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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 

 



 

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Lackey Sharp at Riverview

Eloy Jimenez knocked-in two runs with a 1st inning RBI double and a 9th inning RBI single, Andruw Monasterio ripped a single and an RBI double, scored a run, and stole a base, and Donnie Dewees tripled, walked, and scored, helping the South Bend Cubs edge the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 5-4 on Field #4, and David Freitas singled twice, walked, and smacked a two-run HR, Matt Murton drilled a two-run double, singled twice, reached base on an HBP, stole a base, and scored a run, Juan Carlos Perez tripled twice, drove-in a run, and scored another, and Jeimer Candelario walked four times, leading the Iowa Cubs to an 8-2 victory over the Tennessee Smokies on Field #6, in Minor League Camp doubleheader action Thursday morning at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.  

RHSP John Lackey was left behind in Mesa when the Cubs departed for Las Vegas, and so he got the start for Iowa on Field #6. The big right-hander worked seven innings (100 pitches - 62 strikes), allowing two runs (both earned) on five hits (four singles and a double) and a walk, with eight strikeouts (five swinging), and a 7/5 GO/AO. At one point he retired eleven in a row.

Miguel Montero served as Lackey's catcher, and went 0-3 at the plate (a FO, an inning-ending GIDP, and a K-swinging on what was a nine-pitch AB) and 0-3 CS (with one throwing error), but he did pick a runner off 2nd base.  

Billy McKinney hammered a double and a triple in a losing cause for Tennessee.

RHSP Jen-Ho Tseng had a rough outing for the Smokies on Field #6, allowing ten hits (including two triples and a double) and four walks in 4.1 IP. 

The game on Field #4 was extended an extra half-inning so that all of the pitchers who were scheduled to throw could get their work. 

Because the MLB Cubs took a number of minor leaguers with them to Vegas, several players were temporariliy moved-up from a lower level group to augment the rosters of the four squads playing at Riverview.

Here are the box scores from the two games: 

FIELD #4 

SOUTH BEND LINEUP:
1. Andruw Monasterio, SS: 2-4 (1B, 2B, 1-3, L-7, R, RBI, SB)
2. Robert Garcia, RF: 1-4 (L-5, 6-5 FC, K, 1B, R, SB, CS)
3. Eddy Julio Martinez, CF: 1-4 (1B, K, F-8, 6-3, R, RBI) 
4. Eloy Jimenez, LF: 2-4 (2B, 1-3, F9, 1B, R, 2 RBI)
5a. Matt Rose, 3B: 0-2 (4-3, F-7)
5b. Adonis Paula, 3B: 0-2 (K, K)
6. Carlos Sepulveda, 2B: 1-4 (1B, K, 3-1, L-8, RBI, PO)
7. P. J. Higgins, C-DH: 1-4 (1B, F-8, K, 6-3)
8. Marcus Mastrobuoni, DH-C: 2-4 (4-6-3 DP, 2B, 1B, 1-3)
9a. Chris Pieters, 1B: 0-3 (K, 1-3, 4-3) 
9b. Tyler Payne, PH-1B: 0-1 (5-3)
10. Donnie Dewees, DH #2: 1-2 (3B, 4-3, BB, R)

MYRTLE BEACH LINEUP:
1. Rashad Crawford, CF: 1-4 (F-7, F-7, 1B, K, PO)
2. Charcer Burks, DH: 0-3 (6-3, 5-3, F-9, BB, CS)
3. Ian Happ, 2B: 0-4 (K, K, 5-3, K)
4. Gleyber Torres, SS: 2-4 (L-8, 1B, F-9, 1B, R, CS)
5. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 1-3 (K, 1B, K, BB, R, 2 SB) 
6a. Ian Rice, C: 0-2 (P-4, F-9, BB, R)
6b. Tyler Alamo, C: 0-0 (F-7 SF, RBI)
7. Jose Paniagua, 1B: 2-3 (K, 1B, 1B, F-7 SF, R, RBI)
8a. Andrew Ely, 3B: 1-3 (F-8, K, 1B, RBI) 
8b. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 0-0 (HBP)
9. Shawon Dunston Jr, LF: 0-3 (BB, 6-4 FC, L-6, F-9)

SOUTH BEND PITCHERS
1. Kyle Miller: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/3 GO/AO, 24 pitches (15 strikes) 
2. Greyfer Eregua: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GO/AO, 31 pitches (20 strikes) 
3. Tyler Peitzmeier: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 PO, 2/2 GO/AO, 30 pitches (20 strikes) 
4. John Williamson: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, 0/2 GO/AO, 36 pitches (20 strikes)
5. Scott Frazier: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 0/3 GO/AO, 2 WP, 21 pitches (11 strikes) 

