2015 Cubs Minor League Spring Training Rosters (UPDATED 3/27)

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 7:41pm

2015 CUBS MINOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING ROSTERS (last updated 3-28-2015):


NOTE: ROSTERS AT MINOR LEAGUE CAMP ARE FLUID. Minor League players are often initially assigned to a squad one or even two levels above where they will ultimately be assigned once the regular season starts. Minor League Camp roster assignments are based on several factors, including the player's position as it relates to the specific needs of the organization, and the player's age, amount of professional experience, and previous season's performance (including any time spent at a post-season Instructional League). As players are sent to Minor League Camp from the Major League squad during the course of Spring Training, there are corresponding roster moves made at Minor League Camp as players are either moved down a level or released. Occasionally a player or a pitcher will be moved up a level during the course of Minor League Camp, but such an occurrence is rare. 

Rosters for the four "full season" teams (Iowa, Tennessee, Myrtle Beach, and South Bend) must be cut-down to 25 by Minor League Opening Day (Thursday April 9th). There is no roster limit for the Extended Spring Ttraning squad. 

* bats or throws left
# bats both


CUBS MLB NON-ROSTER INVITEES (NRI): 5

PITCHERS:  1 
* Phil Coke

CATCHERS: 1     
Taylor Teagarden

INFIELDERS: 3
Kris Bryant
# Jonathan Herrera 
Addison Russell

OUTFIELDERS: 0


IOWA: 38+2

AAA

PITCHERS: 21+1
* Jeffry Antigua
Daniel Bard
Frank Batista 
Corey Black 
* Francisley Bueno 
Anthony Carter
* Hunter Cervenka 
Blake Cooper
Jorge DeLeon
C. J. Edwards
Gonzalez Germen
Pierce Johnson 
* Eric Jokisch
Barret Loux  
Trey McNutt (INACTIVE - 2014 shoulder surgery)
Yoanner Negrin
* Joe Ortiz 
Blake Parker  
Carlos Pimentel
Armando Rivero 
Donn Roach 
Tony Zych

CATCHERS: 4    
Willson Contreras
Taylor Davis (also has been playing 1B)
* Rafael Lopez
* Kyle Schwarber

INFIELDERS: 7+1
Stephen Bruno
Ryan Dent
Jonathon Mota
Elliot Soto
Chris Valaika
Christian Villanueva
* Dan Vogelbach
* Logan Watkins (INACTIVE - torn achilles tendon)

OUTFIELDERS: 6
John Andreoli
* Mike Baxter  
* Adron Chambers
Anthony Giansanti
Jae-Hoon Ha
* Rubi Silva


TENNESSEE: 30

AA

PITCHERS: 16
Justin Amlung
Matt Brazis
Zach Cates
* Gerardo Concepcion 
Fernando Cruz
P. J. Francescon 
Michael Jensen
* Austin Kirk
Felix Pena 
Steve Perakslis
Starling Peralta 
Ivan Pineyro 
Austin Reed (LIMITED ACTIVITY - 2014 TJS)
Jose Rosario
Andres Santiago
* Rob Zastryzny 

CATCHERS: 3
Cael Brockmeyer (also has been playing 1B)
Ben Carhart (also has been playing 3B)
# Victor Caratini

INFIELDERS: 6
# Jeimer Candelario
* Wes Darvill
Dustin Geiger
* Danny Lockhart
Carlos Penalver
Tim Saunders (LIMITED ACTIVITY - injured running bases earlier this week)

OUTFIELDERS: 5
Albert Almora
* Pin-Chieh Chen 
* Jake Hannemann
* Billy McKinney 
* Bijan Rademacher 


MYRTLE BEACH: 32+2

Hi-A 

PITCHERS: 18+1 
Paul Blackburn 
Francisco Carrillo
Josh Conway 
* Michael Heesch 
Lars Huijer (INACTIVE - current status unknown)
* Tyler Ihrig
Brad Markey
Jonathan Martinez
Juan Carlos Paniagua
James Pugliese 
Jasvir Rakkar
Tayler Scott 
Tyler Skulina
Jake Stinnett
Daury Torrez
Jen-Ho Tseng
Duane Underwood
Michael Wagner
Ben Wells 

CATCHERS: 3+1
Gioskar Amaya (ex-INF) 
* Jordan Hankins (ex-3B)
* Justin Marra (also has been playing 1B)
Will Remillard (INACTIVE - back?)  

