Cubs Pitchers Punch-Out 17 Giants in 1-0 Whitewash
Five pitchers combined to throw a six-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts, as the AZL Cubs blanked the AZL Giants 1-0 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training post-season action this morning at Indian School Park Field #4 in Scottsdale, AZ.
All of the Cubs pitchers who threw today looked good, but most-especially 19-year old Dominican RHP Alexander Santana, who hurled 4.1 IP of one-hit shutout ball with seven strikeouts. He did walk a batter and uncorked two WP, but he also threw 79% strikes with a 5/1 GO/FO. Santana features a 93 MPH heater, a hard slider, and a change-up, and will join Erick Leal, Daury Torrez, and Carlos Rodriguez in the AZL Cubs starting rotation, which actually could be better than the starting staff in Boise (what with Ryan McNeil and Josh Conway lost for the season with elbow injuries).
The Cubs scored their only run today on the wings of speedy Rashad Crawford, who reached base on an E-5, stole a base, and then scored on a WP.
Tennessee Smokies OF Jae-Hoon Ha (lower-back strain) continued his rehab, serving as the DH and batting five times (once in each of the first five innings). He flied out and then grounded out twice, before roping two sharp singles in his final two AB (one an opposite field laser to RF, and the other a line-drive back through the box). He also stole a base.
Smokies 1B Justin Bour (broken wrist) also continued his rehab, playing 1B for seven innings and batting five times. He was called out on strikes in his first PA, then singled his next two times up (the first one an infield single to deep short, and the second a ground single pulled through the 3.5 hole into RF). He bounced into an inning-ending 6-4-3 DP and grounded out 4-3 in his final two AB.
Once again beefy Mark Malave played 2B, just because there was no other viable option. The two Cubs second-basemen who were at EXST (Danny Lockhart and Brad Zapenas) have been moved up (Lockhart to Boise and Zapenas to Kane County), and none of the newly-signed draft picks who can play 2B are cleared to play in games.
Here is the abridged box score from today's game (Cubs players only) :
AZL CUBS LINEUP:
X-1. Jae Hoon Ha, DH: 2-5 (F-9, 6-3, 5-3, 1B, 1B, SB)
NOTE: Ha batted five times, hitting 2nd in the top of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings
X-2. Justin Bour, 1B: 2-5 (K, 1B, 1B, 6-4-3 DP, 4-3)
NOTE: Bour batted five times, hitting 3rd in the top of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings
1. Jose Morales, C: 0-4: (K, K, 4-6 FC, L-3)
2. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 0-3 (6-3, 1-3, F-9)
3. Xavier Batista, RF: 0-3 (F-8, F-8, K)
4. Garrett Schlecht, LF: 0-3 (F-7, 3-U, 4-3)
5a. Jeffrey Baez, CF: 1-3 (K, 1B, 3-U)
5b. Wilfredo Petit, 1B: NO AB
6. Francisco Sanchez, SS: 0-3 (F-9, 6-4 FC, 5-3)
7. Mark Malave, 2B: 0-2 (K, BB, K)
8a. SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TWO TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
8b. Rashad Crawford, CF: 0-1 (E-5, R, SB)
AZL CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Starling Peralta: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R. 0 BB, 2 K, 16 pitches (12 strikes), 0/1 GO/FO
2. Carlos Gutierrez: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 32 pitches (19 strikes), 2/0 GO/FO
3. Alexander Santana: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 2 WP, 51 pitches (40 strikes), 5/1 GO/FO
4. Dayan Diaz: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 12 pitches (11 strikes)
5. Luis Villalba: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/FO
AZL CUBS ERRORS: 2
1. SS Francisco Sanchez - E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. 1B Wilfredo Petit - E-3 (missed catch on pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed baserunner to advance to 2nd)
ATTENDANCE: 3
WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures 100+
Recent comments
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Cubster 28 min 47 sec ago (view)
The Jared Porter story gets worse and does involve the Cubs...
"The Jared Porter situation is equally a Cubs and a Mets problem. The Mets need a new GM. The Cubs need to reevaluate themselves as an organization.
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Cubster 3 hours 17 min ago (view)
and they are including amusement tax, healthcare costs (Doc Adams doesn't come cheap!), social security and political donations to the City and the Governor of Nebraska.
