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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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D-Cubs & Chiefs Deal with Tourists and Nuts at Fitch Park

Richard Jones blasted a solo HR onto 8th Street and drove in another run with a single and LHP Eric Jokisch (2010 11th round pick out of Nortwestern) threw three shutout innings with five strikeouts, leading the Peoria Chiefs to a 6-3 victory over the Asheville Tourists (Colorado Rockies Class “A” affiliate) on Field #2, while next-door on Field #3 the Daytona Cubs were cracking the Modesto Nuts (Rockies Advanced “A” affiliate) by a score of 11-4, as Matt Cerda went 3-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, Junior Lake had three hits (a double and two singles), scored one run, and drove in another, and Evan Crawford doubled, singled, stole a base (home), scored twice, and knocked in two runs, in Cactus League Minor League Spring Training action at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ, this afternoon.

Cubs #5 starter Andrew Cashner made his final Arizona start this morning on Field #1, throwing three innings (and getting hammered) in an intrasquad game between the Iowa Cubs and the Tennessee Smokies.

Although they are assigned to the Iowa squad, RHP Blake Parker and Hung-Wen Chen pitched in the Daytona game this afternoon rather than the intrasquad game this morning, because they were bumped by Cashner.

In Minor League Camp roster news, a number of players were released or demoted today:

RELEASED: OF (ex-RHP) Chris Huseby, RHP Mike Perconte, and RHP Aaron Shafer (2008 2nd round draft pick).

IOWA TO TENNESSEE: OF Jim Adduci, RHP Chris Carpenter, C-1B Blake Lalli, LHP Luke Sommer, and OF-1B Matt Spencer.

TENNESSEE TO DAYTONA: C Michael Brenly, OF-1B Michael Burgess, OF Jae-Hoon Ha, RHP Ty’Relle Harris, OF-IF-C David Macias, and RHP Rob Whitenack.

DAYTONA TO PEORIA: RHP Eduardo Figueroa, OF D. J. Fitzgerald, C Micah Gibbs, LHP Eric Jokisch, OF Alvaro Ramirez, and OF Jose Valdez.

PEORIA TO BOISE/MESA (EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING): 2B Pin-Chieh Chen, RHP Dustin Fitzgerald, C Max Kwan, RHP Luis Liria, OF Jesus Morelli, and RHP Alvaro Sosa.

After a work-out on Field #4, several players from the Boise/Mesa (Extended Spring Training) squad (2B Pin-Chieh Chen, 3B Dustin Geiger, SS Dustin Harrington OF Blair Springfield, and OF Oliver Zapata) saw some late game action with Daytona in the game on Field #3. (Players from the Boise/Mesa Extended Spring Training group are often used as late inning replacements in Minor League Spring Training games).

Here are today’s abridged box scores (Cubs players only), with some of the recently-demoted players in the starting lineups of their new squads:

FIELD #2 (CLASS “A” – Peoria Chiefs vs Asheville Tourists)

PEORIA LINEUP:
1. Rubi Silva, CF: 1-4 (F-7, K, 1-6-3 DP, 1B, PO)
2. Pierre LePage, 2B: 1-4 (1B, 6-3, 5-3, F-9)
3. Arismendy Alcantara, SS: 1-4 (K, 6-3, E-3, 3B, SB, R)
4. Richard Jones, 1B: 2-4 (4-3, HR, K, 1B, 2 R, 2 RBI)
5. Micah Gibbs, C: 0-3 (L-9, F-7, BB, 3-U)
6. Anthony Giansanti, 3B: 0-3 (K, 3-1, 1-3, BB, R)
7. Alvaro Ramirez, RF: 2-4 (1B, 1B, 3-U, L-8, R)
8. Elliot Soto, DH #1: 1-3 (F-8, 1B, L-7, BB, R)
9a. Jose Valdez, LF: 1-3 (K, 1B, F-7, RBI)
9b. Kyung-Min Na, LF: 1-1 (1B, 2 RBI)
10. Wes Darvill, DH #2: 1-3 (1-3, 1B, P-6)

