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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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Amaya Walks It Off at Sloan Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Tyler Payne cracked a solo HR in the bottom of the 2nd inning to put the Cubs on the board, and then Miguel Amaya tripled and scored in the 7th and belted a game-winning walk-off solo HR with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, earning the Tennessee Smokies (Cubs AA affiliate) a hard-fought 3-2 victory over the Midland RockHounds (Oakland Athletics AA affiliate) in Cactus League Minor League Camp game action Friday afternoon at Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ.  

J. J. Schwarz clubbed a game tying solo HR for the RockHounds in the top of the 9th to necessitate Amaya's heroics. 

This was Miguel Amaya's first game action since being sent to Minor League Camp from the Cubs Alternate Training Site in South Bend last week. He was sent to Minor League Camp after Tony Wolters agreed to accept an Outright Assignment to the ATS.  

Veteran MLB LHRP Adam Morgan saw his first game action of 2021, tossing a 1-2-3 twelve-pitch inning with two strikeouts (FB 91-93, SL 81-82, and CH/CV 76-78). The Cubs signed the 31-year old to a minor league contract this past off-season, and while he did receive an NRI to Spring Training, he did not pitch in any MLB Cactus League games. 

But RHRP Robert Stock was the highlight of the day pitching-wise, throwing two shutout innings and striking out four (swinging). He threw 28 pitches (75% strikes!) including 12 FB and 16 SL, and all 12 FB were 99 MPH or better (five at 99, four at 100, and three 101 MPH). Stock was claimed off waivers by the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox last December, and was sent outright to the minors in March.    

INF Luis Vazquez was moved-up to the Tennessee squad from the South Bend squad to replace Brennen Davis (who was hit in the face with a pitch yesterday). 

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only):   
TENNESSEE LINEUP: 
1. Zach Davis, DH #1: 1-4 (6-3, 1B, E-4, 6-3)
2a. Jared Young, 1B: 0-2 (BB, F-8, K)  
2b. Raymond Pena, C: 0-1 (E-6)
3a. Andy Weber, 2B: 0-1 (4-3 DP, BB, CS) 
3b. Delvin Zinn, 2B: 0-2 (5-3, 6-3)
4a. Tyler Payne, C: 1-3 (HR, K, 5-3, R, RBI)
4b. Tyler Durna, 1B: 0-1 (K)
5. Christopher Morel, 3B: 0-4 (6-3, F-9, 4-3, 6-3)
6. Miguel Amaya, DH #2: 2-4 (F-8, K, 3B, HR, 2 R, RBI)
7. Christian Donahue, CF: 1-1 (1B, BB, F-9 SF, RBI, CS)
8. Luis Vazquez, SS: 0-3 (6-3, K, 4-3)
9. Connor Myers, RF: 1-2 (1B, HBP, F-9) 
10. Vance Vizcaino, LF: 1-3 (F-8, K, 1B) 

TENNESSEE PITCHERS: 
1. Erich Uelmen: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 6/1 GO/AO, 41 pitches (28 strikes) 
2. Adam Morgan: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GO/AO, 12 pitches (8 strikes)
3. Robert Stock: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 0/2 GO/AO, 28 pitches (21 strikes) 
4. Bailey Clark: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 GIDP, 2/0 GO/AO, 19 pitches (9 strikes) 
5. Wyatt Short: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1/3 GO/AO, 28 pitches (19 strikes) 

TENNESSEE CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Tyler Payne: 0-1 CS 

ATTENDANCE: N/A 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 80's 

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Comments

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Sat, 04/24/2021 - 04:16 am

At the other extreme are horrible names like the Wind Surge which is what Wichita's entry in the PCL was to have been called last year before the pandemic thing ended their tenure in the league before it ever began. I believe COVID killed the team's owner as well as the season. Wind Surge was an ill-conceived nod to the city's former prominence in the aviation industry. Not sure how a mascot could have represented that concept...

Submitted by Childersb3 on Sat, 04/24/2021 - 04:35 am

AZ Phil, what did Bailey Clark look like? I'm assuming he looked rather underwhelming sense you didn't mention him, but he was one of those hard throwing guys Theo/Jed drafted a while back. Just wanted your thoughts. Thanks

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 04/24/2021 - 04:47 am

Childersb3: Bailey Clark is a power reliever with a mid-90's sinking FB but he has spotty command. He threw less than 50% strikes yesterday but benefitted from a timely DP. He appears to be falling behind a lot of the other pitchers at his level in terms of development because of on-going command issues. He needs to throw more strikes. 
FB: 95-96
SL/CT: 87 
CH: 83-84

Submitted by bigsky33 on Sun, 04/25/2021 - 04:54 pm

AZPhil, is there a game at Sloan on Monday 4/26?  What time do they usually start? Thanks!

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