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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Hull and Kipp Dominate at Riverview

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Haydn McGeary laced a single and an RBI double, both Nazier Mule and Anderson Suriel doubled and scored, and Nick Hull and Grant Kipp combined to hurl six innings of five-hit shutout ball with no walks and seven strikeouts, as the Cubs "Blue Squad" and the Cubs "Red Squad" played to a 2-2 tie in AZ Instructional League game action Friday morning on Field # 1 at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.   

The game was called after 6-1/2 innings of play.   

Carlos Sepulveda (on AAA Iowa 7-day IL) served as a DH for both squads and batted twice, going 1-2 with a single. 

Here is the box score from the game:
CUBS "BLUE SQUAD" LINEUP: 
1a. Ismael Mena, DH #1: 0-2 (K, K) 
1b. Nazier Mule, PH: 1-1 (2B, R)
2. Christopher Paciolla, SS: 1-3 (1B, 5-3, 5-3)
3. Rafael Morel, 3B: 1-3 (F-9, K, 1B, RBI)
4a. Carlos Sepulveda, DH #2: 1-1 (1B) 
4b. Yoanis Aleksandrov, C: 0-2 (K, K) 
5. Pedro Ramirez, CF: 0-3 (3-6 FC, 3-U, 4-3) 
6. Jefferson Rojas, 2B: 0-3 (P-6, K, P-6)
7. Anderson Suriel,1B: 1-3 (4-3, 2B, K, R)
8. Josefrailin Alcantara, RF: 0-2 (4-3, 6-3)
9. Brayan Altuve, LF: 0-2 (K, K) 
10a. David Avitia, C-DH: 1-1 (1B) 
10b. Erbin Jaque, PH: 1-1 (1B) 

CUBS "RED SQUAD" LINEUP: 
1. Reggie Preciado, 3B: 0-3 (K, 4-3, 4-3 DP)
2. Cristian Hernandez, SS: 0-2 (5-3, BB, K, R, SB) 
3. Andy Garriola, RF: 0-3 (K, 6-3, K) 
4. Ethan Hearn, DH #1: 0-2 (K, BB, F-7)
5. Alexis Hernandez, 2B: 1-2 (1B, K, CS) 
6. Raino Coran, LF:  0-1 (5-3, BB, R) 
7. Haydn McGeary, 1B: 2-2 (1B, 2B, RBI) 
8. Ke'Shun Collier, CF: 0-1 (K, BB, SB) 
9a. Carlos Sepulveda, DH #2: 0-1 (3-U) 
9b. Adan Sanchez, PH-C: 0-0 (BB)  
10a. Miguel Pabon, C: 0-1 (L-7) 
10b. Malcom Quintero, C-DH: 0-0 (BB)  

CUBS "BLUE SQUAD" PITCHERS:
1. Grant Kipp: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 3/1 GO/AO, 40 pitches (30 strikes) 
2. Kevin Valdez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 4 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GO/AO, 44 pitches (19 strikes) 
3. Max Bain: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 1/1 GO/AO, 23 pitches (11 strikes) 

CUBS "RED SQUAD" PITCHERS:
1. Nick Hull: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 4/2 GO/AO, 37 pitches (29 strikes) 
2. Michael Arias: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 27 pitches (16 strikes)
3. Brandon Birdsell: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 29 pitches (21 strikes) 

CUBS "BLUE SQUAD" ERRORS: NONE  

CUBS "RED SQUAD" ERRORS: NONE 

CUBS "BLUE SQUAD" CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
1. David Avitia: 1-1 CS, 1 PB 
2. Yoanis Aleksandrov: 0-2 CS, 1 PB 

CUBS "RED SQUAD" OUTFIELD ASSIST: 
RF Andy Garriola - batter (Erbin Jaque) thrown out 9-6 attempting to stretch a single into a double 

ATTENDANCE: 10 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 09/30/2022 - 09:09 pm

nick hull doesn't seem to be quite ready for corporate middle management.

how does grant kipp look?  cruddy college numbers, but vastly better summer wood bat league numbers.  odd combo.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 10/01/2022 - 10:17 pm

CRUNCH: Both Nick Hull and Grant Kipp are polished college seniors and should be more than ready for South Bend in 2023. Whether their stuff will be good enough to get AA hitters out once they get there is another matter entirely (TBD). 

Both Hull and Kipp throw a high percentage of strikes (both over 75%). Hull FB 90-93, SL 82-85, and CV 78. Kipp FB  88-92, CH 80-81, SL 81-82,  CV 77-79.

Hull was an outstanding closer at GCU before his senior year when he became a SP so he could end up in the pen, and Kipp was captain of his baseball team at Yale (unusual for a pitcher) and pitched very well in the Cape Cod League prior to the Cubs signing him as a post-draft NDFA in July. 

Like Grant Kipp, 2022 10th round pick Brody McCullough got the Cubs attention with a fine Cape Cod League performance in 2022 (he was named Cape Cod League Pitcher of the Week the Saturday before the draft), and while McCullough has the higher velo FB (92-95) and hotter SL (83-85), Kipp has much better command of his repertoire and is just a better pitcher than McCullough right now. Same goes for Hull. 

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

  • crunch (view)

    myself, i make a good amount of outrageously unrealistic comments that are sometimes "violent"...like my recent suggestion of "pulling the bandaid off" by having hendricks throw every inning of every game until he's on the IL.

    i would hope any athlete that cares about what is written on the internet realizes how casual fans can be about treating their lives like scripted TV characters that don't have real lives.  it's not an excuse to do it, but there's a lot of it out there.

    but yeah, in real life i'm rooting for guys to have long and healthy careers even if i'm not happy with current performances...except for some guys...and i'm pretty sure i don't leave grey area for those comments...and almost all of them are not good humans whether they're playing baseball or not...

    hendricks was getting a good amount of boos in his last game.  i would bet a million that he will get a standing O every time he visits wrigley in his post-playing days, or a return with a new team should his career continue...or if he comes back and puts in an oldschool good performance.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    What are the chances we can back off on gloating over other people’s misfortune?  One of the things I appreciate about the TCR community is that the remarks are more productive and add to how I like to follow the game.  

    Lately, however, I’m reading comments that are just mean.  If I were an MLB player, I would hate to get a back or finger injury and have someone write ‘hurrah!  I hope we never see him again!’  Especially when it is someone we were praising not long ago.  I’m not saying ‘don’t express how you feel’ but some comments lately seem downright mean spirited.  Stuff I expect from other communities but don’t often see here.  The TCR community has always spoken the truth but never with such a dark tone.

    Just my two cents.  I hope Hendricks comes back and is the professor we all know. He can pitch for the Cubs as long as he wants in my book.  

  • crunch (view)

    happ is back (and starting), mervis DH, tauchman gets RF.

    morel 5th in the lineup.  hoerner continues to lead off, even vs a righty.

  • George Altman (view)

    I don't care to see Hendricks or Smyly on the 26-man Roster the rest of the season. Both, stupid signings and option pick up by Jed. 

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