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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Cubs Repel Snakes at Riverview

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Yovanny Cuevas (RBI triple), Cam Balego (two-run single), Jonathan Sierra (RBI single), and Fernando Kelli (RBI single) contributed run-scoring hits and LHSP Brailyn Marquez and four relievers combined to hurl a five-hitter, as the Cubs cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Diamondbacks in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Tuesday morning on Field #1 at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.  

The defensive gem of the game was turned-in by Cubs SS Luis Vazquez, who made a spectacular back-handed diving catch (at full-speed and with full extension) in short LF at the foul line, quickly righted himself, and then threw a laser-strike to 1st base to double-off the shocked/amazed D'backs baserunner to end the top of the 7th inning. (To prove he isn't ready for MLB just yet, Vazquez made a fielding error on an easy grounder to short in the top of the 9th).   
 
Recently-signed OF Lane Adams served as a DH in the game for the Cubs and got three AB, walking and scoring in the 1st, flying out to the warning track in CF in the 2nd, and striking out (swinging) on a 3-2 breaking ball in the 4th. Adams elected free-agency after being sent outright to AAA Gwinnett by the Atlanta Braves on April 25th,.and he officially signed with the Cubs today. He is at Extended Spring Training partly because he hadn't played in a game in about three weeks, and partly because there is not (at present) room for him at AAA Iowa.

The 28-year old Adams was one of the better "4th outfielders" in MLB last year, hitting 275/339/468 in 85 games with the Braves. But his best attribute is base-stealing. He swiped 25 bags last year, ten with Atlanta (no CS) and 15 for AAA Gwinnett prior to getting called up, after stealing 38 in AA in both 2013 and 2014, 31 in AA/AAA in 2015, and 44 in AA/AAA in 2016. 

Adams played in the Cubs organization in 2016 (first at AA Tennessee and then at AAA Iowa) after being released by the Yankees (he was released from AA Trenton to make room for OF Billy McKinney after the Yanks acquired McKinney as part of the Aroldis Chapman trade, so in a way Adams signing with the Cubs in 2016 was indirectly a result of the Chapman deal), and he was actually "on the bubble" for a potential September call-up to Chicago that season as a "5th outfielder" (late-inning pinch-runner and defensive replacement), but he never got the call.

In EXST Cubs roster news, Cubs 2017 5th round draft pick OF Nelson Velazquez (P. J. Education School - Carolina, PR) has been promoted to South Bend.  

Here is the abridged box score from today's game (Cubs players only):
CUBS LINEUP:
1a. Lane Adams, DH #1: 0-2 (BB, F-8, K, R)
1b. Alexander Guerra, PH: 1-1 (2B, R)
2. Luis Ayala, CF: 1-3 (1B, P-5, 5-3, BB, R)
3. Fernando Kelli, DH #2: 1-4 (K, L-6, K, 1B, RBI)
4. Jonathan Sierra, RF: 1-3 (1B, 3-1, BB, K, R, RBI)
5a. Cam Balego, C: 1-3 (1B, 5-3, 6-4 FC, R, 2 RBI)
5b. Eric Gonzalez, C: 0-1 (K)
6. Yovanny Cuevas, LF: 2-4 (3B, 2B, K, K, R, RBI)
7. Luis Vazquez, SS: 1-3 (P-6, 3-U SH, 1B, 5-3, R)
8a. Fabian Pertuz, 3B: 0-2 (F-7, FC, RBI, CS)
8b. Henrry Pedra, 3B: 1-2 (1B, P-4)
9. Luis Hidalgo, 1B: 0-3 (K, BB, 5-4 FC, K, RBI)
10. Delvin Zinn, 2B: 1-3 (1B, E-5, P-3)

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Brailyn Marquez: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GO/AO, 37 pitches (20 strikes)
2. Erick Leal: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GO/AO, 17 pitches (14 strikes)
3. Manuel Rondon: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 1/1 GO/AO, 12 pitches (9 strikes)
4. Casey Ryan: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/3 GO/AO, 17 pitches (13 strikes)
5. Mitch Stophel: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GO/AO, 20 pitches (18 strikes)

CUBS ERRORS: 1
SS Luis Vazquez: E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)

ATTENDANCE: 6

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures 100+

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Comments

Submitted by Eric S on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 05:53 pm

19 year old OF Nelson Velazquez promoted from extended Spring Training to Low A South Bend, starting in RF and batting sixth in his first start tonight. 

