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PITCHERS: 20
Adbert Alzolay 
Michael Arias
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
Porter Hodge
* Bailey Horn
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Daniel Palencia
Michael Rucker
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 8
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
* Matt Mervis
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Luis Vazquez
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 7
Kevin Alcantara
Alexander Canario
* Pete Crow-Armstrong
Brennen Davis
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman

 


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Junior Lake Back in Action at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

James Sneed roped a two-run single and Ryan Dalton followed with an RBI single to highlight a two-out three-run rally in the top of the 3rd inning, and Tyler DeLoach tossed 3.2 IP of one-hit shutout relief with seven strikeouts, helping the Angels defeat the Cubs 4-1 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Fitch Park Field #4 in Mesa, AZ.  

Junior Lake (fractured rib cage rehab) saw his first game action since March 6th, playing 3rd base for five innings and getting five AB.

Lake batted once in each of the first five innings, going 1-3 with a single and two walks. He also was retired on a 1-3 comebacker to the mound and was called out on strikes. In addition, he was caught stealing after reaching base on the single. 
    
Ex-Minnesota Twins switch-hitting C-1B-3B-PH Jose Morales also returned to action today after missing almost six weeks with a strained hamstring. He went 0-3, and knocked-in the Cubs lone run with a F-7 sacrifice fly.

The 30-year old Morales was signed as a minor league free-agent last month and reported to Extended Spring Training to get into playing shape, but promptly pulled a hammy in his very first EXST game on April 19th. He has been restricted to limited activity (essentially just BP and "sim" games) ever since. Once he is deemed ready to move up, he will likely be assigned to AAA Iowa. 

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



CUBS LINEUP:
X. Junior Lake, 3B: 1-3 (BB, 1B, K, BB, 1-3, CS)
NOTE: Lake batted five times, hitting third in the bottom of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings
1. Kevin Encarnacion, CF: 1-4 (4-3, 3-U, K, 2B)
2a. Justin Marra, DH #1: 0-2 (K, K) 
2b. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 0-2 (K, K)
3a. Erick Castillo, C: 0-2 (3-U, K)
3b. Rony Rodriguez, C: 0-2 (F-7, F-7)
4a. Dong-Yub Kim, LF: 1-2 (3B, BB, 1-3, R)
4b. SLOT WAS SKIPPED FOURTH TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
5. Jose Morales, DH #2: 0-3 (F-7 SF, F-8, K, K, RBI)
6. Garrett Schlecht, RF: 1-3 (2B, F-9, K)
7. Danny Lockhart, 2B: 0-2 (BB, F-7, 6-3)
8. Carlos Penalver, SS: 0-3 (P-3, L-4, K)
9. Trevor Gretzky, 1B: 0-1 (BB, BB, K, SB)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Paul Blackburn: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R (4 ER), 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HBP, 1 PO, 67 pitches (41 strikes), 3/2 GO/FO
2. Erick Leal: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1 PO, 47 pitches (29 strikes), 2/5 GO/FO  
NOTE: Top of 7th inning was stopped with two outs when Leal reached his pre-planned max pitch limit for the game
3. Carlos Martinez: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 28 pitches (20 strikes), 1/2 GO/FO

CUBS ERRORS: NONE

CUBS CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Erick Castillo; 0-1 CS
Rony Rodriguez: 1-1 CS

ATTENDANCE: 13

WEATHER: Sunny and breezy with temperarures in the 90's  
 

 

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Comments

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 05:16 pm

i.stewart 0-4, 3K...sigh. ...and b.jackson keeps slipping, himself, with a 0-3, 3K (1bb) night.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 05:01 am

RHP Michael Bowden has cleared waivers and has been assigned outright to AAA Iewa. However, because he has been outrighted previously in his career, Bowden is an Article XX-D player and has the right to elect free-agency if outrighted. He can elect free-agency immediately, or he can defer free-agency until the close of the MLB regular season (and then he can file anytime beginning on the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season up through October 15th).   

