93 Cubs Minor Leaguers Headed to Mesa
93 Cubs minor leaguers will be reporting to the Cubs Under Armour Performance Center at Mesa Riverview Park over the next few days.
68 of the players will be assigned to the "basic" (traditional) Cubs AZ Instructional League squad, 19 will be assigned to the "advanced" Instructs squad, and eight will be assigned to the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. (Two of the players assigned to the Cubs "advanced" Instructs squad will move to the AFL on 10/11).
Only the "advanced" Instructs squad (actually a Cubs/Angels "co-op" team) will be playing games against other organizations. The "basic" squad will be playing "sim" games and intrasquad games only.
Among the players assigned to the "basic" Instructs squad are seven international free-agents signed during the 2015-16 International Signing Period. These players will be making their pro debut at Instructs. Also, eight minor leaguers who played for the DSL Cubs or VSL Cubs in 2015 will be making their U. S. debut at Instructs
Additionally, Vimael Machin (Cubs 2015 10th round draft pick - Old Dominion University) will be making the conversion from infielder to catcher (which will likely continue at Minor League Camp and Extended Spring Training next season), Yohan Matos (2015 AZL Cubs) is being moved from catcher to OF, and 2015 Cubs 1st round draft pick Ian Happ (U. of Cincinnati) will be getting reps mostly at 2B (he played both 2B and CF in college, but only OF at Eugene and South Bend after signing with the Cubs).
All of the Cubs 2015 draft picks are attending instructs except for 1B-3B Blake Headley (20th round - U. of Nebraska), SS Sutton Whiting (24th round - U. of Louisville), IF-OF Angelo Amendolare (27th round - Jacksonville U.), OF Daniel Spingola (31st round - Georgia Tech), and OF Donnie Cimino (37th round - Weslyan U.), plus NDFA LHP Heath Dwyer. All five (plus Dwyer) were college seniors who were signed primarily to provide minor league roster depth.
Here are the Cubs instructs rosters:
2015 CUBS AZ INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE ROSTER (basic squad):
68 players
* bats or throws left
# bats both
PITCHERS: 34
Jose Albertos (2015 IFA – Age 16 - Mexico)
Adbert Alzolay
Dave Berg
Casey Bloomquist
Craig Brooks
* Wander Cabrera (2015 DSL)
Jesus Camargo
Jesus Castillo
Dylan Cease
.Jared Cheek
Oscar de la Cruz
Enrique de los Rios
Scott Effross
* Bryan Hudson
Corbin Hoffner
* Ryan Kellogg
Gabriel Lima
Mark Malave
Junior Marte
Kyle Miller
M. T. Minacci
Erling Moreno
Preston Morrison
* Pablo Ochoa (2015 DSL)
* Tyler Peitzmeier
Eury Ramos (2015 DSL)
Andri Rondon (2015 DSL)
* Manny Rondon
* Carson Sands
Pedro Silverio
* Justin Steele
* Kyle Twomey
* John Williamson
Austyn Willis
CATCHERS: 7
Miguel Amaya (2015 IFA – Age 16 - Panama)
* Vimael Machin (ex-INF)
Marcus Mastrobuoni
Tyler Payne
Jhonny Pereda
Gustavo Polanco (2015 VSL)
Ian Rice
INFIELDERS: 15
* Aramis Ademan (SS – 2015 IFA – Age 17 - Dominican Republic)
Jhonny Bethencourt (2B - 2015 VSL)
# Frandy de la Rosa (2B)
Luis Diaz (SS – 2015 IFA – Age 16 - Dominican Republic)
Vladimir Galindo (3B)
# Ian Happ (moving to 2B from CF)
P. J. Higgins (2B-3B-SS)
Rafael Mejia (3B - 2015 DSL)
Andruw Monasterio (SS)
Isaac Paredes (SS – 2015 IFA – Age 16 - Mexico)
# Yeiler Peguero (SS - 2015 DSL)
* Chris Pieters (1B – ex-LHP)
Matt Rose (1B)
* Carlos Sepulveda (2B)
* Jason Vosler (3B)
OUTFIELDERS: 12
Alex Bautista
* Donnie Dewees
Michael Foster
# Robert Garcia
* Jake Hannemann
Eloy Jimenez
* Kwang-Min Kwon (2015 IFA – Age 17 - South Korea)
Yohan Matos (ex-C)
Kevonte Mitchell
Jose Paniagua (OF-1B)
* Jonathan Sierra (2015 IFA – Age 17 - Dominican Republic)
* D. J. Wilson
2015 ANGELS/CUBS CO-OP ADVANCED AZ INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUE ROSTER
33 players (14 LAA/19 CUBS)
* bats or throws left
# bats both
PITCHERS: 16
Victor Alcantara (LAA)
Paul Blackburn (CUBS)
Matt Brazis (CUBS)
Tyler Carpenter (LAA)
David Garner (CUBS - thru 10/10)
Joe Gatto (LAA)
* Ronnie Glenn (LAA)
Michael Jensen (CUBS)
* Jordan Minch (CUBS)
Garrett Nuss (LAA)
Steve Perakslis (CUBS)
Eduardo Paredes (LAA)
James Pugliese (CUBS)
Tayler Scott (CUBS)
Tyler Skulina (CUBS)
Duane Underwood Jr (CUBS)
CATCHERS: 4
Cael Brockmeyer (C-1B - CUBS - thru 10/10)
# Victor Caratini (CUBS)
Michael Strentz (LAA)
Wade Wass (LAA)
INFIELDERS: 6
* Kody Eaves (2B - LAA)
Andrew Daniel (2B-3B - LAA)
Zach Houchins (3B-SS - LAA)
Gleyber Torres (SS- CUBS)
* Dan Vogelbach (1B - CUBS)
Chesny Young (2B-3B - CUBS)
OUTFIELDERS: 7
* Alex Abbott (LF- LAA)
Jeffrey Baez (RF - CUBS)
Charcer Burks (LF - CUBS)
* Rashad Crawford (CF- CUBS)
* Natanael Delgado (RF- LAA)
* Shawon Dunston Jr (LF - CUBS)
* Bo Way (CF - LAA)
CUBS ASSIGNED TO 2015 MESA SOLAR SOX (AFL)
Corey Black, P
Cael Brockmeyer, C (Taxi Squad)
# Jeimer Candelario, 3B
Willson Contreras, C
David Garner, P
Pierce Johnson, P
Mark Zagunis, OF
Rob Zastryzny, P
MANAGER:
Mark Johnson
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