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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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# 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 

 



 

Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

Your 2011 Boise Hawks and Your 2011 AZL Cubs!

Minor League Field Coordinator Dave Bialas and the coaching staff at Fitch Park have completed their final observations and evaluations of the newly-signed draft picks, and so here are the rosters for the Boise Hawks ands AZL Cubs as of 7 AM (MST) this morning:

2011 DRAFT PICKS IN CAPS
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# bats both

NOTE: Boise has a 30-man ACTIVE LIST (of which 25 players including at least 10 pitchers can be designated as ACTIVE prior to each game) and a 35-man RESERVE LIST, and the AZL CUBS have a 35-man combined ACTIVE LIST/RESERVE LIST, of which 25 players including at least ten pitchers can be designated as ACTIVE for each game.

At present Boise has four roster slots open, and the AZL Cubs have two roster slots open. Draft picks must be placed on a minor league roster no later than 15 days after signing, so once the Cubs sign another six draft picks, the Boise and AZL Cubs rosters will be full.

BOISE HAWKS (26)

PITCHERS (14)
* Kyler Burke (ex-OF)
* Willengton Cruz
Dustin Fitzgerald
Jin-Young Kim
Luis Liria
Hector Mayora
Austin Reed
Santo Rodriguez
Jose Rosario
Yilver Sanchez
Bryce Shafer
Charles Thomas (ex-3B)
Yao-Lin Wang
Ben Wells

CATCHERS (2):
Yaniel Cabezas
Carlos Romero

INFIELDERS (6):
# Vismeldy Bieneme
Wilson Contreras
* Wes Darvill
Dustin Harrington
PAUL HOILMAN
BRAD ZAPENAS

OUTFIELDERS (4):
* Pin-Chieh Chen
D. J. Fitzgerald
Reggie Golden
* BEN KLAFCZYNSKI

DISABLED LIST (5):
Jose Guevara, C (ankle)
Tarlandus Mitchell, P (ankle)
Jesus Morelli, OF (hand)
Eric Rice, P (elbow)
# Jose Valdez, OF (unknown)

MANAGER:
Mark Johnson

COACHES:
David Rosario
Desi Wilson

AZL CUBS (33)

PITCHERS (19)
* Hunter Ackerman
Rafael Diplan
P. J. FRANCESCON
Ramon Garcia
Ryan Hartman
Alvido Jimenez
PETE LEVITT
CASEY LUCCHESE
* SHELDON McDONALD
Jon Nagel
Amaury Paulino
Felix Pena
Starling Peralta
JAMES PUGLIESE
Colin Richardson
Jean Sandoval
* Brian Smith
* Luis Villalba
Joe Zeller

CATCHERS (3):
Johan DeJesus
# Brian Inoa
* Alberto Mineo (MLB EUROPEAN ACADEMY)

INFIELDERS (7):
Gioskar Amaya
TRAVIS GARCIA
Dustin Geiger
Gregori Gonzalez
# Marco Hernandez
Max Kwan
KENNY SOCORRO

OUTFIELDERS (4):
* Eduardo Gonzalez
Dong-Yub Kim
Blair Springfield
# Oliver Zapata

MANAGER:
Juan Cabreja

COACHES:
Frank Castillo
Jason Dubois
Gian Guzman
Rick Tronerud

Comments

As I mentioned in a comment on a previous thread yesterday, Paul Hoilman (2011 19th round draft pick out of East Tennessee State) hit a 450+ ft HR over the CF Green Monster off Jin Young Kim in a "live" BP session at Field Park Field #2 yesterday morning. Hoilman was the Home Run Derby champ at the 2010 College World Series, and finished tied for third in HR in NCAA Div-1 this season. I am going to go WAY out on a limb and predict that Hoilman will lead the Northwest League in HR. He is a beast. And if he flops at baseball he is an Academic All-American majoring in math, and plans to eventually attend either medical school or law school.

