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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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Altuve & Ballesteros U. S. Debut a Big Hit at Salt River Fields

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Brayan Altuve (Cubs 2019 IFA signing - $1M bonus) drilled a game-tying RBI single in his first U. S. AB in the top of third inning and belted a two-run triple off the left-centerfield wall and scored a run in a four run fifth, Luis Verdugo drilled RBI singles in consecutive innings (one in the fourth and one in the fifth), Kevin Alcantara (acquired from the Yankees in the Anthony Rizzo trade) singled twice, scored a run, and drove-in another, Cubs 2021 4th round draft pick Christian Franklin singled twice, walked, and scored a run, Matt Mervis singled twice and scored a run, Cubs 2021 2nd round pick James Triantos singled, walked, and scored a run, Moises Ballesteros (Cubs 2021 IFA signing - $1.5M bonus) clubbed a PH double into the RF corner in his first U. S. AB, and Cubs 2021 9th round pick LHP Chase Watkins fired three innings of one-hit no-run ball out of the pen, helping the Cubs defeat the Rockies 7-3 in AZ Instructional League game action Monday afternoon on Dust Storm Field at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick east of Scottsdale. AZ. 

Ezequiel Tovar tripled and scored in the bottom of the first inning and belted a two-run HR in the bottom of the third to account for all of the Rockies runs. 

The game was called after 8-1/2 innings of play. 

Here is the abridged box score frrom the game (Cubs players only): 
CUBS LINEUP:
1. James Triantos Jr, 3B: 1-4 (K, BB, 1B, 5-4-3 DP, 5-U FC, R, PO) 
2. Ed Howard IV, SS: 0-4 (K, L-9, BB, K, K, R)
3a. Owen Caissie, LF: 0-1 (K) 
3b. Brayan Altuve, LF: 2-4 (1B, 3B, K, K, R, 3 RBI)
4a. Kevin Alcantara, RF-DH: 2-3 (1B, P-4, 1B, R, RBI)
4b. Moises Ballesteros, PH-DH: 1-2 (2B, K)
5. Christian Franklin, CF: 2-3 (1B, 1B, BB, 6-3, R)
6a. Pablo Aliendo, C: 1-3 (F-8, 2B, K, R)
6b. Casey Opitz, C: 0-1 (6-3)
7. Luis Verdugo, DH-RF: 2-4 (F-9, 1B, 1B, L-5, 2 RBI)
8. Christian Olivo, 2B: 1-3 (L-8, F-9 SF, 6-4-3 DP, 1B, RBI)
9. Matt Mervis, 1B: 2-4 (1B, 3-6-3 DP, 1B, K, R)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Bailey Horn: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 7/1 GO/AO, 32 pitches (26 strikes) 
2. Tyler Schlaffer: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 4/1 GO/AO, 22 pitches (15 strikes)
3. Chase Watkins: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 2/4 GO/AO, 40 pitches (27 strikes)  

CUBS ERRORS: 1 
2B Christian Olivo: E-4 (throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely)

ATTENDANCE: 11 

WEATHER: Partly cloudy with temperatures in the 90's 

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Matt Mervis
Chase Watkins

Comments

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Submitted by First.Pitch.120 on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 10:39 am

If I was on a team w/ Schwarber, I would rub his head for good luck before every PA... I don't know, he just looks like he has a very rubbable head.  I don't even get hating on his defense... not loving, sure. The routes & range were suspect, but the arm PLAYED & he seemed to play the ball well enough on the ground. 

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 10:48 am

even with knocks on the D, none of it was laziness or lack of trying to get better and that's all you can ask for if a manager/team chooses to march him out there.

BOS playing him at 1st was/is a similar level of "this dude is a DH"

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 10:10 pm

AFL cubbies...rankings are MLB cubs system rankings.

Cubs (Mesa): Caleb Kilian, RHP (No. 14); Ryan Jensen, RHP (No. 15); Nelson Velazquez, OF (No. 29); Danis Correa, RHP; Brendon Little, LHP; Luis Vazquez, SS; Andy Weber, SS

meh.  at least kilian is there, but the rest of the list doesn't interest me too much.  i still don't understand why kilian is ranked so low on the cubs system ranking.

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Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 10:19 pm

I'm intrigued by Kilian but the knock I've read on him is he doesn't currently have a MLB level "out" pitch.

I am interested to see Jensen and Velazquez. Little if he pitches well enough will likely be a AAA-MLB shuttle guy next year

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 10:11 pm

unless there was a trade, he's a minor leaguer for MIA...probably a mistake from the writer i copy/pasted

...yeah, totally a mistake (not updated yet on the mlb.com article).  he's listed on MIA's twitter feed as being named to their AFL roster.  i've deleted his name from the post above.

Submitted by Hagsag on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 10:24 pm

Gotcha

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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