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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

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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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Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Pete Crow-Armstrong singled, doubled, tripled, reached base on an HBP, scored a run, and drove-in another, Jordan Nwogu tripled, singled twice, and drove-in a run, Pablo Aliendo laced a two-run triple, scored a run, and drew a walk, Luis Vazquez drilled a two-run single, walked, and scored a run, Owen Caissie ripped an RBI double, walked, and scored a run, and Zach Davis singled twice, scored two runs, and stole a base, as the Tennessee Smokies (AA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) rallied to overcome an early 4-0 deficit and defeated the Hartford Yard Goats (AA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies) 9-5 on Field #5, and the Albuquerque Isotopes rallied for four runs in the 9th and defeated the Iowa Cubs (AAA affiliate of the Cubs) 6-4 on Field #6, in Cactus League minor league game action Saturday afternoon at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.   

Nelson Velazquez belted a solo HR and Matt Mervis singled twice, walked, and collected an RBI on a sacrifice fly for the I-Cubs in a losing cause.   

Iowa catcher Dom Nunez left the game in the top of the 2nd inning after being struck by a batter's back-swing, and I-Cubs Yonathan Perlaza injured his left shoulder in the top of the 9th after crashing into the RF wall while attempting to catch one of two run-scoring doubles in that inning (he left the field under his own power). As the result of the Nunez injury and with I-Cubs back-up catcher Caleb Knight having traveled to Tempe with the Cubs MLB squad, Jake Washer had to be "drafted" from the Tennessee squad to catch the AAA game (Tennessee was playing on an adjacent backfield, so he didn't have to go very far), and he had two hits, scored a run, and threw out a runner attempting to steal.   

Miguel Amaya caught the first seven innings of the AA game on Field #5, and threw out a runner trying to steal. 

All three of the pitchers who worked for AA Tennessee were temporarily moved-up from lower levels (Richard Gallardo and Sheldon Reed from South Bend and Grant Kipp from Myrtle Beach), and Riley Martin was temporarily moved-up to AAA Iowa from AA Tennessee (and Martin blew the save on Field #6).   

In minor league camp roster news, OF Pete Crow-Armstrong, infielders Chase Strumpf and Andy Weber, 1B Bryce Ball, catchers Miguel Amaya and Bryce Windham, and RHPs Samuel Reyes and Joe Nahas have been moved-down from the AAA Iowa squad to the AA Tennessee squad, OFs Yohendrick Pinango and Brad Beesley, catcher Ethan Hearn, and RHP Jarod Wright have been moved down from the AA Tennessee squad to the Hi-A South Bend squad, OF Christian Franklin, C Malcom Quintero, 1B-C Miguel Fabrizio, INF Rafael Morel, LHP Chase Watkins, and RHP Gregori Montano have been moved-down from the Hi-A South Bend squad to the Lo-A Myrtle Beach squad, LHP Christian Winston and RHP Mathew Peters were moved-down from the South Bend squad to the Extended Spring Training (Mesa) group, and LHPs Jose Aquino and Joel Machado, RHPs Gleiber Morales, Starlyn Pichardo, Cristian Rojas, Jose Romero, and Tomy Sanchez, C Adan Sanchez, INF Jefferson Rojas, and OF Ismael Mena have been moved-down from the Myrtle Beach squad to the EXST (Mesa) group. 

Also, because of the injury to INF James Triantos (knee surgery - torn meniscus), INF Juan Mora has been moved up to Hi-A South Bend from Lo-A Myrtle Beach.  
           
