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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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Geo Back in Action at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

On an injury rehab assignment in Mesa, AZ, Cubs catcher Geovany Soto went hitless in five plate appearances this morning in a Cactus League Extended Spring Training game played at Fitch Park.

Soto, who was seeing his first game action in two weeks after suffering a groin strain in a game on May 10th, was the starting catcher and got five at bats in the game played on Field #2 (there was another game played simultaneously on Field #3), batting third in each of the first five innings. He looked a bit rusty at the plate, bouncing out 5-3 in the 1st inning, popping out to the first-baseman in foul territory in the 2nd, flying out to the warning track in CF in the 3rd, getting called out on strikes in the 4th, and striking out swinging in the bottom of the 5th. Also two Rockies base-runners stole 2nd base while Soto was behind the plate.

As far as the games were concerned, one squad of EXST Cubs and one squad of EXST Rockies played to a 1-1 tie on Field #2, while the other squad of Rockies defeated the other squad of Cubs 5-2 on Field #3.

The games were played simultaneously on adjacent fields, and both games were seven-inning affairs.

Here are the abridged box scores from today’s games (Cubs players only)

FIELD #2

NOTE: Geovany Soto batted third in the bottom of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings.

SQUAD “A” LINEUP:
X. Geovany Soto, C: 0-5 (5-3, P-3, F-8, K, K)
1. Pin-Chieh Chen, CF: 1-3 (K, 3B, K, R)
2. Gregori Gonzalez, 2B: 1-3 (F-7, 1B, P-3, RBI)
3a. Jesus Morelli, DH: 0-2 (4-3, 4-3)
3b. Yaniel Cabezas, C: 0-1 (F-9)
4. Wilson Contreras, 3B: 0-2 (5-3, F-9)
5. Reggie Golden, RF: 0-1 (K, BB)
6. Wes Darvill, SS: 0-2 (K, 4-6 FC)
7. Max Kwan, 1B: 0-2 (F-8, F-9)
8. Blair Springfield, LF: 0-2 (K, P-4)

SQUAD “A” PITCHERS:
1. Willengton Cruz: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 60 pitches (41 strikes), 3/2 GO/FO
2. Rafael Diplan: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 PO, 23 pitches (16 strikes), 1/1 GO/FO
3. Larry Suarez: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 17 pitches (9 strikes), 2/1 GO/FO

SQUAD “A” ERRORS: 2
1. 3B Wilson Contreras - E5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. 2B Gregori Gonzalez - E4 (missed catch allowed runner to reach 2nd base safely on what should have been a 5-4 FC)

SQUAD “A” CATCHERS DEFENSE:
1. Geovany Soto: 0-2 CS
2. Yaniel Cabezas: 1-1 CS

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FIELD #3

SQUAD “B” LINEUP:
1. Vismeldy Bieneme, CF: 1-3 (3B, 4-3, K, R)
2. Marco Hernandez, 2B: 0-2 (BB, 3-U, 4-3)
3. Brian Inoa, C: 0-3 (K, 4-3, L-4)
4. Brandon May, 3B: 0-3 (5-3, 6-3, L-3)
5. Rafael Valdes, SS: 0-3 (K, 5-3, 1-3)
6. Eduardo Gonzalez, RF: 0-3 (5-3, 4-3, 5-3)
7. Dustin Geiger, DH #1: 0-2 (K, F-7)
8. Xavier Batista, 1B: 0-2 (F-7, 5-3)
9. Dong-Yub Kim, LF: 1-2 (1B, E-6, R, SB)
10. Carlos Romero, DH #2: 1-2 (1B, K, RBI)

SQUAD “B” PITCHERS:
1. Joe Zeller: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 65 pitches (43 strikes), 3/2 GO/FO
2. Starling Peralta: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 29 pitches (18 strikes), 1/3 GO/FO
3. Manolin DeLeon: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP, 19 pitches (12 strikes), 0/1 GO/FO

SQUAD “B” ERRORS: 1
3B Brandon May - E5 (throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely)

SQUAD “B” CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Brian Inoa: 1-2 CS, 2 PB

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ATTENDANCE: 11

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 80’s

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Extended Spring Training
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Comments

Submitted by Paul Noce on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 05:37 pm

According to Tom Skilling on WGN, a nasty storm is due in the Chicago area around 6-7 pm that has produced tornadoes or gustnadoes (never heard of those) and he thinks at the least there will be a rain delay if the game isn't called, perhaps before it even starts.