As a general rule of thumb (and there are exceptions), HS and JC draft picks are usually assigned to the AZL Cubs, and college draft picks get assigned to Boise (if there is room). College players who don't sign immediately after the conclusion of the draft usually have to spend some time with the AZL Cubs before moving up to Boise, and then if and when they do move up, guys who were initially assigned to Boise could get released or could get demoted to AZL Cubs or could get promoted to Peoria to make room for the new guys (if the Boise roster is full). Four college pitchers (P. J. Francescon, Pete Levitt, Casey Lucchese, and Sheldon McDonald) are presently at Fitch Park, and any or all could move up to Boise in short order. Also, Florida State just got eliminated at a Super Regional, so FSU senior catcher Rafael Lopez (Cubs 16th round draft pick) will probably be assigned to Boise soon after he signs. He is obviously in playing shape. Other college picks who would likely get to Boise pretty fast if and when they sign would include U. of Miami 2B-CF Zeke DeVoss, U. of Louisville RHRP Tony Zych, U. of Alabama OF Taylor Dugas, U. of Texas LHRP Andrew McKirahan (presently with the Longhorns at the College World Series), Florida State OF Taiwan Easterling, TCU RHSP Steven Maxwell, and Clemson RHRP Scott Weismann. In fact, Zych, Dugas, and Maxwell (who is a 5th year senior) could get jumped to Peoria. But again, that's only if they sign. Taiwan Easterling is an interesting case. Because he also plays college football, the Cubs can spread his bonus out over five years, but with strings attached (as was the case with Matt Szczur this time last year), with Easterling returning to Florida State for the Fall Semester to play football, before deciding whether to puruse a career in pro baseball or in pro football.

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Submitted by chuck on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:28am. With the Cubs performing as they are it's nice to look forward to next year, or the one after, etc. etc. Thanks for all of the interesting info. ================================================ CHUCK: Boise should have a pretty good team. A starting rotation/piggyback group consisting of Liria-Wang-Wells-Reed-Kim-Cruz-Rosario are all quality arms, ex-OF Kyler Burke and ex-3B Charles Thomas have made tremendous strides in their conversions to pitcher, Pin-Chieh Chen really started to play well at Extended Spring Training once he was moved from 2B to CF and he could be a dynamite lead-off hitter, Yaniel Cabezas was unofficial EXST Cubs MVP (he led the team in RBI and handled himself very well behind the plate), and the quintet of Klafczynski-Hoilman-Fitzgerald-Golden-Contreras should be a powerful force in the middle of the Hawks order (DJ Fitz struggled big time at Peoria, but he should feast on the lesser pitching he'll see at Boise).

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In reply to by Paul Noce

Submitted by Paul Noce on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 12:19pm. AZ Phil, how has Reggie Golden looked lately? Has he continued to lose weight and get into shape? ==================================== PAUL N: Reggie Golden really struggled the last four weeks of Extended Spring Training. After hitting a HR in his 1st AB at Talking Stick on May 10th, Golden hit 123/206/123 in his next 63 PA, going 7-57 with 21 K, four BB, and two HBP, and all seven of the hits were singles. And you could really see the frustration, too. Obviously he had never struggled like that before. While he could turn out to be a RH version of Michael Burgess, I think he'll probably be OK long-term. He has as much power as anybody in the Cubs organization. He just needs to get himself into better condition next off-season and keep his eyes on the prize.

RT @CarrieMuskat #cubs lineup for tue rf fuke, ss castro, 3b ramy, 1b pena, lf dewitt, c soto, 2b baker, cf TBD, p wells I hear TBD has trouble with the breaking ball. allegedly Reed might show up in time for the game.

Why Carpenter? He was recently demoted to AA from Iowa because his velocity is down and his BB rate is terrible. Dolis, who is on the 40 man is a much better choice. I just don't get it.

okay, so cubs pitchers still can't bunt. i'm willing to give garza a little time to catch up, but c'mon... wtf? it's wells first game back, but going 0-2 on 2 attempts is plain old cubbery. bunting the 3rd foul for a K is solid gold cubbery.

Wow...yet another error. What is wrong with these players?!? It's like it is infectious. It could be an issue with moving people around from position to position. But it isn't all Quade...the players have to take some blame. Speaking of that, Soraino 0-2 with 2 K so far tonight. 1-9 in Iowa so far.

and quade gets ejected again...arguing something he's wrong about. fans are 100% behind him, though...that's something. he's not enjoying a lot of public support lately. at least it's not public hate.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • 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...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.