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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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EXST Cubs Give Angels the Heat at Diablo

Starlin Castro went 3-4 with a single, a double, and a triple, Junior Lake crushed a two-run homer, Jose Made tripled twice, and 17-year old Dominican LHP Jeffry Antigua pitched four strong innings of one-run ball (retiring the final ten men he faced), leading the EXST Cubs to an 8-1 victory over the EXST Angels in a Rush Hour "Beat the Heat" Special (9 AM start) at Diablo Park Field #3 in Tempe this morning.

Here is today's abridged box score (Cubs players only): 

LINEUP:
1. Kevin Soto, LF-CF: 2-3 (2 RBI, SF, SH, 2 SB)
2. Marwin Gonzalez, 2B-3B: 1-4 (RBI, R, SF, K, GIDP)
3. Robinson Chirinos, DH-C: 1-3 (2B, BB)
4. Nelson Perez, CF-RF: 2-4 (RBI, K) 
5. Carlos Perez, C-DH: 1-4 (3B, R, K)
6. Kyler Burke, RF-1B: 1-4 (2B, K)
7. Junior Lake, SS: 1-4 (HR, 2 RBI, R)
8a. Drew Rundle, 1B: 0-2 (2 K)
8b. Cesar Salazar, LF: 2-2 (R)
9a. John Contreras, 3B:  0-2 (2 K)
9b. Jose Made, 2B: 2-2 (2 3B, RBI, 2 R)
10. Starlin Castro, DH #2: 3-4 (2B, 3B, RBI, 2 R, SB)

PITCHERS:
1. Jeffry Antigua - 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 5 K (0/5 GO/FO)
2. Luke Sommer - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (1/2 GO/FO)
3. Michael Bunton - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (3/0 GO/FO)  
4. Carlos Rojas - 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP (2/2 GO/FO)
5. Harol Tolentino - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (2/0 GO/FO)

ERRORS (1):
Marwin Gonzalez, E-5, failed to stop ground ball that went under his glove  

OUTFIELD ASSIST
Nelson Perez, 8-4, threw out runner at 2nd base who took too wide a turn around the bag.

CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Carlos Perez, 2-3, picked runner off 1st base.  

WEATHER:
Temperature in the high 80's at game-time, with no clouds and a light breeze.

ATTENDANCE: 13

Comments

Thanks, Phil. Any news on Robert Hernandez? I have not seen anything about him being sent anywhere after his suspension... I have been looking for him at Peoria. That is probably where he is headed, right?

JACE: Robert Hernandez pitched four innings last Tuesday (one hit and one unearned run), so he is definitely ready to get promoted back to Peoria whenever the Cubs think the time is right.

If he doesn't get promoted this weekend, his next EXST start should be this coming Monday, and then the final EXST Cubs game is next Wednesday. So I would think he would be back in the Peoria starting rotation no later than June 7th or 8th.

It's possible that the Cubs are making Hernandez spend a little extra time at Fitch Park as punishment for his transgression and/or as an example to other guys who might consider using steroids or other prohibited substances, but more-likely it's simply that there is no room for him on the Peoria Chiefs roster at the moment.

AZ Phil, I see Carlos Rojas listed as a pitcher in your box score. Am I wrong in remembering him among last year's A-Ball shortstops? Is he yet another in a line of Cubs position players turned pitchers?

Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 3:53pm.

AZ Phil, I see Carlos Rojas listed as a pitcher in your box score. Am I wrong in remembering him among last year's A-Ball shortstops? Is he yet another in a line of Cubs position players turned pitchers?

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CHARLIE: Actually there were two players named "Carlos Rojas" in Minor League Camp at Fitch Park this year, a 24-year old shortstop (Carlos R. Rojas) and a 17-year old RHP (Carlos E. Rojas).

Carlos R. Rojas (the shortstop) was once rated by Baseball America as the #1 defensive shortstop in the Cubs organization (which he indeed was), but he just never learned to hit (.229 career minor league hitter with no power), plus he has below-average speed for a middle-infielder. I stopped using the middle initial for Carlos E. Rojas (the pitcher) after Carlos R. Rojas (the shortstop) got released at the end of Spring Training.

The shortstop Carlos R. Rojas signed with the Baltimore Orioles organization after he got released by the Cubs, joining a long-line of ex-Cubs prospects who went to the Orioles organization after former Cubs team president Andy MacPhail became the GM and John Stockstill (the former Cubs scouting director) became scouting director for the Orioles. Rojas (the shortstop) is presently playing for Baltimore's AA club in Bowie (Eastern League).

As for Carlos E. Rojas (the pitcher), he appears to have decent upside, probably as a reliever. 

Who's this Junior Lake guy? How old is he? I've heard of most of these names, but he's the one that I can't remember. And any comment on how Robby's looked behind the dish so far?

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In reply to by Cubster

Good news, though, is that Patterson, Pie, and Murton had a collective 9-14. Patterson and Pie especially had good nights, as Patterson went 3-5 and Pie went 2-5 with a double and his second homer of the season. Murton hit his 8th double, but still has only one homerun. Hopefully Pie will do some good things with the bat today and Sunday so that the Cubs will see reason to recall him and will not burn his last major league option. I wonder how much Patterson and Murton would have to hit to be called up to Chicago. I guess if Patterson got hot enough with the bat they'd call him up and play him in center. Maybe if Murton continues to hit for his ridiculous average and walk about twice as much as he strikes out, and adds power, LouPa will forget how much he likes seeing Fuki playing RF and shift him over to CF to make room for the Pesky Redhead.

Pie and Patterson still can't hit in the majors to save their lives. Only Murton has the ability at this moment and he doesn't play CF. I am perfectly happy with an Edmonds/Reed platoon in CF. It doesnt help the development of Pie and Patterson to flail away in the majors and look like crap. It's one thing if they had a clue when they stepped into the batters box, but neither one can hit breaking balls and both chase fastballs out of the zone in comic fashion for strikeouts.

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In reply to by MikeC

I see where you get that for Pie, as he has a few hundred MLB ABs at this point, but what does E-Patt have, 30? Have you seen him a lot at AAA, or are you basing your assessment of him on those few Major League ABs? I'm encouraged with Patterson on his ability to hit to left field, which Pie has shown only sporadically. I would certainly agree that Murton is the only proven major league bat, but I think E-Patt is more likely than Pie to translate his success to the big leagues as he is a more well-rounded hitter than Pie, though Pie certainly has better tools and is a better defender. If Hendry and Lou are still on the never-ending quest for speed, though, E-Patt is about the only guy who makes sense since Pie hasn't figured out how to steal bases yet. They do both strikeout more than Murt, but I'm not sure how much more they strikeout than Edmonds and Johnson. More, I'm sure, just I'm not sure how much more. If Edmonds has "figured it out," then he is the best option right now, but I'm still not convinced he's done that. Maybe he'll prove it soon with consistent good ABs.

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  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

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    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!