INFIELDERS: 5  
David Bote
* Jacob Rogers 
Gleyber Torres
* Jason Vosler
Chesny Young 

OUTFIELDERS: 6
Jeffrey Baez
Yasiel Balaguert 
* Shawon Dunston Jr
* Kevin Encarnacion (unable to switch-hit because of post-2013 right shoulder injury)
Trey Martin 
Mark Zagunis (ex-C)


SOUTH BEND: 31

Lo-A

PITCHERS: 17
Trevor Clifton 
James Farris 
Scott Frazier 
David Garner
Trevor Graham  
Tanner Griggs
Zach Hedges  
Corbin Hoffner
Erick Leal 
Dillon Maples
Ryan McNeil
* Jordan Minch 
James Norwood
Jeremy Null
* Tommy Thorpe 
Ryan Williams 
* Sam Wilson 

CATCHERS: 4
Tyler Alamo (also has been playing 1B)
# Erick Castillo
* Alberto Mineo (also has beeen playing 1B)
Tyler Pearson

INFIELDERS: 5
* Danny Canela (LIMITED ACTIVITY - ???) 
* Andrew Ely 
Jesse Hodges
Ho-Young Son
Tanner Witt

OUTFIELDERS: 5
* Kevin Brown 
Charcer Burks
* Rashad Crawford 
Eloy Jimenez
Kevonte Mitchell

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT FIELD STAFF: 
PITCHING FIELD COORDINATOR & CATCHING COORDINATOR: Tom Cossins 
PITCHING COORDINATOR: Derek Jihnson 
ASSISTANT PIICHING COORDINATOR: Mike Mason 
HITTING COORDINATOR: Anthony Iapoce 
ASSISTANT HITTING COORDINATOR: Tom Beyers 
INFIELD COORDINATOR: Jose Flores 
OUTFIELD & BASERUNNING COORDINATOR: Doug Dascenzo 
LATIN AMERICAN FIELD COORDINATOR: Dave Keller 
MENTAL SKILLS PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Josh Lifrak 
MENTAL SKILLS COORDINATOR: Darnell McDonald 
LATIN AMERICAN MENTAL SKILLS COORDINATOR: Raymond Fuentes 
IOWA: Marty Pevey (Manager) , Mike Cather (Pitching Coach), Brian Harper (Hitting Coach), and Leo Perez (Assistant Coach)
TENNESSEE: Buddy Bailey (Manager), Storm Davis (Pitching Coach), Desi Wilson (Hitting Coach), and Guillermo Martinez (Assistant Coach)
MYRTLE BEACH:  Mark Johnson (Manager), David Rosario (Pitching Coach), Mariano Duncan (Hitting Coach), and Chris Gutierrez (Assistant Coach) 
SOUTH BEND: Jimmy Gonzalez (Manager), Brian Lawrence (Pitching Coach), Jesus Feliciano (Hitting Coach), and Osmin Melendez (Assistant Coach) 
EUGENE: Gary Van Tol (Manager), Anderson Tavares (Pitching Coach), Ricardo Medina (Hitting Coach), and Terrmel Sledge (Assistant Coach)
AZL CUBS: Carmelo Martinez (Manager), Ron Villone (Pitching Coach), Oscar Bernard (Hitting Coach), and Ty Wright (Assistant Coach)
MESA REHAB: Rick Tronerud (Pitching Coach) and Nate Maldonado (Assistant Coach)
DSL CUBS: Juan Cabreja (Manager), Armando Gabino (Pitching Coach), Claudio Almonte (Hitting Coach), and Carlos Ramirez (Assistant Coach)
VSL CUBS: Pedro Gonzalez (Manager), Eduardo Villacis (Pitching Coach), Franklin Blanco (Hitting Coach), and Antonio Valerio (Assistant Coach) 
MINOR LEAGUE TRAINING COORDINATOR: Nick Frangella 
ASSISTANT MINOR LEAGUE TRAINING COORDINATOR: Chuck Baughman
ATHLETIC TRAINERS: Scott Barringer (Iowa), Shane Nelson (Tennessee), Peter Fagan (Myrtle Beach), Jonathan Fierro (South Bend), Mike McNulty (Eugene), Toby Williams (AZL Cubs), Jose Alvarez (DSL Cubs), and Arnoldo Goite (VSL Cubs)
MINOR LEAGUE STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR: Doug Jarrow 
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACHES: Ryan Clausen (Iowa), Mike Megrew (Tennessee), Jason Moriss (Myrtle Beach), Ed Kohl (South Bend), Ryan Nordtvedt (Eugene), Sean Folan (AZL Cubs), Tomas Sanchez (DSL Cubs), and Manny Estrada (VSL Cubs) 

