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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# 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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Smokies & I-Cubs get Swept at Riverview

Jared Walsh drilled two RBI singles and scored a run, as the Mobile BayBears (Los Angeles Angels AA affiliate) edged the Tennessee Smokies (Chicago Cubs AA affiliate) 5-4 on Field #5, and Luis Tejada ripped an RBI single, walked twice, and scored a run, helping the Salt Lake Bees (Angels AAA affiliate) slip past the Iowa Cubs (AAA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) 3-2 on Field #6, in Cactus League Minor League doubleheader action Tuesday afternoon at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.  

Bijan Rademacher belted a two-run home run and Victor Caratini hammered two doubles and scored a run for Iowa, and Ian Rice singled, doubled, and scored a run and RHRP Dillon Maples threw two innings of perfect relief (K, 5-3, 6-3, 5-3, 5-3, 4-3) for Tennessee. 

As usual, several players were moved-up from lower-levels for the day to replace Iowa and Tennessee players assigned to the Cubs MLB game at Sloan Park.

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


FIELD #5

TENNESSEE LINEUP:
1. Charcer Burks, LF: 0-3 (F-9, 5-3, 5-3, BB, RBI, SB)
2. Bryant Flete, SS: 0-4 (K, 3-U, 4-3, P-6 DP, RBI)
3. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 0-2 (BB, BB, F-7, K)
4. Eddy Julio Martinez, RF: 0-4 (4-3, F-9, 1-3, P-4)
5. Ian Rice, C-DH: 2-3 (2B, 5-3, 1B, R, PO)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
6. Alberto Mineo, 1B: 0-4 (K, F-8, E-4, F-8, R)
7. Vimael Machin, 2B: 1-3 (BB, 1B, K, 3-U, R)
8a. Brad Markey, P: 0-1 (P-3)
8b. Tyler Pearson, PH-DH-C: 0-3 (K, 5-3, 5-3)
9. Trey Martin, CF: 1-4 (2B, FC+E5, F-9, L-7, R, RBI)

TENNESSEE PITCHERS:
1. Brad Markey: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 2 PO, 5/1 GO/AO, 42 pitches (26 strikes)
2. Scott Effross: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 5/1 GO/AO, 20 pitches (14 strikes)
3. Pedro Araujo: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R (4 ER),1 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 2/1 GO/AO, 39 pitches (24 strikes)
4. Dillon Maples: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 5/0 GO/AO, 30 pitches (18 strikes)

TENNESSEE ERRORS: NONE

TENNESSEE CATCHERS DEFENSE:  
Ian Rice: 0-1 CS 

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FIELD #6

IOWA LINEUP:
X. Jason Vosler, 3B: 0-5 (K, K, 4-3, K, L-4)
NOTE: Vosler batted 2nd in the bottom of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, & 7th innings, and 5th in bottom of the 9th
1. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 1-4 (K, K, 4-3, 1B, SB)
NOTE: SWITCHED SLOTS WITH CANDELARIO FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
2. Jeimer Candelario, 1B: 0-3 (4-3, K, K, BB, R)
3. Mark Zagunis, LF-DH: 1-3 (K, 1B, 6-3)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
4. Victor Caratini, C-DH: 2-3 (2B, 5-4-3 DP, 2B, R)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
5. Erick Castillo, DH-C: 0-1 (BB, 6-3, RBI)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TWO TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
6. Bijan Rademacher, DH-LF: 1-3 (HR, F-7, 6-3, R, 2 RBI)
7. Todd Glaesmann, CF: 0-3 (K, 4-3, K)
8. David Bote, 2B: 0-3 (6-3, K, K)
9. Rafael Narea, SS: 0-3 (4-3, E-6, F-8, CS)

IOWA PITCHERS:
1. Dallas Beeler: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP,  2/1 GO/AO, 37 pitches (23 strikes)
2. Gerardo Concepcion: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 2/3 GO/AO, 28 pitches (16 strikes)
3. Stephen Perakslis: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 29 pitches (20 strikes)
4. Mario Meza: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/2 GO/AO, 37 pitches (19 strikes)
5. Dave Berg: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 4/0 GO/AO, 19 pitches (14 strikes)

IOWA ERRORS: 2
1. SS Rafael Narea: E-6 (errant throw allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. SS Rafael Narea: E-6 (errant throw allowed batter to reach base safely)

IOWA CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Erick Castillo: 0-1 CS

ATTENDANCE: 42

WEATHER: Patrly cloudy & a bit breezy with temperatures in the 70's 

Comments

Yadi 3/45 Only benefactor of WBC Are they only playing 2-3 mlb games a week?

So what is left to sort out on the 25 man season opening roster? LaStella vs Szczur? Will they surprise us with the last spots (so far, no).

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022.