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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is on the 60-DAY IL 

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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# bats both

PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* 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: 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Cease Fires Blanks at Greenjackets

Cubs top pitching prospect Dylan Cease tossed 3-1/3 innings of two-hit shutout ball (while issuing one walk and striking out six), Marcus Mastrobuoni (RBI double), Roberto Caro (RBI triple), and Luis Ayala (RBI single) contributed run-scoring hits in a three-run 5th as the Cubs took a 3-0 lead, and then after the Greenjackets replied with one run in the 5th, one in the 7th, and three more in the 8th to take a 5-3 lead, Jhonny Pereda slugged a two-run home run over the LF fence in the top of the 9th to tie the game, as the South Bend Cubs (Lo-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) and the Augusta Greenjackets (Lo-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants) played to a 5-5 tie on Field #2, and LHP Conner Menez hurled four innings of no-run no-hit ball and combined with four relievers to spin a four-hitter and Jalen Miller drilled an RBI triple and a double and scored two runs, leading the San Jose Giants (Hi-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants) to a 7-2 victory over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs Hi-A affiliate) on Field #1, in Cactus League Minor League doubleheader action Thursday morning at Indian School Park in Scottsdale, AZ.  

Michael Cruz broke-up the San Jose no-hitter with a one-out line-drive single to right in the top of the 5th, and Connor Myers belted an opposite-field solo HR to put Myrtle Beach on the board in the top of the 6th, but otherwise the Pelicans didn't produce much offense. 

Here are the abridged box scores from the two games (Cubs players only):  


FIELD #1

MYRTLE BEACH LINEUP:
1. D. J. Wilson, CF: 1-2 (BB, L-8, 1B, F-8 SF, RBI, 2 SB, CS, PO)
2. P. J. Higgins, C-DH: 0-3 (K, L-6, BB, 4-6 FC, SB)
3a. Chris Pieters, RF: 0-3 (K, P-6, F-7)
3b. Robert Garcia, RF: 0-1 (K)
4a. Trent Giambrone, 2B: 0-3 (L-8, F-9, K)
4b. Carlos Sepulveda, 2B: 0-1 (F-8)
5a. Michael Cruz, DH: 1-3 (P-4, 1B, 6-3)
5b. Franklin Tineo, C: 0-1 (3-U) 
6. Wladimir Galindo, 3B: 0-3 (F-8, P-2, K)
7. Tyler Alamo, 1B: 1-3 (K, K, 2B, R)
8a. Connor Myers, LF:  1-2 (P-3, HR, R, RBI)
8b. Jonathan Sierra, LF: 0-1 (F-9)
9a. Bryant Flete, SS: 0-2 (4-3, 4-3)
9b. Aramis Ademan, SS: 0-0 (BB)

MYRTLE BEACH PITCHERS:
1. Justin Steele: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 2/4 GO/AO, 60 pitches (40 strikes)
2. Casey Bloomquist: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 7/1 GO/AO, 57 pitches (36 strikes) 
3. John Williamson: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 28 pitches (14 strikes) 
4. Greyfer Eregua: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 2/0 GO/AO, 18 pitches (11 strikes)

MYRTLE BEACH ERRORS: 3
1. 3B Wladimir Galindo: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. 1B Tyler Alamo: E-3 (missed catch on attempted pick-off at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 2nd)
3. P John Williamson: E-1 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)

MYRTLE BEACH CATCHERS DEFENSE:
P. J. Higgins: 0-1 CS
 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

FIELD #2

SOUTH BEND LINEUP:
1. Luis Ayala, CF: 1-4 (F-7, BB, 1B, 6-3, K, RBI, SB, CS)
2. Yeiler Peguero, 2B: 0-3 (1-U, 5-3, K, BB)
3. Isaac Paredes, 3B: 0-4 (P-3, 1-U, K, 6-3)
4. Kevin Zamudio, 1B: 0-4 (5-3, F-7, E-5, 5-3)
5. Jose Gutierrez, LF: 1-4 (6-3, L-7, L-8, 1B, R)
6. Jhonny Pereda, C: 2-4 (E-5, 1B, F-9, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI)
7. Marcus Mastrobuoni, DH: 2-4 (5-4 FC, 2B, 1B, F-7, R, RBI)
8. Andruw Monasterio, SS: 0-4 (F-9, F-7, K, F-8)
9. Roberto Caro, RF: 2-4 (3-U, 3B, 4-3, 2B, R, RBI)

SOUTH BEND PITCHERS:
1. Dylan Cease: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 1/2 GO/AO, 58 pitches (33 strikes)
2. Mark Malave: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 2/2 GO/AO, 21 pitches (13 strikes)
3. Matt Swarmer: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GO/AO, 28 pitches (20 strikes)
4. Luis Aquino: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GO/AO, 39 pitches (22 strikes)

SOUTH BEND ERRORS: 3
1. CF Luis Ayala: E-8 (dropped fly ball allowing batter to reach 2nd base safely)
2. SS Andruw Monasterio: E-6 (errant throw to 1st base on infield single allowed runner on 1st to advance to 3rd)
3. C Jhonny Pereda: E-2 (overthrow at 2nd base on SB attempt allowed runner to advance to 3rd)

SOUTH BEND CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Jhonny Pereda: 1-4 CS, 1 E (see above)

SOUTH BEND OUTFIELD ASSIST
:
CF Luis Ayala - batter thrown out 8-2-6 attempting to advance from 1st to 2nd after RBI single to CF

SOUTH BEND BASERUNNING ADVENTURES:
Luis Ayala - thrown out 7-4 attempting to take an extra base on two-out RBI single

ATTENDANCE: 35

WEATHER: Mostly cloudy & breezy with temperatures in the 70's

Comments

b.anderson is going to be the #4 starter...hendricks #5. maddon didn't want anderson/lester going back to back.

l.lynn removed from the cards game for "precautionary reasons" they later returned to tell the TV crew the exact same thing, only he would still be in the game if it was the regular season. they haven't let on what body part they're concerned about. fwiw, he was throwing 87-88mph when he left the game in the 1st. he was either not getting it going or he's injured. we'll find out. also, his replacement (gant) left the game in the 1st with a leg injury. classiest injuries in baseball.

heyward playing CF again in the COL split squad game. also, schwarber caught 4 innings of a minor league game yesterday.

heyward playing the "b-team" non-televised split squad game again. j.jay joins him as the other probable regular in the lineup.

rizzo takes the 1st pitch by the reds (t.adleman) out of the park to somewhere near flagstaff. damn.

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In reply to by crunch

almora HR, too. e.butler (yes, the pitcher) knocks in a run...this is getting ugly. 1 out, 29 pitches, 1bb, 2 singles, 3 doubles, 2HR, 6 runs in, and rizzo comes to the plate again. adleman kinda sucks. rizzo K, bryant popout...and his torture is over. baseball!

votto is getting into it with some fan(s) behind home plate who keeps calling balls/strikes and time while he's batting and the ball is being delivered. people that go to games to scream at players are a f'n headache. some people like them...i tend to not like being around those type of "some people."

Soler hitting .143 this spring, and is now dealing with the dread strained oblique.

Cubs going with the offense-first OF tonight with Happ, Almora and Schwarber starting from left to right field. Also, Kyle Hendricks sent back to Arizona after a reported case of food poisoning from a Taco Bell. Yeah right -- that's the ONE guy on the roster you can't trust to stay out of trouble while in Vegas!

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I think if you had ranked players by how much the team could ill afford to have them miss significant time, Steele would be right at the top of the list.

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it