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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL 

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* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 14
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Your 2008 Boise Hawks!

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

A few more of the recently drafted players arrived at Fitch Park today, including catcher Luis Flores (7th round pick out of Oklahoma State) and OF Tony Campana (13th round pick out of U. of Cincinnati). Both were immediately assigned to Boise.   

And speaking of Boise, the Boise Hawks roster was posted in the Fitch Park clubhouse today, with 27 players assigned.

The 27-man roster includes 13 players who were selected in last week's Rule 4 Draft, plus one non-drafted free-agent (NDFA) signed after the conclusion of the draft. The other 13 players on the roster played in the Cubs organization last year.

The Northwest League has a 30-man roster limit, so as many as three more players could be assigned to Boise before Opening Day next Tuesday (or anytime, actually).

The Hawks will be departing Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport for Boise tomorrow mornng at 7 AM, so the boys should be in fine shape for the Host Family Banquet in Boise, where each player will be paired with a "host family." 

Here is the 2008 Boise Hawks roster (as of Friday 6/13):

BOISE HAWKS

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# bats both

PITCHERS (14):
* Michael Bunton
Casey Coleman
Marcus Hatley
* Arik Hempy
Jay Jackson
Tommy Mejia
* James Leverton
John Muller
Jake Muyco
Bubba O'Donnell
* Mark Pawelek
Jose Pina
Harol Tolentino
Josh Whitlock

CATCHERS (3):
Michael Brenly
Luis Flores
Carlos Perez

INFIELDERS (7):
* Ryan Flaherty (SS)
# Marwin Gonzalez (SS-2B-3B)
Josh Harrison (2B)
* Ryan Keedy (1B)
* Jake Opitz (2B)
Rebel Ridling (1B)
Josh Vitters (3B)

OUTFIELDERS (3):
* Kyler Burke
* Tony Campana
* Drew Rundle

While the Hawks are in Boise preparing for NWL Opening Day, 14 members of the AZL Cubs will be traveling to Cooperstown, NY, on Sunday, and the 14 will be available to play in the Cubs-Padres "Hall of Fame" Game at Abner Doubleday Field in Coooperstown on Monday.

The crew will then get a "VIP Tour" of the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum on Tuesday, before returning to Arizona on Wednesday to prepare for the AZL season that will commence next weekend.

Nice field trip for the kids, some of whom are only 17 years old.  

Jim Hendry and Oneri Fleita could have plucked players from the Iowa, Tennessee, Daytona, and/or Peoria rosters for the HoF game, but they apparently decided they didn't want to cause any undo disruption to the clubs that are already in the midst of their regular season schedule (and Opening Day for the Boise Hawks is Tuesday, so diverting Boise players to Cooperstown would be inconvenient, too).  

So for those of you who might watch the game on Monday, don't be too surprised if Junior (not Steve) Lake, Alvaro (not Sammy) Sosa, Kevin (not Geovany) Soto, Nelson (not Neifi) Perez, and Starlin (not Fidel) Castro get some PT in the later innings.

It's also POSSIBLE that 1B-OF Daryle Ward (rehabbing at Fitch Park while on the DL with a back injury) and/or RHP Angel Guzman (rehabbing at Fitch Park from 2007 TJS) could make the trip to Cooperstown, too, but that is still TBD.

Here is the current AZL Cubs roster (must be down to 35 players by AZL Opening Day):  

AZL CUBS

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# bats both

PITCHERS (18):
Francisco Acosta
* Jeffrey Antigua
Eric Allen
Israel Camacaro
Rogelio Carmona
Manolin DeLeon
Yohan Gonzalez
Chris Huseby
* Leon Johnson
Tarlandus Mitchell
Dionis Nunez
Julio Pena
Mike Perconte
Andres Quezada
Carlos Rojas
Jose Severino
Miguel Sierra
* Luke Sommer

CATCHERS (5):
* Matt Cerda
Robinson Chirinos
Jose Guevara (REHAB - broken hand)
Roberto Sabates 
# Alvaro Sosa

INFIELDERS (9):
* Bryan Jost (1B)
Starlin Castro (2B-SS)
John Contreras (3B-1B)
Sean Hoorelbeke (1B)
Dwayne Kemp (2B-LF)
Junior Lake (SS-3B)
Jose Made (2B-SS)
George Matheus (SS)
* Jeffrey Rea (REHAB - quad strain)  
 
OUTFIELDERS (6):
* Kurt Calvert
# David Macias
* Nelson Perez
# Cesar Salazar
Kevin Soto
TeWayne Willis

And there are several others who are spending their Spring (and possibly their Summer, too) rehabbing at Fitch Park.... 

FITCH PARK INFIRMARY (11):
Ryan Acosta, RHP (UNKNOWN)
Alberto Alburquerque, RHP (2008 shoulder surgery rehab)
* Jeff Culpepper, OF (shoulder surgery rehab)
Rafael Dolis, RHP (2007 TJS surgery rehab)
* Clark Hardman, OF (UNKNOWN)  
Jim Henderson, RHP (sore arm)
Kitt Kopach, RHP (2007 shoulder surgery rehab)
Oswaldo Martinez, RHP (2007 TJS rehab)
Jon Nagel, RHP  (2008 draft pick - TJS rehab)
Cedric Redmond, RHP (torn labrum rehab - no surgery so far)
Larry Suarez, RHP (2008 TJS rehab)

Daryle Ward once again took batting practice this morning at Fitch Park, and he put on quite a power display,slamming several moon shots (or maybe I should say sun shots) onto 8th Street.

He said he feels a lot better than he did after yesterday's BP session (he felt some "jet lag" yesterday), and it certainly looks like he should be ready for a minor league rehab assignment very soon (that's if he doesn't go to Cooperstown as a chaperone with the AZL Cubs kids). 

