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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
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2 
Seiya Suzuki, OF
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 2
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

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




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Rosscup Sharp at Papago Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Rudy Martin singled, doubled, and walked, and scored two runs, and Luke Willis singled twice, scored a run, and drove-in another with a sacrifice fly, lifting the AZL Royals to a 5-3 victory over the AZL Cubs in Arizona League action Wednesday night at Papago Park Sports Complex Field #2 in Phoenix, AZ.

Although they remain in the AZL West Division, the AZL Royals are playing their home games on the east-side of town at the Papago Park Sports Complex (the former home of the AZL Athletics) this season while their clubhouse is being renovated (expanded) at Surprise Stadium. (The Royals presently are in first place in the AZL West Division, and in fact they have the best record in the league). 
 
LHP Zac Rosscup (on Cubs MLB 15-day DL - left shoulder inflammation) saw his first game action since June 16th, getting the start for the AZL Cubs and throwing one inning (17 pitches - 11 strikes) and allowing no hits, no runs, and no walks, with two strikeouts (both swinging). One runner reached base on an E-5. Rosscup was working his fastball at 91-93 MPH and touched 94, and his breaking ball was sharp and unhittable. He looked to be in mid-season form. (Lots of swings & misses). 

Shawon Dunston Jr (on Myrtle Beach 7-day DL) continued his AZL rehab, serving as the AZL Cubs DH and batting third in the order. He drilled a one-out line-drive single to center in the top of the 1st inning, before leaving the game for a pinch-hitter in the top of the 3rd.

RHP Casey Bloomquist (Cubs 2015 17th round draft pick - Cal Poly SLO) made his pro debut, working the eighth inning and retiring the side 1-2-3 (a 5-3 GO followed by two strikeouts). Bloomquist displayed an 87-88 MPH fastball with sinking action that he mixed with a slider and a change-up that dive-bombed out of the strike zone. Bloomquist was the Mustang's "Friday night starter" (#1 starter) as a junior, and unlike some of the Cubs 2015 draft picks who were college seniors with no eligibility left (and no leverage in negotiations), Bloomquist had the option to return to school for his senior year at Cal Poly if he had not signed with the Cubs.  

The defensive Play of the Game was turned in by AZL Cubs RF Michael Foster (Cuhs 2015 16th round draft pick - Northeastern University), who made a spectacular diving catch in right-centerfield in the bottom of the 6th inning. Foster also singled twice and scored a run for the AZL Cubs in a losing cause.

Here is the abridged box score from Wednesday night's game (Cubs players only: 

AZL CUBS LINEUP: 
1. Robert Garcia, CF: 2-4 (1B, 1B, 4-3, K, PO) 
2. Carlos Sepulveda, 2B: 0-4 (L-4, 4-3, 1-3, K)
3a. Shawon Dunston Jr, DH: 1-1 (1B) 
3b. Yohan Matos, PH-DH: 0-3 (6-3, 6-3, 5-3)
4a. Wladimir Galindo, 3B: 1-3 (K, 1B, 6-3, R)
4b. Carlos Jimenez, 3B: 0-1 (5-3)
5. Jose Paniagua, 1B: 1-4 (K, 1B, 5-3, K, R)
6. Marcus Mastrobuoni, C: 1-2 (1B, 1-4 SH, F-7, BB)
7. Michael Foster, RF: 2-4 (5-4 FC, 1B, E-6, 1B, R, RBI, CS)
8. Andruw Monasterio, SS: 2-3 (1B, F-8 SF, 5-4 FC, 1B, RBI, CS)
9. Donnie Cimino, LF:1-4 (F-9, 1B, 1-6-3, K, RBI, PO)

AZL CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Zac Rosscup: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/FO, 17 pitches (11 strikes) 
2. Enrique de los Rios: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 2 GIDP, 5/1 GO/FO, 45 pitches (26 strikes) 
3. Pedro Silverio: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 4/2 GO/FO, 43 pitches (24 strikes) 
4. Casey Bloomquist: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/FO, 15 pitches (10 strikes) 

AZL CUBS ERRORS: 3 
1. 3B Wladimir Galindo: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 
2. 3B Wladimir Galindo: E-5 (throwing error on SH allowed batter to reach 2nd base & runner to advance to 3rd)
3. 3B Carlos Jimenez: E-5 (throwing error on infield single allowed batter to reach 2nd base & runner to score from 2nd)

AZL CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Marcus Mastrobuoni: 1-2 CS, 1 PB

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Zac Rosscup
Michael Foster
Casey Bloomquist
Shawon Dunston Jr

Comments

Submitted by Hagsag on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 07:02 am

