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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

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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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Cub Bats Go Nuts at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Cristian Hernandez blasted an opposite-field two-run HR over the RF fence in the third, singled and scored in the sixth, and drilled an RBI single in the eighth, Alejandro Rivero blooped an RBI double and scored in the second and belted an opposite-field two-run triple and scored in the fifth, Raino Coran hammered an RBI double into the LF corner and scored in the fourth and crushed a lead-off double off the LF fence and scored in the eighth, Brayan Altuve roped an RBI double and scored in the second and singled and scored in the fourth, Christian Olivo singled, stole a base, and scored a run in the third and cracked an RBI single in the fourth, and Dilan Granadillo laced two RBI singles, leading an 18-hit attack as the Cubs uploaded a 15-4 pasting of the Athletics in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Monday morning on Field #4 at the Lew Wolff Training Complex at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.    

Nelson Beltran slugged a two-run HR in the bottom of the third and made a spectacular HR saving catch by leaping high and reaching over the LF fence to take back what would have been a Frank Hernandez four-bagger in the top of the seventh, and Lester Madden and Ramon Martinez ripped RBI doubles for the A's in a losing couse.  

The game was called after eight innings of play. 

With today's HR, Cristian Hernandez has now hit six home runs in 23 EXST games, including four in 19 Cactus League EXST games, and two in four EXST intrasquad games. Javier Baez holds the all-time EXST Cubs HR record. He hit eight in 26 Cactus League EXST games 2012. 

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only): 
CUBS LINEUP: 
1. Christian Olivo, CF: 2-5 (F-8, 1B, 1B, F-8, 1-3, R, RBI, SB) 
2a. Reivaj Garcia, 2B: 1-3 (4-3, 1B, P-6, R, RBI) 
2b. Joanfran Rojas, 2B: 0-1 (5-3, BB) 
3. Cristian Hernandez, SS: 3-5 (K, HR, K, 1B, 1B, 2 R, 3 RBI) 
4a. Moises Ballesteros, C: 1-3 (3-U, K, BB, 2B, R) 
4b. Miguel Pabon, C: 0-1 (F-8)
5. Rafael Morel, 3B: 1-3 (HBP, P-2, 1B, K, BB, 2 R) 
6a. Alejandro Rivero, 1B: 2-3 (2B, F-9, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI) 
6b. Bryan Serra, 1B: 1-2 (1B, K, RBI)
7. Frank Hernandez, RF: 1-3 (5-3, 1B, BB, F-7, 2 R) 
8. Brayan Altuve, LF: 2-4 (2B, 1B, K, 5-3, 2 R, RBI)
9a. Dilan Granadillo, DH #1:  2-3 (1B, F-7, 1B, 2 RBI)
9b. Ronnier Quintero, PH: 0-1 (K) 
10. Raino Coran, DH #2: 2-4 (6-3, 2B, K, 2B, 2 R, RBI) 

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Starlyn Pichardo: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 4 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1 GIDP, 4/1 GO/AO, 53 pitches (29 strikes) 
2. Rony Baez: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 4 BB, 0 K, 1 GIDP, 2/1 GO/AO, 42 pitches (21 strikes) 
3. Yohan Crispin: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 36 pitches (20 strikes) 
4. Tomy Sanchez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1 GIDP, 2/1 GO/AO, 35 pitches (13 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 4 
1. P Rony Baez: E-1 (bobbled one-hop chopper back to mound allowing batter to reach base safely) 
2. 3B Rafael Morel: E-5 (booted grounder allowing batter to reach base safely)
3. SS Cristian Hernandez: E-6 (grounder bounced off glove allowing batter to reach base safely)
4. 1B Bryan Serra: E-3 (errant throw back to pitcher after pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 3rd)

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Moises Ballesteros: 0-2 CS 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

ATTENDANCE: 7 

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Alejandro Rivero
Raino Coran
Brayan Altuve
Christian Olivo
Dilan Granadillo

Comments

Submitted by K Dub on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 05:27 pm

AZ Phil is not only an intrepid reporter who will allow nothing to stop his coverage of Cubs complex baseball, but he's also a reknown wordsmith. In his lastest article, Phil employed 10 different ways to describe the impact of bat to ball while repeating nary a one. 

In order: blasted, drilled, blooped, belted, hammered, crushed, roped, laced, slugged and ripped. 

Good work outta you, young man. Your English teachers would be proud.

Submitted by DavidP on Tue, 05/24/2022 - 05:54 pm

Phil - it is obvious that Christian Hernandez is tearing things up, and altuve and Balistros look promising, but has there been any others that have surprised you among the pitchers or the rest of the offense down there?

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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.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

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  • fullykräusened (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

  • crunch (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

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    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

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