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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 nine 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
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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Guts. Glory. Ram-sey Romano

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Ramsey Romano doubled twice, singled, and scored three runs, Josue Huma singled twice, doubled, and drove-in two runs, and SP Jesus Tejada hurled 3.2 IP of one-hit ball, leading the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the Angels in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Tuesday morning on Field #5 on John Arguelo Way at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ. 

Erven Roper belted a two-run HR to account for the two Angel runs. 

Ramsey Romano (Cubs 2017 31st round draft pick - Long Beach State) is an athletic and versatile defender who can play anywhere in the infield and outfield. He almost certainly will be the #1 utility-supersub at Eugene when the Emeralds begin play in a couple of weeks.   

Prior to the game on Field #5, RHPs Dalton Geekie and Andry Rondon threw "live" BP on Field #4 (one "inning" - 25 pitches each). Geekie (Atlanta Braves 2015 22nd round draft pick - Georgia Highlands College) underwent TJS in August 2016 and missed the 2017 season. The 23-year old 6'5 righthander was acquired by the Cubs from Lake Erie (Frontier League) a couple of weeks ago. He signed with Lake Erie after being released by the Braves at the end of Minor League Camp in March. A. Rondon reported late to Extended Spring Training and it's taken him a while to round into game shape.  

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only): 
CUBS LINEUP:
1. Josue Huma, 2B: 3-4 (P-6, 2B, 1B, 1B, 2 RBI)
2. Orian Nunez, 3B: 1-4 (1B, F-8, 5-4-3 DP, 6-3, R, RBI)
3. Christopher Morel, SS: 0-3 (BB, F-8, F-9, F-8)
4a. Jonathan Soto, C 2-4 (1B, P-4, K, 1B, RBI)
4b. Henderson Perez, C: NO AB 
5. Abraham Rodriguez, LF: 1-4 (K, K, 1B, K, R)
6. Gustavo Polanco, DH #1: 2-4 (F-9, 1B, 1B, L-5 DP)
7a. Chris Carrier, RF: 0-3 (P-3, K, F-9)
7b. Ruben Reyes, RF: NO AB 
8. Kwangmin Kwon, DH #2: 1-3 (K, K, 1B, RBI)
9. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 1-3 (4-3, 1B, K, R)
10. Ramsey Romano, 1B: 3-3 (2B, 2B, 1B, 3 R, RBI)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Jesus Tejada: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 4/2 GO/AO, 64 pitches (41 strikes) 
2. Jeffrey Passantino: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/2 GO/AO, 40 pitches (28 strikes) 
3. Luis Aquino: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 1/0 GO/AO, 18 pitches (13 strikes) 
4. Casey Ryan: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 0/2 GO/AO, 37 pitches (25 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 2 
1. 3B Orian Nunez: E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 
2. P Jesus Tejada: E-1 (throwing error after bunt allowed batter to reach base safely) 

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Jonathan Soto: 0-2 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 12 

WEATHER: Partly cloudy with temperatures in the 90's 

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Comments

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 05:39 am

AZ PHIL: Bryan Hudson had a nice outing yesterday in Mertle Beach. Do you think he could crack a back-end rotation somewhere?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 05:14 am

E-MAN: I think Bryan Hudson probably has an MLB ceiling. It might take him a while to get there, though.

The problem with extreme ground-ball pitchers like Hudson is that in "A"-ball they suffer from having infielders who don't make plays the way infielders do at AA, AAA, and (especially) MLB.

So minor league pitching coaches have to constantly remind pitchers like Hudson to keep doing what they're doing and not to try and strike everybody out even if they don't always get the results they expect from inducing ground-balls. 

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

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