Submitted by BoiseHawks on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 05:02 pm

Phil - I might have missed it in one of the recaps, but has Jose Valdez been reinjured, called up (which I haven't seen him in a box score), or released?

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Submitted by Paul Noce on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 05:57 pm

You know, going to the bullpen in the 2nd inning in a game that is not likely going to even go 5 innings isn't the smartest thing. If Coleman went say 3 innings and the game was called, OK, not a big problem, but now we're 2 relievers into the game already in only the 2nd inning. If we go 3-4 innings, we probably get another pitcher in the game and then 3 rp's get wasted. Someone just needs to eat some innings here regardless of the score.

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 05:27 pm

I have gone on record early and often of my dislike for Justin Berg. I can understand that Iowa may need roster fillers, but never, EVER, do I want to see him pitching in Wrigley unless it is for another team.

Submitted by JoePepitone on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 05:37 pm

Vitters was 2 for 5 tonite with a 2B. Avg. is up to .271 for the season and for the last 10 days he is .375/.390/.550. For May, he is hitting .300/.325/.438.

Submitted by navigator on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:33 am

If you can, watch the 19th inning of the Phillies Reds game. Wilson Valdez called upon to pitch and he was hitting 88 89 on the gun. Got Votto and Bruce quickly. Then hit Rolen when he tried to throw a curve. Inning's over when the pitcher pops out to second. edit.. AND he gets the win. Then, during an interview someone pies him in the face.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:11 am

Yes, but . . . Tennessee going for 10th win in a row today, Daytona trying for its 9th. Tom Ricketts and Laura just made a quick visit to Daytona and Kodak, TN. On the Smokiesbaseball.com site, there's the audio of a booth interview with the two owners. Mostly boilerplate, but Tom does say that he reads a summary of the minor-league happenings every morning. A man after my own heart! It's a rather long interview, because after the other team's half inning, the radio guy asked Tom if he could stick around, and then the Smokies came up and batted around. Speaking of happenings, Luis Flores likes it at Tennessee, where he hit two home runs yesterday, to give him four HRs in 17 at bats.

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Submitted by Paul Noce on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:14 pm

All catchers block home plate, long before they have the ball, which is against the rules. If they are standing in front of home plate waiting for the ball, they are breaking the rules. They don't have to change the rules, just enforce them. However, I suggest Rob G. go back an look at the video. Cousins launches himself sideways in the air at the same time Posey is turning back towards home plate. Cousins has his upper body pointed towards where Posey was, which was up the first base line. That was a total cheap shot by the runner. He didn't do a "normal" run the catcher over on the way to the plate, he turned his body sideways to annihilate the catcher, who was out of position. It's a cheap shot whether the catcher got hurt or not. If the Giants and Marlins are playing today and Cousins is in the lineup I expect them to drill him in the head. Total bullshit by Cousins. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6591997

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Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:31 pm

you can tell by Cousins reaction he had no intent to hurt him. The only bullshit right now is coming from you and Posey's agent. He's trying to score the winning run and there's a guy in front of the plate and did what every runner does. He's suppose to calculate in that split second whether Posey is in front of the plate enough to warrant running into him or not? The ball beat him and Posey acted like he had it and was partially in front of the plates. Cousins did what every runner did and try to knock it loose, shit happens. Do you bitch when a runner gets spiked by a fielder by accident or nailed in the face by a tag? You're the guy that throws flags in the NFL on defensive lineman taking 3/4 of a step instead of a half step and hitting the QB.

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:07 pm

I-Cubs getting beat on a beautiful afternoon here; wish I was in attendance...tidbits from team's game notes: 6 of Colvin's 8 hits in 7 games are for extra bases; LaHair's 12th HR last night was INTO 20 mph+ wind; Gaub has whiffed at least 1 in all 17 apps & has 37 overall in 19 IP's; Clevenger is 15/35 since promo; Ortiz gives up too many hits [66 in 53 IP's] but his K/BB ratio is a tidy 54/12 [3rd in PCL in K's]

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Submitted by Mike Wellman on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:53 pm

first off, i think i've memorized what BABIP stands for; second, i can recall off top of head an earlier post when i remarked on how little range scales was showing @ 2B one night & how it cost ortiz on 3 ground singles through right side...also think i-cub ss's have made an error in every game i've seen so far, whether it's been camp or mota...very slow/sluggish team defensively, especially w/out campana & given the irregularity of the poet's playing time

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Submitted by Mike Wellman on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:20 pm

yeah, batting average of balls in play, right? the #'s you cite certainly jibe w/ my naked eye impressions - sometimes the pcl seems like a slo-pitch softball league...seen ortiz twice & was impressed both times; think his line is inflated by 1 horrendous start recently but most have been solid; he's certainly an upgrade over coleman & possibly davis as well - i'm all for going w/ experience for the young guys but i question what coleman's ceiling is i guess; is it worth it to season him?