Submitted by JustSayin' on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 05:40 pm

Velazquez up to SB should be accompanied by Albertos down to Mesa.  Word is that the Cubs are changing his mechanics, to avoid elbow problems which have limitied his availability.  Maybe this will work but it is not working yet.  Saw him live last night and it was worse than the bad stats indicated.  No fastball command or consistency.  To avoid walks, he was throwing BP-like pitches in three ball counts.  They were being lined all over the place.  The place to work on mechanics is not in games at the highest level a pitcher has ever thrown.  The Cubs will turn this poor kid into a head case soon with this approach, if they haven't already.

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 05:43 am

That is pathetic. They are so thin on pitching prospects, when I hear this it is not encouraging. I have no idea if this is correlated, but in seeing Tseng during his time in AA (on the same squad w/Schwarbs), command of the strike zone was his forte ( and not Matt Forte). Since then, AAA and MLB starts - its eluded him.

I should say its primarily his FB. Just can't locate it.

Submitted by Cubster on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 05:04 am

Az Phil, can you provide your insight again on David Bote with his taste of mlb play this year. As I recall, he’s Zobrist lite. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 05/09/2018 - 05:01 pm

CUBSTER: While (like Ben Zobrist) David Bote has positional versatility, I really don't see Bote as a Zobrist type exactly.

BRADSBEARD offered the Mark DeRosa comp here last fall when Bote was mashing in the AFL, and that's the best comp I've seen. Bote had the top average exit velocity of all Cubs minor leaguers last season, and he you can see the result of his bat-speed when he makes contact. He can rake.

Bote was a shortstop in HS and JC, and while he played some SS for the Cubs after he signed and occasionally at AA and AAA (and in the AFL lastr year), he really doesn't have the range required to play there at the big league level except in a pinch (sort of like Ron Santo would do occasionally back in the 1960's). Bote is, however, passably-adequate at 2B-3B-1B-LF-RF, and that's still a good number of defensive positions he can reasonably handle even if he doesn't play everywhere (including SS and CF), which Zobrist did in his prime.

That said, Bote could be the eventual long-term 25-man roster replacement for Zobrist (in 2020) after Zobrist's contract expires (Zobrist is signed through 2019), presuming Bote isn't traded in the meantime. 

Recent comments

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Very well played game all around tonight.

  • crunch (view)

    best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.

    little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Richard Gallardo just left the Smokies game with an arm injury after going to the ground following a pitch. Doesn’t sound good at all.

  • azbobbop (view)

    Phil, do you think Wiggins will start out in ACL?

  • azbobbop (view)

    The level of conversation on this site is intelligent, reasoned and informative. Miles ahead of other Cub sites.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    This was Jaxon Wiggins previous "live" BP on 4/5: 

    JAXON WIGGINS: 
    ONE INNING (20 pitches - 10 strikes) 
    one batted ball in play (F-9 by Stevens)
    one walk (B. Davis) 
    one HBP (B. Davis)
    two strikeouts (Peralta & Escobar - both looking)
    three swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    four called strikes
    nine called balls 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Prior to the Cactus League game at Papago Park, three Cubs pitchers threw "live" BP on Field 1 at the Cubs Sloan Park complex, including RHRP Ethan Roberts (June 2022 TJS) and Cubs 2023 2nd round draft pick RHP Jaxon Wiggins (February 2023 TJS).  

    Wiggins last threw "live" BP three weeks ago before being shut down for a couple of weeks, and this was the first time Roberts has thrown to hitters in almost two years. 

    JAXON WIGGINS: 
    ONE INNING:
    25 pitches (11 strikes)
    no batted balls in play
    two walks (Suriel and J. Diaz) 
    three strikeouts (Carico, Lubo, and Escobar - all three swinging)
    six swing & miss
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    14 called balls 
    one WP 

    ETHAN ROBERTS: 
    ONE INNING 
    15 pitches (7 strikes) 
    two batted balls in play (G-3 by Carico and L-9 by Suriel) 
    two walks (Lubo and Carico)
    no strikeouts  
    no swing & miss 
    two fouls 
    three called strikes 
    eight called balls 
    one WP 

    Mat Peters was bumped by Justin Steele from his scheduled game work at Giants, so he threw two innings of "live" BP with Wiggins & Roberts. 

    MAT PETERS: 
    TWO INNINGS 
    44 pitches (23 strikes) 
    five batted balls in play (F-7, L-7, F-7, G-6, G-3) 
    three walks 
    two strikeouts (both Lubo and both looking)
    six swing & miss 
    three fouls 
    nine called strikes
    21 called balls 
    three WP 

  • crunch (view)

    wall stole a HR from busch...double.  nice to see him destroy a curve ball.

    upon further viewing, that might not have been a homer in too many parks...it had a lot of hang time, though.

  • CTSteve (view)

    I’m at the game—woot!

    If the streak breaks, it’s not my fault.

  • Cubster (view)

    Brewers lose Wade Miley to Tommy John surgery.

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