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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

Last updated 4-18-2024
 
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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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A's Walk Past Cubs at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Christopher Quintin clubbed a two-run HR in the bottom of the 2nd, Alonzo Medina drilled a two-run double to cap a four-run 6th, and Osvaldo Berrios and Rafael Kelly each hurled three innings of shutout ball, leading the Athletics to a 7-2 victory over the Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action on Field #4 at the Lew Wolff Training Coimplex at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.  

The game was called after eight innings of play. 

Jonathan Soto belted an RBI triple and scored and also singled twice for the Cubs in a losing cause. The starting batting order featured seven of the Cubs Extended Spring Training "Top 10" position-player prospects hitting 1-7 (Valazquez-L. Diaz-Soto-A. Rodriguez-Morel-Verdugo-Henderson Perez), so the lack of offense (outside of Soto) was both surprising and disappointing.  

Cubs pitchers allowed only four hits, but they also issued eleven walks (including four each by Stephen Ridings and Eduarniel Nunez, and E. Nunez was unable to record an out in his second inning of work).   

The Cubs scored their only two runs off ex-Cub RHP Jeferson Mejia, who was one of the pitchers traded by the Cubs to the Arizona Diamondbacks for catcher Miguel Montero in December 2014 (Zack Godley was the other one). The A's acquired Mejia from the D'backs at the trade deadline last July in exchange for veteran utility INF Adam Rosales. 

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only): 
CUBS LINEUP:
1. Nelson Velazquez, CF: 0-4 (K, K, 6-3, 6-3)
2. Luis Diaz, 2B: 0-3 (F-8, L-7, K, BB, R)
3. Jonathan Soto, C: 3-4 (1B, 3-1, 1B, 3B, R, RBI)
4a. Abraham Rodriguez, 1B: 1-2 (1B, E-3)
4b. Orian Nunez, 3B: 0-0 (BB, L-8 SF, RBI)
5. Christopher Morel, SS: 0-2 (K, K, BB, BB)
6a. Luis Verdugo, 3B: 1-2 (1B, F-9, CS)
6b. Rafael Mejia, 1B: 0-2 (K, 5-4 FC) 
7. Henderson Perez, DH #1: 0-3 (5-3, F-7, K)
8. Kwangmin Kwon, RF: 0-1 (K, BB, BB)
9a. Chris Carrier, LF: 0-2 (K, K)
9b. Jose Gutierrez, LF: 0-1 (4-3)
10. Ramsey Romano, DH #2: 0-2 (BB, L-8, 6-3)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Jesus Tejada: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 3/2 GO/AO, 38 pitches (21 strikes) 
2. Stephen Ridings: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R (1 ER), 4 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 2/2 GO/AO, 39 pitches (19 strikes) 
3. Eduarniel Nunez: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R (4 ER), 4 BB, 1 K, 1 BALK, 1/1 GO/AO, 46 pitches (21 strikes) 
4. Emilio Ferrebus: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 0/5 GO/AO, 32 pitches (18 strikes) 
5. Ivan Medina: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 11 pitches (8 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 3 
1. 3B Luis Verdugo: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 
2. RF Kwangmin Kwon: E-9 (dropped pop fly in foul territory extending batter's AB)
3. 3B Orian Nunez: E-5 (errant throw attempting 5-4 FC allowed runner to reach 2nd base safely)

ATTENDANCE: 3 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

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Comments

Submitted by The_Tom_U on Sat, 05/05/2018 - 05:41 pm

Phil, I am a long time colleague, and I have a question concerning contract rules.

What avenues, if any, do the Cubs have to get out from under Jason Heyward’s contract, aside from trading him?

Thank you for your knowledge and assistance.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 05/05/2018 - 05:35 pm

TOM: Aside from trading him (and good luck with that), there is nothing the Cubs can do (legally) to get out from under Jason Heyward's contract, other than hope he opts out after the season, which he is not going to do (and if he were to consider it, his agent and his family and friends would probably do an intervention to prevent it).

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Submitted by The_Tom_U on Sun, 05/06/2018 - 05:23 am

So then, the only legal thing the Cubs can do is tell Heyward and his agent that he is being benched for the remainder of his contract, in the hope that looking at becoming the most expensive fifth outfielder in baseball and essentially ending his playing career will be enough for him to opt out.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 05/06/2018 - 05:40 am

TOM: The problem with not playing Heyward and hoping he will opt-out is that agents and their clients would probably view the Cubs in a bad light for doing it and it could affect the ability of the Cubs to sign free-agents and re-sign their own players to contract extensions going forward, and then what if Heyward still doesn't opt-out? Since Heyward is almost certainly not going to opt-out no matter what the Cubs do, the best bet for the Cubs is either keep him and live with the bad contract through 2023, or else trade him sometime during the window they can trade him (post-2018 through end of the the 2020 season) for another bad contract (probably somebody making even more than Heyward) and hope whoever they get back in the deal will benefit from a change-of-scenery, or "eat" a large chunk of his salary (probably at least 75% of it) and trade him for pennies on the dollar (while also probably including at least one high-value prospect in the deal to get the other club to bite). None of the options are particularly attractive, not to mention likely to happen. I think the most-likely scenario is that Heyward will be kept around as a VERY high-priced LH platoon RF-CF and/or late-inning defensive replacement in RF, and the Cubs will just accept that Heyward's salary will preclude them from doing other things they would prefer to do with the money. Heyward won't like that role, but I doubt very much it would be sufficient to motivate him to opt-out.

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Totally depends on the team and the player involved. If your team’s philosophy is to pay huge dollars to bet on the future performance of past stars in order to win championships then, yes, all of the factors you mentioned are important.

    If on the other hand, if the team’s primary focus is to identify and develop future stars in an effort to win a championship, and you’re a young player looking to establish yourself as a star, that’s a fit too. Otherwise your buried within your own organization.

    Your comment about bringing up Canario for the purposes of sitting him illustrates perfectly the dangers of rewarding a non-performing, highly paid player over a hungry young prospect, like Canario, who is perpetually without a roster spot except as an insurance call up, but too good to trade. Totally disincentivizing the performance of the prospect and likely diminishing it.

    Sticking it to your prospects and providing lousy baseball to your fans, the consumers and source of revenue for your sport, solely so that the next free agent gamble finds your team to be a comfortable landing spot even if he sucks? I suppose  that makes sense to some teams but it’s definitely not the way I want to see my team run.

    Once again, DJL, our differences in philosophy emerge!

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    That’s just kinda how it works though, for every team. No team plays their best guys all the time. No team is comprising of their best 26 even removing injuries.

    When baseball became a business, like REALLY a business, it became important to keep some of the vets happy, which in turn keeps agents happy and keeps the team with a good reputation among players and agents. No one wants to play for a team that has a bad reputation in the same way no one wants to work for a company that has a bad rep.

    Don’t get me wrong, I hate it too. But there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

    On that topic, I find it silly the Cubs brought up Canario to sit as much as he has. He’s going to get Velazquez’d, and it’s a shame.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Of course, McKinstry runs circles around $25 million man Javier Baez on that Tigers team. Guess who gets more playing time?

    But I digress…

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Seems like Jed was trying to corner the market on mediocre infielders with last names starting with "M" in acquiring Madrigal, Mastroboney and Zach McKinstry.  

     

    At least he hasn't given any of them a Bote-esque extension.  

  • Childersb3 (view)

    AZ Phil:
    Rookie ball (ACL) starts on May 4th. Do yo think Ramon and Rosario (maybe Delgado) stay in Mesa for the month of May, then go to MB if all goes "solid"?
     

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • 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.

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