PEORIA PITCHERS:
1. Eric Jokisch: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 47 pitches (34 strikes), 3/1 GO/FO
2. Robinson Lopez: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 46 pitches (26 strikes), 4/3 GO/FO
3. Charles Thomas: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 22 pitches (12 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
4. Casey Harman: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 17 pitches (12 strikes)
5. Yohan Gonzalez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 13 pitches (11 strikes), 2/1 GO/FO

PEORIA ERRORS: NONE

PEORIA CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Micah Gibbs: 1-2 CS

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FIELD #3 (ADVANCED CLASS "A” – Daytona Cubs vs Modesto Nuts)

DAYTONA LINEUP:
1. Jae-Hoon Ha, CF-DH: 1-5 (3-U, F-9, 1B, L-5, F-8, R, 2 RBI)
2a. Logan Watkins, 2B: 1-3 (1B, BB, FC, F-9, R, SB)
2b. Pin-Chieh Chen, 2B: 1-1 (3B)
3a. Junior Lake, SS: 3-4 (5-4 FC, 2B, 1B, 1B, R, RBI, CS)
3b. Dustin Harrington, SS: 0-1 (K)
4a. Justin Bour, 1B: 1-3 (F-8, 2B, F-8, BB, RBI)
4b. Dustin Geiger, 3B: 0-1 (6-3)
5a. Michael Burgess, LF: 0-4 (K, K, K, K)
5b. Blair Springfield, LF: 0-0 (BB)
6a. Nelson Perez, RF: 2-4 (4-3, 1B, 1B, 4-3, 2 R)
6b. Oliver Zapata, RF: 0-1 (K)
7a. Michael Brenly, C: 1-2 (L-5, 1B, BB, 2 R)
7b. David Macias, C: 0-2 (L-4, F-8)
8a. Matt Cerda, 3B: 3-3 (1B, 1B, 1B, 2 R, 2 RBI)
8b. Jake Opitz, 3B-1B: 0-1 (BB, 6-4 FC)
9. Evan Crawford, DH-CF: 2-4 (2B, 1B, F-9, F-9, 2 R, RBI, SB)

DAYTONA PITCHERS:
1. Rob Whitenack: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 50 pitches (34 strikes), 7/2 GO/FO
2. Blake Parker: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 15 pitches (11 strikes), 5/1 GO/FO
3. Hung-Wen Chen: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 22 pitches (14 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
4. Ty’Relle Harris: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 14 pitches (9 strikes), 1/1 GO/FO
5. Ryan Searle: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches (8 strikes), 2/0 GO/FO

DAYTONA ERRORS: 1:
SS Junior Lake E-6 – fielding error (bobble) allowed batter to reach base safely

DAYTONA CATCHERS DEFENSE:
1. Michael Brenly: 0-2 CS
2. David Macias: 1 PB

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ATTENDANCE: 31

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90’s

Comments

A little surprised that Shafer was released. His stats weren't amazing by any stretch, but last year was his first as a reliever. I guess he couldn't crack the Smokies bullpen. Even if there were some character issues, releasing a 2nd round pick after just two full seasons is a rare occurence for the Cubs. Too bad. Having lived in Murray, Ky for a while I hate to see a former Murray St. Thoroughbred get cut in Perconte. I have some friends who say he's a really good guy. And, a whole lot of people that seem ready for Iowa are going to be in TN. They'll just have to force managements hand. I do think there are too many 4A guys in Iowa, but thats the trend nowadays.

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In reply to by Childersb3

Submitted by Childersb3 on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 7:15pm. And, a whole lot of people that seem ready for Iowa are going to be in TN. They'll just have to force managements hand. I do think there are too many 4A guys in Iowa, but thats the trend nowadays. ===================================== CHILDERS: After today's roster moves, here is the Iowa Cubs roster as of right now (the roster has to be at 24 by next Thursday): * bats or throws left # bats both bold on 40-man roster PITCHERS: Justin Berg Austin Bibens-Dirkx * Ryan Buchter Esmailin Caridad Hung-Wen Chen Robert Coello Casey Coleman Thomas Diamond * John Gaub Angel Guzman (DL - shoulder surgery rehab) Jay Jackson * Scott Maine * J. R. Mathes Jake Muyco Blake Parker Jeff Stevens * Polin Trinidad Todd Wellemeyer (DL - hip) CATCHERS: Welington Castillo Max Ramirez Chris Robinson INFIELDERS: * Matt Camp * Bryan Lahair * Scott Moore Jonathan Mota # Augie Ojeda (DL - back) # Bobby Scales Marquez Smith OUTFIELDERS: * Tony Campana Lou Montanez # Fernando Perez * Brad Snyder (DL - oblique) * Brandon Watson Ty Wright