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bradsbeard 3 hours 43 min ago (view)
It all depends what you count as "payroll." If you include the $11M in Lester and Descalso's buyouts plus the $3M sent in the Darvish trade you get to somewhere like $145M. If you include the $15M in estimated share of player benefits, you get to $160M. I think that last year, including player benefits, they were slated to be up around $205M for MLB payroll before the pandemic.
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crunch 13 hours 26 min ago (view)
not sure, but i think it's around 130-135m right now even with bryant/baez/contreras still on board...including the 3m to set darvish free and other random $$ expenses on the roster.
tack on another 3-4m for happ when that gets settled....plus other odds/ends that have a chance to make the roster (s.miller, a.morgan, j.holder, etc) and other pre-arbitration guys...
cubs still need someone to back up contreras (if he sticks around, which i wouldn't be surprised to see him stick around)...not sure if taylor gushue is gonna be that guy and m.amaya is too young.
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George Altman 14 hours 15 min ago (view)
Seriously, what's the 2021 payroll number? Currently at approximately $165M and after they trade Bryant, Baez, & Contreras - $130M. Is that it, $135-140M.
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crunch 14 hours 20 min ago (view)
Q to the angels...supposedly 1/8m
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crunch 23 hours 15 min ago (view)
pete ricketts (the governor of Nebraska ricketts) is a key part of an anti-gambling Nebraska group called "Gambling With The Good Life" that actively lobbied their open legislature...including a speech by pete...to keep gambling illegal in Nebraska.
he last spoke for the group to the state government in-session 3 months ago.
...it's also worth mentioning all of this is separate from the Draft Kings/Wrigley Field deal that flew under the radar toward the end of the season that will put a sportsbook directly in wrigley field, itself.
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Charlie 23 hours 50 min ago (view)
Of all the things, why does this most make me want to punch
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Cubster 1 day 5 hours ago (view)
I thought the Cubs had lost a rising star in Porter, seems the just got lucky with him leaving the organization.
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crunch 1 day 12 hours ago (view)
jared porter...damn dude...mets gm, ex cubs director of scouting...
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crunch 1 day 16 hours ago (view)
cubs freeing up that chatwood + lester loot sure did help...wait...sigh.
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Cubster 1 day 16 hours ago (view)
Plus Chatwood signing w Bluejays is done.
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crunch 1 day 18 hours ago (view)
...and done. 1 year deal with a mutual option.
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Cubster 1 day 19 hours ago (view)
Dolorous in discussions with the Washington Schwarbs.
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crunch 1 day 19 hours ago (view)
that's where i'd put my money. he gave up an alarming amount of HR last season, giving pause. still, he's shown he's better than a 5 slot guy...
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Cubster 1 day 19 hours ago (view)
God knows, the pitching staff needs more Garlick but the offense needs to ward off those strikeout demons.
Comments
...wonder what scott baker is
I thought he had a little
he did in late april...the
Well, that's kinda what you
put a draft signing update
put a draft signing update table on the left sidebar
a lot of it is rumored stuff from a Pro Sports Daily Forum and not yet out on the media, but it's usually from the twitter accounts of the players. A few guys say they are already in Mesa or just waiting to pass physical and such.
The only confirmed signing BA has is 9th round pick Charcer Burks at $21.1K over slot.
and obviously if you hear
and obviously if you hear about a signing, drop a note in the comments, especially if you hear any bonus figures thrown out.
Thanks.
i.stewart, 10 days, under
marcum fail..
dejesus -very- hurt going
sent for xrays...
If David DeJesus goes on the
If David DeJesus goes on the DL, look for the Cubs to reinstate Steve Clevenger from the 60-day DL. Clevenger is presently on a rehab assignment at Iowa (he is playing 3B and hit a HR tonight) and was eligible to be reinstated from the 60 yesterday.
sprained right shoulder...DL
Video for those who missed it
Shades of Garza getting hurt
Patrick Mooney@CSNMooney
BA Hot Sheet:
Hot Sheet Chat:
I hope that's correct,
e.jackson with 2 good outings
Even though he's been a bust
Hoyer on the philosophy going
Jason McLeod was on Talkin'
The Astros still are
k.gregg out for his 4th day
nailed it...scrubbies win.
