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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Winter Meetings 2011 Day 2

Unfortunately I won't be around my computer much today to keep up on the rumors, but feel free to bombard the comments. I won't be on twitter much either to update the right sidebar, so it's up to you guys, although Cubnut may be on twitter some to keep that going.

Latest Cubs news is that they did offer Albert Pujols a contract, one considerably shorter than the 10-year offer the Marlins gave him, but likely for a much higer average annual salary. The Cubs seem to have the same mindset about Prince Fielder, preferring a shorter deal with a higher average annual salary than the 7-8 year deals that are being rumored.

Happy Rumoring!!

Comments

After the Sergio Santos to Blue Jays trade, Kenny Williams allegedly said this is the start of rebuilding. Danks, Quentin, Floyd among others in play...

Espn reporting sources close to Zambrano have said Carlos more willing to com back to Cubs "now that Hendry is gone". HAHAHAHA!

The Cubs' interest in Rockies third baseman Ian Stewart has waned, according to Thomas Harding MLB.com.

Sullivan: "Cubs manager Dale Sveum is looking to bring in longtime Tony La Russa crony Dave McKay as a coach." Oh, no, now they're bringing in other people's drinking buddies!

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In reply to by Seamhead

I'm not saying getting Gabby Sanchez wouldn't be a good move. It might be, but I hate the feel that the Cubs, a big market team with a big market payroll, are waiting around to snatch up players other teams no longer want. It's like the desperate wingman who picks up the ugly girl his better looking friend passed on...sort of.

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In reply to by Sweet Lou

like loney in LAD...he's not a guy you have unless you can make up that power elsewhere. cheap option at 1st with decent tools all around, but he's more of a #2 or 5/6 hitter with his hitting tools... i hate to play the "1st must hit power" thing, but a club needs power from somewhere and unless you're getting it elsewhere a guy like g.sanchez is a solid piece that doesn't elevate the team too much.

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In reply to by Charlie

I kinda think a lot of this talk is just reporters thinking out loud and they really have NO idea what Epstein and Co. are doing or thinking. The beat reporters haven't had any time to establish a relationship with these guys, and Epstein seems pretty tight lipped, even coy ("Pujol's agent is also Rodrigo's agent").

Yikes:
But Sveum did hint that David DeJesus could wind up as the Cubs' leadoff hitter, with Castro moving down in the lineup to No. 2, No. 3 or No. 5. “As thing work out, if you want to call (DeJesus) the prototypical leadoff guy, he could be right now the way our roster stands,” he said. “But that’s something we’ll look at further down the line. He could be our fourth hitter, who knows?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-sveum-believes-c… Hopefully, he had his tongue firmly implanted in his cheek when he said that last bit.

j.heyman tweet on the right says the cubs are in on the p.fielder situation...sweet. "Jon_Heyman #cubs seem to be sincere player in #prince discussions. A few others still in. As well. " ---- "Jim Duquette of MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM Radio reports that the Mariners are not in on free agent first baseman Prince Fielder." that's big news (for other clubs) if true because they're supposedly one of the heaviest bidders...ah, offseason...trust no one... is brian roberts a cub yet?

"Steve Popper of the Bergen Record reports that the deal sending Angel Pagan to the Giants in exchange for Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez is complete, pending physicals." also, the mets signed F.Rodriguez to a 2 year deal and J.Rauch to a 1 year deal. hell of a day for the mets bullpen...3 new arms in 1 day.

Anytime Theo and Jed want to start earning their paychecks and do something about the awful state of the Cubs, that would be nice. Zero Cubs rumors, so either they're doing nothing, or they keep things much closer to the vest than Hendry ever did. Hoping it's the latter....... Here's a pipe dream: What would it take to pry Hanley Ramirez away from the Marlins? He sounds unhappy about being upstaged, outpaid and moved out of position by Jose Reyes, and is asking to be traded. If the Fish sign Albert, maybe they'd like to clear out the $12MM/year they owe Ramirez for three more years. If you could trade for him, pretty much everyone other than Castro ought to be fair game. Would you move Castro to 2B or 3B?

Dangling D. Brown in talks to try and get Gio Gonzalez. not sure what else they'd give up, but good start. Cubs would probably have to counter with Brett Jackson and another piece or two. Unless they can talk them into Colvin and Ha., which I doubt.