AZ Phil, can you give us a scouting report on Pedro Silverio? he seems to be doing well. Also, is Dunston Jr. still dealing with a shoulder problem?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 07:19 am

HAGSAG: Pedro Silverio has a thick lower-body and the stamina needed to be a starter. He was throwing an 89-91 MPH fastball that touched 92, a plus-curve, and a below-average change-up last night. The curve is his definitely his best pitch. He gets swings & misses with the curve. And Silverio's fastball looks a couple of clicks faster when hitters sit on the curve. The change-up is a work-in-progress. Silverio has almost the exact same body-type and stuff (low 90's fastball, plus-curve, nascent change-up) as newly-minted RHP (ex-C) Mark Malave, except Malave wears-down after about 30-40 pitches, while Silverio maintains his stuff up to & beyond 70-75 pitches. 

As far as I know, Dunston is still having shoulder issues, and that's why he went back on the MB DL and why he was sent back to Mesa (where he can participate in the UAPC arm-strengthening program). He can hit.OK. He just has problems throwing. 

Submitted by Cubster on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 07:09 am

Javy Baez broke his ring finger on June 6th. Supposedly it was non-displaced and didn't need surgical fixation. This Saturday will be 6 weeks. Depending on the fracture location and pattern the usual estimate is 4-6 weeks out of action. He should be really soon that he's back in games so expect some updates from AZ Phil on when he gets into games in Arizona.

Submitted by QuietMan on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 07:48 pm

Iowa Cubs ‏@IowaCubs BIG night in store tonight at Principal Park, in addition to being NATIONALLY TELEVISED on @CBSSportsNet No Schwarber. But Cult of OLT!

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 07:20 pm

Whoooo! Mike Olt!: .200/.262/.367 in AAA Maybe he could stay at O&B's place if he ever gets called up again this year? I hope he is learning LF a little bit, anyway to increase his options.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 07:17 am

Unfortunately, there is no longer any room at the inn for Olt. Not with the likes of McKinney, Torres, and even Willie Contreras, among others, milling about the Cubs system. My interest in Olt was limited mostly to last year, when he still had some possible relevance. I was hoping he'd get some playing time to see if he was worth giving playing time to. Now, there's no room for him at all, anywhere, because left field will probably be manned by Schwarber when he's not catching, and my gut feeling is that the TheoPlan is about 30% catching time for him. There really is no place for a guy who hasn't put up awesome numbers in AAA. I loved his potential, but that was last year, when the Cubs had room to experiment. Cult of Olt

Submitted by Carlito on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 07:45 pm

You never know the plan of the great universe until time reveals all. We now know the prophet olt was a martyr of great renown. He sacrificed his hand and career so we could have Bryant (for an extra year). Oh the humility and humanity of Michael Moriarity Olt. He never complained when theo asked him to not have a broken hand for a few more days. For he shall be called Cub.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    he's a low-level cubs star in the modern history of the cubs (c.zambrano, k.wood, r.dempster, etc), but that star has dimmed...and has been dimming since 2021.

    2024 has been ugly the whole way and we're only in mid-april.  homers aside (even though there's been 7 in 17ip) he gave up 29 hits in 20 spring innings and 31 in 17 regular season innings.

    he's pretty much only got 2 pitches at this point in his career and the mix isn't fooling anyone.  he threw a noticable amount more curves in his last start to add to the mix and it didn't help his issues.  he don't have many moves left to break out.

  • Eric S (view)

    Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)

  • Eric S (view)

    Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts.  Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season.  Ouch.  

  • crunch (view)

    m.busch had 0hr and 2 doubles when he was last at wrigley.

    we'll probably see a few more of his jerseys in the seats when they return tomorrow.

    wonder who will go down for taillon.  hey hendricks, you got a hangnail or something?

  • Eric S (view)

    Nice work by Wesneski with some solid defense behind him and the late tack on runs were welcome. Gladly take a 5-4 West Coast swing, particularly down two key starting pitchers … Now just don’t get swept by the Marlins for Pete’s sake. 

  • crunch (view)

    dansby takes the team lead in SB today after a SB with 2 SB total.  the team has 3.  madrigal has the other one.

    cubs also have 7 triples, 7 players each.

  • crunch (view)

    sure am ready for p.wisdom and m.masterboney to swap roster spots.

  • Eric S (view)

    The fifth inning has not been kind to Wicks this season. Giving up leadoff doubles to Tucker Barnhart is also not good for business. IIRC, the Cubs are on the hook for the majority of Barnhart’s salary this season to add insult to injury (could definitely be wrong here). 

  • Cubster (view)

    Kris Bryant to IL with low back strain. He’s keeping the Rockies docs busy.

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