Trade him quick before his
Hey Crunch, you really hated
i didn't like how hittable he
Yeah, I know you haven't hid
It's cute how the comment
this is funnier than it
lulzy counter-video (from
a.cobb (TB) is the latest
Like base coaches, they'll
Arizona Phil,
Padron had a solid first
weirdness...
weirdness...
@KendallRogersPG Here's an interesting development. After announcing he was signing with the @Cubs, @UHCougarBB RHP Daniel Poncedeleon now headed back to #UH
there were even pictures of him signing the contract
That's all right. Cubs can
Nice.
well-played sir, well-played
well-played sir, well-played
Marmol has no trade value.
that was something...
that was something...
at least Dan Haren sucks too, can't feel too bad about the non-trade.
At one point I had both of
I'm not mad about it.
trade me Rutledge if you're
trade me Rutledge if you're not going to play him
Perhaps. Trade me Castro if
sale & rutledge & something
sale & rutledge & something else for castro and something else would be interest me...
Any trade of Sale to your
Too steep for me...enjoy 10th
Too steep for me...enjoy 10th place :)
Everyone trade me draft picks
if you're noteven if you're going to use them.wil meyers called up, fwiw.
fyi on c.zambrano (PHI)..
KCC wins 4-2. Pierce Johnson
Baseball America has added
Jim Callis@jimcallisBA
Anyone hear if Henry
New YorkSt. Louis? Can we blame the 9th inning on HRod's absence? More Cubbery.I blame Michael Barrett
The latest I heard was:
in case you missed who the
in case you missed who the Cubs lost to yesterday
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/6/17/4437884...
Al lets everyone know that
Al lets everyone know that sometimes prospects don't live up to their low minors numbers...insightful.
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2013/6/17/4437...
and TheJedi should get to the winning because Al is getting old...or something like that, I tuned out after a few paragraphs.
I managed to read it all. I
This morning I got wind of a
wow...a desipio article that
Ben Badler@BenBadler
BA says Cubs are going after
BA says Cubs are going after OF Eloy Jimenez out of the Dominican
http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/...
and MLB.com article says Cubs are 1 of 7 teams with serious interest in RHP Miguel Gonzalez out of Cuba
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130...
The hard-throwing right-hander has a fastball in the mid-90s, a changeup, fork and a curveball. He made a splash on the international scene at the 2010 University Baseball Championships in Tokyo, and also shined at the Baseball World Cup in '09 and '11. He was suspended from Cuba's national team for most of the past two seasons for trying to leave the island.
rain delay...tarp on field..
tarp coming off the field..
game on...
I would be doing the same....
w.castillo picks up his 8th
EPIC cubbery in the bottom
Reyburn's been terrible all
Jim Callis@jimcallisBA
h.rodriguez...5 pitches...0
brendan harris (LAA) breaks
the Brendan Harris primer...
I am developing the strong
No thanks. Get a starting
It's already 2012 again.
Disagree. This team is merely
If the other option is to get
one problem is going to be a
If the Cubs don't feel they
If the Cubs don't feel they are getting fair value offered back, they can always just hang onto Garza and Feldman and make them Qualifying Offers post-2013. (They could have done the same thing with Ryan Dempster last season). If the QA is accepted, they'll get the pitcher back for about $14.5M (a one-year guaranteed contract) and then they can try and trade 'em again next year (or even during the off-season, because an MLB Article XX-B free-agent who accepts a Qualifying Offer does not get the automatic "no trade" right through June 15th that other Ariticle XX-B FA get).
Or maybe the Cubs will look at the available pitchers out there and offer Garza and/or Feldman a multi-year deal they can't refuse. It's not like they're 35 (Garza and Edwin Jackson are 29, and Feldman is 30).
And if the player declines the QA and then signs with another MLB club, the Cubs get a compensatory draft pick in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft (Rule 4 Draft).
Of course not every Article XX-B FA would warrant a QA. A $14.5M (or so) salary wouldn't be something a club would offer all of its free-agents. But for a 30-31 year old starting pitcher? Probably yes. Remember, it's only a one-year contract, and the player can be traded (and the Cubs could even eat some of the salary if necessary).
BTW, I believe the CBA should be modified where the club that loses an Article XX-B FA who was extended a Qualifying Offer receives a compensatory draft pick, but the club that signs the player does not lose a draft pick.