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING: 38+1

NOTE: The Extended Spring Training (EXST) group (AKA "Eugene/Mesa") is formed during Minor League Camp. This group consists of players who are the replacement cadre for the full season affiliates, players deemed not ready for full-season leagues, and players rehabbing from injuries.

PITCHERS: 25
Adbert Alzolay
Pedro Araujo
Jordan Brink
Jesus Camargo
Marcelo Carreno (LIMITED ACTIVITY - post-2013 shoulder surgery)
Jesus Castillo
Dylan Cease
Oscar de la Cruz
* Andin Diaz
Greyfer Eregua
Luis Hernandez
John Michael Knighton 
Daniel Lewis 
Mark Malave (ex-C)
Trey Masek (LIMITED ACTIVITY - 2014 shoulder surgery)
Yomar Morel
Erling Moreno (LIMITED ACTIVITY - 2014 TJS)
* Ariel Ovando (ex-OF)
* Jose Paulino
Hector Perez
* Carson Sands 
Alex Santana
* Justin Steele 
Austyn Willis
Jose Zapata

CATCHERS: 4
Eric Gonzalez
Jhonny Pereda
Miguel Rico (ex-3B)
Roberto Vahlis

INFIELDERS: 7+1
# Roney Alcala
# Varonex Cuevas
# Frandy de la Rosa
* Bryant Flete 
Carlos Jimenez
Joey Martarano (INACTIVE - attending college)
Adonis Paula 
* Carlos Sepulveda

OUTFIELDERS: 2:
Calvin Graves
* Ricardo Marcano

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


CUBS LATIN AMERICAN AFFILIATES

NOTE: Latin American Cubs minor leaguers who do not attend Minor League Camp in Arizona have their Spring Training at the Cubs Dominican Academy beginning in March. Players who have Spring Training at the Dominican Academy are eventually assigned to either the Cubs Extended Spring Training squad in Mesa in April and/or to one of the two Cubs Foreign-Rookie affiliates (DSL Cubs or VSL Cubs) when they commence league play in May.

Players listed as SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE do not count against the affiliate's 35-man Reserve List until Opening Day for that league. 

DSL CUBS: 34

SS-FR

PITCHERS: 15
Assael Aquino
* Wander Cabrera (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Luis Escanio
Junior Marte
Jose Morel
* Pablo Ochoa (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Chris Pieters 
Eury Ramos (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Santiago Rodriguez 
Andri Rondon
Aneuris Rosario
Pedro Silverio
Jesus Tejada (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Deibi Torres
Dilson Vasquez

CATCHERS: 3
Johan Matos 
Richard Nunez 
Raymond Pena (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)

INFIELDERS: 9
Jenner Emeterio
# Humberto Garcia 
# Fidel Mejia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Rafael Mejia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Jose Paniagua
# Yeiler Peguero (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Tony Rijo (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
# Miguel Ruiz 
Franklin Tineo 

OUTFIELDERS: 7
# Roberto Caro 
Yovanny Cuevas (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Wander Felix (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SRRVICE)
# Robert Garcia
Jose Jules (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SRRVICE)
Samir Lara (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Luis Ubiera


