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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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player 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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Angels Rally with Two in 9th to Tie Cubs at Diablo Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

Raul Linares rifled a single through the box to drive-in the tying run from 3rd base with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, as the Angels rallied for two runs in their final AB to tie the Cubs 3-3 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning at Diablo Park Field #7 in Tempe, AZ.

Eloy Jimenez singled twice and collected an RBI and Varonex Cuevas ripped an RBI triple and scored a run for the Cubs.

Casper Wells (Iowa 7-day DL - back spasms) continued his EXST rehab, playing RF for five innings and batting once in each of the first five innings. He went 0-5, getting called out on strikes in both the 1st and 2nd innings (in both cases strike three was a knee-buckling curve thrown by Angels 2013 3rd round draft pick RHP Keynan Middleton), before grounding out 5-3 in the 3rd, and flying out in the 4th and 5th innings. 

After LHP Michael Heesch (Daytona 7-day DL) made his 2014 game debut with a 1-2-3 five-pitch bottom of the 1st inning (6-3, F-9, P-4), veteran MLB RHP Joel Pineiro took the hill and threw the next six innings (77 pitches) for the Cubs, allowing one run on six hits (four singles and two doubles) and a walk, with five strikeouts. Pineiro also induced three inning-ending double plays, as he really had the sinker working today (12/2 GO/FO).   

There was a somewhat larger crowd than normal at today's game, although some of the fans were clearly there to watch Angels OF Josh Hamilton (15-day DL - torn ligament in thumb) run the bases and field fly balls and grounders on an adjacent field. 

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

CUBS LINEUP: 
X. Casper Wells, RF: 0-5 (K, K, 5-3, F-9, F-7)
NOTE: Wells batted 3rd in the top of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings
1. Gleyber Torres, SS: 1-4 (5-3, 6-3, 2B, K)
2. Roney Alcala, 1B: 0-4 (F-8, L-9, E-4, E-5, R)  
3. Eloy Jimenez, DH-CF: 2-4 (1B, K 1B, K, RBI)
4. Shamil Ubiera, LF: 1-3 (F-8, 1B, P-5, R)
5. Adonis Paula, 3B: 0-3 (4-3, P-4, K)
6. Varonex Cuevas, 2B: 1-3 (K, 3B, K, R, RBI)
7. Erick Castillo, C: 0-3 (K, F-9, K)
8a. Charcer Burks, CF-DH: 0-2 (F-9, P-4)  
8b. Antonio Valerio, PH: 0-1 (6-3)
9a. SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
9b. Ricardo Marcano, RF 1-2 (K, 1B)  

CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Michael Heesch: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GO/FO, 5 pitches (4 strikes)
2. Joel Pineiro: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 3 GIDP, 12/2 GO/FO, 77 pitches (50 strikes)
3. Jeferson Mejia: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GO/FO, 18 pitches (9 strikes)
4. Victor Salazar: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1/1 GO/FO, 25 pitches (11 strikes)
5. Francisco Carrillo: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 5 pitches (3 strikes)

CUBS ERRORS: NONE

ATTENDANCE: 17

WEATHER: Mostly cloudy & breezy with temperatures in the 80's 

Tags
Cubs Extended Spring Training
Eloy Jimenez
Varonex Cuevas
Michael Heesch
Joel Pineiro
Casper Wells

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:41 pm

already sick of n.arenado's hit streak media coverage. talking about a hit streak record at 28 games is like talking about a perfect game before the 5th inning has finished being pitched. i've been flipping back/forth on some games and 2 games i've flipped to have played his first AB from tonight's game in progress. i can't even imagine what it's going to be like if he gets to 40 if they're already going nuts before he has gotten 30 under his belt. it could be bonds-esque.

Submitted by Carlito on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:45 pm

Man the Rizzo shift is so weird. I keep forgetting about it - then you see him strike the ball solid, the camera switches and of course there's a 2nd basemen in short-to-mid right field.

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Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:03 pm

Even if he lays down the occasional bunt, I imagine they won't adjust the shift much. He hits the ball to left just fine--but it's almost invariably a fly ball or a line drive. There's little reason to put a defender on the left side of the infield for him.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:17 pm

the nightly renteria-lineup-musical-chairs breaks out with 2 outs in the bottom 8th. coghlan in 9 slot, boni goes CF-2nd, valbuena goes 2nd-3rd, and m.olt grabs some pine. the guy who has 2/3rd of tonight's offense and the only hit grabs some pine.

Submitted by jacos on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:47 pm

Darvish perfecto two outs in seventh...Rios watches ball drop between him and second baseman E-9 WELCOME TO TEXAS!!!

Submitted by jacos on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:48 pm

Listening to Mitch Williams and Harold Reynolds argue over this Darvish game is like listening to two head injury victims argue quantum physics.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:01 pm

what...the...hell... j.heyward just stole 2nd on a f'n pickoff where no error was committed by the cubs. 2014 cubs! ...and the braves win on the next pitch with a f.freeman walkoff single. 2014 cubs!

Submitted by Carlito on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:09 pm

I mean the team sucks. But is it too much to hire a manager who's good with people AND a slick strategist? It's not rocket science. Dude is infuriating - and don't EVEN try and make sense of his quotes in the newspaper. They're gibberish.

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Submitted by Carlito on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:13 pm

Quotes like this: "He's trying to set aside some areas he can handle better," Renteria said. "It's easier said than done because, there's an anxiousness that comes with doing that, but he's been settling down and he's been playing limited, but he's been playing, and I think he's taken advantage of every opportunity he's had thus far."

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/09/2014 - 05:50 pm

the sad part is he's probably the only guy on the team right now with a RF-capable arm...though he needs to be hitting 7th or 8th, not 5th...and it wouldn't hurt to see kalish in RF with lake in LF more often than not if sureholds keeps going down this path. when he sucked the last 1/2 of the season last year he was at least hitting doubles and homers...now we're not even getting that.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 05/10/2014 - 05:24 am

yeah, while i'd like to see lake get more play time (especially considering what's in-house right now) i'm in the camp that pretty much views him as a 4th/injury-replacement OF'r + pinch hitter + matchup DH type scrapping for 300-400+ PA a season until it's time to trade him, sign him reasonably, or let him walk. he could tighten his game up and be a nice starter, but it seems like he's not going that route as of now. he's a load and fire swinger...and it can get a little ugly.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 05/10/2014 - 05:47 am

Reneria: "But as far as starting Olt on Saturday night, "we’ll see," Renteria said. "I got to think about tonight’s game first, then think about tomorrow's game tomorrow." The fact that there is decision making of any kind going on here would be enough for me to fire the guy and let anybody take over. Fuck, hire Hinkse to take over the thing. I kind of like this new trend of recently retired players becoming managers. This long coaching career thing is obviously bullshit.

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  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    This is Cubs adjacent but…


    Jordan Walker just was optioned by the deadbirds. For all the talk of the Cardinals development machine, they’ve really missed on a lot of can’t miss superstars lately. Walker has struggled. Gorman has been okay. They’re already trying to push Carlson out the door. Their pitching system has been so bad they had to go out and sign basically a full rotation over the last two offseasons.

    They’ve still developed a few of those pesky solid players, like Donovan, Edman, and Nootbaar. Their two best prospect to MLB players have been Adolis and Arozarena, neither of which is a cardinal.

    I hope they never figure it out again. Cardinal failure brings me such joy.
     

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

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