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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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Cubs Get Long Ball from Strumpf and Wetzel at Sloan Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Chase Strumpf belted a two-run HR halfway up the LF berm and singled and scored, Jacob Wetzel clubbed a two-run HR halfway up the RF berm and walked and scored, Andy Weber stroked a single and a two-run double, and Alfonso Rivas drilled an RBI single, walked twice, and stole a base, in Cubs AZ Instructional League intrasquad game action Wednesday afternoon at Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ.  

The game was called with one out in the top of the 5th once all of the pitchers who were scheduled to throw in the game got their work. (The Cubs were suppoosed to host the A's in an AZIL games, but the game was canceled and so the Cubs played an intrasquad game, and the four pitchers who were scheduled to throw in the AZIL game pitched in the intrasquad game instead).  

Here is the box score from the game: 

CUBS SQUAD "A" LINEUP: 
1. Fabian Pertuz, SS: 1-3 (2B, E-5, F-7, 2 R)
2. Chase Strumpf, 3B: 2-3 (HR, K, 1B, 2 R, 2 RBI)
3. Bryce Windham, C: 1-3 (4-3, 1B, L-8, R, RBI)
4. Jacob Wetzel, CF: 1-2 (F-8, HR, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI)
5. Andy Weber, 2B: 2-3 (3-1, 1B, 2B, 2 RBI)
6. Yonathan Perlaza, LF: 1-3 (1B, K, K)
7. Edmond Americaan, RF: 0-1 (4-6-3 DP, BB, PO) 
8. Matt Mervis, 1B: 1-1 (BB, 2B) 
9. Nelson Velazquez, DH: 0-2 (F-7, F-8) 

CUBS SQUAD "B" LINEUP: 
1. Christopher Morel, 2B: 1-3 (F-7, 6-4 FC, 2B) 
2. Cole Roederer, CF: 1-2 (K, 2B, BB, R)
3. Ethan Hearn, C: 0-1 (BB, BB, F-9, R)
4. Alfonso Rivas, 1B: 1-1 (BB, 1B+E9, BB, RBI, SB)
5. Luis Vazquez, 3B: 0-2 (P-2, K) 
NOTE: Slot was skipped third time through the order
6. Jared Young, LF: 0-2 (BB, 3-1, 6-3, R, SB)
7. Jordan Nwogu, RF: 0-2 (L-8, F-9) 
8. Luis Verdugo, SS: 0-1 (F-9 SF, 1-3, RBI) 
9. Pablo Aliendo, DH: 1-1 (1B, BB, R)

CUBS SQUAD "A" PITCHERS: 
1. Danis Correa: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 4 BB, 1 K, 1/4 GO/AO, 52 pitches (24 strikes) 
2. Eduarniel Nunez: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 1 K, 3/2 GO/AO, 56 pitches (27 strikes) 

CUBS SQUAD "B" PITCHERS: 
1. Koen Moreno: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1 GIDP, 3/2 GO/AO, 35 pitches (20 strikes)
2. Cam Sanders: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R (4 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 0/3 GO/AO, 61 pitches (37 strikes) 

CUBS SQUAD "A" ERRORS: 1 
RF Edmond Americaan: E-9 (fielding error on line-drive single to RF allowed batter to advance to 2B) 

CUBS SQUAD "B" ERRORS: 1 
3B Luis Vazquez: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)

CUBS SQUAD "A" CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Bryce Windham: 0-2 CS, 2 PB 

CUBS SQUAD "B" CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Ethan Hearn: 1 PO 

ATTENDANCE: 0 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

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Cubs AZ Instructional League game report
Chase Strumpf
Jacob Wetzel
Andy Weber
Alfonso Rivas

Comments

Submitted by bradsbeard on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 10:40 pm

Phil, curious if you've seen enough of Jacob Wetzel to offer an initial scouting report. Just from watching some prep video he looked pretty strong and fairly athletic (HS football player and all). Impressive numbers albeit in community college, but he was a division 1 recruit before that so he's pretty intriguing to me. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 10/22/2020 - 10:57 am

BRADSBEARD: From what I have seen of Jacob Wetzel so far (BP, fielding practice, base-running drills, sim games, AZIL games, and yesterday's intasquad game), I would say he looks like a football running back playing baseball in that he has a high motor and plays with a bit of an edge.

He has a thick body but he also has plus speed (very much like a football running back in that respect), he runs the bases aggressively, makes hard contact, has HR power, a decent arm, maybe can use some work in the outfield as far as tracking balls. 

He reminds me a bit of Harrison Bader.

I would say Wetzel is a legit second tier prospect right now (somewhere near the back of the org Top 30), but he could be better than that once he gets settled in pro ball.     

I think if this had been a normal season Wetzel would have been an 11-15 round pick, probably would have split his first summer between AZL and Eugene, and then he would have begun 2021 at South Bend. Or he might have even transferred back to D-1 for his junior year and tried to elevate his draft status because he would appear to have a lot of untapped potential.  

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 10/22/2020 - 10:57 am

There have been some holes in the AZIL east-side schedule, with one team canceling games last week (although they are back playing this week) and another canceling game this week due to CoViD-19 issue, so the other teams (like the Cubs) are making up some of the "lost" games with intrasquad and in-house "sim" games. 

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 10/22/2020 - 10:42 pm

RF Jason Heyward, SS Javier Baez, 2B Nico Hoerner, 1B Anthony Rizzo, C Willson Contreras, and Ps Kyle Hendricks and Alec Mills gold glove finalists

nico played 37 games (22 starts) at 2nd over 208 innings...roughly averages out to around 25 games worth of playing 2nd if he got all his play there as starts.  he was good there, though not flashy.

heyward keeps getting nominated after turning in average-at-best performances.  he does have a knack for finding some highlight reel catches, though.  even "average" heyward is nice to have in RF.

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Submitted by bradsbeard on Sat, 10/24/2020 - 10:51 am

I'd say the only guys who struggled all season were Baez and Bryant. Willson struggled for a lot of August but was one of the few who hit in September. Most of the team hit well in 2019 (including Baez and Bryant before injuries derailed them). I don't know if there's any reason to blame Ipoce in particular for the September slump. 

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  • 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)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • azbobbop (view)

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  • Eric S (view)

    Happ, Busch, Dansby and Madrigal have a combined 25 runners left on base through 7 innings, with Busch accounting for 9 of those.  Seems like a lot. 

  • crunch (view)

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  • Charlie (view)

    They certainly could be coupled. It could also be the case that a team needs good players at the heart of the team and if they are not coming from one source (development) they have to be sought out elsewhere. I don't see the evidence needed to infer the cause. 

  • crunch (view)

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    cubbery.

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