Note that if Bowden elects free-agency immediately, his contract is voided and he receives no termination pay. If he accepts the Outright Assignment and defers free-agency, his contract would remain in force, but he would not be eligible to be a Article XX-D minor lerague free-agent if he is added back to an MLB  40-man roster prior to the conclusion of the 2013 MLB regular season.  

Because Bowden was not eligible for salary arbitration post-2012, he almost certainly has a split contract, meaning he receives one salary if he is on an MLB roster, and another lesser salary if he is on a minor league roster. So if he were to decline the Outright Assignment and elect free-ageny, he would be giving up what's left of his minor league split salary, probably about $150K. (Bowden's 2013 minor league split salary would be greater than the $80K minimum minor league split salary, because he spent about 2/3 of the 2012 season on an MLB 25-man roster, and a minor league split salary must be at least 60% of what the player was actually paid in salary the previoius season).

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 05:10 am

Because he was a college senior with no eligibility left, RHP Austin Pentecost (Cubs 2012 29th round draft pick) was the one player selected by the Cubs in last June's First Year Player Draft (Rule 4 Draft) who remained on the Cubs Negotiation List beyond last July's signing deadline. The Cubs had until midnight to sign Pentecost.  

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 05:31 pm

HAGSAG: I was just mentioning that the Cubs had until midnight last night to sign Pentecost. He was the only 2012 Cubs draft pick the Cubs could have signed after the July 2012 signing deadline. As far as I know he isn't pitching in independent ball, so he may have just decided to pursue another career.   

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 05:26 am

Last July, six "Competitive Balance" Rule 4 Draft picks were awarded by lottery between the 1st and 2nd round, and six more were awarded by lottery between the 2nd and 3rd round. The lottery took place on the Monday following the Rule 4 Draft signing deadline. Only MLB clubs that receive revenue sharing and clubs from the ten smallest markets were be eligible to participate in the lottery for Competitive Balance picks.

Once awarded, these draft picks can be traded, but only during the MLB regular season, and the pick cannot be traded for cash unless it is a financial adjustment made to offset the salary of one or more of the players involved in the trade. Also, a Competitive Balance draft pick can be traded only once (only by the club that was awarded the pick), and a Competitive Balance Rule 4 Draft pick can be used only in the next Rule 4 Draft. There is no compensation if a player selected with a Competitive Balance draft pick does not sign.

Of the 12 Competitive Balance Draft Picks awarded last July, three have been traded (the Tigers and Marlins exchanged their picks as part of the Anibal Sanchez trade last July, and the Pirates traded their pick to the Marlins for 1B Gaby Sanchez last July), and one was forfeited (by Cleveland as the result of the Indians signing Article XX-B MLB FA OF Michael Bourn, who had received a Qualifying Offer from his previous club, the Braves).

That leaves eight Competitive Balance picks available to be traded (KC, AZ, BAL and CIN between the 1st & 2nd rounds, and SD, COL, OAK, and MIL between the 2nd & 3rd rounds):

BETWEEN ROUND ONE & ROUND TWO:
34. KC
35. MIA (from PIT) - cannot be traded again
36. AZ
37. BAL
38. CIN
39. DET (from MIA) - cannot be traded again 

BETWEEN ROUND TWO & ROUND THREE:
69. SD
70. COL
71. OAK
72. MIL
73. MIA (from DET) - cannot be traded again
NOTE CLE pick was forfeited, and all picks below were moved up one slot

Submitted by John Beasley on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 05:46 pm

I doubt there is much of a trade market for either Scott Hairston or Cody Ransom, but I suspect Jae-Hoon Ha and Donnie Murphy respectively could replace those guys today and the Cubs would not be any worse off. If you can even get a couple deep prospects for those guys, it's worth setting them out during the yard sale.

Submitted by fullykräusened on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 05:15 pm

Sweet Jesus, please, no more 2003 reminiscences. 1969: Broke my teenage heart. (Sabermatricians say Adolfo Phillips not so bad...} 1984: Garvey, damn you. 1989: First basemen... 1998: Maybe... Then came 2003, with the long-term, home-grown, starting rotation...I will never forget the Lazy-Boy I sat in to watch that game... Sammy floats a single to right...five outs away...oh my God...I am a Cub fan. "Hi, Cub Fan," say the other folks in the group at the Alano Club...

