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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

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
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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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South Bend & Myrtle Beach Sweep Visalia & Hillsboro at Riverview

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

SP Joe Nahas fired 3.2 IP of shutout ball with seven strikeouts, Brad Beesley stroked an RBI double, singled, stole two bases, and scored a run, Haydn McGeary singled, doubled, and scored two runs, and Liam Spence drilled a two-run HR, as the South Bend Cubs (Hi-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs) blanked the Hillsboro Hops (Hi-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks) 7-0 on Field #6, and Christian Franklin hammered a bases-clearing bases-loaded three-run double, Parker Chavers walked and scored in the 3rd inning, singled and stole a base in the 5th, and belted a tie-breaking solo HR in the 7th, and Branden Noriega hurled three perfect innings of relief with five strikeouts, as the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs Lo-A affiliate) edged the Visalia Rawhide (Diamondbacks Lo-A affiliate) 5-4 on Field #5, in Cactus League minor league game action Saturday morning at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.  

Prior to the games, OF D. J. Artis was moved-down from the AA Tennessee squad to the Hi-A South Bend squad, OF Jacob Wetzel and INF Josue Huma were moved-up to the South Bend squad from the Lo-A Myrtle Beach squad, and 1B Felix Stevens and OFs Andy Garriola and Parker Chavers were moved-down from the South Bend squad to the Myrtle Beach squad. 

Here are the abridged box scores from the two games (Cubs players only) 

FIELD #5: 

MYRTLE BEACH LINEUP:
1. Parker Chavers, LF: 2-3 (4-3, BB, 1B, HR, 2 R, RBI, SB) 
2. Christian Franklin, CF: 1-4 (6-3, 2B, 1-3, K, 3 RBI, CS) 
3. Moises Ballesteros, DH: 0-1 (BB, BB, K, BB) 
4. Andy Garriola, RF: 0-3 (F-8, HBP, F-9, P-2)
5. Felix Stevens, 1B: 3-4 (1B, K, 1B, 2B, 2 CS)
6. Rafael Morel, SS: 1-4 (5-3, 5-4-3 DP, 1B, 6-U FC, CS) 
7. Reggie Preciado, 3B: 0-4 (K, E-1, 6-4 FC, K, R) 
8. Miguel Pabon, C: 1-2 (1B, F-9 SF, 5-4-3 DP, R, RBI) 
9. Reivaj Garcia, 2B: 0-3 (FC, F-8, K, R) 

MYRTLE BEACH PITCHERS: 
1. Koen Moreno: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 4 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 0/2 GO/AO, 56 pitches (27 strikes) 
2. Jack Aldrich: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/0 GO/AO, 16 pitches (11 strikes)
3. Branden Noriega: 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 1/3 GO/AO, 36 pitches (26 strikes) 
4. Christian Winston: 1.0 IP, 1 H 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GO/AO, 19 pitches (13 strikes) 
5. Johzan Oquendo: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/AO, 12 pitches (10 strikes) 

MYRTLE BEACH ERRORS: 1 
P Christian Winston: E-1 (errant pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 3rd and another runner to score from 3rd) 

MYRTLE BEACH CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Miguel Pabon: 0-7 CS 

FIELD #6: 

SOUTH BEND LINEUP:
1. D. J. Artis, LF: 2-4 (4-3, K, 2B, 1B) 
2. Kevin Alcanatara, DH #1: 1-3 (1B, K, F-9, BB, CS) 
3. Yohendrick Pinango, DH #2: 0-2 (BB, K, BB, K, 2 CS)
4. Haydn McGeary, 1B: 2-4 (6-3, 2B, K, 1B, 2 R) 
5. Brad Beesley, CF: 2-4 (6-3, 2B, 1B, K, R, RBI, 2 SB) 
6. Jacob Wetzel, RF: 1-4 (K, K, F-8, 1B, R) 
7a. Kevin Made, SS: 0-2 (6-3, 4-3) 
7b. Liam Spence, SS: 1-2 (K, HR, R, 2 RBI) 
8. Casey Opitz, C: 0-2 (F-7, 4-3, BB, BB, R) 
9. Josue Huma, 2B: 1-3 (4-3, BB, 1B, F-8, R) 
10a. Scott McKeon, 3B: 1-3 (K, 6-4-3 DP, 1B, 2 RBI) 
10b. David Avitia, PH-3B: 0-1 (L-7) 

SOUTH BEND PITCHERS: 
1. Joe Nahas: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 PO, 3/0 GO/AO, 53 pitches (36 strikes) 
2. Bradford Deppermann: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 0/1 GO/AO, 9 pitches (4 strikes) 
3. Didier Vargas: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 7/1 GO/AO, 47 pitches (26 strikes) 
4. Chase Watkins: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 30 pitches (19 strikes) 

SOUTH BEND ERRIORS: 1 
SS Kevin Made: E-6 (fielding miscue allowed batter to reach base safely) 

SOUTH BEND CATCHERS DEFENSE: 
Casey Optiz: 1-3 CS 

ATTENDANCE: 24 

WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 80's 

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Comments

Submitted by Childersb3 on Sat, 04/01/2023 - 04:04 pm

AZ Phil,

What did you see from the lefties Noriega, Vargas and Aldrich?

Noriega is the first Cubs draftee out of the MLB Draft League (I think). He never actually pitched in college ball, but was on some JUCO rosters.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 04/01/2023 - 04:52 pm

childersb3: Didier Vargas has a SP repertoire and he is stretched-out as a SP / piggy-back (or multi-inning reliever). 

FB 89-92
CH 85
SL 79-82
CV 74-76

Got lots of ground balls on Saturday

Noriega is a lanky lefty with a plus CH, a decent breaking ball, and a solid FB. He got nine swing & miss among his 36 pitches (six on the CH and three on the FB). 25% swing & miss is really good. And no hard contract when he didn't get a strikeout (just a weak grounder and three pop flies). Had outstanding command of all of his pitches on Saturday. 

Aldrich looks like a polished lefty reliever who relies on a plus SL and FB conmand. I would estimate probably upper 80's / low 90's FB velo. He got only one swing & miss, but he threw strikes and nobody squared him up. 

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 04/01/2023 - 04:36 pm

With the minor league camp roster moves made today, I think we now know who the Opening Day outfielders will be at Tennessee, South Bend, and Myrtle Beach: 

MYRTLE BEACH: 
C. Franklin (CF) 
Garriola (LF-RF) 
Chavers (LF-RF) 
4th: More, Collier, or Encarnacion (probably just one, the others go to EXST)

SOUTH BEND: 
K. Alcantara (CF)   
Pinango (LF) 
Wetzel (RF) 
4th: Beesley and maybe Artis 
NOTE: Pagan will be at EXST  

TENNESSEE: 
PCA (CF)  
Caissie (LF-RF) 
Nwogu (LF-RF) 
4th: Roederer 
? Z. Davis 

Submitted by Childersb3 on Sat, 04/01/2023 - 04:15 pm

Pinango repeating SB was predictable. He's only 21 yrs old. 

I was hoping CFranklin would get the aggressive assignment to SB with Wetzel as their 4th guy. But he'll get there eventually.

If EPagan and/or Canario hadn't gotten injured I can't imagine how packed these depth charts would've been. 

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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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