Updated minor league camp assignments & organizational depth chart (updated 3/25): https://www.thecubreporter.com/cubs-organizational-depth-chart

Here are the abridged box scores from the two minor league games played on the Riverview backfields Saturday afternoon (Cubs players only): 

FIELD #5

TENNESSEE LINEUP:
1. Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF: 3-4 (1B, HBP, 3B, 2B, P-6, R, RBI) 
2a. Miguel Amaya, C: 0-3 (L-7, 5-4-3 DP, HBP, F-9, R) 
2b. Bryce Windham, C: 0-1 (L-6) 
3. Owen Caissie, RF: 1-4 (3-6-3 DP, BB, 2B, 4-3, K, R, RBI) 
4a. Jordan Nwogu, LF: 3-3 (3B, 1B, 1B, RBI)
4b. Zach Davis, LF: 2-2 (1B, 1B, 2 R, SB) 
5. Bryce Ball, 1B: 0-5 (P-6, 5-4 FC, 4-6 FC, K, K, R) 
6. Andy Weber, 3B: 1-4 (K, K, F-8, F-9 SF, 1B, RBI) 
7. Luis Verdugo, 2B: 1-3 (F-8, HBP, BB, F-9, 1B, R, RBI)  
8. Luis Vazquez, SS: 1-4 (4-3, 1B, L-6 DP, 6-3, BB, R, 2 RBI) 
9a. Pablo Aliendo, DH: 1-2 (BB, 3B, K, R, 2 RBI) 
9b. Chase Strumpf, PH-DH: 1-2 (1B, F-7)  

TENNESSEE PITCHERS: 
1. Richard Gallardo: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R (4 ER), 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 1 HR, 1/3 GO/AO, 66 pitches (39 strikes) 
2. Sheldon Reed: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 4/1 GO/AO, 37 pitches (16 strikes) 
3. Grant Kipp: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 GIDP, 1/3 GO/AO, 35 pitches (24 strikes) 

TENNESSEE ERRORS: 1 
2B Luis Verdugo: E-4 (fielding miscue allowed batter reach base safely) 

TENNESSEE CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
1. Miguel Amaya: 1-1 CS 
2. Bryce Windham: 0-2 CS 

FIELD # 6

IOWA LINEUP:
1. Ben DeLuzio, CF-DH-RF: 1-4 (HBP, 1B, L-8, F-8, 5-4-3 DP, R, RBI) 
2a. Brennen Davis, RF: 0-3 (6-4-3 DP, F-9, K) 
2b. Yonathan Perlaza, RF-DH: 0-1 (5-3) 
2c. Dilan Granadillo, PH: 0-1 (1-U) 
3. Matt Mervis, 1B: 2-2 (1B, F-7 SF, BB, 1B, RBI, PO) 
4a. David Bote, 3B: 1-3 (K, 2B, 6-4 FC, RBI) 
4b. Jared Young, 3B: 0-0 (HBP, CS) 
5. Nelson Velazquez, LF: 1-4 (5-3, K, HR, K, R, RBI) 
6. Jake Slaughter, 2B: 0-3 (K, 6-3, 3-U, HBP) 
7a. Sergio Alcantara, SS: 0-2 (K, BB, K) 
7b. Levi Jordan, SS: 1-1 (1B) 
8a. Dom Nunez, C:  NO AB 
8b. Jake Washer, C: 2-4 (1B, F-7, 1B, K, R) 
9. Darius Hill, DH-CF: 1-3 (BB, F-7, K, 1B, R)  

IOWA PITCHERS: 
1. Caleb Kilian: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 3 K, 3/2 GO/AO, 51 pitches (33 strikes)
2. Riley Thompson: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 49 pitches (36 strikes)
3. Eric Stout: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/2 GO/AO, 18 pitches (10 strikes) 
4. Riley Martin: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R (4 ER), 3 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 39 pitches (19 strikes) 

IOWA ERRORS: 1 
SS Sergio Alcantara: E-6 (fielding miscue allowed batter to reach base safely) 

IOWA CATCHERS DEFENSE:  
Jake Washer: 1-1 CS  

ATTENDANCE: 87 

WEATHER: Mostly sunny with temperatures in the 60's 

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Comments

Submitted by Eric S on Sun, 03/26/2023 - 03:20 am

Well, one Riley pitched pretty well yesterday. 
 

Tennessee will be an interesting follow.  I like PCA starting at Tennessee - get hot and move up to Iowa.  Seeing Davis and Amaya get through a season without extended DL stints would be a victory in itself. 

Submitted by IACub on Sun, 03/26/2023 - 03:40 am

Early season Tennessee is gonna be a fun team to follow! Like you said I imagine a few of those guys will be in Iowa by the end of June. 

