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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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Giants Plate 13 on Friday the 13th

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Ryan Reckley (2022 IFA - The Bahamas - $2.2M signing bonus) tripled and scored, walked and scored, and drilled an RBI single, Onil Perez laced two run-scoring singles and collected three RBI, Anyesper Sivira drove-in three runs with a two-run double and an RBI GO, Jean Pena walked and scored three times and smacked an RBI single, and P. J. Hilson singled and scored twice, leading the Giants to a 13-2 drubbing of the Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Friday morning at the Papago Park Complex in Phoenix, AZ.   

Cubs batters struck out twelve times, and Cubs pitchers issued 14 walks. 

David Bote played second-base for four innings and was the middle-man on a snappy inning-ending 6-4-3 DP in the bottom of the 2nd, before switching to DH in the 5th. He went 1-3 at the plate (struck out looking, then an F-7 to the warning track, and finally a 6-3 GO with 17-year old hot-shot SS Ryan Reckley showing off his plus range, glove, and arm to nip Bote at 1st base).   

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only):  
CUBS LINEUP:
1. Rafael Morel, 3B: 0-4 (K, K, L-7, K) 
2. Cristian Hernandez, SS: 1-4 (F-7, F-7, 1B, K) 
3. David Bote, 2B-DH: 0-3 (K, F-7, 6-3)
4. Moises Ballesteros, DH #1: 0-3 (P-2, K, K) 
5. Josue Huma, 1B: 1-3 (1B, K, 4-3)
6. Carlos Morfa, RF: 0-3 (K, K, 5-3)
7a. Dilan Granadillo, C: 0-2 (4-3, 4-3) 
7b. Ronnier Quintero, C: 0-1 (K) 
8a. Frank Hernandez, DH #2: 2-2 (1B, 1B, R) 
8b. Wally Soto, PH: 0-1 (3-U) 
9. Cristian More, CF: 1-2 (1B, F-7, BB, R) 
10. Christian Olivo, DH-2B: 1-3 (1B, 1-3, K, RBI) 
11. Anderson Suriel, LF: 0-2 (F-7, 5-3, HBP) 

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Marino Santy: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 4 BB, 2 K, 1 BALK, 1 PO, 1 GIDP, 3/1 GO/AO, 48 pitches (26 strikes) 
2. Oliver Roque: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 BALK, 0/1 GO/AO, 23 pitches (10 strikes) 
3. Tomy Sanchez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 4 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 3 K, 1/0 GO/AO, 41 pitches (20 strikes) 
4. Cristian Rojas: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GO/AO, 24 pitches (15 strikes) 
5. Joel Sierra: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R (3 ER), 4 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GO/AO, 41 pitches (20 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 3 
1. LF Anderson Suriel: E-7 (overran line drive single allowing batter to advance to 2nd base)
2. RF Carlos Morfa: E-9 (bloop single bounced off glove and bounded away allowing batter to reach 3rd base)   
3. C Ronnier Quintero: E-2 (errant throw to 1st base allowed batter to reach base safely) 

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

CUBS OUTFIELD ASSIST: 
LF Anderson Suriel - batter thrown out 7-4 attempting to stretch single into double 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

ATTENDANCE: 8 

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Comments

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 05/13/2022 - 05:21 pm

If the Cubs were to make another significant trade deadline deal with the Giants in 2022, I would expect them to target Ryan Reckley. He is the real deal. 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 05/13/2022 - 05:32 pm

CRUNCH: Bote has changed his swing.

Probably as a result of his left shoulder injury, he no longer buggy-whips the bat by letting go of the bat with his right hand and finishing with his left hand only on the bat. He is keeping his right hand on the bat through the completion of the swing, which means a right toe pivot and greater rotation of his hips and lower body with the swing. I don't know how it will work out long-term, but it is something different.

He looks to be 100% healthy at the plate, in the field, and running the bases. 

He is scheduled to remain at EXST through next week, and then he will go to Iowa for two weeks. 

Recent comments

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Walker was a complimentary piece who was well past his prime. Edmonds, Holliday, Ozzie Smith and a few others were good trades. Notably, they have almost always been quiet in the free agent market. But the fundamental workings of the organization were always based primarily upon the constant output of a well oiled minor league organization. That organization has ground to a halt. And when did that hard stop start to happen? Right at the beginning of the Goldschmidt/Arenado era, perpetuated by the Contreras signing, followed by the rotation purchases during the last offseason. The timing is undeniable and, in my mind, not coincidental.

    Again, we are all saying that player development became deemphasized. I’m just linking it directly to the recent trades and involvement in the free agent market. I don’t see how the two concepts can be decoupled.

  • Charlie (view)

    The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cubs sign 28 yr old RHRP Daniel Missaki. He was in MiLB from his 17yr old to 19yr old years and did pretty well.
    He's been in Mexico and Japan the last four years and has done well also.
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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.

    Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.

    They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.

    I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.

    I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.

  • crunch (view)

    Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
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  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far. 

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