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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!

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    Prior to the Cactus League game at Papago Park, three Cubs pitchers threw "live" BP on Field 1 at the Cubs Sloan Park complex, including RHRP Ethan Roberts (June 2022 TJS) and Cubs 2023 2nd round draft pick RHP Jaxon Wiggins (February 2023 TJS).  

    Wiggins last threw "live" BP three weeks ago before being shut down for a couple of weeks, and this was the first time Roberts has thrown to hitters in almost two years. 

    JAXON WIGGINS: 
    ONE INNING:
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    no batted balls in play
    two walks (Suriel and J. Diaz) 
    three strikeouts (Carico, Lubo, and Escobar - all three swinging)
    six swing & miss
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    14 called balls 
    one WP 

    ETHAN ROBERTS: 
    ONE INNING 
    15 pitches (7 strikes) 
    two batted balls in play (G-3 by Carico and L-9 by Suriel) 
    two walks (Lubo and Carico)
    no strikeouts  
    no swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    eight called balls 
    one WP 

    Mat Peters was bumped by Justin Steele from his scheduled game work at Giants, so he threw two innings of "live" BP with Wiggins & Roberts. 

    MAT PETERS: 
    TWO INNINGS 
    44 pitches (23 strikes) 
    five batted balls in play (F-7, L-7, F-7, G-6, G-3) 
    three walks 
    two strikeouts (both Lubo and both looking)
    six swing & miss 
    three fouls 
    nine called strikes
    21 called balls 
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  • crunch (view)

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