Best quote of the Winter Meetings: "I'm betting it's Albert sticking with Cardinals, but I'll say this: whoever signs him, it's a terrible deal." - Maury Brown

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In reply to by The E-Man

Like I said during last off-season when he rejected the Cards offer.... if the Cubs sign him our fans will gloat for two years, and the Cardinals fans will gloat for the next 98. Pujols on a 10 year deal is going to make some GM envious of the Soriano contract Theo walked into. It's going to be a franchise crippler.

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In reply to by Rob G.

Not sure there was ever a lot of logic behind "We cannot afford a $3 million third basemen, but we can afford a $8 million closer" anyway. If they're going to trade Headley it will probably be next off-season with free agency looming, like the Gonzalez trade. Interesting how playing in that ball park retards his arbitration value, but not his actual value.... of course the Padres have to give that right back in paying their pitchers a little more in arbitration.

Pena turned down arbitration. Told you :) Link in the twitter box, Although Pena has turned down arbitration, it doesn't preclude him from returning to the Cubs as a free agent. President of baseball operations Theo Epstein and agent Scott Boras talked about Pena at the general manager meetings in Milwaukee on Nov. 15. At the time, it appears they agreed that the Cubs would offer arbitration in order to get a draft pick and Pena would decline. The reason is because Boras represents Pena and superstar free agent Prince Fielder. It makes sense for Boras to have the Cubs' market open to bid on Fielder and also to be able to get a larger contract with the Cubs or another team after Fielder and Albert Pujols set the market for free-agent first basemen.

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In reply to by jacos

Which do I want more? Albert out of the division? Or the Deadbirds to have their franchise fucked over by a contract that TRN rightly says will make the Soriano one look like a walk in the park? If the Marlins don't get Pujols, they'll make a run at Fielder and drive up the price, so no Fielder to the Cubs, I assume.

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In reply to by Rob G.

He's the best pure hitter I've seen in my lifetime, which is one reason I want him out of the division. But I'm not sure about his age, and I wonder about his back, which has flared up in the past. Backs are a big problem when they go out, and he's a really big guy. I'm not concerned about steroids - I just don't think he does them. I think, overall, I want him out of the division.

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In reply to by Rob G.

The BR comps for Pujols are below, listed with the last season age they had an average OPS+ compared to their career. There's a couple of guys to be hopeful on, but only 2 of the 10 beat the 36 Rob throws out there, and most of them were able to move down the defensive spectrum as their careers wore on, a luxury the Cubs, Marlins and Cardinals will not have with Pujols. Foxx (31) Griffey (35) Robinson (33) Aaron (37) Gehrig (33) Mantle (32) Ott (33) Juan Gonzalez (31) Mays (40) Manny Ramirez (36) I am not just going by statistical track record, though. Pujols looks like he's breaking down. Maybe an off-season and the guaranteed contract will rejuvinate him, but I wouldn't bet my franchise's future on it.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

I love it when what would be called in discussion forums as my unsupported hunches are supported by numbers that I'm way too lazy too look up. Thanks for the info. And, again, didn't his back act up either last year or the year before? I actually don't trust the guy's size. He may end up being amazing at age 42 . But it's a long shot, and if he does, he'll be the greatest player who ever played. And if that happens, I say, Go Marlins!

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In reply to by The Real Neal

well best players in the league might have been a bit of a reach, but I counted at least 5 that had OPS+ of over 140 at age 36 and I didn't even look through all of them. Obviously, any deal of that nature is going to present challenges filling the rest of their roster, but I don't think it'll be crippling to them at all. And I think they'll be quite good for the next 4-5 years. Ultimately you never know, but I don't think it's a terrible bet for Cards as some imagine...plus revenues and salaries are going up. They have 2 big arms coming up the system that are going to help offset that cost quite a bit. also, it was a response to OAB that I would much prefer him out of the division.

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In reply to by Rob G.

I thought you meant like "MVP candidate every year", if you say All-Star or 900 OPS guy, I think there's a pretty good chance of that maybe up to 37 or 38. A big part of it depends on how much annual value he gets too. If it's $22 million a year, that's one thing. If it's the $28 to $30 million that had been bandied around before, that's an entirely different story. Just like Jeter last year, his value is worth so much more to the Cards than anyone else, it's hard to seem him going, especially for $22 million a year.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

10/220M was last I heard, suppose we'll find out soon enough... probably stay in MVP talk for next 3 years, maybe have one MVP-type rebound season in his upper 30's. it's obviously not ideal for the Cardinals or any team, but if his age isn't a lie and his body doesn't completely breakdown, he's going to be one of the top 5 players of all-time.

Hey!Man! tweets that the Cubs are after Kuroda... He'd be good to help ease Darvish into the swing of things.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.