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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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Cubs Pitchers Spin Shutout at Indian School Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Rafael Mejia belted a solo HR and drove-in another run with a 6-3 GO and RHSP Jesus Camargo fired four innings of no run/no hit ball and combined with three relievers to hurl a four-hit shutout, as the Cubs blanked the Giants "black" squad 4-0 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Wednesday morning on Field #2 (AKA "Jim Davenport Field") at Indian School Park in Scottsdale, AZ. 

With his two RBI day, Rafael Mejia now has ten RBI in the 16 Cactus League EXST games in which he has played (he leads the EXST Cubs in that category, with no other player on the team having more than six). Mejia is also now tied for the team lead in HR with Kevin Cornelius, Chris Dominguez, and Christopher Morel (all four have two). Now 19, Mejia won the Home Run Derby (by a large margin) as an 18-year old at Cubs AZ Instructs post-2016, and the Cubs have been hoping that moving him from 3B to 1B (he made the move at Instructs) will help him develop as a hitter. Mejia was a defensive disaster for the AZL Cubs at 3B last season (mostly throwing errors), and it may have affected his hitting (he hit only 203/226/313 in 36 AZL games in 2016, with 34 K and only three BB in 133 PA).   

With four more innings without allowing a hit, Jesus Camargo has now thrown ten consecutive innings of no-hit ball over his last three outings, including all four innings in each of his last two starts (today and last Thursday) and the last two innings of his three-inning stint on 5/6. Camargo was signed by the Cubs out of Mexico in December 2014 and attended Extended Spring Training in 2015 (he pitched for the AZL Cubs that summer and had a very nice debut season) and then again last year in preparation for an expected promotion to Eugene, but he threw only one inning at 2016 EXST before being shut-down for the balance of the season with a sore elbow. Although his upper 80's fastball is nothing special, Camargo has one of the best change-ups in the Cubs system (when he made his pro debut at Extended Spring Training in 2015, Cubs pitching coaches had to talk Camargo out of throwing his change-up on every pitch). As things stand right now, Camargo would appear to be in strong contention to be the Opening Day starting pitcher for Eugene next month, with the Emeralds projected starting rotation likely to be - AS THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW - Camargo, Jose Albertos, Javier Assad, Enrique de los Rios, and Tyler Peyton. (While Albertos is clearly the best prospect of the five, Camargo is pitching better than any of them right now).  

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

CUBS LINEUP:
1. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 0-3 (K, K, F-9)
2. Marcus Mastrobuoni, C-DH: 1-2 (F-7, BB, 1B, R)
3. Aramis Ademan, SS: 1-3 (6-3, 1B, 4-U FC, R) 
4. Gustavo Polanco, DH-C: 1-3 (P-4, 1B+E8, K, R, RBI)
5. Rafael Mejia, 1B: 1-3 (HR, 6-3, 6-3, R, 2 RBI)
6. Kwangmin Kwon, RF: 1-3 (K, 2B, K)
7. Fidel Mejia, 3B: 0-3 (F-8, 6-3, L-6)
8. Ruben Reyes, LF: 0-2 (K, 6-3, BB, CS)
9. Jhonny Bethencourt, 2B: 0-3 (6-3, 5-3, 6-4 FC)
10. Tolly Filotei, DH #2: 1-3 (1B, F-9, F-8, PO)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Jesus Camargo: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 0/7 GO/AO, 56 pitches (37 strikes)
2. Faustino Carrera: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/5 GO/AO, 18 pitches (11 strikes)
3. Yunior Perez: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GO/AO, 28 pitches (18 strikes) 
4. Andry Rondon: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GO/AO, 14 pitches (9 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: NONE 

CUBS OTHER BASERUNNING OUTS (does not include CS or PO):   
Kwangmin Kwon - thrown out 9-4-5 attempting to stretch double into triple

ATTENDANCE: 14 
WEATHER: Sunny & breezy with temperatures in the 80's 

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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 05:50 pm

Phil, what's your take on Camargo? Anything other than the change up? Any big league hope? Also thought I saw Peyton was moved up to SB. Temporary?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 05/17/2017 - 05:10 pm

DJL: It's a challenge for most young hitters at Extended Spring Training to hit a good change-up, especially if the pitcher can command his fastball (as Camargo can do). It remains to be seen if Camargo can be as effective as he moves up through the pipeline, because the change-up is less of a mystery to the more-advanced hitters (although it still can be a VERY effective pitch). Also, Camargo is an extreme fly ball pitcher, and that can sometimes get a pitcher into trouble in certain "high octane" venues in the PCL. 

I wasn't even aware that Tyler Peyton was moved-up to South Bend. Thanks for letting me know. He ihas pitched VERY well at EXST (see below). I would think he will be a reliever at SB, while he was being tracked as a starter at EXST (recently). It's possible that he could get moved-back to Eugene next month and work as a starter there, but if he has success working out of the pen at South Bend, he probably will remain with the SB-Cubs. He is a sinker/slider guy, which usually profiles more as a bullpen arm at the higher levels.   

Tyler Peyton 2017 Cactus League EXST game stats: 
6 GAMES (3 GS)
0.69 ERA - 0.85 WHIP - .209 OppBA 
13.0 IP, 9 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 14 K, 1 WP, 4 GIDP, 12/8 GO/AO

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