I'm trying to figure out why they sent Amaya to AA. The only thing I can think of is weather as he can get more consistent work early in the seaaon

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 03/26/2023 - 03:03 pm

No minor league activity today (Sunday 3/26). No morning workout, no games.  

Yesterday (Saturday) was the final AAA game. The Iowa Cubs  squad will now provide depth for the Cubs MLB squad in the last three Cactus League games.

In fact, the Iowa Cubs will supposedly be playing as the Chicago Cubs versus White Sox on Tuesday. Hopefully the fans won't mind too much, but given the price of the tickets they might.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 03/26/2023 - 03:20 pm

The Cubs have re-claimed RHP Chris Clarke (selected by the Seattle Mariners in the Major League Phase of the December 2022 Rule 5 Draft).

So Clarke got six weeks of MLB Spring Training experience (and maybe learned something useful), the Cubs get him back - AND - make a $50,000 profit ($100,000 Rule 5 Draft price, and the reclaim fee is $50,000).  

By rule Clarke must be sent outright to the minor league reserve list from which he was drafted (AAA Iowa), although he can be assigned to any affiliate in the system once the season starts. 

Because the return of a Rule 5 player involves an automatic outright assignment, Clarke will have Article XX-D status going forward, meaning if he were to be selected to an MLB 40-man roster again sometime in the future, he would have the right to elect free-agency if he were to be outrighted.

BTW, that's how and why Michael Rucker has Article XX-D status (he was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2019  Rule 5 Draft, and then was reclaimed by the Cubs the following Spring Training and automatically outrighted back to AAA Iowa).  

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 03/26/2023 - 03:29 pm

CUBSTER: I've thought about it as lot since the game ended and I have talked to others about it who have been going to Spring Training games for many years, and I cannot remember any Spring Training nine inning game I have attended (and I've been going to Cubs Spring training games since 1978) that went less than two hours (I am not including rain-shortened games that did not go nine innings).  This game was unbelievable. It was like a "Turn Back the Clock" Game, but not just with throwback uniforms. The game was actually played like it was fifty years ago. 

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Submitted by fullykräusened on Mon, 03/27/2023 - 03:07 pm

That's hilarious and awesome. The story of the whale reminds me of the WKRP in Cincinnati episode where the boss (Gordon Jump) decides releasing turkeys from a helicopter would be a good Thanksgiving promotion. Later, he walks into studio covered in turkey feathers: "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

These fun minor-league promotions are a great idea. I just learned that MiLB has an outreach program to attract Latino/a fans, "La Copa de la Diversión," or "The Fun Cup," where teams have games as an alternate Spanish identity. For example, the Beloit Sky Carp (already one of the great names) are going to be "Las Paletas de Beloit," complete with a logo of a paleta (Mexican popsicle-my favorite is tamarindo) tossing a baseball.  Yes, the Rocket City Trash Pandas (my favorite name) are getting in on the act, becoming "Los Lunaticos de Rocket City." 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 03/27/2023 - 03:10 am

KKvG: Richard Gallardo looked OK in the first two innings (gave up a solo HR to the second man he faced in the 1st), but then he lost the strike zone after that and it got pretty ugly. FB was 92-95 and he had good bite on his breaking ball, although he couldn't throw it for strikes (it was more of a chase pitch that got a few swinging strikes, at least until he couldn't throw the FB for strikes either). 

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 03/27/2023 - 03:36 pm

In Minor League Camp roster news (3/27), RHP Chris Clarke, RHP Danis Correa, LHP Bailey Horn, RHP Kyle Johnson, RHP Chris Kachmar, RHP Cayne Ueckert, and RHP Blake Whitney, and C Caleb Knight have been moved down from the AAA Iowa squad to the AA Tennessee squad, RHP Tyler Santana and INF Scott McKeon were moved-down from the AA Tennessee squad to the Hi-A South Bend squad, and RHP Kevin Valdez was moved-down from the Lo-A Myrtle Beach squad to the Extended Spring Training (Mesa) group.  

