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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

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# bats both

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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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2015 Cubs AZ Advanced Instructional League - Final Stats

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

2015 Cubs Arizona Advanced Instructional League - Final Stats

There is no Official Scorer at AZ Advanced Instrucs games, so all stats are unofficial

2015 ANGELS/CUBS CO-OP SQUAD record in AZ Advanced Instructional League: 8-5-3 

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POSITION PLAYERS 

* bats left 
# bats both

"SLASH-LINE" below POSITION PLAYERS names = AVG/OBP/SLG 

NOTE: POSITION PLAYERS ARE SORTED BY PLATE APPEARANCES (PA)

* DAN VOGELBACH (1B)   
250/419/344 
43 PA (12 GAMES) 
8-32 - 3 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 10 BB, 5 K, 1 SF, 1 GIDP, 0 SB (2 CS), 1 PO  
DEFENSE: 11-1B, 1-DH 
ERRORS: NONE 

CHARCER BURKS (OF)
135/158/189 
38 PA (12 GAMES)
5-37 - 0 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 0 SB (0 CS), 1 PO
DEFENSE: 6-CF, 4-LF, 2-DH
ERRORS: NONE
OUTFIELD ASSISTS: 1

# VICTOR CARATINI (C-1B)
273/368/545
38 PA (13 GAMES)
9-33 - 2 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R, 5 BB, 6 K, 1 GIDP
DEFENSE: 10-C, 2-1B, 1 -DH  
ERRORS: 2 (both E-2)
CATCHERS DEFENSE: 1-11 CS (9%), 1 PO 

* SHAWON DUNSTON JR (OF) 
412/447/441
38 PA (11 GAMES) 
14-34 - 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 5 R, 3 BB, 7 K, 1 SF, 1 GIDP, 2 SB (1 CS), 3 PO
DEFENSE: 9-LF, 1-CF, 1-DH 
ERRORS: 1 (E-7)

JEFFREY BAEZ (RF)
242/286/273
35 PA (10 GAMES) 
8-33 - 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 5 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 SB (1 CS) 
DEFENSE: 9-RF, 1-DH
ERRORS: NONE 
OUTFIELD ASSISTS: 1 

* RASHAD CRAWFORD (OF) 
172/273/241
33 PA (11 GAMES) 
5-29 - 0 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 6 R, 4 BB, 7 K, 1 SB (0 CS)
DEFENSE: 4-LF, 4-CF, 3-RF 
ERRORS: 2 (one E-7 and one E-8)
OUTFIELD ASSISTS: 1

CHESNY YOUNG (2B-SS) 
375/394/406
33 PA (8 GAMES) 
12-32 - 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K,  3 SB (2 CS)
DEFENSE: 5-SS, 3-2B
ERRORS: 2 (both E-6) 

# FRANDY de la ROSA (2B)  
238/273/333 
22 PA (6 GAMES) 
5-21 - 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 GIDP, 0 SB (1 CS) 
DEFENSE: 6-2B  
ERRORS: NONE  

* JASON VOSLER (SS) 
500/667/500
3 PA (1 GAME) 
1-2 - 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 SB (0 CS) 
DEFENSE: 1-SS
ERRORS: NONE

TAYLOR TEAGARDEN (C)
NO PA
DEFENSE: 1-C 
ERRORS: NONE 
CATCHERS DEFENSE: 0-1 CS (0%) 

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PITCHERS

* throws left

NOTE: PITCHERS ARE SORTED BY INNINGS PITCHED (IP)

DUANE UNDERWOOD
5.29 ERA - 1.47 WHIP - .300 OppBA
17.0 IP, 21 H, 12 R (10 ER), 4 BB, 18 K, 1 HR, 3 WP, 17/14 GO/AO, 62% strikes, 14.7 PITCHES-PER-INNING
NO ERRORS
4 GAMES (4 GS) 

JAMES PUGLIESE
4.50 ERA - 1.25 WHIP - .205 Opp BA 
12.0 IP, 9 H, 6 R (6 ER), 6 BB, 14 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 1 GIDP, 10/11 GO/AO, 66% strikes, 16.0 PITCHES-PER-INNING 
NO ERRORS
6 GAMES (1 GS)

