Results tagged ‘ Arizona Fall League ’
9/5 Cashner rejoins Cubs
Andrew Cashner was back in the Cubs’ clubhouse on Monday, activated from the disabled list and will be available in the bullpen Tuesday at the earliest. The right-hander has been on the DL since April 6 because of a strained right rotator cuff. He wrapped up his rehab with one inning on Sunday for Triple-A Iowa.
“The velocity was there and I’m really pleased with the way everything has gone,” Cashner said. “No pain and I feel like I’m 100 percent and ready to roll.”
In three appearances for Double-A Tennessee, he gave up two runs on three hits and did not walk a batter while striking out six over 2 2/3 innings. All of the runs came in his first outing. In two outings at Iowa, he did not allow a baserunner in two innings, and finished with two strikeouts.
“His pilgrimmage is over,” Mike Quade said.
“I threw the ball well,” Cashner said. “The main thing I wanted to work on was my fastball command down there. It’s there right now, so I’m feeling good and have a lot of confidence now and throwing good breaking balls and changeups. Everything’s been good.”
He will be used strictly out of the bullpen for the Cubs’ final 21 games. In October, he’ll pitch for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League and was expected to start.
– Carrie Muskat
8/28 Cashner update
Andrew Cashner will make his third rehab start on Monday for Double-A Tennessee and then the team will decide if he’s ready to move up to Triple-A Iowa. Cashner, who has been on the disabled list with a strained right rotator cuff since April 6, will be limited to one inning in Monday’s outing. After that, Cubs pitching coach Mark Riggins and the medical staff will determine whether the right-hander is ready to pitch out of the Iowa bullpen or if it’s better to have him start at Triple-A. By starting, they can give him enough time to warm up before his outing. If all goes well, Cashner, who turns 25 on Sept. 11, will join the Cubs when they return from a three-game trip to San Francisco, which starts Monday. Cashner, who won the fifth spot in the rotation this year, only to be sidelined after his only start with the shoulder injury, was expected to start in the Arizona Fall League, which begins Oct. 4.
– Carrie Muskat
11/18 AFL finale
Josh Vitters was 1-for-3 and Ryan Flaherty hitless in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 3-1 loss to the Peoria Saguaros in their Arizona Fall League season finale on Thursday. Vitters finished at .253 while Flaherty hit .268. Kyle Smit pitched one inning in relief, striking out one of the three batters he faced.
– Carrie Muskat
11/18 AFL update
The Mesa Solar Sox were held to three hits in a 6-0 loss to the Scottsdale Scorpions Wednesday in Arizona Fall League play. Both Josh Vitters and Ryan Flaherty were hitless for the Solar Sox. Chris Carpenter pitched one inning in relief and struck out two of the three batters he faced. On Thursday, the Solar Sox will play host to the Peoria Saguaros.
– Carrie Muskat
11/16 AFL update
Jake Muyco lasted two innings, giving up six runs on five hits, including a grand slam by Cale Iorg, in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 7-2, seven-inning loss to Surprise on Tuesday in Arizona Fall League play. Josh Vitters was 1-for-4. Mesa travels to Scottsdale Wednesday.
– Carrie Muskat
11/15 AFL update
Josh Vitters and Ryan Flaherty both went 1-for-4 in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 5-5 tie with Phoenix on Monday in Arizona Fall League play. Vitters hit a double in the fourth, his sixth. David Cales pitched in relief and helped the Solar Sox escape a jam in the fourth. He now has a 1.80 ERA. Mesa scored two runs in the ninth to tie the game. On Tuesday, the Solar Sox travel to Surprise.
– Carrie Muskat
11/12 AFL update
Ryan Flaherty hit a RBI single in the second inning in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 2-2 tie with Phoenix Friday in Arizona Fall League action. Flaherty’s RBI hit gave the Solar Sox a 2-0 lead but Phoenix tied the game in their half on a ground-rule RBI double by Ivan DeJesus Jr. and a sacrifice fly by Caleb Joseph. Cubs prospect David Cales gave up one hit, walked one and struck out two in one inning of relief. He has a 1.93 ERA. The Solar Sox travel to Peoria, Ariz., to face the Javelinas on Saturday.
– Carrie Muskat
11/11 AFL update
Josh Vitters went 2-for-4, hitting a two-run double in the fifth, and Ryan Flaherty was 1-for-5 in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 9-6 loss Wednesday to Phoenix in Arizona Fall League play. Jake Muyco started and gave up four runs, three earned, on five hits and three walks over 3 2/3 innings. Chris Carpenter pitched 1 2/3 innings, and gave up two runs on three hits and one walk. Kyle Smit took the loss as he was charged with three runs on five hits over 1 1/3 innings. All the runs came in the eighth as Matt Wallach led off with a home run and Michael Taylor hit a two-run double. Smit, acquired from the Dodgers in the Ted Lilly-Ryan Theriot-Blake DeWitt deal, had given up only three runs in 10 innings over seven outings prior to Wednesday’s game. On Thursday, the Solar Sox travel to Surprise.
– Carrie Muskat
11/10 AFL update
The Mesa Solar Sox rallied for six runs in the ninth inning to beat the Surprise Rafters, 7-5, in Arizona Fall League play Tuesday. The Pirates’ Andrew Lambo hit a walkoff grand slam for the win. Ryan Flaherty was the only Cubs prospect to play, and he entered as a pinch-runner and scored. He’s batting .317, including a .409 average with runners on. The Solar Sox play host to Phoenix on Wednesday, and Cubs prospect Jake Muyco (0-2, 9.18 ERA) is slated to start.
– Carrie Muskat
11/9 AFL update
Cubs prospect David Cales pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief Monday in the Mesa Solar Sox’s 8-3 loss to the Scottsdale Scorpions in Arizona Fall League play. Cales, a Chicago native who graduated from Mount Carmel High School, walked one and struck out two of the five batters he faced. He now has a 2.16 ERA. Ryan Flaherty was 1-for-3, and is batting .317. The Solar Sox play host to Surprise on Tuesday at HoHoKam Stadium.
– Carrie Muskat
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