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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Baez Hits for the Cycle at Diablo

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Javier Baez hit for the cycle and drove-in all five Cub runs with a two-run triple and a three-run home run, but the Angels rallied for five runs in the middle-three innings to edge the Cubs 6-5, in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Diablo Park Field #3 in Tempe, AZ.

In addition to his big day at the plate, Baez also stole a base (3rd base following his double) and made the defensive Play of the Day, going deep into the hole to backhand a grounder headed for LF, and then nailing the out with a leap and an on-the-money throw to 1st.

In his first four Extended Spring Training games, Baez is 9-15 with three three-run home runs, three triples, two doubles, and a single, and in his last game prior to the start of Extended Spring Training, Baez clubbed a two-run HR off Paul Maholm in an intrasquad game at Fitch Park.

Today's game was extended an extra inning so that all of the Cubs and Angels pitchers who were scheduled to throw today could get their work.

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

CUBS LINEUP:
1a. Shawon Dunston, Jr, LF: 1-2 (K, 2B, R)
1b. Jeffrey Baez, PH-LF: 0-1 (6-3)
1c. Dong-Yub Kim, LF: 0-2 (F-8, 5-3)
2. Gioskar Amaya, 2B-DH: 2-4 (BB, 1B, K, 1B, P-4, 2 R)
3. Yasiel Balaguert, RF: 0-4 (BB, F-9, 6-3, K, K, R)
4. Javier Baez, SS: 4-5 (3B, HR, 2B, 1B, K, R, 5 RBI, SB)
5. Rock Shoulders, 1B: 0-2 (BB, 4-3, BB, K)
6. Trey Martin, CF: 1-4 (K, 1B, P-4, 3-1)
7. Neftali Rosario, DH-C: 0-4 (P-4, K, 5-3, F-9)
8. Jair Bogaerts, 3B: 1-4 (6-3, K, K, 1B)
9. Yaniel Cabezas, C-DH: 3-4 (F-8, 1B, 1B, 1B)
10. Brian Inoa, DH-2B: 0-4 (K, K, 5-3, K)

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Tayler Scott: 2.1, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 51 pitches (25 strikes), 2/2 GO/FO
2. David Henrie: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R (4 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 37 pitches (26 strikes), 2/2 GO/FO
3. Brian Smith: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 33 pitches (19 strikes), 1/2 GO/FO
4. Carlos Martinez: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 27 pitches (19 strikes), 5/1 GO/FO
5. Charles Thomas: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 21 pitches (13 strikes), 2/1 GO/FO

CUBS ERRORS: 1
SS Javier Baez - E-6 (errant throw allowed batter to reach base safely)

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Yaniel Cabezas: 2-2 CS

CUBS OUTFIELD ASSISTS:
CF Trey Martin - threw out batter-runner 8-3 after batter singled to CF and then took too wide of a turn around 1st base

ATTENDANCE: 8

WEATHER: Sunny and a bit breezy at times with temperatures in the 70’s

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:12 pm

does baez still do that weird semi-double-clutch before throwing thing? a lot of his scouting video showed some weird throwing action.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:15 pm

Mon, 04/16/2012 - 4:12pm — crunch does baez still do that weird semi-double-clutch before throwing thing? a lot of his scouting video showed some weird throwing action. ========================================= CRUNCH: Sometimes he takes too much time to make the throw (like the E-6 today) and then doesn't make a strong throw when he does let it go, and that might give the impression that he's double-clutching.

Submitted by Childersb3 on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:36 pm

Phil, Has Javy Baez been the best player on the field you've seen (any team)? Give us a general comp for his hitting, please. I've heard Gary Sheffield like bat speed and power. Similar build, too. Did you see where Zapata had a nice debut for Peoria? Just let the kids play every year. He'll probably flop like most do, but we Cubs fans live off the hope of a player. Play the young ones. Also, did anyone notice in a rubber match with the Cardinals, early in the year, we rested 4 of our top 6 hitters. I understand resting guys before a day off to give them two days off, but I didn't like giving St. Louis our weakest lineup in a series finale. Dale needs to save that stuff for the Pirates (we can't beat them anyway).

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:04 pm

Mon, 04/16/2012 - 4:36pm — Childersb3 Phil, Has Javy Baez been the best player on the field you've seen (any team)? Give us a general comp for his hitting, please. I've heard Gary Sheffield like bat speed and power. Similar build, too. ================================= CHILDERS: Javier Baez is the best player out here that I've seen. If there's another one as good or better, I'd like to see him. I guess Gary Sheffield would be as good a comp as any. Baez absoluterly crushes the ball. BTW, in addition to his three EXST HR, he also just missed with a couple of others. For example, his double today hit the 422 sign in dead center. (A lot of these ball parks are huge).

