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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

Last updated 4-23-2024
 
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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
* 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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South Bend & Myrtle Beach Get Swept at Fitch Park

The Beloit Snappers (Oakland Athletics Lo-A affiliate) defeated the South Bend Cubs (Lo-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) 5-2 on Field #3, and the Stockton Ports (A's Hi-A affiliate) edged the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs Hi-A affiliate) 5-4 on Field #4, in Cactus League Minor League doubleheader action Wednesday afternoon at the Lew Wolff Training Complex at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.

Miguel Guzman belted a solo HR for Beloit and Chris Pieters smacked a solo HR for the SB Cubs on Field #3.   

Kevonte Mitchell left the game on Field #3 after being hit in the head by a fly ball in foul territory in the bottom of the 4th inning. 

Both Cubs starting pitchers (South Bend LHSP Carson Sands on Field #3 and Myrtle Beach RHSP Erick Leal on Field #4) fared poorly, allowing a combined seven runs on twelve hits (including five doubles and a triple), five walks, and a HBP (and a WP) in just 5.1 IP. 

Because of the Cubs-Rangers Futures Game in Surprise, more than the usual number of position players from the Eugene/Mesa squad (Extended Spring Training group) were temporarily added to the South Bend and Myrtle Beach rosters on Wednesday to replace absent players.    

John Arguello has posted pics & observations from Tuesday's AA and AAA games at Riverview at Cubs Den:

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Here are the abridged box scores from the two games played Wednesday at Fitch Park (Cubs players only): 

FIELD #3

SOUTH BEND LINEUP:
1. Robert Garcia, CF: 1-4 (1B, F-7, 6-3, 6-3) 
2a. Kevonte Mitchell, RF: 1-2 (1-3, 3B, R)
2b. Kwang-Min Kwon, RF: 0-2 (K, K)
3. Blake Headley, 3B: 1-4 (K, P-4, K, 1B)
4a. Tyler Payne, DH: 1-2 (F-8, 1B, RBI)
4b. Angelo Amendolare, PH-DH: 0-2 (5-3, 4-3 DP)
5. Chris Pieters, 1B: 1-4 (L-8, K, HR, K, R, RBI) 
6. Vimael Machin, 2B: 1-3 (F-7, 1B, F-8)
7a. Alex Bautista, LF: 0-2 (4-3, K) 
7b. Yohan Matos, LF: 0-1 (K) 
8a. Erick Castillo, C: 1-2 (2B, 5-3) 
8b. Jordan Hankins, C: 0-1 (5-3)
9a. Ho-Young Son, SS; 1-2 (F-8 DP, 1B, SB)
9b. Andruw Monasterio, SS: 0-1 (5-3) 

SOUTH BEND PITCHERS
1. Carson Sands: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 2/2 GO/AO, 64 pitches (38 strikes) 
2. Kyle Twomey: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 5/0 GO/AO, 37 pitches (26 strikes)
3. Trey Masek: 1.1 IP, 0 H,  0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 GIDP, 1/0 GO/AO, 31 pitches (20 strikes) 
4. Greyfer Eregua: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 1/1 GO/AO, 24 pitches (14 strikes) 

SOUTH BEND ERRORS: 3 
1. RF Kevonte Mitchell: E-9 (missed catch in foul territory allowed AB to continue)
2. P Trey Masek: E-1 (errant throw to 1st base allowed batter to reach base safely) 
3. SS Ho-Young Son: E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 

SOUTH BEND CATCHERS DEFENSE
Erick Castillo: 0-1 CS 


FIELD #4

MYRTLE BEACH LINEUP:
1. Andrew Ely, SS:  1-4 (BB, 6-3, 2B, P-4, L-7, 2 R, SB)
2. Daniel Spingola, RF: 2-4 (1B, 1B, F-8, F-8, SB) 
3. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 1-4 (K, 6-4 FC, K, 1B) 
4. Jeffrey Baez, CF: 1-3 (L-8 SF-DP, 6-3, 1B, E-5, R, 2 RBI, 2 SB)
5a. Yasiel Balaguert, LF: 1-3 (1B, K, 6-3) 
5b. Jose Paniagua, 1B: 0-1 (4-3)
6. Tyler Alamo, DH: 1-4 (1B, 6-3, F-9, F-8) 
7a. Tyler Pearson, C: 0-2 (6-4-3 DP, K)
7b. Donnie Cimino, PH-LF: 2-2 (2B, 1B, R)
8. Alberto Mineo, 1B-C: 1-4 (L-7, F-8, F-8, 1B)
9a. Sutton Whiting, 2B: 0-2 (L-1, K)
9b. Edgar Rondon, PH-2B: 0-2 (K, 1-3, RBI)

MYRTLE BEACH PITCHERS
1. Erick Leal: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R (4 ER), 3 BB, 1 K, 1 PO, 5/1 GO/AO, 62 pitches (34 strikes) 
2. Sam Wilson: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GO/AO, 11 pitches (7 strikes)
3. Jordan Minch: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 2/2 GO/AO, 34 pitches (21 strikes)  
4. Ryan McNeil: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GO/AO, 20 pitches (11 strikes)
5. Tommy Nance: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 7 pitches (5 strikes) 

MYRTLE BEACH ERRORS: NONE 

MYRTLE BEACH CATCHERS DEFENSE
Tyler Pearson: 0-1 CS 

MYRTLE BEACH OUTFIELD ASSISTS
RF Daniel Spingola - batter thrown out 9-6 attempting to stretch single into double

ATTENDANCE: 24 

WEATHER: Sunny and breezy with temperatures in the 70's |

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  • crunch (view)

    PCA called up.

  • crunch (view)

    welp...

    bellinger...fractured rib.

    a not-very-ready PCA will probably be called up when it would be much better for him to be in AAA getting regular ABs.

  • crunch (view)

    i have no hard data, but i'm seeing the same thing.

    there used to be some parks where that was rampant (colorado during the todd helton days comes to mind), but i'm seeing it all over the place the past couple seasons.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I’ll spare the details which I’ve stated before but, in short, the Cardinals have lost their sight of their successful identity and strategy over last several dominant decades. From the beginning of the season I saw the Cardinals being in last place or near it again this year, and my prediction is that Mozeliak will be gone after the end of the season.

  • Bill (view)

    I would have kept Cooper rather than Wisdom, but at least I can understand why they did it.  In a team that lacks dominant power hitters, Wisdom can be a dominant power hitter, at least in streaks.  I suppose that there is always the possibility that the streaks longer in both duration and frequency.  I will be content if they essentially make a 100 % DH commitment to Mervis against righties and Wisdom against lefties.  When a regular needs rest, give them total rest, rather than a DH rest.  Do this for at least 2 months, and then re-evaluate at that point.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    This is Cubs adjacent but…


    Jordan Walker just was optioned by the deadbirds. For all the talk of the Cardinals development machine, they’ve really missed on a lot of can’t miss superstars lately. Walker has struggled. Gorman has been okay. They’re already trying to push Carlson out the door. Their pitching system has been so bad they had to go out and sign basically a full rotation over the last two offseasons.

    They’ve still developed a few of those pesky solid players, like Donovan, Edman, and Nootbaar. Their two best prospect to MLB players have been Adolis and Arozarena, neither of which is a cardinal.

    I hope they never figure it out again. Cardinal failure brings me such joy.
     

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!