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:33 pm

"Reyes doubled to right, Reyes to third on right fielder Fukudome's fielding error, Reyes scored on second basemen Barney's fielding error" /cue yakity sax music

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Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:37 pm

saw the replay, Fukudome cuts ball off in right field corner, one hops a throw to Barney that gets away. They still had Reyes dead to rights at 3b, but Barney throws it away. Barney could have had Fukudome's throw, it wasn't that bad and looks like DeWitt could have had Barney's throw. Clip is on MLB gameday.

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 05:01 pm

going into today AB/BA/OBP/SLG/OPS Reed 36 361/439/639/1078 Pena 68 265/420/515/935 Byrd 64 344/408/516 924 Baker 30 400/400/500/900 Soto 24/250/357/542 899 Castro 85 306/322/424/745 Soriano 69/290/329/391/720 Ramirez 74 284/338/351/689 Hill 35 257/297/371/669 Barney 84 298/326/321/647 Fukudome 218/268/273 Pena hit his 6th HR of the month today. Hope he keeps it through June/July so they can trade him.

Recent comments

  • 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

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Tauchman gets a pinch hit RBI single with a liner to RF. This is his spot. He's a solid 4th OF. But he isn't a DH. 

    He takes pitches. Useful. I still believe in having good hitters.

    You don't want your DH to be your weak link (other than your C maybe)

  • crunch (view)

    bit of a hot take here, but i'm gonna say it.

    the 2024 marlins don't seem to be good at doing baseballs.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Phil, will the call up for a double header restart that 15 days on assignment for a pitcher? Like will wesneski’s 15 days start yesterday, or if he’s the 27th man, will that mean 15 days from tomorrow?

    I hope that makes sense. It sounds clearer in my head.

  • Charlie (view)

    Tauchman obviously brings value to the roster as a 4th outfielder who can and should play frequently. Him appearing frequently at DH indicated that the team lacks a valuable DH. 

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Totally onboard with your thoughts concerning today’s lineup. Not sure about your take on Tauchman though.

    The guy typically doesn’t pound the ball out out of the park, and his BA is quite unimpressive. But he brings something unique to the table that the undisciplined batters of the past didn’t. He always provides a quality at bat and he makes the opposing pitcher work because he has a great eye for the zone and protects the plate with two strikes exceptionally well. In addition to making him a base runner more often than it seems through his walks, that kind of at bat wears a pitcher down both mentally and physically so that the other guys who may hit the ball harder are more apt to take advantage of subsequent mistakes and do their damage.

    I can’t remember a time when the Cubs valued this kind of contribution but this year they have a couple of guys doing it, with Happ being the other. It doesn’t make for gaudy stats but it definitely contributes to winning ball games. I do believe that’s why Tauchman has garnered so much playing time.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Miles Mastrobuoni cannot be recalled until he has spent at least ten days on optional assignment, unless he is recalled to replace a position player who is placed on an MLB inactive list (IL, Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical). 

     

    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. 

     

    That's why the Cubs had to wait as long as they did to send Jose Cuas down and recall Keegan Thompson. Thompson needed to spend the first 15 days of the MLB regular season on optional assignment before he could be recalled (and he spent EXACTLY the first 15 days of the MLB regular season on optional assignment before he was recalled). 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Indeed they do TJW!

    For the record I’m not in favor of solely building a team through paying big to free agents. But I’m also of the mind that when you develop really good players, get them signed to extensions that buy out a couple years of free agency, including with team options. And supplement the home grown players with free agent splashes or using excess prospects to trade for stars under team control for a few years. Sort of what Atlanta does, basically. Everyone talks about the dodgers but I feel that Atlanta is the peak organization at the current moment.

    That said, the constant roster churn is very Rays- ish. What they do is incredible, but it’s extremely hard to do which is why they’re the only ones frequently successful that employ that strategy. I definitely do not want to see a large market team like ours follow that model closely. But I don’t think free agent frenzies is always the answer. It’s really only the Dodgers that play in that realm. I could see an argument for the Mets too. The Yankees don’t really operate like that anymore since the elder Steinbrenner passed. Though I would say the reigning champions built a good deal of that team through free agent spending.

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