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

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Diamondback Whirlwind Leaves Cubs in Dust at Salt River Fields

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Luis Lara slugged a two-run HR and a triple, Raymel Flores laced a bases-loaded three-run triple and a single, and Juan Araujo belted an RBI triple and a single, as the Diamondbacks rallied from an early 5-1 deficit to eventually outslug the Cubs 13-7 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Saturday morning on Whirlwind Field at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Resort east of Scottsdale, AZ. 

Jose Gutierrez tripled and scored on an Aramis Ademan RBI GO and Kevin Cornelius walked and Miguel Amaya doubled and both scored on a Kwangmin Kwon two-run double into the RF corner as the Cubs scored three times in the top of the 1st, Orian Nunez clubbed a solo HR leading-off the inning and Fernando Kelli doubled and scored on a two-out RBI single by Ademan in the 2nd to give the Cubs a 5-1 lead, and then after the Diamondbacks tied it up with a four-run 4th, Henderson Perez tripled off the right-centerfield fence and Rafael Narea knocked him in with an RBI double into the LF corner and scored later in the inning on an error as the Cubs scored twice in the 6th to take back the lead 7-5, only to watch the D'backs score eight unanswered runs over the final three innings to grab the victory. 

Through the first three weeks of Cactus League Extended Spring Training games, the Cubs are 7-8-3, after starting 5-1.     

Kevin Cornelius (selected from the New York Yankees AA Trenton affuliate in the AAA Phase of the 2016 Rule 5 Draft) saw his first game action of 2017 after fracturing his left hand in Minor League Camp. He played 1B for five innings and went 1-2 in three PA (the previously-mentioned first-inning walk, an F-9 FO in the 2nd, and a double in the 4th).  

Here is the abridged box score from today's game (Cubs players only):

CUBS LINEUP:
1. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 1-5 (3B, F-9, 4-3, L-6, 6-3, R)
2. Aramis Ademan, SS: 1-5 (4-3, 1B, 4-3, L-9, 4-3, 2 RBI)
3a. Kevin Cornelius, 1B: 1-2 (BB, F-9, 2B, R)
3b. Rafael Mejia, 1B: 1-1 (1B, CS)
4a. Miguel Amaya, DH #1: 2-3 (2B, 1B, F-9, R)
4b. Gustavo Polanco, PH: 0-1 (P-4)
5a. Kwangmin Kwon, RF: 1-3 (2B, F-7, P-3, 2 RBI)
5b. Ruben Reyes, RF: 0-1 (4-3)
6. Henderson Perez, C-DH: 2-4 (K, 4-6 FC, 3B, 1B, R)
7. Rafael Narea, 3B: 1-4 (P-4, P-3, 2B, F-9, R, RBI)
8. Orian Nunez, 2B: 1-4 (HR, F-9, K, 6-4 FC, R, RBI)
9. Franklin Tineo, DH-C: 1-4 (F-9, 2B, F-7, F-8)
10a. Fernando Kelli, LF: 1-3 (2B, L-8, E-7, R)
10b. Tolly Filotei, LF: 1-1 (1B) 

CUBS PITCHERS:  
1. Andry Rondon: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO, 17 pitches (8 strikes) 
2. Jack Leathersich: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 15 pitches (8 strikes) 
3. Nathan Sweeney: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R (4 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 4/0 GO/AO, 36 pitches (16 strikes) 
4. Carlos Ocampo: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP, 1 WP, 1/3 GO/AO, 41 pitches (22 strikes) 
5. Jed Carter: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 2/2 GO/AO, 36 pitches (20 strikes) 
6. Andin Diaz: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GO/AO, 22 pitches (7 strikes)   

CUBS ERRORS: 3
1. 3B Rafael Narea: E-5 (errant throw to 2nd base after play at 3rd allowed runner to score from 3rd)
2. P Jed Carter: E-1 (errant throw on pick-off attempt at 2nd base allowed runner to advance to 3rd) 
3. 3B Rafael Narea: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
1. Henderson Perez: 1 PB 
2. Franklin Tineo: 0-1 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 6 
WEATHER: Sunny & breezy with temperatures in the 70's 

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 04/29/2017 - 04:16 pm

adam eaton (WAS) torn ACL...assumed out for the season. that's a huge blow for WAS and a great perk for all the other playoff quality NL teams.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/30/2017 - 04:10 am

Still no sign of Eloy Jimenez. He hasn't played in an EXST game or even taken BP for ten days, since playing LF for four innings in a Cactus League EXST game versus OAK on 4/21. 

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/30/2017 - 04:05 pm

Some early stats for notable Cubs position-player prospects at EXST: 

Aramis Ademan, SS: 400/420/667 (31 PA) - 1 HR, 1 2B, 2 3B, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB (0 CS), DEFENSE: 2 E (9 GAMES)
NOTE: Has hit safely in all nine games played
Miguel Amaya, C: 267/421/389 (19 PA) - 1 HR, 1 2B, 4 BB, 0 K, DEFENSE: 7-10 CS (70% CS), 1 PB, 1 E
Michael Cruz, C-1B: 450/522/650 (23 PA) - 2 2B, 1 K, DEFENSE: 1-4 CS (25% CS), 1 PB 
Jose Gutierrez, CF: 294/333/588 ​(18 PA) - 1 2B, 2 3B, 1 BB, 4 K, 0 SB/1 CS 

Still too early to know for sure, but Ademan and Amaya could be playing themselves to Eugene (skipping AZL). If they continue to develop and play the way they have so far, both Ademan and Amaya should be consensus Cubs Top 15 prospects (maybe even Top 10) post-2017. They are the two-best position-player prospects to come through EXST since Gleyber Torres and Eloy Jimenez in 2014.  

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  • crunch (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

    also, wisdom and taillon are both in chicago.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

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  • Bill (view)

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  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    I suspect Brown will spend some time in the bullpen due to inning restrictions.  Pitched only 93 innings last year and career high is 104 innings in 2022.  I would expect them to be cautious with a young player with his injury history.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I wanted Almonte gone last week, but that was before Merryweather went down and Little got demoted. Almonte in his last 5 appearances has gone 4.1 IP with no ER or Runs. NO hits, 3 BBs and 8 SO. He did hit 96 with his 2S FB in AZ on Tues.
    I don't see Jed waiving him when we have injuries all over and guys with options that can be sent down.
    I probably won't like the move Jed makes, but he can't play the "let's hope no one wants his 1.7mil remaining deal and we can hide him in Iowa" card.
    That's why I think the current Bullpen stays as is and Wicks goes to Iowa.
    I don't like that, but that's the fix I see.
    We'll find out soon enough!!!

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