights.

  • Cubster (view)

    I was there for the PCA homer as well. 50 degree baseball is no longer fun when sitting in the shade (knit hats, scarves and gloves are football gear) but I agree it’s one of those really cool moments. I loved the bear hug given by Swanson at home plate and of course the added impact that the PCA homer became a game winner.

     

  • Cubster (view)

    Holy Screaming Bananas

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    In honor of dispatching with the Astros, this painting is titled “The Sweep”. 
    I retired a couple years ago, and took a job at Wrigley as a security guy. SO cool having Wrigley as your office. SO cool being there when PCA got his first hit. 
    “The Sweep” happens at the end of every game - the security staff sweeps through the ballpark making sure it’s empty.
    (Hopefully I’ll be putting this painting up often this year.)
    Lastly, because working for the Cubs, they understandably don’t want you voicing opinions on social, which is why I’m only painting the banners here. 

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Honorable mention to Jim Bullinger via BleedCubbieBlue: 

    Bullinger, a converted shortstop, had pitched in three games before he came to the plate. He had entered the game to relieve starter Shawn Boskie after four innings, and came to the plate to lead off the fifth, and hit Rheal Cormier's first pitch over the left-field wall to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead; they eventually won the game 5-2 in 14 innings. Of the 129players to homer in their first MLB at-bat, Bullinger is one of just 32 to hit that blast on the first big-league pitch he saw (including Contreras) and one of just six pitchers to do so.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Most of this activity will lead nowhere, of course, but it is fantastic that they’re looking for talent in every nook and cranny. You never know where that can lead, and virtually nothing is lost if if leads nowhere, as long as no one of superior talent and potential is losing an opportunity.

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Fun 1st Hit / HR Fact…


    Recent Cubs players to have HR as 1st MLB hit:

    PCA

    Morel

    Happ

    Contreras

    Baez

    Soler

    Castro

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