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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Czech Swing Not Up to the Challenge at Riverview

Jake Hannemann belted a solo home run leading off the bottom of the 1st inning and an RBI double in the 4th, Trey Martin tripled twice and knocked-in two runs, Yasiel Balaguert hammered a three-run HR in the 1st and walked in the 3rd, Will Remillard doubled twice and scored a run, and Paul Blackburn and seven relievers combined to toss a four-hit shutout, as the Tennessee Smokies (Cubs AA affiliate) blanked Team Czech Republic 10-0 in Minor League Camp game action this morning on Field #5 at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.  

The Czech team (managed by Mike Griffin, with Trot Nixon and Corey Lee serving as assistant coaches) is in Arizona preparing for the World Baseball Classic Qualifier #2 tournament in Mexicali, Mexico later this week. Mexico is the host team, and Germany and Nicaragua are the other two particpants. The winner qualifies for the 2017 WBC. 

As per usual, the Tennessee squad added some additional players for the game, with RHP Corey Black, catchers David Freitas, Will Remillard, and Ben Carhart, 1B Matt Clark, SS Bryant Flete, and OF Bijan Rademacher moving down from the Iowa squad, RHRP Scott Effross, 1B Yasiel Balaguert, 2B Ian Happ, and LF Donnie Dewees moving up from the Myrtle Beach group, and 3B Adonis Paula and catcher P. J. Higgins moving up from the South Bend squad.     

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Here is the abridged box score from today's game (Cubs players only): 

TENNESSEE LINEUP
1a. Jake Hannemann, CF: 2-3 (HR, F-7, 2B, R, 2 RBI)
1b. Bijan Rademacher, PH: 1-1 (3B, RBI)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIFTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
2a. Chesny Young, 2B: 0-2 (BB, F-8, 5-3, CS)
2b. Ben Carhart, PH-C 0-2 (4-3, F-7)
3. Donnie Dewees, LF: 0-4 (F-9, 3-1, L-7, F-7)
4. Ian Happ, DH-2B: 1-3 (BB, 1B, 4-3, 6-3, R, SB)
5a. Mark Zagunis, RF: 0-1 (BB, F-8, R)
5b. Will Remillard, PH-DH: 2-2 (2B, 2B, R)
6a. Yasiel Balaguert, 1B: 1-1 (HR, BB, R, 3 RBI)
6b. Matt Clark, PH-1B: 1-2 (F-8, 2B, R, RBI)
7a. Jason Vosler, 3B: 0-2 (3-U, F-7)
7b. Adonis Paula, PH-3B: 1-2 (6-3, 1B, RBI)
8. David Freitas, C-DH: 0-2 (F-8, 3-U) 
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TWO TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
9. Billy McKinney, DH-RF: 1-3 (1B, F-9, BB, 4-3, R)
10a. P. J. Higgins, DH-C: 1-1 (1B, R, SB)
10b. Bryant Flete, PH-SS: 1-2 (1B, K, R) 
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
11a. Carlos Penalver, SS: 0-2 (F-7, 5-3) 
11b. Trey Martin, PH-CF: 2-2 (3B, 3B, R, 2 RBI)

TENNESSEE PITCHERS
1. Paul Blackburn: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 PO, 3/0 GO/AO, 30 pitches (20 strikes) 
2. Corey Black: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 15 pitches (9 strikes) 
3. David Berg: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 10 pitches (7 strikes) 
4. Craig Brooks: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 GIDP, 2/0 GO/AO, 7 pitches (5 strikes) 
5. Josh Conway: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 1/0 GO/AO, 18 pitches (9 strikes) 
6. David Garner: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GO/AO, 12 pitches (6 strikes) 
7. Scott Effross: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GO/AO, 10 pitches (6 strikes) 
8. Daury Torrez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 15 pitches (9 strikes) 

TENNESSEE ERRORS: NONE 

TENNESSEE CATCHERS DEFENSE
1. David Freitas: 0-1 CS 
2. P. J. Higgins: 1-1 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 71 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 70's 

Comments

While the Smokies weere trouncing the Czechs on Field #5, "live" BP continued on the other three backfields. 

Pitchers throwing "live" BP today were: 

Casey Bloomquist 
Gerardo Concepcion 
Greyfer Eregua 
Dillon Maples
Ryan McNeil 
Kyle Miller 
Jordan Minch
Jose Paulino 
Tayler Scott  

All nine pitchers threw one inning (25 pitches each).  

i'm gonna edit/delete this out. i'm just surprised t.nixon is back doing anything involving coaching baseball. he must have loved his taste last year doing paid coaching clinics for little leaguers. good for him.

strop finally pitched! 1ip 0h 0bb 2k. unf. also, h.rondon shit himself and blew a 3 run lead in the 9th...game ends in a 3-3 tie. j.baez got to play 2nd today.