VSL CUBS: 37

SS-FR

PITCHERS: 23
Jesus Arias 
Andres Arteaga (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Harrinson Bermudez
* Andres Bonalde (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Alejandro Colorado
Enrique de los Rios
* Riger Fernandez (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Emilio Ferrebus (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Hector Garcia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Yapson Gomez 
Jose Leidenz
Gabriel Lima
Ivan Medina
* Angel Mejias
Bryan Molina (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Alex Pacheco 
* Eugenio Palma
Moises Ramirez
Juan Rengifo 
* Carlos Rodriguez 
Julio Sanchez
Freddy Tineo (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Mauro Vides

CATCHERS: 1
Gustavo Polanco (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)

INFIELDERS: 8
Jhonny Bethencourt (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Wladimir Galindo 
Francisco Garay (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Danny Gutierrez
Fidel Matos
# Andruw Monasterio 
Rafael Narea (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Henry Pedra

OUTFIELDERS: 5
* Luis Ayala 
Moises Colasante
Jose Gonzalez
Luis Hidalgo
Jose Rojas (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)

Tags: 
Minor League Spring Training Rosters

Comments

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 7:48pm  

Seven players were released from MINOR LEAGUE CAMP and five other roster moves were made over the past couple of days as the result of the Cubs sending 12 players down to MINOR LEAGUE CAMP:  

RELEASED: 
INF Shane Kennedy (2014 NDFA - Clemson) 
RHP Matt Loosen (2010 23rd round draft pick - U. of Jacksonville)
LHP Jeff Lorick (acquired from ATL in Derrek Lee trade 8/2010)
RHP Brad Renner (2013 28th round draft pick - FSC Jacksonville)
INF Alex Tomasovich (2014 20th round draft pick - Charleston Southern)
OF Shamil Ubiera (2012 International FA - Dominican Republic)
OF Charlie White (2014 21st round draft pick - U. of Maryland)

MOVED DOWN:
OF Jeffrey Baez - from TENNESSEE to MYRTLE BEACH
OF Kevin Brown - from IOWA to SOUTH BEND 
OF Rashad Crawford - from MYRTLE BEACH to SOUTH BEND
LHP Austin Kirk - from IOWA to TENNESSEE
RHP Daniel Lewis - from SOUTH BEND to EUGENE/MESA (EXST)

Submitted by Koyies Bansaw  on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 8:36pm  
Surprised at how early White and Tomasovich are gone. Kinda same with Renner, though i know he has been injured almost the whole time he's been with the organization.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 7:55pm  

For those of you wondering which pitchers are stretched-out as starters at MINOR LEAGUE CAMP (so far): 

IOWA: 3 
Corey Black
Pierce Johnson 
Carlos Pimentel

TENNESSEE: 3 
Felix Pena 
Ivan Pineyro 
Rob Zastryzny  

MYRTLE BEACH: 7
Paul Blackburn 
Josh Conway 
Jonathan Martinez 
Tyler Skulina 
Jake Stinnett 
Daury Torrez 
Jen-Ho Tseng 

SOUTH BEND: 6
Trevor Clifton 
Erick Leal 
Zach Hedges 
James Norwood
Jeremy Null 
Ryan Williams 

Eric Jokisch will likely be optioned to Iowa soon and that will make four I-Cubs starters. C. J. Edwards is not stretched-out yet and has been working out of the I-Cubs bullpen. 

Duane Underwood is not stretched out with Myrtle Beach. I've only seen him throw one inning at a time going back to "live" BP. 

Submitted by Ryno  on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 8:24pm  
So did Ninja serve that up for Rizzo on purpose? Looked all set up for it.

Submitted by jacos  on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 8:33pm  
Must have a lot of friends in Az 7 hrs last 10 innings

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 8:43pm  

Three of the NRI guys who were assigned to the IOWA squad at MINOR LEAGUE CAMP on Wednesday have not shown up on the field, so it's possible they are pondering retirement or have requested a release:

RHP Anthony Carter
RHP Jorge DeLeon
OF Adron Chambers 

Sometimes a player sent to the minors needs a day or two to figure out his future plans. 