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 05:18 am

how much longer can they keep z.rosscup down in AA? he turns 25 in less than 2 weeks, so he's already "too old" for AA as it is. 1.2ip 0h 0bb 2k tonight 22.2ip 11h 8bb 35k - 1.19era i.stewart didn't play tonight... b.jackson went 0-3, 1k in AAA.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 05:20 am

almost 2am central and KC/STL is still in a rain delay rather...unreal. (multiple edits follow) the grounds crew keeps coming out to clean/dump the tarp into the drainage in LF. tarp is off and it looks like they might be getting ready to start it back up sometime soon. ...cards GM is out on the field with the umps...looks like he might be trying a power play. if the game gets called, the score reverts back to the inning before (where STL was leading) and therefore they would win. this might be interesting. "Any suspended game not completed prior to the last scheduled game between the two teams during the championship season shall become a called game, as follows: If such game has progressed far enough to become a regulation game, and one team is ahead, the team that is ahead shall be declared the winner (unless the game is called while an inning is in progress and before the inning is completed, and the visiting team has scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not retaken the lead, in which case the score upon the completion of the last full inning shall stand for purposes of this Rule 4.12(b)(4));" lulz...KC players are helping the STL grounds crew apply diamond dry on the field...carry bags out, dumping them, raking...they are determined to make this game happen. fan pic - http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BLk5t2HCAAEdnK9.jpg the crowd is so thin now that KC players are on the field hurling baseballs into the stands at every KC fan they see. they're handing out autographs, seeds, and gum, too. this whole scene is kinda lulz. ...and it's raining again...almost all of the KC team is standing on the field...STL dugout is 1/2 empty...both managers are going back/forth with the umps (and each other). matheny is not a happy camper over all of this. royals announcers are calling out the STL grounds crew on the air, implying they were stalling. STL players out on the field playing catch...seems like they know this is "gonna happen" even though the GM of the cards is on the phone (on the side of the field) bitching to someone about something (most likely field conditions). there is more diamond dry on that field than i have ever seen in my life on a playing field. matheny is visibly not wanting this game to continue, hitting the umps up again. ...and here comes molina in gear behind home plate and joe kelly is warming up...time to get this game back on. 4hr 32m hour rain delay. there's so few fans left that everyone in the place has been moved to the first couple of rows behind the dugouts so the cleaning crew can do their work. there's literally about 40-60 fans left. ...and after all of that it takes less than 15 minutes for KC to win it. btw, this umpire crew works the cubs game 10 hours from now @wrigley.

Submitted by QuietMan on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 05:01 pm

Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet: No. 9 Pierce Johnson, rhp, Cubs Team: low Class A Kane County (Midwest) Age: 22 Why He’s Here: 1-1, 1.46, 2 GS, 12 1/3 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 15 SO The Scoop: If you’re looking for a strong candidate for a midseason promotion, Johnson fits the bill. The 43rd overall pick in last year’s draft, he has allowed two runs or fewer in seven of his 10 starts in low Class A. The 22-year-old has the advanced stuff and could’ve started the year in high Class A, and now he’s surged into second in the Midwest League strikeout race with 60 in 53 innings. Not so hot sheet: Jeimer Candelario, 3b, Cubs: The 19-year-old hitting machine ranks second in the Midwest League with 17 doubles, though he endured a rough week with low Class A Kane County, going 2-for-23 (.087) at the dish with two walks (one intentional) and four strikeouts. http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/prospect-hot-sheet-may-31-wil-mye…

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Submitted by JoePepitone on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 05:20 pm

I saw Pierce Johnson pitch last Wednesday night at the Quad Cities. He had dominating stuff, though I couldn't give you any velocity readings, as the stadium radar gun wasn't working that evening. Only gave up one run, a home run in the bottom of the 6th. He looked real good and really in control.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 05:30 pm

Rays call up Chris Archer N Jeff Beliveau in time for the Stanley Cup semi finals. Archer starts Saturday vs Tribe

Submitted by Rob Richardson on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 05:34 pm

While I still support the rebuilding plans, winning teams are more fun to watch.

