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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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A's Ride Extra-Base Hit Attack to Victory at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

The EXST Athletics banged-out four doubles, a triple, and a home run, and coasted to a 7-1 victory over the EXST Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa this morning.

Tennessee OF Ty Wright (sprained ankle) and INF Augie Ojeda (back) continued their Extended Spring Training rehab in today’s game, with Wright playing LF for seven innings and going 0-2 at the plate (a walk and two strikeouts, both swinging), while Ojeda played the first four innings at SS and then the next four at 2B, going 1-4 (F-7, E-5, 2B, 4-3).

With Augie Ojeda on the field, it’s probably not too surprising that the Cubs were able to turn five double plays, and Augie was in the middle of four of them. If not for that, the final score would have been a lot uglier.

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

LINEUP:
1. Augie Ojeda, SS-2B-DH: 1-4 (F-7, E-5, 2B, 4-3)
2. Wes Darvill, DH-2B: 0-4 (K, F-8, E-5, F-8, SB)
3a. Ty Wright, LF: 0-2 (BB, K, K)
3b. Xavier Batista, LF: 0-1 (K)
4. Brandon May, DH #2: 2-4 (1B, L-8, 6-3, 1B)
5. Wilson Contreras, 1B: 0-3 (3-U, K, HBP, 9-6 FC)
6. Rafael Valdes, 2B-SS: 1-4 (6-3, 3B, K, F-9, R)
7a. Johan DeJesus, C: 0-2 (K, P-2)
7b. Carlos Romero, PH: 0-0 (HBP)
7c. Yaniel Cabezas, C: 0-1 (4-3)
8. Eduardo Gonzalez, CF: 0-2 (F-9, F-7 SF, 6-3, RBI)
9. Dustin Geiger, 3B: 1-3 (1-3, 1B, F-8)
10. Oliver Zapata, RF: 0-3 (P-4, K, K)

PITCHERS:
1. Luis Liria: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP, 1 GIDP, 53 pitches (30 strikes), 3/0 GO/FO
2. Alvido Jimenez: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 GIDP, 33 pitches (16 strikes), 4/0 GO/FO
3. Ryan Hartman: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 1 K, 2 GIDP, 39 pitches (17 strikes), 4/0 GO/FO
4. Santo Rodriguez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 18 pitches (14 strikes), 2/1 GO/FO
5. Yilver Sanchez: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 1 GIDP, 14 pitches (9 strikes), 2/1 GO/FO

ERRORS: 1
2B Wes Darvill - E4 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)

OUTFIELD ASSISTS:
RF Oliver Zapata threw-out runner 9-5 trying to advance from 1st to 3rd on a single to RF

ATTENDANCE: 4

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 80’s

 

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Extended Spring Training
EXST Cubs
Augie Ojeda
Ty Wright

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Submitted by navigator on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 05:37 pm

Let me stipulate that I AM NOT A DOCTOR (but I play one on tv)...so my opinions are just based on long miserable experience with the Cubs. Garza's injury is being reported as a "bone contusion." Cubster can correct me if wrong but in my experience that's the same as saying he has a bone fracture except the fracture has no deliniation. Also, it's in his elbow so that implies that it involves cartilage as well as bone. This doesn't sound like something that heals in a week. Contusions often take longer than outright fractures to get better. If the Cubs bring him back after missing one more start...look out. re:Soto. What kind of rehab starts on Thursday and ends on Friday? re: Cashner Reading this stuff is like deja vu all over again with Kerry Wood and his rotator cuff. If the Cubs aren't out of their fricking minds, they'll drop this starter thing and relegate Cashner to the pen. re: Byrd Please don't even think about baseball until that eye and face are 100%. Seeya next year. re:Schlitter Who knew he was still on the payroll?