TYLER SKULINA
3.00 ERA - 1.25 WHIP - .184 Opp BA
12.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R (4 ER), 8 BB, 9 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1 PO, 1 GIDP, 11/11 GO/AO, 58% strikes, 14.7 PITCHES-PER-INNING
ERRORS: 1 
3 GAMES (2 GS)

MICHAEL JENSEN
1.13 ERA - 0.88 WHIP - .172 Opp BA
8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 8 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 8/8 GO/AO, 65% strikes, 14.5 PITCHES-PER-INNING
NO ERRORS
6 GAMES  

MATT BRAZIS 
4.70 ERA - 1.30 WHIP - .310 Opp BA 
7.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R (4 ER), 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 1 GIDP, 7/6 GO/AO, 59% strikes, 13.3 PITCHES-PER-INNING 
NO ERRORS: 
6 GAMES 

STEVE PERAKSLIS 
1.29 ERA - 0.86 WHIP - .231 Opp BA
7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 1 GIDP, 9/7 GO/AO, 63% strikes, 13.6 PITCHES-PER-INNING 
NO ERRORS 
7 GAMES 

* ERIC JOKISCH
4.26 ERA - 0.95 WHIP - .273 Opp BA 
6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1 PO, 2 GIDP, 10/3 GO/AO, 73% strikes, 11.1 PITCHES-PER-INNING 
NO ERRORS 
1 GAME (1 GS) 

* ROB ZASTRYZNY 
0.00 ERA - 0.50 WHIP - .100 Opp BA 
6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 3/11 GO/AO, 67% strikes, 13.2 PITCHES-PER-INNING
NO ERRORS
2 GAMES (1 GS)
 
* JORDAN MINCH 
3.38 ERA - 1.82 WHIP - .350 Opp BA 
5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 5 K, 1 GIDP, 4/4 GO/AO, 53% strikes, 18.9 PITCHES-PER-INNING
NO ERRORS
5 GAMES 

DAVID GARNER 
4.50 ERA - 1.50 WHIP - .333 Opp BA 
2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 5/0 GO/AO, 59% strikes, 16.0 PITCHES-PER-INNING 
NO ERRORS 
2 GAMES 

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Comments

Submitted by K Dub on Sat, 10/17/2015 - 10:22 am

Thanks, AZ Phil, for compiling these stats for us once again. Will you be attending/reporting on any AFL games? Jeimer's been lighting it up thus far...

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 10/17/2015 - 10:39 am

K-DUB: I'll be attending AFL games, but I probably won't be doing any posts because the game reports & stats are available at mlb.com.

The main reason I do the game reports & stats from Extended Spring Training and Instructs and Minor League Camp is to provide the "missing links" that are not available elsewhere on the web. If they were available elsewhere, I wouldn't bother with posting the reports & stats. 

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Submitted by K Dub on Sun, 10/18/2015 - 10:05 am

Well, we greatly appreciate you taking the time to give us all access to stats and information we would otherwise have no access to. I check the box scores on the AFL games regularly. Just was wondering if you share your observations on such games. I'm trying to get out to see a couple games myself. Thanks again.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 10/17/2015 - 10:18 am

CUBS WAY + AZ PHIL Thanks PHIL for the stats. Now that the Theo/Jed/Jason regime has been in place for a few years, I am wondering if yoi have noticed a definitive difference between development of players post-Hendry, and pre-Hendry? Are you seeing things in AZ that just were not done previously that are being stressed now? Larger number of coaches? Different drills? Better pitching direction? It is something I asked a couple years ago, but now there has been enough time settle in that I was curious how things have progressed. Thanks.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 10/17/2015 - 10:22 pm

E-MAN: The Cubs Player Development Program has changed in various ways under the new regime.  

The Cubs now have a "Player Development Plan" for each minor league pitcher and player, which basically lists and explains (in detail) what each individual pitcher or player is trying to accomplish, and the pitcher's or player's development & instruction history up to that point in time. So when a minor league coach or instructor works one-on-one with a particular pitcher or player during the course of Minor League Camp, Extended Spring Training, the minor league regular season, and/or Instructs, the coach or instructor knows exactly what that player is working on, what problems the pitcher or player may be having, and what instruction the player has received from other coaches & instructors.  