With C Luis Torrens likely to be on the Cubs MLB 26-man Opening Day roster and with C Dom Nunez injured in a game on Saturday (severity of injury unknown at this time), it appears that AA Tennessee catchers C Jake Washer and/or Bryce Windham - MAY - be moved up to the AAA Iowa squad from the AA Tennessee squad (TBD). 

Current Cubs Minor League Camp assignments / depth chart: 

https://www.thecubreporter.com/cubs-organizational-depth-chart

Submitted by bigsky33 on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 03:16 pm

Hi Phil,  anything happening on the back fields the rest of this week? And, when does extended spring training start?  Looking forward to watching!

Recent comments

  • 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.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Tauchman gets a pinch hit RBI single with a liner to RF. This is his spot. He's a solid 4th OF. But he isn't a DH. 

    He takes pitches. Useful. I still believe in having good hitters.

    You don't want your DH to be your weak link (other than your C maybe)

  • crunch (view)

    bit of a hot take here, but i'm gonna say it.

    the 2024 marlins don't seem to be good at doing baseballs.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Phil, will the call up for a double header restart that 15 days on assignment for a pitcher? Like will wesneski’s 15 days start yesterday, or if he’s the 27th man, will that mean 15 days from tomorrow?

    I hope that makes sense. It sounds clearer in my head.

  • Charlie (view)

    Tauchman obviously brings value to the roster as a 4th outfielder who can and should play frequently. Him appearing frequently at DH indicated that the team lacks a valuable DH. 

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Totally onboard with your thoughts concerning today’s lineup. Not sure about your take on Tauchman though.

    The guy typically doesn’t pound the ball out out of the park, and his BA is quite unimpressive. But he brings something unique to the table that the undisciplined batters of the past didn’t. He always provides a quality at bat and he makes the opposing pitcher work because he has a great eye for the zone and protects the plate with two strikes exceptionally well. In addition to making him a base runner more often than it seems through his walks, that kind of at bat wears a pitcher down both mentally and physically so that the other guys who may hit the ball harder are more apt to take advantage of subsequent mistakes and do their damage.

    I can’t remember a time when the Cubs valued this kind of contribution but this year they have a couple of guys doing it, with Happ being the other. It doesn’t make for gaudy stats but it definitely contributes to winning ball games. I do believe that’s why Tauchman has garnered so much playing time.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Miles Mastrobuoni cannot be recalled until he has spent at least ten days on optional assignment, unless he is recalled to replace a position player who is placed on an MLB inactive list (IL, Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical). 

     

    And for a pitcher it's 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled, unless he is replacing a pitcher who is placed on an MLB inactive list (IL, Paternity, or Bereavement / Family Medical). 

     

    And a pitcher (or a position player, but almost always it's a pitcher) can be recalled as the 27th man for a doubleheader regardless of how many days he has been on optional assignment, but then he must be sent back down again the next day. 

     

    That's why the Cubs had to wait as long as they did to send Jose Cuas down and recall Keegan Thompson. Thompson needed to spend the first 15 days of the MLB regular season on optional assignment before he could be recalled (and he spent EXACTLY the first 15 days of the MLB regular season on optional assignment before he was recalled). 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Indeed they do TJW!

    For the record I’m not in favor of solely building a team through paying big to free agents. But I’m also of the mind that when you develop really good players, get them signed to extensions that buy out a couple years of free agency, including with team options. And supplement the home grown players with free agent splashes or using excess prospects to trade for stars under team control for a few years. Sort of what Atlanta does, basically. Everyone talks about the dodgers but I feel that Atlanta is the peak organization at the current moment.

    That said, the constant roster churn is very Rays- ish. What they do is incredible, but it’s extremely hard to do which is why they’re the only ones frequently successful that employ that strategy. I definitely do not want to see a large market team like ours follow that model closely. But I don’t think free agent frenzies is always the answer. It’s really only the Dodgers that play in that realm. I could see an argument for the Mets too. The Yankees don’t really operate like that anymore since the elder Steinbrenner passed. Though I would say the reigning champions built a good deal of that team through free agent spending.

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