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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Guts. Glory. Ram-sey Romano

Ramsey Romano doubled twice, singled, and scored three runs, Josue Huma singled twice, doubled, and drove-in two runs, and SP Jesus Tejada hurled 3.2 IP of one-hit ball, leading the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the Angels in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Tuesday morning on Field #5 on John Arguelo Way at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ. 

Erven Roper belted a two-run HR to account for the two Angel runs. 

Ramsey Romano (Cubs 2017 31st round draft pick - Long Beach State) is an athletic and versatile defender who can play anywhere in the infield and outfield. He almost certainly will be the #1 utility-supersub at Eugene when the Emeralds begin play in a couple of weeks.   

Prior to the game on Field #5, RHPs Dalton Geekie and Andry Rondon threw "live" BP on Field #4 (one "inning" - 25 pitches each). Geekie (Atlanta Braves 2015 22nd round draft pick - Georgia Highlands College) underwent TJS in August 2016 and missed the 2017 season. The 23-year old 6'5 righthander was acquired by the Cubs from Lake Erie (Frontier League) a couple of weeks ago. He signed with Lake Erie after being released by the Braves at the end of Minor League Camp in March. A. Rondon reported late to Extended Spring Training and it's taken him a while to round into game shape.  

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only): 
CUBS LINEUP:
1. Josue Huma, 2B: 3-4 (P-6, 2B, 1B, 1B, 2 RBI)
2. Orian Nunez, 3B: 1-4 (1B, F-8, 5-4-3 DP, 6-3, R, RBI)
3. Christopher Morel, SS: 0-3 (BB, F-8, F-9, F-8)
4a. Jonathan Soto, C 2-4 (1B, P-4, K, 1B, RBI)
4b. Henderson Perez, C: NO AB 
5. Abraham Rodriguez, LF: 1-4 (K, K, 1B, K, R)
6. Gustavo Polanco, DH #1: 2-4 (F-9, 1B, 1B, L-5 DP)
7a. Chris Carrier, RF: 0-3 (P-3, K, F-9)
7b. Ruben Reyes, RF: NO AB 
8. Kwangmin Kwon, DH #2: 1-3 (K, K, 1B, RBI)
9. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 1-3 (4-3, 1B, K, R)
10. Ramsey Romano, 1B: 3-3 (2B, 2B, 1B, 3 R, RBI)

CUBS PITCHERS
1. Jesus Tejada: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 4/2 GO/AO, 64 pitches (41 strikes) 
2. Jeffrey Passantino: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/2 GO/AO, 40 pitches (28 strikes) 
3. Luis Aquino: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 1/0 GO/AO, 18 pitches (13 strikes) 
4. Casey Ryan: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 0/2 GO/AO, 37 pitches (25 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 2 
1. 3B Orian Nunez: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 
2. P Jesus Tejada: E-1 (throwing error after bunt allowed batter to reach base safely) 

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE
Jonathan Soto: 0-2 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 12 

WEATHER: Partly cloudy with temperatures in the 90's 

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Comments

AZ PHIL: Bryan Hudson had a nice outing yesterday in Mertle Beach. Do you think he could crack a back-end rotation somewhere?

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In reply to by The E-Man

E-MAN: I think Bryan Hudson probably has an MLB ceiling. It might take him a while to get there, though.

The problem with extreme ground-ball pitchers like Hudson is that in "A"-ball they suffer from having infielders who don't make plays the way infielders do at AA, AAA, and (especially) MLB.

So minor league pitching coaches have to constantly remind pitchers like Hudson to keep doing what they're doing and not to try and strike everybody out even if they don't always get the results they expect from inducing ground-balls. 

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it