In Fitch Park roster news, RHP Jon Mueller has been promoted to Peoria, and the two Dominican RHPs who were demoted to the DSL Cubs in April after they got into an off-the-field fight (with each other) at EXST (the two being Francisco Acosta and Jose Severino) have been allowed to return to Fitch Park, and both pitched in today's intrasquad game.

Yes, believe it or not there actually was still ANOTHER intrasquad game today. The two squads were the Boise Hawks and the AZL Cubs, but mixed together.

Hers the abridged box score...

SQUAD "A"
1a. Ryan Keedy, 1B: 0-2 (K)  
1b. Bryan Jost, 1B 1-1 
2a. Jake Opitz, 2B: 1-1 (2 R, BB)
2b. Jeffrey Rea, 2B: 1-1   
3. Josh Vitters, 3B 0-1 (R, BB)
4. Junior Lake, SS: 1-2 (R, RBI, 2B)
5. David Macias, LF: 1-1 (RBI, 2B, BB)
6. TeWayne Willis, CF: 1-2 (RBI, SB)
7. Kevin Soto, DH #1: 0-1 (SH) 
8. Nelson Perez, RF: 1-2 (2B)
9a. Roberto Sabates, DH #2: 0-1
9b. Michael Brenly, PH: 0-1 (K)
10a. Alvaro Sosa, C: 0-1 (K)    
10b. Carlos Perez, C: 0-1 

SQUAD "B":
1. Rebel Ridling, 1B 2-3 (2B, 3B, K, CS)
2. Marwin Gonzalez, 2B: 0-3 (2 K)
3. John Contreras, 3B: 0-2
4. Starlin Castro, SS: 0-2
5. Dwayne Kemp, LF: 1-2 (R)
6. Kurt Calvert, CF 1-2 (2B, RBI, K)
7. Kyler Burke, RF: 1-2 (SB)
8. Robinson Chirinos, C: 0-0 (2 BB)
9. Sean Hoorelbeke, DH: 0-1 (BB, K)

PITCHERS:

SQUAD "A"
1. Marcus Hatley - 1.0 IP, 1 H. 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
2. Jake Muyco - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 1 K 
3. Carlos Rojas - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
4. Francisco Acosta - 0.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 0 K
5. Rogelio Carmona - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

SQUAD "B":
1. Israel Camacaro - 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 1 K
2. Andres Quezada - 0.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP
4. Jose Severino - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K   

ERRORS: NONE!

CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Alvaro Sosa 1-2 CS

WEATHER: Hot, clear skies, just freakin' hot

ATTENDANCE: 4 (including Jake Muyco's dad)

Tags
Daryle Ward
Boise Hawks
AZL Cubs

Comments

Submitted by Alex Dimm on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 06:25 pm

Great report, Phil!! Couple of loose ends. Where did Eric Allen, Manolin DeLeon and Mike Perconte come from? I don't recognize those names. Also, what happened to Dionis Nunez, Ryan Searle, Jeff Culpepper and Clark Hardman? I'm not spotting them anywhere. Did they join the lost socks?

Submitted by Hook on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 06:55 pm

Love all your reports, Phil! I know Eric Allen and Mike Perconte were signed as NDFAs. Think Ryan Searle went back to Australia for their Baseball Academy. Don't know about the others. I'll throw out a few other MIA names: Michael Christi, Brett Summers, Donny Walters, Bill Moss and Mark Sawyer. I think they all were released, but maybe Phil could confirm that.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 06:13 pm

ALEX & HOOK: The Cubs sent Ryan Searle back to the Australian Baseball Academy with LHP Cody Hams on May 22nd.

I neglected to list OFs Jeff Culpepper and Clark Hardman at the Fitch Park Infirmary, although I have fixed that.

I omitted RHP Dionis Nunez from the AZL Cubs roster (I fixed that, too).

RHP Manolin DeLeon (the co-closer for the DSL Cubs in 2007) got promoted from the Cubs Dominican Baseball Academy to EXST at Fitch Park just prior to the start of the DSL season.

Eric Allen (King College), Mike Perconte (Murray State), and Tommy Mejia (Dominican College) are the three NDFA RHPs signed by the Cubs (so far) after the Rule 4 Draft last week.

As far as the other players mentioned, Yale grad Marc Sawyer retired (he probably found he could make more than $5,000 per year working in the private sector), and the others were released.

Submitted by Cubs Win on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 06:08 am

Az PHIL - You made mention of your mid year top 10 cub prospects.....any chance you can point me in the right direction of that post or repost it for me as I'm always interested in your insights. It seems as though the top prospects (per BA) have struggled a bit this year.

Submitted by BoiseHawks on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 06:19 am

AZ Phil - Would love for you to join us on the Boise Hawks preseason special on Monday to talk about what you have seen in extended spring training...if you are interested, email me at [email protected]... BTW - Mike Perconte's dad, Jack, is a former MLBer...I think he choked up on the bat (left-handed hitting second baseman) more than anyone in big league history

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    Players on the 40 can be recalled and be placed on the MLB Taxi Squad for one day, like for example if a club is unsure if a player might or might not be placed on the IL ("game time decision"). Like maybe Happ, for example. 

    Also, a player on the MLB Taxi Squad must be returned to his optional assignment the next day if he is not officially recalled to the 26-man roster. 

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    Wesneski has not spent 15 days on optional assignment since he was optioned so he cannot be recalled unless he is replacing a player being placed on the IL or other MLB inactive list (Paternity, Bereavement / Family Medical, et al), a player who is traded, or a player who is claimed off waivers.

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