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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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El bate de beisbol de Verdugo habla verdad al Parque de Riverview

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Luis Verdugo belted two triples, scored twice, and collected an RBI, Richard Nunez drilled an RBI double and walked twice, and Erling Moreno, Riger Fernandez, and Chi-Feng Lee combined (albeit pitching for opposite squads) to hurl 6.2 IP of two-hit shutout ball, in a six-inning AZL Cubs mini-camp intrasquad game played Thursday night on Field #1 at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.  

Luis Verdugo is clearly the best prospect left behind in Mesa after the Eugene Emeralds departed town on Tuesday. One of the reasons he was left behind is that Luis Vazquez needs to play SS most every day at Eugene and on days he doesn't Christopher Morel will play there, but the main reason is that Verdugo is only 17 years old and is making his pro debut (although he did attend AZ Instructs as a 16-year old post-2017 and Minor League Camp and Extended Spring Training this season). 

The four recently-signed position player draft picks (Artis, Galazin, Wharton, and Daniel) participated in pre-game baserunning drills, fielding practice, and BP, but did not play in the game, while the five pitchers who signed this week (Richan, McCauley, Vega, Whitney, and Patterson) are throwing bullpen side-sessions as a first step toward getting themselves "game ready" for the start of AZL play next week.    

In AZL mini-camp roster news, CF D. J. Wilson has completed his rehab and has rejoined Myrtle Beach. 

Here is the box score from the game: 
SQUAD "A" LINEUP:
1. Reivaj Garcia, 2B: 1-3 (3-U, 1B, K)
2. Chris Coghlan, RF: 0-2 (K, 6-4-3 DP, BB)
NOTE: R. Garcia and Coghlan switched slots third time thru batting order
3. Yonathan Perlaza, SS: 0-2 (5-3, F-7)
4. Kevin Zamudio, C: 1-1 (BB, 2B, R)
5. Yovany Cuevas, CF:1-2 (K, 1B, R, RBI, SB)
6. Jose Alonso Gaitan, DH-LF: 1-2 (1-3, 1B, RBI)
7. Luis Hidalgo, 1B: 0-2 (1-U, 4-3)
8. Henrry Pedra, 3B: 0-2 (P-4, F-9)
9. Kevin Moreno, LF-DH: 0-2 (K, K)
10. Raymond Pena, DH #2: 0-2 (5-3, K)

SQUAD "B" LINEUP:
1. Josue Huma, 2B: 1-2 (3-1, BB, 2B, R)
2. Orian Nunez, 3B: 1-2 (BB, F-8, 1B, R, RBI)
3. Luis Verdugo, SS: 2-3 (4-3 DP, 3B, 3B, 2 R, RBI)
4. Franklin Tineo, 1B: 0-2 (6-3, BB, FC+E3, 2 R, RBI)
5. Richard Nunez, C: 1-1 (BB, 2B, BB, R, RBI)
6. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 0-3 (5-4-3 DP, 3-U, F-8, RBI)
7. Jose A. Gonzalez, RF: 1-2 (F-8, BB, 2B, 2 RBI)
8. Herson Perez, DH #1: 0-3 (6-3, K, 5-3)
9. Tolly Filotei, LF: 0-1 (BB, K) 
10. Eric Gonzalez, DH #2: 1-2 (1B, K)

SQUAD "A" PITCHERS: 
1. Erling Moreno: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 0 K, 2 GIDP, 5/1 GO/AO, 45 pitches (21 strikes) 
2. Yovanny Cruz: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 23 pitches (12 strikes) 
3. Nathan Sweeney: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R (5 ER), 1 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 39 pitches (24 strikes) 

SQUAD "B" PITCHERS: 
1. Riger Fernandez: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 4/0 GO/AO, 26 pitches (18 strikes) 
2. Chi-Feng Lee: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 2/2 GO/AO, 25 pitches (18 strikes) 
3. Fauris Guerrero: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 1 GIDP, 1/1 GO/AO, 43 pitches (24 strikes) 

SQUAD "A" ERRORS: 1
1B Luis Hidalgo: E-3 (errant throw home on FC allowed batter to advance to 2nd base)  

SQUAD "B" ERRORS: NONE 

SQUAD "B" CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Richard Nunez: 0-1 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 5 

WEATHER: Clear skies with temperatures 100+ 

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Comments

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 06/15/2018 - 06:09 am

Muy bien and gracias AZ PHIL: I am wondering, do the Cubs currently have one pitching prospect in the entire system that throws at 99 or better?

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 06/15/2018 - 06:49 am

dillon maples works 99mph+ occasionally, but generally works a touch lower. dylan cease (now with the wsox) hit 99+ with a bit more regularity. if maples can figure out his command/control and reign in those walks he could be deadly with a 96-99mph fastball and a slider that has an unreal break on it. total closer material if he gets that shaped up.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 06/15/2018 - 06:03 pm

E-MAN: The hardest thrower I saw at Spring Training this past March was Justin Hancock (who was touching 98-99 in MLB Cactus League games but wasn't there consistently), but I don't know what kind of FB velocity he has right now at Iowa. But he's 27 years old so he may have maxed-out his velo.

Hancock was acquired from SD in the Matt Szczur deal and he was eligible to be a minor league 6YFA post-2017 but agreed to sign a successor contract and then went undrafted in the December 2017 Rule 5 Draft despite being eligible for selection.

Dillon Maples sits at 95-97 and (like Hancock) touches 98+ occasionally.  

21-year old Erling Moreno's FB has been sitting at 96-98 at EXST but he hasn't touched 99 (yet). E. Moreno was left behind at EXST to work on his mechanics, and while he looked like he had maybe turned a corner, he had a relapse (poor outing) last night, walking four in 2.2 IP (with no strikeouts) and throwing only 46% strikes.  

Among the U21 pitchers I have personally seen this year, Eury Ramos (age 20) was sitting 94-95 T 96-97, Danis Correa (age 18) was at 92-94 T-95-96 but then was shut-down a few weeks ago (also he is only 5'11 so there may be some limit to his velo), and both Yovanny Cruz (age 18) and Eduarniel Nunez (turned 19 last week) were hitting 95 fairly regularly by the end of EXST, but they don't throw 99.

The "wild card" may be 22-year old 6'8 Stephen Ridings. who ramped his FB up to 95-96 in some of his outings at EXST, and with his size and relatively young age he could add some MPH to his FB eventually. Ridings struggled a bit with command and consistency at EXST but was assigned to Eugene anyway, and since he was not stretched-out beyond one inning at EXST, he will likely work as a late-inning reliever going forward (at least in the immediate future) where his velocity would play-up. 

Recent comments

  • 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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