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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, ten players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are 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
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, 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.

Recent comments

  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

    i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

    hack wilson, ryne sandberg, sammy sosa, christopher morel, and michael busch.

  • Cubster (view)

    A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554

  • Cubster (view)

    Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

    AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

  • crunch (view)

    You have to C it! (tm)

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

    Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

    Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

    Best pitcher: IL after one start 

    Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

    Noice 

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki 10d IL.

    right oblique strain.  ow.  that's generally more than a 10d thing.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Seiya on IL with an oblique strain

  • crunch (view)

    cooper and morel are on the field doing pre-game stuff so it's not them...

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