| Chicago Cubs Organizational Depth Chart |
| |
| Pos. |
CUBS |
IOWA |
TENNESSEE |
DAYTONA |
KANE COUNTY |
| C |
Welington Castillo/Dioner Navarro |
J. C. Boscan/Luis Flores |
Rafael Lopez/Jair Fernandez |
Chadd Krist/Chad Noble/Taylor Davis |
Willson Contreras/Yaniel Cabezas/Carlos Escobar |
| 1B |
Anthony Rizzo |
Brad Nelson |
Tim Torres |
Dustin Geiger |
Dan Vogelbach/Rock Shoulders |
| 2B |
Darwin Barney |
Logan Watkins/Brent Lillibridge |
Roni Torreyes/Jonathon Mota |
Tim Saunders |
Gioskar Amaya |
| 3B |
Luis Valbuena/Cody Ransom |
Josh Vitters/Ian Stewart |
Christian Villanueva |
Ben Carhart |
Jeimer Candelario |
| SS |
Starlin Castro |
Donnie Murphy/Edwin Maysonet |
Arismendy Alcantara/Elliot Soto |
Javier Baez/Wes Darvill |
Marco Hernandez/David Bote |
| LF |
Alfonso Soriano/Ryan Sweeney |
Dave Sappelt |
Ty Wright |
John Andreoli/Taiwan Easterling |
Pin-Chieh Chen |
| CF |
David DeJesus/Julio Borbon |
Brett Jackson |
Matt Szczur |
Zeke DeVoss |
Oliver Zapata |
| RF |
Nate Schierholtz/Scott Hairston |
Brian Bogusevic/Darnell McDonald |
Rubi Silva/Anthony Giansanti |
Jorge Soler |
Bijan Rademacher |
| |
| Starting Pitchers |
| 1 |
Jeff Samardzija (R) |
| 2 |
Edwin Jackson (R) |
| 3 |
Travis Wood (L) |
| 4 |
Scott Feldman (R) |
| 5 |
Carlos Villanueva (R) |
| IOWA |
Chris Rusin (L), Brooks Raley (L), Nick Struck (R), Barret Loux (R), and Guillermo Moscoso (R) |
| TENN |
Alberto Cabrera (R), Eric Jokisch (L), Kyle Hendricks (R), Dallas Beeler (R), and Matt Loosen (R) - REHAB: Matt Garza (R) |
| DAYT |
Austin Kirk (L), Ben Wells (R), Zach Cates (R), P. J. Francescon (R), and Yeiper Castillo (R) | |
| KANE |
Pierce Johnson (R), Dillon Maples (R), Tayler Scott (R), Michael Heesch (L), and Felix Pena (R) |
| |
| Relief Pitchers |
| 1 |
Kevin Gregg (R) |
| 2 |
Kyuji Fujikawa (R) |
| 3 |
James Russell (L) |
| 4 |
Carlos Marmol (R) |
| 5 |
Shawn Camp (R) |
| 6 |
Hector Rondon (R) |
| 7 |
Michael Bowden (R) |
| IOWA |
Blake Parker (R), Rafael Dolis (R), Zach Putnam (R), Hisanori Takahaski (L), Yoanner Negrin (R), Esmailin Caridad (R), and Casey Coleman (R) |
| TENN |
Trey McNutt (R), Marcus Hatley (R), Tony Zych (R), Zac Rosscup (L), Frank Batista (R), Brian Schlitter (R), Kevin Rhoderick (R), and A. J. Morris (R) |
| DAYT |
David Cales (R), Jeff Lorick (L), Austin Reed (R), Hunter Cervenka (L), Luis Liria (R), Sheldon McDonald (L), Eduardo Figueroa (R), and Frank del Valle (L) |
| KANE |
Eddie Orozco (R), Nathan Dorris (L), Steve Perakslis (R), Jeffry Antigua (L), Justin Amlung (R), Ian Dickson (R), Brian Smith (L), and Lendy Castillo (R) |
| |
| EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING |
| P |
Hunter Ackerman (L), Paul Blackburn (R), Tyler Bremer (R), Kyler Burke (L), Dayan Diaz (R), Jorge Diaz (R), Ethan Elias (R), Juan Francisco (R), Mike Hamann (R), Corbin Hoffner (R), Matt Iannazzo (L) Trey Lang (R), Erick Leal (R), Chang-Yong Lim (R), Chad Martin (R), Carlos Martinez (R), Angel Mejias (L), Loiger Padron (R), Starling Peralta (R), Anthony Prieto (L), James Pugliese (R), Jasvir Rakkar (R), Carlos Rodriguez (L), Orbandy Rodriguez (R), Jose Rosario (R), Alexander Santana (R), Larry Suarez (R), Daury Torrez (R), Duane Underwood (R), Luis Villalba (L), and David Villegas (L) - REHAB: Daniel Adrian (R), Scott Baker (R), Marcelo Carreno (R), Gerardo Concepcion (L), Josh Conway (R), Carlos Gutierrez (R), Michael Jensen (R), Jin-Young Kim (R), Andrew McKirahan (L), Ryan McNeil (R), Armando Rivero (R), Ryan Searle (R), and Casey Weathers (R) |