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 8:57pm  

Today (nine days prior to MLB Opening Day) is the first day that a player on an MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) can be placed on the 15-day DL, and today is the furthest back a 15-day DL assignment can be backdated if the player is placed on the DL sometime prior to MLB Opening Day. So a player who is placed on the 15-day DL during Spring Traning must spend at least the first six days of the MLB regular on the 15-day DL before the player can be reinstated (that's if the 15-day DL assignment was initiated today or backdated to today's date).  

Also, only the nine days immediately prior to MLB Opening Day count toward a 60-day DL assignment, so a player who is placed on the 60-day DL anytime during Spring Training must spend at least the first 51 days of the MLB regular season on the 60-day DL, even if the player was placed on the 60-day DL at the start of Spring Traning in mid-February.  

Submitted by Old and Blue  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 8:13am  
I guess they'll wait on Denorfia to see how the overall roster shapes up? The Cubs infield roster is going to be awfully interesting over the next year or so. An obvious statement, but Castro sort of looks poised for a breakout year - and we don't really know what that looks like. Russell, to me, is ready now. Another good reason to just let Baez play second to start the year - he isn't going to learn anything mashing AAA pitchers, a point I've heard others make so it's not at all an original thought. The rest of the lineup is good enough, once Bryant is in it, to be able to sustain a light hitting fielder for awhile. Soler needs to stay healthy - that guy is the best hitter I've seen in a Cubs uniform since I don't even know when. Also, was it my imagination or did Baez go with the pitch some on one of his singles the other day? Maybe I'm getting cataracts.

Submitted by John Beasley  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 10:45am  
It's only March, but Joe Maddon is already in mid-season form on writing odd lineup cards.

Submitted by John Beasley  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 11:03am  
Today's weird lineup got me wondering what the Cubs optimized lineup looks like according to the Book. I used FG's 2015 ZiPS wOBA projections and am assuming an octet of Bryant, Rizzo, Fowler, Soler, Castro, Alcantara, Baez, and Montero, even though ZiPS likes Castillo better than Montero. (Side note: I was amazed to see Schwarber is already projected to right on the cusp of one of top 8 hitters in the entire Cubs system.) Fowler, Rizzo, Castro, Bryant, Soler, Alcantara, Baez, pitcher, Montero. Just to note, RIzzo<->Bryant and Alcantara<->Baez are essentially interchangeable with one another. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2015-zips-proj... http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/3/17/79...

Submitted by jacos  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 11:25am  
Nice problem to have

Submitted by crunch  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 12:55pm  
the chances of baez seeing anything worth hitting before the pitcher would be interesting...especially since he's gonna swing at it no matter what.

Submitted by Jackstraw  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 1:17pm  
Exactly so. Aim it towards the plate and if you can manage to get 4 past Baez you get the pitcher next.

Submitted by John Beasley  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 2:37pm  
I'm not a believer in protection but as I stated Alcantara and Baez can essentially be swapped at will without a long-term effect on run-scoring. They project for practically the same wOBA, with Alcantara getting the edge in OBP and Baez in SLG.

Submitted by Dusty Baylor  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 3:01pm  
If Baez keeps hitting like this, and Alcantara like he has this spring, how interchangeable are they?

Submitted by Rob G.  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 2:29pm  

That lineup works for me.

Submitted by Charlie  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 2:37pm  
I personally wouldn't want Castro batting 3rd (unless he's super hot or has a big breakout this year), but otherwise I'm pretty happy with that. Bump Castro to #5, slide Bryant and Soler up and you're good to go. We may even see that lineup once in a while, though I'd expect to see Coghlan batting 2nd sometimes if he can maintain a high enough average to keep his OBP above .340.

Submitted by crunch  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 12:53pm  
2 lineup circuses cubs games going on and none on TV...on a weekend... thanks obama.

Submitted by jacos  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 1:05pm  
Bryant must be playing today.

Submitted by crunch  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 1:46pm  
illuminati, bro... *waves arms about wildly*

Submitted by QuietMan  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 1:41pm  
Gordon Wittenmyer @GDubCub Cubs release Doubront by deadline to owe just 45 days of $1.925m salary (roughly $473k). --- Marco Hernandez is still no longer in the system.

