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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   

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
 




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Watson Game Is Afoot at Indian School Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

LHSP Grant Watson tossed five innings of shutout ball and combined with RHP Julio Benitez to hurl a five-hitter, Nathaniel Javier smacked two doubles and drove-in a run, and Jesus Tona and Jean Angomas each singled twice, scored a run, and collected an RBI, leading the Giants "orange" squad to a 7-1 victory over the Cubs in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Monday morning on Field #2 (AKA "Jim Davenport Field") at Indian School Park in Scottsdale, AZ. 

In EXST Cubs roster news, OF Zach Davis (Cubs 2016 32nd round draft pick - Texas Tech) has been moved-up to South Bend. Davis was a RH-hitter only prior to this season, but he began switch-hitting at Minor League Camp in March to take advantage of his blazing speed. It hasn't been easy for the 22-year old Houston native, but he has shown some improvement hitting LH over the course of the past week, and it will be interesting to see if he can handle the better pitching he will see in the Midwest League (he only hit .120 in Cactus League EXST games). Getting on base more often also might help him steal a few bases (he didn't attempt to steal any at EXST), since bunting, taking walks, and running the bases is what he does best. 

Zach Davis Cactus League EXST game stats: 
16 GAMES (58 PA)
120/241/160
1 3B, 7 BB, 1 HBP, 23 K 

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

CUBS LINEUP:
1. Jose Gutierrez, CF: 1-4 (6-3, 1B, F-9, 3-6-3 DP) 
2. Aramis Ademan, SS: 1-3 (6-3, F-8, 1B)
3. Miguel Amaya, C-DH: 0-3 (6-3, F-8, F-8)
4. Gustavo Polanco, DH #1: 0-3 (5-3, K, K)
5. Jonathan Sierra, RF: 0-3 (K, 4-3, K)
6. Rafael Mejia, 1B: 0-2 (3-U, BB, P-4)
7. Kwangmin Kwon, LF: 0-3 (P-3, 3-U, P-5)
8. Kevin Zamudio, DH-C: 0-1 (BB, 3-U)
NOTE: SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
9. Rafael Narea, 2B: 2-3 (1B, P-4, 1B, R, PO)
10. Fidel Mejia, 3B: 0-2 (6-3, 3-U, BB)
11. Marcus Mastrobuoni, DH #3: 1-3 (L-7, 6-3, 1B, RBI)

CUBS PITCHERS: 
1. Jose Albertos: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 GIDP, 5/0 GO/AO, 35 pitches (19 strikes) 
2. Nathan Sweeney: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GO/AO, 11 pitches (5 strikes) 
3. Brailyn Marquez: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 2/4 GO/AO, 43 pitches (27 strikes) 
4. Faustino Carrera: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1/3 GO/AO, 30 pitches (22 strikes) 

CUBS ERRORS: 3 
1. SS Aramis Ademan: E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. 1B Rafael Mejia: E-3 (missed catch on pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed runner to advance to 3rd) 
3. SS Aramis Ademan: E-6 (errant throw to 1st base on infield single allowed runner to score from 2nd)

CUBS OUTFIELD ASSISTS: 
CF Jose Gutierrez - batter thrown out 8-2-6 attempting to advance to 2nd base on RBI single 

ATTENDANCE: 6 
WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures 100+ 

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Submitted by Childersb3 on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 05:33 pm

Az Phil, How's Jonathan Sierra doing? Does he loom like Griffey, JR? That's the comp I've read. How's his defense?

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 05:56 pm

CHILDERB3: Jonathan Sierra has been comped to a young Daryl Strawberry, and you can see why when he takes BP or runs the bases or tracks fly balls or makes throws from the outfield. No question he is a "toolsy" player with plus-HR power (at least in BP), above-average speed for a big man, a good eye at the plate, and a plus-arm that can play in RF. But he also is VERY raw.

Sierra struggles to make contact and show his HR power in games, and the Cubs have spent much of the past year trying to re-work his approach at the plate and get him to use his power and turn on the ball more instead of trying to arm-bar everything to the opposite field. He has shown improvement this year, but he still has a long way to go (he has a 33% K-rate in Cactus League EXST games, but with that high K-rate he hasn't hit any HR and only has two XBH in 51 PA). 

Jonathan Sierra Cactus League EXST game stats: 
15 GAMES (51 PA) 
182/275/227 
2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 4 RUNS, 6 BB, 17 K, 2 SB (0 CS), 1 PO   

Submitted by Childersb3 on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 05:00 pm

Thanks

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  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Open 40 man spot might see the return of CJ. He’s been okay in Iowa. Teheran has been rocked in his starts this year. SSS of course.

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

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