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:26 pm

Campana 8, Jackson 7, Gonzalez 3, Valbuena 6, Castillo 2, Cardenas 4, Sappelt 9, Vitters 0, Amazega 5, Coleman starting McNutt goes for Tennessee, awaiting starters #Cubs lineup: Szczur- CF, Torreyes- 2B, Perez- DH, Rohan- 3B, Jones- 1B, Alcantara- SS, Silva- LF, Bonne- RF, Burruel- C...Jokisch- P Chiefs Monday lineup: DeVoss 4, Darvill 5, Lopez 2, Cuneo 3, Hoilman DH, Easterling 8, Hernandez 6, Gonzalez 9, Zapata 7, Jensen 1

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Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:06 pm

Amezaga and Campana both reach with 1 out on errors by the 3bman, Campana steals 2B, then Jackson BB's. After a sac fly scores Amezaga, Campana and Jackson pull off a double steal and Campana scores on the throwing error. 2 runs, 0 hits that inning for Iowa. McNutt through 4 with just a run allowed on 3 K and 1 BB. Jokisch goes 6 IP, 4 ER, 7 K, 3 BB and gets the loss vs. Toronto's stacked affiliate Peoria up 3-1, R. Cuneo with a HR

Submitted by DavidP on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:19 pm

Phil - do you know the penalty under the new labor agreement for going over the "pot of money" available for signing draft choices this year?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:42 pm

Mon, 04/16/2012 - 7:19pm — DavidP Phil - do you know the penalty under the new labor agreement for going over the "pot of money" available for signing draft choices this year? ========================================= DAVID P: A club's "Signing Bonus Pool" is the aggregate $$$ value of all of its draft pick slots in the first ten rounds (added together) of a given Rule 4 Draft (including compensation picks). The value of each draft slot in the first ten rounds (including supplemental rounds) is determined by the MLB Commissioner prior to each Rule 4 Draft. The pre-assigned $$$ value of any slot in the first ten rounds is subtracted from a club's Signing Bonus Pool if the club fails to sign the player selected with that pick. A bonus paid to a player selected in any round below Round 10 (rounds 11-40) is exempt from the Signing Bonus Pool limit as long as the bonus is less than $100,000. If the bonus is $100K or more, it is applied to the club's Signing Bonus Pool. PENALTIES: If a club spends 0-5% over club's Signing Bonus Pool - penalty is 75% tax on overage. If a club spends 5-10% over club's Signing Bonus Pool - penalty is 75% tax on overage and loss of 2013 1st round pick. If a club spends 10-15% over club's Signing Bonus Pool - penalty is 100% tax on overage and loss of 2013 1st and 2nd round picks. If a club spends 15%+ over club's Signing Bonus Pool - penalty is 100% tax on overage and loss of 2013 & 2014 1st round picks.

Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:26 pm

AZ PHIL: It is great that there seems to be some actual talent coming into the fold recently with respect to the position players. However, has anyone on the mound knocked your socks off this spring? In a Cub uniform, that is.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 04:59 pm

Mon, 04/16/2012 - 7:26pm — The E-Man AZ PHIL: It is great that there seems to be some actual talent coming into the fold recently with respect to the position players. However, has anyone on the mound knocked your socks off this spring? In a Cub uniform, that is. ================================= E-MAN: At Extended Spring Training, Rob Whitenack looks to be coming back nicely from his June 2011 TJS. Once he gets his pitch count up, he should be back with Tennessee. He is a very good SP prospect. And Gerardo Concepcion had a solid first start a week ago at Maryvale vs MIL, before getting cuffed around a bit in his second start last Saturday vs OAK. At Minor League Camp last month I was most impresssed by LHP Kyler Burke, RHP Ben Wells, RHP P. J. Francescon, RHP Yao-Lin Wang, and RHP Michael Jensen (all ended up at Peoria), RHP Tony Zych (the closer at Daytona), RHP Dallas Beeler (rotation starter at Tennessee) and LHP Jeffry Antigua (#1 lefty reliever at Tennessee), and LHP Chris Rusin (rotation starter at Iowa). The thing to remember about Kyler Burke is that he is eligible to be an MLB Rule 55 minor league free-agent (so-called 6YFA) after this season, so it's not a matter of taking a chance that he could get selected in the December 2012 Rule 5 Draft if he is not added to the 40-man roster after the season. He can just walk away. So unless he implodes or suffers a career-threatening injury sometime prior to the close of the 2012 season, Burke MUST be added to the Cubs 40-man roster no later than 5 PM on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series. Again, it's NOT a matter of adding him to the 40-man roster so that he won't get selected in the next Ruile 5 Draft. It's because he can be a free-agent.

Submitted by Jumbo on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:35 am

Thanks for this report, Phil. When I read it, I had an unfamiliar feeling. I think it's a prospect boner. Should I be using a cream or a balm or something?

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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