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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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Bond Bullet Snatches Tie from Jaws of Victory at Riverview

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Alexander Guerra drilled a two-run HR and a single and Jonathan Sierra doubled, walked twice, and scored a run for the Cubs, and Francisco Medina belted a solo HR for the Giants black squad, as the two teams played to a 3-3 tie in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Monday morning on Field #5 on John Arguello Way at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.   

With two outs and the scored tied in the bottom of the 9th inning, Jonathan Sierra sliced an opposite-field double into the LF corner, but then was thrown out at the plate by Giants LF Aaron Bond a batter later to end the game while attempting score on an Alexander Guerra ground single to left.   

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only):
CUBS LINEUP:
1. Fernando Kelli, CF: 1-4 (1B, K, 5-3, 6-4 FC, R)
2. Reivaj Garcia, 2B: 2-4 (1B, 1-3, 1B, 4-3, PO)
3a. Luis Vazquez, SS: 0-2 (4-3, E-3, CS)
3b. Herson Perez, 3B: 0-2 (K, K)
4. Jonathan Sierra, RF: 1-2 (BB, BB, 4-3, 2B, R)
5. Alexander Guerra, C: 2-4 (HR, F-8, 5-3, 1B, R, 2 RBI)
6. Yovanny Cuevas, LF: 0-3 (K, P-2, F-7)
7. Eric Gonzalez, DH #1: 1-3 (K, L-8, 1B)
8. Carlos Pacheco, DH #2: 0-3 (K, K, K)
9. Fabian Pertuz, 3B-SS: 0-3 (K, K, F-7)
10. Fidel Mejia, 1B: 0-2 (F-7, 3-U, BB) 

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Eury Ramos: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GO/AO, 31 pitches (15 strikes)
2. Yovanny Cruz: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 2/2 GO/AO, 27 pitches (15 strikes) 
3. Nathan Sweeney: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 2/3 GO/AO, 28 pitches (13 strikes) 
4. Eugenio Palma: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, 0/3 GO/AO, 30 pitches (17 strikes)
5. Yan de la Cruz: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 14 pitches (9 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 1
3B Herson Perez: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Alexander Guerra: 0-4 CS. 1 PB 

CUBS BASERUNNING: 
Jonathan Sierra - thrown out 7-2 attempting to score fom 2nd base on ground single to LF 

ATTENDANCE: 20 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

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Comments

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 04:25 pm

BRADSBEARD: As far I know they are no relation. They don't look alike (Yan is 5'11 and Oscar is 6'4) and don't pitch alike (Oscar is a power-pitcher while Yan features an 84-86 MPH cutter and a slow curve), and while both are Dominican, they are from different cities in the DR.

BTW, Yan de la Cruz is 24 and will be 25 in August (so he's nearly two years older than Oscar) and has been in short-season ball for five years (originally signed by Houston in 2014, then was released in 2016 and signed by the Cubs as a minor league second-contract  FA). He has used up his max four years in the DSL so it's AZL or bust for Yan in 2018. 

Submitted by JustSayin' on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 04:58 pm

The party line is that the SB Cubs, with a stacked young pitching staff and some potentially interesting bats, can make noise in 2018 and it will bode well for the parent club down the road. The problem I have with half of this theory is that all of these interesting bats are part of an infield which has made a brutal 20 errors in just 14 games. One of this group has a serious reputation of "good bat, needs to find a position" which doesn't seem to have followed him to Chicago, yet.  All of these players are South American, or second/third-day draftees. We're all rooting for diamond in the rough stories here but there is no DH on the North Side. So are these hidden gems, scouting mistakes or some of both?

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Submitted by tim815 on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 04:04 am

Kind of different issues. Making noise in 2018, as far as competing for the post-season, is based heavily on health, and similar things. Also, Brendon Little will likely be wild, somewhat often. The offense is based around a few players through the Cubs Dominican pipeline. An 18-year old infielder will often bobble more chances than a 23 year old from a 4-year college. If the pipeline pitching over the next 5-6 weeks meets or exceeds, the Cubs can likely draft hitter-heavy, which should help long-term than another year of almost exclusive pitching.

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