For example, I can recall vividly pitchers & players at Fitch Park back in the day telling me that one coach would tell the pitcher or player one thing, and then a month later another coach would tell him something different, sometimes exactly the opposite. And then the kid would sometimes ask ME(?) for advice (like "What should I do?" or " Who should I listen to?"). Needless to say, a lot of players would end up either getting totally confused, or would just stop listening to everybody and try to go it alone. The lucky ones might find one particular coach or instructor who would become the player's "guru" (so to speak), and that would work (but just for that player or pitcher). 

Also, the philosophy of instruction varied from coach to coach. Some coaches would yell at players (sort of like a boot camp drill instructor), while others would be almost passive and wait for the player to approach the coach, and then others would just do bizarre stuff. Like I can recall a particular coach who was serving as game manager at Extended Spring Training one year, and he decided to bench players DURING A GAME (by having the player's slot in the batting order get skipped next time up) if the player got called out on strikes. This was not conducive to getting good results. (When you see a slot in the batting order being skipped in a Minor League Camp,  EXST, or instructs game , it's usually because a catcher is needed to warm -up a pitcher in the bullpen,  or because a player has finished his work for the day, or to get another player an additional AB, and NOT because the player got called out on strikes in his the previous AB!).   

In addition, the new regime has implemented a sophisticated video (and audio) operation that records everything that happens on the field during games (including Minor League Camp, Extended Spring Training, and Instructs, as well as intrasquad activity & "sim" games, too, and sometimes even BP, infield practice, PFPs, and bullpen side-sessions), and members of the organization can call-up the videos from anywhere at anytime. 

Minor League Field Coordinator Tim Cossins has made Instructs (I'm talking about the "basic" version, not advanced instruicts) about instruction and not about playing games against other organizations. Time that formally was spent playing games against other organizations is now spent working on drills and playing "sim" games that can be stopped in mid-inning (if necessary) for a "teaching moment." In fact, the Cubs are the only MLB club in Ariziona that does not play "basic" instructs games against other organizations. Every day is "Camp Day," full of instruction without worrying about stopping a drill so that the team can get BP in before the bus leaves for an AZIL game at another ball park. It works so well for the Cubs, I'm surprised more teams don't stop playing AZIL games and spend that time on instruction. (Again, I''m talking about "basic" instructs, not advanced instructs, which is really more of a "junior AFL"). 

The instruction itself has also changed, with more conventional "teaching" techniques, like what would be essentially a unique "lesson plan" for each day, and making the drills more fun for the players by finding more-interesting ways to present a particular drill and teach a particular skill.  

Players are allowed to fail and make mistakes or errors without being verbally abused, while at the same having the nistake or error addressed by a coach or instructor immediately (instead of waiting for the next day, as happens when players are playing games most every day against other organizations).  

The Cubs also make use of the auditorium at the Under Armour Performance Center after field work for what would be essentially "classroom" instruction, with use of multi-media to keep it interesting for the players (remember, a lot of these kids are teenagers!)  
 
So with a Player Development Plan for each player (where coaches, instructors, and players are now on the "same page"), a video operation that allows members of the Player Development Department (the director, managers, coaches, and instructors) to actually see (in "real" time if desired ) what each player is actualy doing ON THE FIELD, a heightened emphasis on actual field instruction over playing games against other organizations, and classtroom instruction ("mental skills") that's presented in a fun and interesting way, the Cubs Player Development Department is on the cutting edge of professional baseball instruction. 

While some might say that therefore the Cubs should develop more big league players, the Player Development Department can only do what it can do to help the player reach hisd potential. The player has to do his part, and the Scouting Department has to provide the players to the Player Development Department who have the talent and potential to become MLB players and pitchers. 

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 10/17/2015 - 10:25 pm

PHIL: Thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed reply. This is the VERY FIRST time I have had such a comprehensive explanation of what this new management has been trying to impliment, as well as understanding how archaic the old system had been. The individual player's plan is so innovative (finally) and the immediate access to others in the org is just great. Sort of reminds me of a patient's "chart" or something! It seems from your description as if this is becoming truly a finely-tuned "trade-school" for baseball which I am thrilled to hear. Can't thank you enough.

Submitted by azbobbop on Sat, 10/17/2015 - 10:35 pm

AZPhil, now that the instructs are over, who stood out to you as making advances this year?

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