MYRTLE BEACH PITCHERS:
1. Jake Stinnett: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R (4 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1 PO, 1 GIDP, 6/3 GO/AO, 78 pitches (50 strikes) 
2. Zach Hedges: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 4/4 GO/AO, 55 pitches (36 strikes) 
3. Daury Torres: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GO/AO, 8 pitches (5 strikes) 

SOUTH BEND ERRORS: 2 
1. C P. J. Higgins: E-2 (errant throw on stolen base attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance to 3rd) 
2. C Marcus Mastrobuoni: E-2 (overthrow at 3rd base after play at plate allowed runner to score)  

SOUTH BEND CATCHERS DEFENSE
1. P. J. Higgins: 1-3 CS , 1 E (see above)
2. Marcus Mastrobuoni: 0-1 CS, 1 E (see above) 


FIELD #6

TENNESSEE LINEUP
1. Jake Hannemann, CF: 1-4 (3-U, F-9, 1B, P-6, R, RBI, SB)
2. Chesny Young, 2B: 1-4 (1B, 6-3, 4-3, 5-3, SB)
3a. Victor Caratini, C: 1-3 (5-3, 6-3, 1B, RBI)
3b. Erick Castillo, C: 0-1 (6-3)
4. Jason Vosler, 3B: 0-4 (K, F-7, F-7, F-7)
5. Mark Zagunis, LF: 0-3 (5-3, K, BB, K) 
6. Billy McKinney, RF: 2-4 (2B, K, K, 3B, PO)
7. Kelly Dugan, DH: 0-2 (K, 3-U) 
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED THIRD & FOURTH TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
8. Alberto Mineo, 1B: 0-4 (F-7, K, K, 4-3)
9. Bryant Flete, SS  1-3 (L-7, 1B, K, R, SB)

IOWA LINEUP
1. Danny Lockhart, 2B: 2-5 (1B, 1B, 5-3, F-8, 4-3, R, RBI)
2. Juan Carlos Perez, CF: 2-4 (3B, K, 3B, F-8, R, RBI)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
3. Jeimer Candelario, 3B: 0-1 (BB, BB, BB, 3-U, BB, R, CS, PO) 
4. Dan Vogelbach, DH #1: 1-4  (K, 2B, K, 1-3, BB, R)
5. Matt Murton, LF: 3-4 (1B, K, HBP, 1B, 2B, R, 3 RBI, SB) 
6. Bijan Rademacher, RF: 1-3 (BB, 1B, F-7, F-7 SF, K, RBI)
NOTE: SWITCHED SLOTS WITH BROCKMEYER FOURTH & FIFTH TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
7a. Miguel Montero, C: 0-3 (F-9, 3-6-1 DP, K)
7b. Cael Brockmeyer, C: 1-2 (1B, 4-3, R)
8. David Freitas, 1B: 3-3 (1B, 1B, BB, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI)
9. Ben Carhart, DH #2: 0-3 (F-7, 5-3, 6-3)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
10. Ryan Dent, SS: 2-3 (1B, 6-3, 1B, BB)
 
TENNESSEE PITCHERS
1. Jen-Ho Tseng: 4.1 IP, 10 H, 3 R (3 ER), 4 BB, 4 K, 1 PO, 1 GIDP, 4/2 GO/AO, 78 pitches (41 strikes) 
2. Josh Conway: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1/1 GO/AO, 22 pitches (11 strikes) 
3. Gerardo Concepcion: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 15 pitches (10 strikes) 
4. James Pugliese: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1/1 GO/AO, 20 pitches (9 strikes) 
5. Jordan Minch: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 26 pitches (13 strikes) 

IOWA PITCHERS
1. John Lackey: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 8 K, 7/5 GO/AO, 100 pitches (62 strikes) 
2. Brandon Gomes: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 13 pitches (11 strikes)
3. Jeffry Antigua: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches (9 strikes) 

TENNESSEE ERRORS: NONE

IOWA ERRORS: 1 
C Miguel Montero: E-2 (errant throw on stolen base attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance to 3rd)

TENNESSEE CATCHERS DEFENSE
1. Victor Caratini: 1-1 CS 
2. Erick Castillo: 0-1 CS 

IOWA CATCHERS DEFENSE
Miguel Montero: 0-3 CS, 1 PO, 1 E (see above)

ATTENDANCE: 39 

WEATHER: Mostly sunny with temperatures in the 70's 

Comments

F'n Dusty, he keeps batting Neifi 2nd........*wakes up in a cold sweat* Ohhh dear god, it was just a bad dream. Thank god.