Submitted by crunch  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 1:47pm  
thank god doub is gone...hell of a payday for a casual month and 1/2 of work in arizona.

Submitted by The E-Man  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 2:15pm  
Somehow I think that Hendry would have found a way to have kept Doubront.

Submitted by WISCGRAD  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 2:12pm  

The 5th starter/long man issue starting to work itself out naturally. Doubront is gone and Muscat indicates Wada, Beeper, and Turner to start on DL.

Submitted by Old and Blue  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 8:09am  
It's almost as if TheoCorp knew that might happen!

Submitted by Cubster  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 3:22pm  
Bryant opposite field DOOBLE, just missed HR #10.

Submitted by Cubster  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 3:40pm  
another plus for pitcher batting 8th. Arrieta 3 run HR. 7-0 Cubs still in the first vs Jon Gray who didn't make it through the inning.

Submitted by jacos  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:01pm  
Jon Gray? ~wipes brow w Bryant shirsey ~

Submitted by Charlie  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:08pm  
Jake Arrieta. Pretty good at this baseball thing.

Submitted by Cubster  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:09pm  
Bryant single, Coglan single, Ross single, Arrieta DOOBLE. 10-0 Cubs.

Submitted by crunch  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:31pm  
this is a criminally inept performance by COL...even for spring. cubs up 12-0 now...with 0 outs in the 3rd.

Submitted by Charlie  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:36pm  
Well, they did finally get Arrieta out. So that's progress for them, I guess.

Submitted by crunch  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:44pm  
an hour and 1/2 to play 3 innings...woo baseball.

Submitted by Cubster  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:12pm  
the other Split Squad game isn't as much fun but Baez has a single batting in the 9 spot. Soler the other single. 4-0 Reds.

Submitted by Old and Blue  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 8:11am  
I'll argue that the more singles Baez gets, the better chance he has of making the team, even if he doesn't get one more home run.

Submitted by Cubster  on Sat, 03/28/2015 - 4:32pm  
Bryant another single, 3-3; Russell another rbi hit. Cubs 12-0 in 3rd vs Rockies

Submitted by jacos  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 9:36am  
Braves release Lhp James Russell

Submitted by Charlie  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 9:43am  
Welcome back, Loogy!

Submitted by John Beasley  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 9:59am  
Muskat's blog: http://muskat.mlblogs.com/2015/03/29/sorting-... With Jon Lester, Jake Arrieta, Jason Hammel and Kyle Hendricks set, and Edwin Jackson and Travis Wood battling for the fifth spot, here’s who’s left for the bullpen. Last season, the Cubs carried 13 pitchers, but most likely will go with 12 this year: Britton Coke Grimm Motte Ramirez Rondon Rosscup Schlitter Strop Assuming the loser of Jackson/Wood (Jackson) is in the mix for the bullpen, that's 10 guys for 7 spots.

Submitted by Newport  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 6:27pm  
Where did Wada go?

Submitted by crunch  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 6:41pm  
groin injury, pretty much 100% starting the season on the DL...not expected to be a long-term thing, though.

Submitted by crunch  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 3:21pm  
ejax (aka, e-dawg) with a lead through 0.1ip so far so good.

Submitted by crunch  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 5:32pm  
4.2ip 1h 1bb 3k, 0r/er good for him. worked a little deep in counts to too many batters, though.

Submitted by jacos  on Sun, 03/29/2015 - 6:28pm  
lot of atem balls too

Recent comments

Subscribe to Recent comments
The first 600 characters of the last 16 comments, click "View" to see rest of comment.
  • crunch 16 hours 4 min ago (view)

    kolten wong rumors heating up for the cubs, too.  i could live with that.  giving nico hoerner 600 ab's a year sounds absolutely terrible after what little he did last year.

     
  • Cubster 18 hours 20 min ago (view)

    WSCR online reporting that the Cubs are going to watch lefty Carlos Rondon pitch. They desperately need another lefty that breaks down with the regularity of my Comcast service. 