| C |
Erick Castillo, Justin Marra, Alberto Mineo, Wilfredo Petit, Rony Rodriguez, Neftali Rosario, and Lance Rymel - REHAB: Steve Clevenger and Jose Morales |
| INF |
Luis Acosta (3B), Frandy de la Rosa (SS), Jose Dore (1B), Jesse Hodges (3B), Danny Lockhart (2B), Mark Malave (3B), Carlos Penalver (SS), Jacob Rogers (1B), Francisco Sanchez (SS), and Brad Zapenas (2B) - REHAB: Greg Rohan (1B) |
| OF |
Albert Almora (CF), Jeffrey Baez (RF), Yasiel Balaguert (RF), Xavier Batista (RF), Roberto Caro (CF), Rashad Crawford (CF), Shawon Dunston Jr (CF), Kevin Encarnacion (RF), Reggie Golden (LF), Trevor Gretzky (LF), Dong-Yub Kim (LF), and Garrett Schlecht (LF) - REHAB: Trey Martin (CF) |
| |
| DSL CUBS |
| P |
Gilberto Abreu (R), Pedro Araujo (R), Jesus Baldayaque (R), Jonathan Bautista (R), Pedro Brazoban (R), Enger Cabreja (R), Michael de la Cruz (R), Warner Eusebio (L), Frailyn Figueroa (L), Alexander Frias (R), Enyel Gonzalez (R), Luis Guillen (R), Jeffry Hernandez (R), Luis Hernandez (R), Eric Martinez (R), Hendry Mercado (R), Yomar Morel (R), Juan Carlos Paniagua (R), Jose Paulino (L), Jesus Pereyra (R), Hector Perez (R), Amalio Reyes (R), Alexander Castro (R), Oscar de la Cruz (R), Wagner Disla (R), Luis Hernandez (R), Carlos Llano (R), Jose Morel (R), Jesus Perez (L), Dilson Vasquez,(R), and Jose Zapata (R) |
| C |
Steven de la Cruz, Jhonny Pena, Carlos Ramirez, and Antonio Valerio
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| INF |
Varonex Cuevas (2B), Jenner Emeterio (SS), Antonio Gonzalez (2B), Carlos Montero (3B), John Ortega (2B), Dalfis Ortiz (2B), Adonis Paula (3B), and Jeffry Puente (1B)
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| OF |
Edwin Contreras (RF), Enderson Mercedes (RF), Jose Paniagua (LF), and Shamiel Ubiera (RF)
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| |
| VSL CUBS |
| P |
Adbert Alzolay (R, Harrinson Bermudez (R), Francisco Carrillo (R), Jesus Castillo (R), Javier Castro (R), Augusto Colina (L), Alberto Diaz (L), Greyfur Eregua (R), Manuel Fuentes (L), Victor Garcia (L), Yomar Pacheco (R), Chris Pieters (L), Brohiglyn Rivero (R), Victor Salazar (R), Ramon Valera (R), and Mauro Vides (R) |
| C |
Leonardo Gonzalez, Jhonny Pereda, Roberto Vahlis, and Eufran Vargas, and |
| INF |
Roney Alcala (1B), Bryant Flete (2B), Humberto Garcia (2B), Danny Gutierrez (SS), and Miguel Rico (3B) |
| OF |
Delbis Arcila (RF), Arnaldo Calero (CF), Martin Hodwalker (RF), and Ricardo Marcano (LF) |
| INACTIVE LISTS |
| CUBS |
C-IF Steve Clevenger (oblique) is on 60-day DL (4/14), RHP Scott Baker (2012 TJS) is on 60-day DL (3/31), RHP Matt Garza (lat) is on 15-day DL (retro to 3/22) and is presently on a minor league rehab assignment with AA Tennessee, and RHP Arodys Vizcaino (2012 TJS) is on 60-day DL (3/27) |
| IOWA |
RHP Jaye Chapman (hip), RHP Carlos Gutierrez (2012 shoulder surgery rehab), RHP Chang-Yong Lim (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Marcos Mateo (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Casey Weathers, INF Junior Lake (rib), and IF-OF Greg Rohan (back surgery) are on 7-day DL |
| TENN |
LHP Kyler Burke (oblique), RHP Dae-Eun Rhee, 1B Justin Bour (broken wrist), OF Johermyn Chavez, and OF Jae-Hoon Ha (back) are on 7-day DL, and INF Carlos Figueroa is INACTIVE (player-coach) |
| DAYT |
RHP Marcelo Carreno, RHP Dayan Diaz, RHP Michael Jensen, RHP Jose Rosario, RHP Ryan Searle (elbow), RHP Larry Suarez, RHP Yao-Lin Wang, and INF Steve Bruno are on 7-day DL, and C Nate Maldonado is INACTIVE (player-coach) |