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 05:50 pm

Garza's injury is being reported as a "bone contusion." Cubster can correct me if wrong but in my experience that's the same as saying he has a bone fracture except the fracture has no deliniation. Also, it's in his elbow so that implies that it involves cartilage as well as bone. This doesn't sound like something that heals in a week. Contusions often take longer than outright fractures to get better. If the Cubs bring him back after missing one more start...look out. ----------------- In Garza's situation, a bone contusion is clearly an MRI diagnosis. I do have some issues with them using this term here. This diagnosis means that his XRays are negative for a fracture and the MRI does show an abnormal signal in the area involved but there is no linear signal (fracture line) seen in that abnormal signal pattern. The abnormal signal is in bone (in this case the distal humerus) and not in the soft tissues adjacent to the joint, otherwise they would be worried more about the ligaments (the medial elbow (medial epicondyle), includes the flexor/pronator tendon attachments and ligaments (often referred to as golfers elbow) and the UCL or Tommy John ligament; the lateral elbow (bone is the epicondyle) attachments would be what is commonly called "tennis elbow" or the extensor tendon origin). For the diagnosis to be a contusion there has to be a history of direct trauma to the area (when did that happen? Garza does not seem to indicate there was a direct trauma as his quotes below indicate). Their docs may be thinking it's a repetitive stress injury but are not willing to call it a stress fracture based on the abnormal uptake pattern on the MRI being more diffuse (rather than focal or linear) but don't have a better term for the signal abnormality. If this is the case the term contusion is misleading and it might be that they are interceding before the problem formally becomes a more definite stress fracture. This would be analogous to a leg injury often called "shin splints" which if it continues to get exposed to repetitive stress can becomes a formal stress fracture of the leg/tibia or fibula. It's unlikely that there is any cartilage involvement in a bone contusion unless the direct trauma also affected the joint (that would make the dx of an articular fracture) and one would see fluid in the joint on the MRI to make one consider that being the case. I recall Prior's "bone contusion" to the elbow when he was hit by a line drive by Brad Hawpe in 2005. They actually called it a "compression fracture" so it was more extensive than a "bone bruise" and with Prior, it was the lateral or outside of the elbow. http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050528&content_id… --- http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/sports/cbsports-elbow-bone-bruise-…
"It's just one of those things that happen, more wear and tear. Like, if you're a runner and your knees are sore, that's usually what it is -- a bruise."
The above quote bothers me though as a contusion means some direct trauma and "wear and tear" is more of a repetitive stress problem. --- http://chicago.sbnation.com/2011/5/24/2187830/matt-garza-injury-cubs-st…
he also thinks that the injury is just the result of throwing in cold weather, something that he was not really used to while playing with the Tampa Bay Rays. He expects the elbow to loosen up a little bit when the weather gets warmer.
Again, repetitive stress injury, not contusion. ------ Finally, I remember former Brewer-WSux-Cardinal pitcher Cal Eldred who had a diagnosis of "stress fracture" of his pitching elbow. He started the 2000 season with a 10-2 record with the Sox but due to the stress fx, in August of 2000 he had a screw placed across the stress fx to try and heal it. He was mostly out until 2003 when he tried another comeback with StL before ending his career in 2005. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2001-04-12/sports/0104120179_1_cal-e… So, in summary, I'm not sure what kind of estimate to recovery Garza has. If it's a "pre stress fx", it might be just the 2 weeks on the DL and he's back in the best case scenerio and the warmer weather by then works in his favor. If not...lets hope it' doesn't become a recurring problem because a stress fracture at the elbow can be a bear to get to resolve.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 05:41 am

Knoxville News reporting that Adduci had recent hand surgery and is probably out for the season. Affects Ha/Perez since one spot will remain open in the Tennessee outfield; and might affect who goes to Iowa to replace Montanez.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:25 pm

Perez, yeah, fine with me, but Hendry traded for him and would probably say he's still rehabbing. Ty Wright, another outfielder, was DL'd a few weeks ago from Tennessee but now that he's healthy, they plug him in yesterday at Iowa, where there always seems to be room for a marginal prospect. Chris Robinson is another one. Not that I'm unsympathetic to giving these guys a dozen chances, and it's not terrible to have very intense competition at AA. Hendry may be an unusually soft-hearted GM in not wanting to foreclose on these Iowans. Bobby Scales, Matt Camp, etc. LaHair, though--he has twelve home runs, and Carlos Pena isn't setting the bar very high for the 1B who follows him.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

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    And for a pitcher it's 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled, unless he is replacing a pitcher who is placed on an MLB inactive list (IL, Paternity, or Bereavement / Family Medical). 

     

    And a pitcher (or a position player, but almost always it's a pitcher) can be recalled as the 27th man for a doubleheader regardless of how many days he has been on optional assignment, but then he must be sent back down again the next day. 

     

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