     
  • crunch 18 hours 33 min ago (view)

    imagine being so toxic that you go from a no-doubt 1st or 2nd year HOF'r to having to try for it in your 10th year...and then imagine doubling down on the toxicity every chance you get a chance to redeem yourself.

    every time he's called out, even for minor stuff, he piles on more and then complains that people that have an issue with him are "cancelling" him for no good reason.

    he deleted a slew of "those people that stormed the capital are great people" posts pre-election so he has some kind of self-awareness in that skull of his somewhere.

     
  • Cubster 19 hours 9 min ago (view)

    I'm all for removing him from the ballot. His bloody sock already made it. That was enuf.

     
  • Dolorous Jon Lester 20 hours 40 min ago (view)

    Ranting about how the elections (both his and the other clown's) were stolen.

    I hope he ends up one vote short next year, just to really rub it in.

     
  • crunch 21 hours 40 min ago (view)

    currently he's throwing a tantrum and demanding to be removed from the HOF ballot for 2022.

     
  • Hagsag 23 hours 41 min ago (view)

    Will Schilling storm the HOF with a mob?

     
  • crunch 1 day 11 hours ago (view)

    schilling denied (71.1%, 16 votes short).

    some people did nazi that coming.

    no one inducted this year...aram got 1% of the vote so he found more than 1 vote out there (4 votes).  latroy hawkins got 2 votes for being a solid dude to other people (very friendly with the press and pretty much everyone)...sosa got 17% of the vote...

    schilling/bonds/clemens are going in their last eligible class in 2022...could be a hell of a "controversial" class...but bonds/clemens need to find 50+ votes.

     
  • Sonicwind75 1 day 17 hours ago (view)

    Arizona is allowing fans in the stands for indoor NHL hockey games but it's too dangerous to let players following protocals; at least more so than hockey fans, to practice outside in a controlled environment.  Wonder how much of that is coming from MLB ownership trying to get a late start and pro-rating player salaries. Stall and save some money until more fans are allowed to attend later in the year. 

     
  • crunch 1 day 17 hours ago (view)

    few hours away from HOF announcements (6pm EST, unless leaked early).

    schilling seems to be the only guy with a legit shot this year and i wouldn't be surprised to see no one get elected...

    big up aramis rarmirez getting at least 1 known vote on publically shared ballots.

     
  • crunch 2 days 14 hours ago (view)

    "MLB will hold its first-ever pre-draft combine from June 20-28 in Cary, North Carolina.

    The combine will take place at the USA Baseball National Training Complex, with top draft-eligible college and high school players invited. As part of the combine, the top-88 prep players will take part in a tournament through June 26th consisting of eight games."

     
  • crunch 2 days 16 hours ago (view)

    cactus league officials are requesting MLB delay spring training because of elevated COVID cases + deaths.

    their summer peak was 70-80 deaths a week and they're currently at 140-160 deaths a week.

    things should be trending down now that most of people that wanted to kill relatives in order to have turkey dinners in NOV/DEC seems to have peaked.

     
  • Hagsag 3 days 12 hours ago (view)

    $$$$ for trump's defense fund.

     
  • Dolorous Jon Lester 3 days 13 hours ago (view)

    But they got $600 a few months back. Each! That was an unexpected windfall.

    Can't wait to see us acquire a 17 year old, 16 year old, 11 year old (all in the 15-30 range of Blue Jays prospects) and one of the shitty Jays surplus OFs. Randal Grichuk jerseys will be the new hot item among Cubs fans.

     
  • crunch 3 days 13 hours ago (view)

    things are a little tight, we have to be patient with the ricketts family finances.

    when TD Ameritrade was fully/completely sold in october they expected to get 26 billion dollars of value on the transaction, but it only got 22 billion dollars.  the massive slew of millions that didn't fully come to realization on the ricketts side of that sale stings.

     
  • Dolorous Jon Lester 3 days 14 hours ago (view)

    Trade Hendricks? Cant be true. We're "going to be competitive this year."

    Sell the team, Ricketts family.

     
more
Click "More" for the last 50 comments in full.