| KANE |
RHP Jose Arias (elbow), LHP Gerardo Concepcion (illness), LHP Andrew McKirahan (2012 TJS rehab), INF Brad Zapenas (2012 shoulder surgery rehab), OF Albert Almora (broken hand), and OF Trey Martin (left shoulder surgery) are on 7-day DL, and INF Kenny Socorro is INACTIVE (player-coach) |
| BOIS |
NONE |
| AZLC |
NONE |
| DSLC |
RHP Juancito de la Cruz, LHP Andin Diaz, RHP Antonio Encarnacion, and RHP Pedro Silverio are on RESTRICTED LIST (all four PED suspensions) |
| VSLC |
NONE |
Thanks as always, AZ.
On a different subject, I just now noticed the record of the L.A. Angels in the standings.
m.garza debuts tuesday vs pitt
vanillawafers (with recently shaved mustache) to the pen
Ugh
they have an entire section of the bleachers today...kinda creepy.
Mets fans are louder than Cubs fans. A new low point.
Brett Jackson...
"Some of the best advice I've gotten is, I was sitting with Ian Stewart, talking about hitting and I was feeling for my swing as you do early in the season," Jackson recalled. "He asked if I was comfortable at the plate and I said I'm not very comfortable right now. He's like, 'You need to be yourself at the plate and be comfortable and be the type of hitter [you] want to be.'"
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130518&...
Geiger-Soler put on a fireworks show in yesterday's Daytona Cubs doubleheader...
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130518&...
Soler...
Interesting tweet in the tweet box: z'Remember when Rizzo was striking out a lot? No K's in last 31 AB's..tied for 2nd longest active streak in majors"
Don't know if that includes last night, but it sure goes a long way to explaining his improved hitting. It's a curious thing, though, the difference between the way his season started and now. How does that happen?
A short doc on a long ago MLB legend
Semi NSFW
http://www.roopstigo.com/reel/morganna-a-kissing-b...
This awesome
http://mlb.mlb.com/photos/gallery.jsp?content_id=4...
Baseball America Hot Sheet:
Christian Villaneuva, 3b, Cubs
Team: Double-A Tennessee (Southern)
Age: 21
Why He’s Here: .435/.500/.739 (10-for-23), 3 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBIs, 1 BB, 6 SO, 1-for-2 SB
wow...Arizona Phil's universe intersects with Wrong-way Phil Rogers!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Pete...
per Roto...
Remember Albert Almora? The Cubs’ first-round pick last June is almost all the way back after breaking his hamate bone in mid-March. He’s been playing center field and hitting in extended spring games in Arizona and should soon be assigned to the low-A Kane County Cougars. There’s no sign yet of Junior Lake, who suffered a stress fracture to the top rib on his right side in mid-March. Outfielder Reggie Golden, a second-round pick in 2010 recovering from two torn ligaments in his left knee, appears close to completing his recovery.
USA Today Article on Mark Appel.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2013/...
Scouting report
http://orioles-nation.com/2011/07/28/scouting-the-...
#2 Mark Appel
"Analysis: This is Appel or Gray, assuming one of them goes first, with Appel the preference. The Cubs are in the catbird seat in this draft -- they don't have to pay the premium that comes with picking first overall but are guaranteed to get one of the two huge arms in the class."
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9277478/...