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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 eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
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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
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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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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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Kevin Alcantara
James Triantos
Christian Franklin
Luis Verdugo
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

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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