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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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D. J. Spins the Tunes at Salt River Fields

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

D. J. LeMahieu (on Rockies 10-day DL - right hamstring strain) singled twice and drove-in a run with a sacrifice fly, Daniel Jipping doubled and scored and collected an RBI with a sacrifice fly, and SP Jeffri Ocando hurled three innings of perfect baseball, leading the Rockies to a 3-1 victory over the Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Wednesday morning on Dust Storm Field at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Resort east of Scottsdale, AZ. 

The game was called with one out in the bottom of the 8th. 

RHP Jose Albertos walked five and threw five wild pitches in 2.1 IP (56 pitches - only 25 strikes) for the Cubs. 

Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only):
CUBS LINEUP:
1. Luis Verdugo, SS: 1-4 (6-3, 1B, 6-3, 5-3)
2a. Josue Huma, 3B:  0-1 (F-9, BB)
2b. Orian Nunez, 3B: 1-2 (P-3, 2B, R)
3a. Henderson Perez, C: 0-2 (K, K)
3b. Ramsey Romano, 1B: 1-2 (P-6, 1B, RBI)
4. Christopher Morel, DH #1: 1-4 (K, K, 1B, K)
5. Abraham Rodriguez, LF: 0-3 (1-3, K, K)
6. Luis Diaz, 2B: 0-2 (5-3, K, BB)
7. Gustavo Polanco, 1B-C: 0-3 (6-3, K, 5-4 FC)
8. Chris Carrier, RF: 1-2 (6-3, BB, 1B)
9. Rafael Mejia, DH #2: 0-3 (5-3, FC, 4-3)
10. Jose A. Gonzalez, CF: 1-3 (1B, K, 1-3)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Faustino Carrera: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 0/8 GO/AO, 39 pitches (31 strikes) 
2. Sean Barry: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/AO, 11 pitches (10 strikes) 
3. Jose Albertos: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 5 BB, 2 K, 4/1 GO/AO, 5 WP, 56 pitches (25 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: NONE 

ATTENDANCE: 10 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 05:11 pm

"RHP Jose Albertos walked five and threw five wild pitches in 2.1 IP (56 pitches - only 25 strikes) for the Cubs."

gawd...i dunno what to even think at this point.  he's never been a guy who has total command/control of his stuff, but this season has been especially epic bad.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 05:33 am

CRUNCH: Jose Albertos threw a half-dozen fastballs over the heads of the batter, catcher, and umpire off the back screen, and another half-dozen pitches were spiked in front of home plate. I don't see how he can go to Eugene at this point.

BTW, you may remember some of my previous reports, where Albertos was displaying these same tendencies in games in Minor League Camp more than two months ago. And last year he was regularly spiking pitches in front of home plate at the end of Extended Spring Training, before getting squared-away when he got to Eugene.

So this problem did not just suddenly emerge when he got to South Bend, and he has been able to overcome it once before (this time last year).

Submitted by KingKongvsGodzilla on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 05:00 am

Hey Phil,

 

How’d Faustino Carrera look?

 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 05:16 am

KKvG: In each of his last two starts, Faustino Carrera threw so few pitches-per-inning that he was sent out to the bullpen to throw an additional 15 pitches after he left the game. He could have easily thrown five innings yesterday, maybe even six.

Carrera works fast and has outstanding command of all three of his pitches. His FB has arm-side tailing action, he can drop his CV in for a strike anytime he want to do that, and his CH is a plus pitch. The only problem might be that while he does get swings & misses with both his FB and CH, he doesn't really have a true "chase pitch."

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 05:35 pm

RHRP David Garner's 50-day Drug of Abuse suspension ended yesterday and so he is eligible to be reinstated from the Restricted List and could be assigned to Iowa (or any other Cubs affiliate) immediately. 

Garner is in game shape because he has been pitching regularly in Cactus League EXST games. 

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 05:06 pm

It wasn't a Cactus League Extended Spring Training game, but the Cubs did play a three-inning EXST intrasquad game after the Thursday morning Camp Day workout. 

Here is the box score from the game: 

SQUAD "A" LINEUP:
1. Tolly Filotei, LF: 1-2 (6-3, 2B, R)
2. Kwangmin Kwon, DH: 1-2 (5-3, 1B)
3. Luis Ubiera, RF: 2-2 (1B, 1B, R, RBI, SB)
4. Jose A. Gonzalez, CF: 1-2 (1B, F-9, SB)
5. Ramsey Romano, 3B: 0-2 (6-3, L-7)
6. Orian Nunez, 2B: 1-2 (2B, L-8, R)
7. Yonathan Perlaza, SS: 0-1 (3-U, BB)
8. Franklin Tineo, 1B: 0-1 (BB, P-5, R)
9. Raymond Pena, C: 1-2 (HR, 5-3, R, 3 RBI)

SQUAD "B" LINEUP:
1. Ruben Reyes, LF: 0-2 (3-U, F-8)
2. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 1-1 (1B, BB, SB, CS)
3. Jose Alonso Gaitan, RF: 0-1 (6-3)
4. Kevin Moreno, DH: 0-1 (F-7)
5. Luis Hidalgo, 1B: 0-1 (5-3)
6. Fidel Mejia, 2B: 0-1 (5-3)
7. Delvin Zinn, SS: 0-0 (BB, SB)
8. Cam Balego, 3B: 0-1 (F-8)
9. Eric Gonzalez, C: 0-1 (K) 

SQUAD "A" PITCHERS: 
1. Eugenio Palma: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/AO, 14 pitches (7 strikes)
2. Luis Silva: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GO/AO, 18 pitches (11 strikes) 
3. Casey Ryan: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GO/AO, 12 pitches (7 strikes)

SQUAD "B" PITCHERS: 
1. Yovanny Cruz: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 2 WP, 5/4 GO/AO, 60 pitches (32 strikes) 

SQUAD "A" ERRORS: NONE 

SQUAD "B" ERRORS: NONE  

SQUAD "A" CATCHERS DEEENSE: 
Raymond Pena: 1-3 CS 

SQUAD "B" CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Eric Gonzalez: 0-2 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 4 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 90's 

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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.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.

  • 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)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • 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.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    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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