Don't look now but Toronto is
Feldman and Garza for Gausman
Feldman and Garza for Gausman and Bundy
done and done :)
I'd probably hit that, but I
heh, I can't imagine a world
heh, I can't imagine a world where the Orioles would consider trading them both. I'm not sure they'd be willing to trade either of them unless they got a guy for more than a half a season.
The talk about Garza got me
I think it's always a mistake
Well, I think you are right
TEX has called up
archer only lasts 4.2ip today
LHP Zac Rosscup missed most
LHP Zac Rosscup missed most of last season with biceps tendinitis, but once he got back into action he looked very good (his fastball was clocked at 94 MPH in his last appearance with the AZL Cubs before he was moved-up to Tennessee),
Rosscup, SS Arismendy Alcantara, OF Jae-Hoon Ha, and LHP (ex-OF) Kyler Burke are the Cubs minor leaguers most-likely to be added to the 40-man roster post-2013 (Rosscup, Alcantara, and Ha will be Rule 5 eligible, and Burke can be a minor league FA), although Rosscup, Burke, and Ha might have to show something in the AFL before they actually lock-up a slot (Alcantara is probably already a "lock").
There will be others (mainly retreads and older guys from the Iowa Cubs) who will be brought up as replacements once the trades start happening, like probably Guillermo Moscoso, Yoanner Negrin, Brad Bogusevic, Dave Sappelt, Michael Bowden, Eduardo Sanchez, and Alex Burnett, but most of them will be removed from the 40-man roster either by outright assignment or non-tender after the season (as happeneed with Jason Berken, Justin Germano, Miguel Socolovich, Anthony Recker, et al last season).
Rosscup and Burke--gotta
And Chris Rusin is probably
And Chris Rusin is probably the #1 LHSP in the PCL right now. He is #1 among all SP (LHP & RHP) in WHIP, and he is 5th among SP in ERA (behind LHPs Brad Mills and Will Smith and RHPs Johnny Hellweg and Sonny Gray). He has been a real workhorse, too, leading the PCL in IP. and he has allowed only 5 HR in 97 IP (pretty good for a SP in the PCL). And he's hitting 222 and hasn't struck out in 18 PA (he was a DH at the U. of Kentucky on days he wasn't pitching), so he would fit right into the Cubs starting rotation.
rosscup may not have
I wonder what Chad Fox is up
5th round pick Trey Masek out
5th round pick Trey Masek out of Texas Tech tweets that he signed with the Cubs. 10th round pick Godley signed for $35K, more than $100K under slot. Currently BA has Cubs at $22K under slot.
So, how much do we think they
I don't know the numbers as
I don't know the numbers as they spent a quite a bit to land the 12th round pick Clifton (allegedly 3rd round money which is 500 to 750K) and anything over $100K counts against the cap.
But Boras represents Bryant and Appel and I doubt he'd let Bryant sign for more than Appel who got $6.35M and Bryant's slot # is $6.7M. So chances are Cubs are getting him under (rumors is around $5.6M). Gray signed for $4.8M which was $800K less than slot as well.
And I have enough faith in TheJedi that they knew Bryant was signable before they picked him and had a good idea at what number.
CHARLIE: If a club exceeds it
CHARLIE: If a club exceeds it's Signing Bonus Pool by 5%, it loses a draft pick. So the Cubs can spend about $578K above its assigned SBP ($10,556M) and not lose a draft pick.
The #2 overall SBP valus is worth about $6.7M, so the Cubs could offer Bryant well over $7M and still not lose a draft pick if they were inclined to do so (presuming they did not go over their SBP in other rounds).
Thanks to both Rob and AZ!
Soler headed to Daytona's 7
Soler headed to Daytona's 7-day DL...some sort of shin injury.
ugh, only got 4 of 10...quiz
ugh, only got 4 of 10...quiz on baseball rules
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/quiz/_/id/497...
I got only 6. Sad considering
rizzo sits tonight.
lovely, put up a post on
lovely, put up a post on potential trade candidates for Feldman and Garza and it ate the bulk of the text much like it does with some of the comments...sigh.
The lesson is never try
Jeff Baker, the pro's pro
another announce crew
cubs up by 3 (all scored with
awesome play @3rd by valbuena
and Javier Baez has a Grand