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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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Brady & Maitan Lift Angels over Cubs at Diablo

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

RHSP Denny Brady (LAA 7th round draft pick - Mercer County CC) fired four innings of one-hit shutout ball with five strikeouts and Kevin Maitan (2016 IFA - Venezuela - $6.45M combined signing bonuses between ATL and LAA) belted a solo HR, helping the Angels defeat the Cubs 3-1 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Saturday morning on Field #3 at the Diablo Stadium Complex in Tempe, AZ. 

Christopher Morel drilled an RBI single and a double for the Cubs. 

The game was extended an extra half-inning so that all of the Angels pitchers who were scheduled to throw could get their work. 

Cubs 2017 6th round draft pick RHP Jeremiah Estrada (Palm Desert HS - Palm Desert, CA) got the start for the Cubs and continued to struggle with command (bouncing pitches in front of home plate and nearly hitting batters), throwing just 51% strikes and walking four in three innings of work. Then he left the game with a right elbow issue while warming up for the bottom of the 4th. 

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only):  
CUBS LINEUP:
1. Orian Nunez, 3B: 1-4 (F-7, 4-3, 2B, 1-3, R)
2. Luis Diaz, 2B: 0-3 (6-3, K, HBP, F-7)
3. Jonathan Soto, DH #1: 1-4 (P-4, K, 6-4-3 DP, 1B)
4a. Christopher Morel, DH #2: 2-3 (2B, K, 1B, RBI)
4b. Tolly Filotei, PR-DH: 0-1 (K)
5a. Henderson Perez, C: 0-3 (4-3, 6-3, 4-6 FC)
5b. Ruben Reyes, PH: 0-1 (K)
6. Kwangmin Kwon, RF: 0-3 (K, K, F-9)
7. Chris Carrier, LF: 0-3 (K, K, K)
8. Ramsey Romano, SS: 0-2 (2-3, HBP, F-9, SB)
9. Rafael Mejia, 1B: 0-3 (F-8, 5-3, K)
10. Jose A. Gonzalez, CF: 0-3 (K, 3-U, K)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Jeremiah Estrada: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 4 BB, 3 K, 1 GIDP, 1/3 GO/AO, 58 pitches (30 strikes) 
2. Yan de la Cruz: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 (1 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1/2 GO/AO, 30 pitches (20 strikes)
3. Brady Miller: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 10 pitches (8 strikes) 
4. Carlos Ocampo: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 0/2 GO/AO, 10 pitches (4 strikes) 
5. Casey Ryan: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 0/2 GO/AO, 12 pitches (7 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 3 
1. P Jeremiah Estrada E-1 (errant pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 2nd) 
2. 1B Rafael Mejia: E-3 (errant flip to pitcher covering 1st base allowed batter to reach base safely) 
3. 3B Orian Nunez: E-5 (dropped pop fly in short LF allowing batter to reach base safely) 

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Henderson Perez: 2-2 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 2 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

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Comments

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 06/02/2018 - 06:37 pm

For anyone who might be interested, the youngest player in the Cubs organization right now is 16-year old Mexican 2B Reivaj Garcia, who will not turn 17 until August. And since he is still at Extended Spring Training (and playing very well I might add), it looks like he will go directly to AZL (skipping DSL). A 16-year old in the AZL? Wow.

Recently signed Venezuelan catcher Pablo Aliendo is the second-youngest player in the Cubs organization (he just turned 17 last Tuesday), but he is presently on the Resricted List (apprarently due to visa issues). 

17-year old Mexican SS Luis Verdugo is also still at Extended Spring Training (and playing well) and so he will also very likely skip DSL and (like Garcia) go directly to the AZL. (Verdugo turned 17 last October)

BTW, I have mentioned this before, but Reivaj is "Javier" spelled backwards (kind of like "Nomar" is "Ramon" spelled backwards).

Submitted by tim815 on Wed, 06/06/2018 - 06:44 am

The DSL results are flying much more "real time" this year. Many thanks to those responsible.

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