Submitted by QuietMan on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 05:30 pm

Ryan Acosta was suspended 50 games for violating the minor league baseball drug policy. Acosta tested positive for an amphetamine. The 24-year-old right-hander owns a 4.75 ERA over parts of seven seasons in the minors, mostly in a relief role. He was given his release by the Dodgers earlier this week. Rotoworld bit.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    i know it's still very early, but i'd like to go into the xmas-to-newyears part of the off-season with something more than...*checks list*...patrick wisdom avoids arbitration with a 1-year deal

    also, steven brault retired and was spotted at the winter meetings with a demo reel and making contacts trying to break into broadcasting (not a joke).  unless he's more optimistic than talented (we already know he can sing) he should make it one day because he seems to be very serious about it.

  • Cubster (view)

    I blame Jason Schmidt’s 3/44

  • Craig A. (view)

    Was all that stuff with the Blue Jays just to squeeze an extra $10 million/yr out of the Dodgers?  It's more than enough to cover his California income taxes!

  • crunch (view)

    unless he pitches into his late-30 that is gonna sting.  a 70m DH...ow.

    it's great to take care of 2 roster spots in 1 player, and i'm sure the team will cut into the pay with the amount of merch/etc he can sell just by being attached to the team....but yeah, i'm not mad the cubs didn't go that extreme.

  • WebAdmin (view)

    Shohei Ohtani to join Dodgers according to ESPN. 10 years for $700 m

  • Cubster (view)

    I'm getting the feeling that Todd Walker might be a Shaw comp. A valuable hit first player but limited albeit not awful on defense. Hopefully, he has more upside. Not a bad floor if Steve Garvey is his ceiling.

  • Wrigley Rat (view)

    AZ Phil - If that's the level of return, I would want NO part of that trade to Cleveland for Clase and Bieber. I have some faith that the Cubs have a strong plan for which prospects they will keep (even if they dangle them in trade talks) and which they will move, because they have plenty of solid prospects they can trade but they shouldn't be trading any of the ones they hope will be future core players. Some guys are redundant, so I hope they choose the right players to keep and the right players to move. It's always important for a team to know its own minor league players better than scouts from other teams (obviously), but I don't think that's always been the case for the Cubs and many other clubs. 

    Cubster - I watched an interview with Carter Hawkins a couple days ago where he said that although Morel hasn't gotten into any Dominican games at 1B, the Cubs did send coaches down with Morel to work on first base skills during practice. So he is developing those skills, whether the Cubs end up using him there or not will probably be dependent on a lot of factors including how those coaches think he looks at the position while training. 

  • tim815 (view)

    He could still play SS at Double-A, but Vazquez, Hoerner, and Swanson are much better defensively, arm strength or not. I'd be good leaving Shaw at SS with McGeary and Ballesteros around, but by the first of June (?), 1B might make sense in DM.

  • crunch (view)

    i have no reason to see a problem, it just seems like it's his most obvious reason to give pause on him at 1st.

    the cubs situation dictates 2nd/SS isn't an option.  his arm dictates 3rd isn't an option.  1st or CF seems to be his best path and he's only played CF in summer ball back in highschool/college...and of course PCA is a better + closer to the bigs CF.

    it's a lot safer to say he's made for 1st than it is he's made for 3rd.  even as a SS his arm is weak, and it's not like his glove is so great he needs to stay in the middle-IF.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    CRUNCH: Steve Garvey (one of Shaw's comps as a hitter) was a 5'10 right-handed throwing first-baseman with a rag arm. Jeff Bagwell (another Shaw comp) was a 6'0 right-handed throwing first-baseman with a rag arm. Carlos Santana (who played 1B for Counsell in Milwaukee last season and is an above-average defensive first-baseman) is 5'11. It's not like Shaw is 5'7 or 5'8. I don't really see the problem. 

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