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

The weird thing I noticed about a week ago is that the Milb.com team website's rosters are spot on with who's targeted for each team (*save Buchter for Cales). Ususally they aren't updated until the rosters are announced. Milb.com gets better every year. JR Mathes is living proof of how important LH pitching is for an organization. He could pitch for the I-Cubs until he's 35. Future Minor league pitching coordinator. Robinson is the Player/Coach on the DL Watson is released Trinidad is released Berg is released Muyco is released Buchter is sent down to AA I am not saying Mathes is released because I've said that for three years and he always pitches more than 100 innings a year. Blake Parker has pitched better than Muyco, and I think Diamond has more upside than Berg. Phil, you the man.

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Submitted by Childersb3 on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 11:12pm. The weird thing I noticed about a week ago is that the Milb.com team website's rosters are spot on with who's targeted for each team (*save Buchter for Cales). Ususally they aren't updated until the rosters are announced. Milb.com gets better every year. Submitted by junior on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 5:38pm. I'm not sure those team rosters are correct. They only show where guys ended the year last year, with the addition of this years 40 man roster guys that were assigned to those teams. I was at Fitch today and talked to someone who should know and some of the posted names and where they are, or are going , is not correct. This is based on my conversation today (Fri) and from what should be a most reliable source. ============================ CHILDERS & JUNIOR: The rosters at milb.com are based upon info milb.com gets directly through eBis (baseball's in-house information system), and they do not change the rosters during Minor League Camp to reflect the current working group (squad) for each Cub minor league affiliate (Iowa, Tennessee, Daytona, Peoria, and Boise/Mesa). The fact that some of the Cubs minor league rosters listed at milb.com are starting to match the current Cubs working group rosters is only because the Cubs have recently moved a lot of the minor league players and pitchers to the affiliate where the player ended the 2010 season. Again, the rosters at milb.com are not changed when a player moves to a different working group (squad) during Minor League Camp. When I list the rosters for a particular Cub minor league working group (squad), it is based upon what I actually observe on the field at Fitch Park. The assignments to a working group are somewhat informal and the Cubs minor league bosses move players to different working groups (usually downward, but occasionally a player is moved up) without a press release or eBis notification. Sometimes a player is moved back & forth. For example, LHP Casey Harman started Minor League Camp with the Peoria squad, then he was moved down to Boise/Mesa, and now he is back with Peoria again, apparently because they need another LHRP at Peoria. But he could be back with Boise/Mesa tomorrow. None of this is reflected or recorded at milb.com. You only read about it here.

The Cubs' new 2nd bullpen catcher (replacing Corey Miller) is going to be Danny Fatheree, who some of you may know was Kerry Wood's catcher in high school. The Cubs (probably at the request of KW) signed Fatheree to a minor league player contract in 2008 but he spent the Summer as a coach-mentor at Fitch Park (just like Scott McLain did last year and John Urick will this year). Besides being a really nice guy, Fatheree spent a lot of time working one-on-one with Robinson Chirinos after Chirinos was sent to Fitch Park during the 2008 season to learn to be a catcher. So he's really more than just a bullpen catcher.

