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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Cubs Continue to Dominate Canadian Amateur Baseball

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Eloy Jimenez ripped an RBI single, walked twice, and stole two bases, Shane Kennedy walked twice and knocked-in two runs with a double and an RBI GO, Frandy de la Rosa singled, doubled, stole a base, and scored two runs, and Carson Sands and eight relievers combined to toss a four-hitter with eleven strikeouts, as the Cubs defeated the Ontario Nationals 8-2 in Minor League Camp game action this morning on Field #6 at Mesa Cubtown at Riverview Park.

 

A member of the Premier Baseball League of Ontario, the Nationals are one of the top amateur baseball clubs in Canada, and are presently on an Arizona Spring Training Trip where they are playing minor league teams, college and high school teams, and another Canadian amateur club (the Langley Blaze, who played the Cubs last week).

The Cubs Eugene/Mesa (Extended Spring Training) squad provided the competition for the Canadian youngsters, whose next stop will be Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport for a late afternoon flight back to Toronto.

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

CUBS LINEUP: 
1a. Frandy de la Rosa, 2B: 2-4 (2B, 3-U, 1B, K, 2 R, SB)
1b. Eric Castillo, C: 0-1 (L-6)
2a. Shamil Ubiera, CF: 0-3 (F-7, F-8, F-7)
2b. Calvin Graves, CF: 1-1 (BB, 1B, RBI, 2 SB, CS)
3. Shane Kennedy, LF: 1-3 (6-3, P-6, 2B+E7, BB, BB, 2 RBI, PO)
4. Eloy Jimenez, RF: 1-3 (6-3, BB, BB, 5-3, 1B, RBI, 2 SB) 
5. Alex Tomasovich, DH #1: 0-4 (L-5, BB, L-5 DP, K, 5-3)
6. Varonex Cuevas, 3B: 0-3 (K+WP, F-9, BB, P-3, 2 R, 2 SB)
7a. Carlos Jimenez, SS: 0-0 (BB, R)
7b. Bryant Flete, SS: 0-3 (F-9, L-9, E-7, R)
8a. Tyler Alamo, 1B: 1-3 (E-9, F-8, 1B, RBI)
8b, Roney Alcala, 1B: 1-1 (1B, RBI)
9a. Jhonny Pereda, C: 0-2 (F-7 SF, F-7, 4-6 FC, RBI) 
9b, Tanner Witt, 2B: 1-1 (2B, R, SB)
10a. SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TWO TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
10b. Roberto Vahlis, DH #2: 0-1 (6-3) 
10c. Miguel Rico, PH: 0-0 (BB, R, SB) 

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Carson Sands: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/FO, 21 pitches (13 strikes) 
2. Justin Steele: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 GIDP, 1/0 GO/FO, 13 pitches (6 strikes) 
3. Oscar de la Cruz: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1/1 GO/FO, 11 pitches (8 strikes)
4. Brad Renner: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 10 pitches (9 strikes)
5. Anthony Prieto: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GO/FO, 29 pitches (14 strikes)
6. Adbert Alzolay: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/FO, 18 pitches (10 strikes)
7. Pedro Araujo: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 2/0 GO/FO, 21 pitches (12 strikes)  
8. Luis Hernandez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/FO, 11 pitches (8 strikes) 
9. Hector Perez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 13 pitches (8 strikes)

CUBS ERRORS: 2 
1. 3B Varonex Cuevas - E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 
2. 3B Varonex Cuevas - E-5 (throwing error on attempted 5-4 FC allowed runner to reach 2nd base safely)

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Jhonny Pereda: 1-1 CS 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 80's 

ATTENDANCE: 41

Tags
Cubs Minor League Spring Training Game Recap
Eloy Jimenez
Shane Kennedy
Frandy de la Rosa
Carson Sands

Comments

Submitted by troy on Mon, 03/23/2015 - 03:46 pm

Was wondering if there was anywhere to find a schedule for the minor league spring training games? Or do they kinda schedule them a couple days in advance like the B games?

Submitted by Old and Blue on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:53 am

Hey, AZ, care to provide us an early scouting report on young Eloy? Also, any idea if other AZ squads are beating up on the Canadians or is it just the Cubs?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 03/25/2015 - 03:34 am

O&B: Eloy Jimenez is a man-child beast-menace. He has plus-power, as much power as any 18-year old I have seen.

He runs well for a big guy, gets good jumps on stolen base attempts, and he will not swing at pitches out of the strike zone (although he does swing & miss pitches in the strike zone).  

