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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Richard Nunez

Snakes Slither Past Cubs at Riverview

Jorge Perez belted an RBI single and a two-run HR and RHSP Luis Frias and three relievers combined to hurl a four-hitter, as the Diamondbacks thrashed the Cubs 7-1 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Thursday morning on Field #5 on John Arguello Way at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ. 

The game was called with two outs in the bottom of the 8th after Richard Nunez was hit in the head/face with a pitch from D'backs RHP Jake Winston. Nunez was attended by Cubs and D'backs athletic trainers and then was removed from the field and transported to the UAPC clubhouse aboard a Cubs medical crash-cart. Nunez was struck in the small of the back with a bat in the top of the 7th after a D'backs batter followed-through on a swing a little bit too aggressively, but Nunez refused to come out of the game at that time despite being offered the opportunity.  

Not counting Jose Gutierrez (who is rehabbing from a mild ankle sprain suffered in a game last week), Orian Nunez (who the Cubs wanted to try at shortstop), and the three pitchers, today's Cubs lineup (plus the bullpen catcher) featured ten (shall we say) "low ceiling" older position players who are competing for back-up jobs with Eugene or with one of the two AZL Cubs teams. It wasn't necessarily a final chance "make-it-or-break-it" opportunity to show something, but the ten (including bullpen catcher Raymond Pena) are the guys who have been getting the least playing time in Cactus League EXST games and who are usually assigned to the "sim" games and "live" BP sessions (sort of like an NRI at MLB Spring Training).   

While 15 Cubs played the Diamondbacks on Field #5, the other 70+ Cubs position players and pitchers participated in full "Camp Day" activities on the other Riverview backfields, including baserunning & run-down drills, PFP, infield and outfield practice, defensive strategy simulations, BP (with players rotating between FB and CV machines), and bunting practice.  

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

Cubs Use Long-Ball to Deal D'backs Defeat at Riverview

Christopher Morel belted a solo HR and singled, stole a base, and scored a run, Richard Nunez hammerd a two-run HR, Lane Adams drilled a solo HR, and RHSP Chi-Feng Lee and four relievers combined to hurl a four-hitter, as the Cubs defeated the Diamondbacks 5-1 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Wednesday morning on Field #1 at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.  

Francis Martinez smacked a solo HR to account for the D'backs lone run. 

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

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...