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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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Diamondback Whirlwind Leaves Cubs in Dust at Salt River Fields

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Luis Lara slugged a two-run HR and a triple, Raymel Flores laced a bases-loaded three-run triple and a single, and Juan Araujo belted an RBI triple and a single, as the Diamondbacks rallied from an early 5-1 deficit to eventually outslug the Cubs 13-7 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Saturday morning on Whirlwind Field at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Resort east of Scottsdale, AZ. 

Jose Gutierrez tripled and scored on an Aramis Ademan RBI GO and Kevin Cornelius walked and Miguel Amaya doubled and both scored on a Kwangmin Kwon two-run double into the RF corner as the Cubs scored three times in the top of the 1st, Orian Nunez clubbed a solo HR leading-off the inning and Fernando Kelli doubled and scored on a two-out RBI single by Ademan in the 2nd to give the Cubs a 5-1 lead, and then after the Diamondbacks tied it up with a four-run 4th, Henderson Perez tripled off the right-centerfield fence and Rafael Narea knocked him in with an RBI double into the LF corner and scored later in the inning on an error as the Cubs scored twice in the 6th to take back the lead 7-5, only to watch the D'backs score eight unanswered runs over the final three innings to grab the victory. 

Through the first three weeks of Cactus League Extended Spring Training games, the Cubs are 7-8-3, after starting 5-1.     

Kevin Cornelius (selected from the New York Yankees AA Trenton affuliate in the AAA Phase of the 2016 Rule 5 Draft) saw his first game action of 2017 after fracturing his left hand in Minor League Camp. He played 1B for five innings and went 1-2 in three PA (the previously-mentioned first-inning walk, an F-9 FO in the 2nd, and a double in the 4th).  

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

CUBS LINEUP:
1. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 1-5 (3B, F-9, 4-3, L-6, 6-3, R)
2. Aramis Ademan, SS: 1-5 (4-3, 1B, 4-3, L-9, 4-3, 2 RBI)
3a. Kevin Cornelius, 1B: 1-2 (BB, F-9, 2B, R)
3b. Rafael Mejia, 1B: 1-1 (1B, CS)
4a. Miguel Amaya, DH #1: 2-3 (2B, 1B, F-9, R)
4b. Gustavo Polanco, PH: 0-1 (P-4)
5a. Kwangmin Kwon, RF: 1-3 (2B, F-7, P-3, 2 RBI)
5b. Ruben Reyes, RF: 0-1 (4-3)
6. Henderson Perez, C-DH: 2-4 (K, 4-6 FC, 3B, 1B, R)
7. Rafael Narea, 3B: 1-4 (P-4, P-3, 2B, F-9, R, RBI)
8. Orian Nunez, 2B: 1-4 (HR, F-9, K, 6-4 FC, R, RBI)
9. Franklin Tineo, DH-C: 1-4 (F-9, 2B, F-7, F-8)
10a. Fernando Kelli, LF: 1-3 (2B, L-8, E-7, R)
10b. Tolly Filotei, LF: 1-1 (1B) 

CUBS PITCHERS:  
1. Andry Rondon: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO, 17 pitches (8 strikes) 
2. Jack Leathersich: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 15 pitches (8 strikes) 
3. Nathan Sweeney: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R (4 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 4/0 GO/AO, 36 pitches (16 strikes) 
4. Carlos Ocampo: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP, 1 WP, 1/3 GO/AO, 41 pitches (22 strikes) 
5. Jed Carter: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 2/2 GO/AO, 36 pitches (20 strikes) 
6. Andin Diaz: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GO/AO, 22 pitches (7 strikes)   

CUBS ERRORS: 3
1. 3B Rafael Narea: E-5 (errant throw to 2nd base after play at 3rd allowed runner to score from 3rd)
2. P Jed Carter: E-1 (errant throw on pick-off attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance to 3rd) 
3. 3B Rafael Narea: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
1. Henderson Perez: 1 PB 
2. Franklin Tineo: 0-1 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 6 
WEATHER: Sunny & breezy with temperatures in the 70's 

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 04/29/2017 - 04:16 pm

adam eaton (WAS) torn ACL...assumed out for the season. that's a huge blow for WAS and a great perk for all the other playoff quality NL teams.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/30/2017 - 04:10 am

Still no sign of Eloy Jimenez. He hasn't played in an EXST game or even taken BP for ten days, since playing LF for four innings in a Cactus League EXST game versus OAK on 4/21. 

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/30/2017 - 04:05 pm

Some early stats for notable Cubs position-player prospects at EXST: 

Aramis Ademan, SS: 400/420/667 (31 PA) - 1 HR, 1 2B, 2 3B, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB (0 CS), DEFENSE: 2 E (9 GAMES)
NOTE: Has hit safely in all nine games played
Miguel Amaya, C: 267/421/389 (19 PA) - 1 HR, 1 2B, 4 BB, 0 K, DEFENSE: 7-10 CS (70% CS), 1 PB, 1 E
Michael Cruz, C-1B: 450/522/650 (23 PA) - 2 2B, 1 K, DEFENSE: 1-4 CS (25% CS), 1 PB 
Jose Gutierrez, CF: 294/333/588 ​(18 PA) - 1 2B, 2 3B, 1 BB, 4 K, 0 SB/1 CS 

Still too early to know for sure, but Ademan and Amaya could be playing themselves to Eugene (skipping AZL). If they continue to develop and play the way they have so far, both Ademan and Amaya should be consensus Cubs Top 15 prospects (maybe even Top 10) post-2017. They are the two-best position-player prospects to come through EXST since Gleyber Torres and Eloy Jimenez in 2014.  

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

  • crunch (view)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

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