On the negative side, he needs a LOT of work in RF (his defense can be kind of brutal at times), and while he has enough arm to play RF, he had a sore elbow for much of last season, so that's a bit of a "yellow flag" going forward. I would say he probably projects as a 1B down the line.  

As far as how the Langley Blaze and Ontario Nationals fared in games against minor league teams from other organizations or the college & HS teams that they played down here, we didn't talk about that. But I do know that the kids from both teams were amazed by Eloy Jimenez. It was like a Sasquatch sighting for some of them. 

Submitted by Old and Blue on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:05 am

Boy, reading the comments about Baez from Maddon - Maddon really loves the way the kid fields. I wonder if, assuming he can at least stop swinging at the stuff Maddon is pointing at (he's agreeing with those who say it is more pitch selection than mechanics), he may just stay up. I can almost see him batting 8th and being an all field no hit guy until/if he figures it out. Problem is, that would work maybe at shortstop but at second it seems like it wouldn't. Just kinda wondering aloud.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:20 pm

well better than Herrera....let's try this

C: Montero, Ross, Castillo

INF: Rizzo, LaStella, Alcantara, Castro, Olt or Bryant, Baez

OF: Soler, Fowler, Coghlan/Denorfia

Olt does have an option left. Would give them a better backup SS and I imagine they'd move him around. LaStella has options as well. And I do think it would be wise to option Hendricks until they need a 5th starter, could carry an extra bat for a bit.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:29 pm

i dont think a lot of people are buying welly sticking around...even welly...even with the recent maddon/theo noise. it'll be interesting to see how his tone changes (if it does) if he sticks around. lately he's been talking about the cubs as if he's already been traded. i think he's kinda expecting it. it's been nothing but class so far, but will it remain so when he's looking at a 200-300 PA season? that said, who wants welly? it's ARZ (need) and DET (kinda need) as the only 2 teams actually expected to attempt to compete who could use a C. d.navarro has been very publically demanding a trade since r.martin was signed and he's still with TOR...and still not happy about it.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:04 am

you're not the only one who's noticed, though it's not big chatter. it's kinda lame even if it is a coincidence. spring training means so little that it's nice to see the future as much as it is to see the guys the team is counting on right now.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 03/25/2015 - 03:41 pm

apparently they don't want fans to see Soler or Russell either :) 2nd time I've seen the Fowler/Coghlan 1-2 punch to start game...If they can get both get on at a .350 clip, this offense will be ridiculous good. ...seems to really like Alcantara at #9 as well.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 03/25/2015 - 03:51 pm

follow-up: teams with OBP of .345 or higher out of leadoff spot last year: Cards, Astros, Nationals, Marlins, Rangers teams with OBP of .345 or higher out of #2 spot last year: Dodgers, Angels, Astros, Twins, Orioles (Nats at .344 btw and 6th). So Nats finished 9th in run scoring last year (3rd in NL and Rockies were one of the teams ahead of them). Astros finished 21st in runs scored, 16th in slugging, 21st in OBP overall. So despite Astros having nearly a perfect top of the order, they were 2nd in K's (can't bring anyone in if you swing and miss...Cubs were 1st btw), and the rest of their lineup was an OBP suckfest. Cubs with Rizzo, Soler, Montero, even Castro's paltry .325 career OBP would be better than most of the other regulars Astros had. A long way of saying, I like the path the Cubs are on and hope they're more Nats than Astros in the middle of the order this year.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:43 pm

fwiw, like today, it appears to be just a single camera shooting game and synced with a radio call, probably just a stadium camera and no affiliate or regional network  is gonna put that on the air. The cost to pay a crew, have a TV truck, multiple cameras, replay probably outweighs the revenue of a middle of the week, middle of the day spring training game...at least to do it everyday.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:27 pm

Today's 3-4-5: 3. Soler 4. Rizzo 5. Bryant. I absolutely love this.

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Submitted by Newport on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:45 pm

Almora-CF Russell-SS Schwarzenegger-c Bryant-LF Rizzo-1b Soler-rf Castro-2b Baez-3b /ejaculates

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:04 pm

Edwin Jackson will start second inning, late to game stuck in traffic Blake Parker will start /not cool Edwin

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:55 pm

"paul hoynes @hoynsie Kris Bryant has hit 9 homers this spring. Albert Belle hit 11 in 1990. He did not make the big league club that year." this twitter comment has already produced a slew of cubs-based posts and message board discussion. while technically true, albert already put in a 1/2 season of work in the bigs in 89 and his "demotion" was believed to be part of a failed attitude adjustment attempt. he took it as a personal insult after a down/up/down rather than a wake up call before spending 3-4 months in an alcohol and anger managment program. i miss milton bradley joey belle.

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