Ryan Theriot's 11th-inning error was the key play in a two-run game-winning rally for the visiting Padres, who did not lead at any other point in the game. San Diego had earlier benefited when Ryan Ludwick knocked a ball out of second baseman Skip Schumaker's glove. Virtually every turning point in the game turned against the Cards, and it was too much to overcome. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_03_31_sdnmlb_slnmlb_1… Live it up, Cards

Shafer caught me off-guard, but okay. Perconte really had himself a decent season in A+, but he's 25 and not a big loss from a system perspective. Still think Spencer could put up big numbers in Iowa, but he's gotta force his way up. AzPhil - how has Liria looked this spring? I had been hoping to see him at Peoria. Is he still low 90's, plus change, decent breaking ball? Carpenter in AA at least means that he's going to be starting, right? So there's that positive, though I'm not sure there's that much improvement he's going to make that he needed to go back to AA. Wonder who gets pushed out of the rotation - certainly not McNutt. That leaves Cabrera, Rusin, Raley, Dolis ... wondering if they finally shift Dolis to pen work.

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Submitted by junior on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 3:42pm. I'm pretty sure, based on what I was told today, that Carpenter is going to Iowa as a late inning reliever.I am only bringing this up because of the reliable source that told me at Fitch. ===================================== JUNIOR: Adduci, Carpenter, Lalli, Spencer, and Sommer were moved down from the Iowa to the Tennessee working group on Thursday. As I mentioned in the previous comment, moves and re-assignments at Minor League Camp are not written in stone. Any one of these players could get released, moved down another level, or moved back up to Iowa at any time. But usually player movement is downward, although the last week of Minor League Camp is usually when you will see some movement in the opposite direction as other players go on the DL or get released and need to be replaced.

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In reply to by toonsterwu

Submitted by toonsterwu on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 5:38am. Shafer caught me off-guard, but okay. Perconte really had himself a decent season in A+, but he's 25 and not a big loss from a system perspective. Still think Spencer could put up big numbers in Iowa, but he's gotta force his way up. AzPhil - how has Liria looked this spring? I had been hoping to see him at Peoria. Is he still low 90's, plus change, decent breaking ball? Carpenter in AA at least means that he's going to be starting, right? So there's that positive, though I'm not sure there's that much improvement he's going to make that he needed to go back to AA. Wonder who gets pushed out of the rotation - certainly not McNutt. That leaves Cabrera, Rusin, Raley, Dolis ... wondering if they finally shift Dolis to pen work. ========================================== TOONSTER: I don't think Liria being moved down from the Peoria squad to Boise/Mesa means much. He pitched well enough last year that as long as he is pitching OK at EXST, he will probably be one of the first to go up to Peoria. As for Carpenter, he was used as a one-inning reliever in the AFL last fall, and Jake Muyco was the Cubs starter (each of the five MLB clubs assigned to a given AFL team designates one of their pitchers as a starter). Do you think the Cubs would have designated Jake Muyco as a starter in the AFL if they projected Carpenter as a starter? I don't think so. For example, Andrew Cashner was a starter for the Mesa Solar Sox in the AFL in 2009. And Carpenter has been used exclusively as a one-inning reliever so far in Minor League Camp. I don't see anything to indicate that the Cubs plan on moving him back to the starting rotation at any time in the near future.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 1:00pm. "Do you think the Cubs would have designated Jake Muyco as a starter in the AFL if they projected Carpenter as a starter?" I think they project Carpenter as a starter but until he can throw an off-speed pitch for a strike--which he failed to do in the one inning I saw him this spring--he is of little use as a starter. You can't throw fastballs for five innings. It's the same as with Cashner. While he was learning to throw/control offspeed stuff, he relieved. =============================================== VA PHIL: Even though he was still a work in progress and had not yet learned to throw his change-up for strikes at the time, Cashner was never-the-less used exclusively as a starter in the AFL in 2009.

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

The only disagreement I have with the comment above is that some pitchers who go to the AFL might have come close to reaching their club's limit of innings pitched in a season. In that case, it might still be worth seeing them in action against top notch talent, but only in brief one inning appearances. That being said, if Carpenter has only been pitching in one inning appearances this spring, then it seems likely that he will be a relief pitcher at least to start. I personally think that is where he will end up, but I wouldn't mind seeing him in the rotation instead of a couple of guys at Tennessee. But who knows, maybe the Cubs think that this will accelerate his progress and get him to the majors faster?

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

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    Seconded!!!

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...