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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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A's Appreciate Cub Gifts at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Oakland Athletics 2021 1st round draft pick Zack Gelof smacked a two-run HR and walked twice, Junior Perez (acquired from SD as the PTBNL in Jorge Mateo trade in 2020) lashed a two-run double off the top of the LF fence, walked, and scored a run, and Robert Puason (A's 2019 IFA signing - $5M bonus) ripped a triple, stole a base, and scored two runs, leading the A's to an 8-2 victory over the Cubs in AZ Instructional League game action Saturday morning on Field #4 at the Lew Wolff Training Complex at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ. 

A's pitchers limited the Cubs to just three hits and retired the last 14 Cubs hitters (including seven by strikeout). 

The Cubs committed five errors in the field and Cubs pitchers issued nine walks.   

Christian Olivo tripled and scored in the third and Moises Ballesteros doubled and scored in the fifth to account for the two Cub runs.   

The Cub loss ended their modest three-game winning streak and dropped their AZIL record to 4-8-1.  

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only): 
CUBS LINEUP:
1. James Triantos Jr, 3B: 0-4 (L-9, F-7, K, 6-3)
2. Christian Olivo, SS: 1-4 (K, 3B, K, 5-3, R)
3a. Yeison Santana, 2B: 0-3 (K, K, K)
3b. Bryan Serra, PH-2B: 0-1 (K)
4. Felix Stevens, RF: 0-2 (5-3, BB, L-6, CS) 
5. Frank Hernandez, CF: 0-3 (6-3, K, P-2)
6. Brayan Altuve, LF: 0-2 (BB, K, F-9)
7a. Ronnier Quintero, C: 0-0 (BB)
7b. Moises Ballesteros, C-DH: 1-2 (2B, F-7, R)
8. Malcom Quintero, DH #1: 0-2 (BB, 4-3, K)
9. Peter Matt, 1B: 1-3 (F-8, 1B, K, RBI)
10a. Liam Spence, DH #2: 0-3 (F-9, 4-3, K)
10b. Pablo Aliendo, C: NO AB 

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Dakota Chalmers: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1/4 GO/AO, 55 pitches (30 strikes)
2. Nicholas Padilla: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 18 pitches (9 strikes) 
3. Angel Gonzalez-Martinez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 2/0 GO/AO, 37 pitches (19 strikes) 
4. Eduarniel Nunez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO, 13 pitches (8 strikes)
5. Yovanny Cabrera: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GO/AO, 19 pitches (10 strikes) 
6. Sheldon Reed: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO, 14 pitches (10 strikes)

CUBS ERRORS: 5 
1. SS Christian Olivo: E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely) 
2. C Ronnier Quintero: E-2 (errant throw to 2nd base on SB attempt allowed runner to advance to 3rd) 
3. C Ronnier Quintero: E-2 (missed catch on foul pop-up) 
4. RF Felix Stevens: E-9 (errant throw to relay man after triple into RF corner allowed batter to score) 
5. P Nicholas Padilla: E-1 (errant pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 2nd) 

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Ronnier Quintero: 0-1 CS, 2 E (see above) 

ATTENDANCE: 24 

WEATHER: Mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 80's

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Comments

Submitted by KingKongvsGodzilla on Sat, 10/09/2021 - 10:46 pm

Any thoughts on Ronnier Quintero during instructs? How's the arm? I see he's catching some velocity this year 

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 10/10/2021 - 10:59 am

KKvG: You probably remember that Ronnier Quintero was at Instructs last year, and while he didn't play in any games, he was the bullpen catcher in every game. That's because he was at Instructs to spend 100% of his time working on receiving and catching mechanics, the area where he was most remedial. 

So his receivng skills / catching mechanics are somewhat improved, but he still isn't quite where he needs to be in that area. He's a bit better, but not quite there yet.

His overall athleticism isn't too impressive, either. He's a slow runner on the bases and he's not exactly "cat-quick" behind the plate. 

Otherwise, he has a strong arm from behind the plate and plus BP power that has yet to show-up in games. His overall hit tool isn't great, but if he can tap into his raw HR power and make it usable in games, then some of the defensive issues might be less noticeable. HR power that is usable in games combined with catch & throw skills can be an attractive combination for a catcher, as long as the hit tool and receiving issues aren't too negative. 

I'll put it this way: 

If you saw Ronnier Quintero and Moises Ballesteros down here this past week, and I told you one of them got a $3M signing bonus and the other one got $1.5M, and you had to guess which was which, I would bet that you would say neither of them really looks like a $3M bonus player, but if one of them is, Ballesteros must be the  one.  

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 10/12/2021 - 10:51 am

Forgotten man, Joc Pederson hits a 3 run HR for Braves in their 3-0 win in Game 3 over Brewers.

Submitted by Cubster on Wed, 10/13/2021 - 10:31 pm

Jed reportedly finalizing the contract for the new GM...and the winner is (from the prior cited Athletic piece):  Carter Hawkins, Cleveland assistant general manager, deals with all aspects of baseball operations in a front office admired for its stability, creativity in turning over the roster and ability to keep churning out pitchers. Hawkins, a magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University and a four-year letter winner on the baseball team, started as an advance scouting intern with Cleveland in 2008 before transitioning into pro scouting, rising to become the director of player development and adding more responsibilities around the major-league club when named assistant GM prior to the 2017 season.

Recent comments

  • 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

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

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