John Arguello from Cubs Den was also at the game at Riverview, and took some great pics (as usual!)...  

link 

"The Cubs trimmed their roster by seven players on Monday, optioning Dan Vogelbach, Eric Jokisch and Andury Acevedo to Triple-A Iowa. Pitchers Duane Underwood, Jack Leathersich, Jonathan Pettibone and Armando Rivero were all assigned to the Minor League camp."

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In addition to Acevedo, Jokisch, Vogelbach, Leathersich, Pettibone, Rivero, and Underwood, catcher Cael Brockmeyer was also assigned to Minor League Camp today. Brockmeyer was a late NRI who was invited to report with pitchers & catcher on 2/18, and he has been in big league camp ever since (until today). 

Also, only Acevedo, Brockmeyer, Jokisch, and Rivero were actually on the field at Minor League Camp this morning (all four were with the Iowa squad).

Despite being optioned to Iowa today, Vogelbach is still physically with the big league club, and Leathersich (July 2015 TJS) and Pettibone (2015 right shoulder surgery) will be assigned to the Extended Spring Training Pitchers Rehab Group when it is formed.

Underwood has been bothered by right elbow stiffness (he did not pitch in any MLB Cactus League games), and so he could end up at EXST, too.  

More "live" BP at Minor League Camp this morning, with 13 pitchers in action on the four fields: 

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THREE INNINGS (45 pitches - 15 pitches-per-inning)
* Ryan Kellogg 
Brad Markey 

ONE INNING (25 pitches) 
Pedro Araujo
Dale Brocker
Jared Cheek 
Zach Hedges
Corbin Hoffner
Tommy Nance 
James Norwood
* Luis Parra 
Alexander Santana 
* Tommy Thorpe 
* John Williamson 

The pitchers throwing three innigs are being primed as starters, and the one-inning guys are being primed as relievers. 

Brocker and Nance are the two pitchers the Cubs acquired from Frontier League (independent) teams during the off-season.

In Minor League Camp roster news, 17-year old RHP Jose Albertos (2015 IFA - Mexico) has arrived and has been assigned to the South Bend squad. Although he just arrived at Minor League Camp, Albertos participated in Fall Instructs at the Cubs Under Armour Performance Center in Mesa last September-October, and he is one of six IFA players signed by the Cubs out of Mexico (so far) during the 2015-16 International Signing Period (with six being as many IFA as the Cubs had signed out of Mexico over the previous ten years combined). 

In addition, RHP Matt Brazis (Iowa squad) has been cleared for full activity, while RHP Luis Hernandez (injured while throwing a "live" BP session last week) is now restricted to Limited Activity Only with the South Bend squad. 

Phil, have you heard anything about Wen Hua Sung? He was a Boras client and connected to Cubs but never heard of him signing anywhere.

I read somewhere that he didnt think much of the Cubs offer and went back to school.

Lester in sim game today Only way he will learn Bruce Levine ‏@MLBBruceLevine 30s30 seconds ago Cubs have forced the issue of Lester throwing to all the bases.Lester has not backed away from challenge

Adam LaRoche retires today $ 13 million back to Sox. Win/Win for Reinsdorf, no free agents to spend it on, gets to keep it.

schwarb's back today...batting 4th and playing LF. free live game on mlb.com (video and audio)...tv feed is SD.

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2WP for grimm...having a difficult time with his slider today, but he didn't look horrible...just a couple in the dirt. n.ramirez strikes out 3 with 0bb/0h in his 1ip. \m/ j.andreoli inside the park HR!!!! ...still don't understand how this legit 3-OF-position dude with AAA experience survived the rule-5 even if his ceiling is believed to be a bench OF'r.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    LHP Blake Weiman appears to have been the last cut from the AAA Iowa roster. He is with the Tennessee group at Minor League Camp.

     

  • crunch (view)

    bruce bochy is hobbling rather badly for a guy who's had 2 hip replacements.  his gait is extremely wonky taking the lineup card to the ump.

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳

  • crunch (view)

    madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.

    making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster.  if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.

    morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.

    madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game?  it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.

    this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone.  cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.

    anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season.  it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.