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In reply to by MikeC

Clearly you just don't understand the dynamics of baseball. Sure a lot of people said, 'Put Cedeno in.' What was Dusty supposed to do? Push Neifi out now? That guy saved us. Next you are going to tell me that walks don't clog the bases and home runs don't kill rallies.

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In reply to by MikeC

From Rotoworld "It hasn't happened much, but Dusty Baker used his common sense lineup today, with Rendon hitting second and Daniel Murphy batting fifth in between Ryan Zimmerman and Jayson Werth. That'd be the better arrangement even ignoring handedness. Considering that using Murphy second and Rendon sixth, as Baker often has this spring, would leave him with three straight lefties followed by four straight righties, it's mindblowing that he's even considering batting Murphy second."

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In reply to by Newport

it's a dusty formula old as time...contact without much Ks = you're batting 2nd, dude. yeah, it's stupid...but it's as reliable of a dusty-managing trait as anything he's ever done as a manager.

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In reply to by jacos

I thank god everyday the team was sold to owners that like Baseball and then went out and got the best GM and best talent scouts. The best GM then gutted the team, built a farm system. Not a fake Hendry/Mcphail farm system, but a real professional system stocked with the best talent in baseball. Then the best GM hired the best coach and as the team gets nearer to going over the top adds premier talent to help it along. Like a real GM should.

AZ Phil, any early impressions of Eddy Julio Martinez's defense in CF?

BRADSBEARD: EJM looks OK (so far) in CF, but he has mostly played corner OF. He has the range and arm needed to play CF, but what I need to see more of him doing (and this is the make-or-break part of playing CF) is reading the ball off the bat and route-running in games. You just can't replicate that in outfield practice. So I would need to see a lot more of EJM playing CF in games before forming a conclusion about whether he can play CF on a regular or semi-regular basis. 

This applies to Javy Baez being able to play CF as well, BTW, just like it applied to Eric Patterson, Junior Lake, and other Cub prospects who have been tried in CF over the years and been found wanting.

Speed, range, and arm matter, but if a player (even a player who is really good at catching infield pop-ups) can't consistently get a good jump on a ball and run directly to the right spot, he's going to struggle playing CF, and ultimately will cost his team runs and probably games. Part of it can be learned, but in a lot of cases, you either have the aptitude to play CF or you don't, and being able to play corner OF or middle INF does not automatically mean a player can play CF, too. 

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

The best I have seen recently is Joc Pederson. I was at a Cubs-Dodgers game last year -- at the crack of the bat, he instantly sprinted to where the ball would come down and was waiting, in a perfect position to throw. It's hard to pick up on TV, because you don't see the OF at the moment of impact. But, man, was that impressive -- and, as AZ Phil says, it looked more like a natural aptitude than a learned skill, like Barry Sanders making would-be tacklers miss. He just knew how to do it.

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

AZ Phil, as a former OF, I couldn't have said it better. I wish playing the OF was as simple as too many people think it is. Had a question on your take on Clayton Richard: since, he wasn't cut prior to Opening Day (yet); do you think Theo/Jed have a deal in place to move another pitcher (e.g. Wood, Ramirez)? Can't believe Maddon wants to go with a 4 man bench when Baez is ready.

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In reply to by George Altman

GEORGE A:  I don't know what the Cubs plan to do once Baez is ready to return.

Clayton Richard could still get released and they could just keep Aaron Brooks (who hasn't been optioned yet) on the 25-man roster for a few days until Baez is reinstated, but if the Cubs do release Clayton Richard (or convince him to accept an Optional Assignment to Iowa), they will need to do that prior to MLB Opening Day in order for it to make sense financially.  

Or, because Baez, Beeler, and Villanueva have not yet officially been placed on the DL, the Cubs could recall a position player who has already been optioned (like Arismendy Alcantara, for example) when they place Baez and the other two on the DL. Nornmally a player who is optioned to the minors prior to MLB Opening Day has to spend the first ten days of the MLB regular season on optional assignment, but because he would technically be replacing a player on the Cubs MLB Active List who is placed on  the DL, the ten-day rule would not apply. 

BTW, the DL assignments of Baez, Beeler, and Villanueva will be back-dated to Friday 3/25 (the furthest back in Spring Training that DL assignments can be back-dated), so Baez could be reinstated as early as Saturday 4/9 when the Cubs are in Arizona playing the Diamondbacks (presuming Baez is ready to play by then).

I was kind of expecting to maybe see Baez play in a minor league game at Riverview yesterday and/or today (because minor league Spring Training games don't affect a club's ability to back-date a DL assignment), but he did not. 

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.