Cubs (3-5-3) vs. Angels of Anaheim (7-2) March 6, 2017 … … Spring Game No. 12 RHP (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Jesse Chavez (0-0, 0.00)

2017 CACTUS LEAGUE SEASON: The continue their schedule when they travel to Tempe to play the of Cubs 2017 Spring Record

Anaheim. Overall: 3-5-3 ...... Home: 2-2-2 ...... Road: 1-3-1  This marks the Cubs’ 39th-consecutive spring in Mesa, Ariz., the longest active streak in the Cactus League. Upcoming Probable Starters  is second, as this marks the club’s 37th consecutive spring in Scottsdale, Ariz. Tuesday vs. WBC Team Italy:

WHAT’S THE CACTUS LEAGUE RECORD FOR TIES?: The Cubs yesterday TBD vs. RHP (0-0, 0.00) recorded their third tie game in their first 11 games this spring as they tied the Wednesday: , 9-9, in Surprise. OFF DAY  Jr. belted a fifth- grand slam and also doubled and scored twice … (2-for-2, 2 RBI) a first inning solo Cubs Game-By-Game Schedule/Results shot while belted a two- homer in the sixth.  (2.0,3,2,2,0,1), (0.1,3,3,3,1,1), Koji Uehara DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. (1.0,0,0,0,0,0) and (1.0,0,0,0,0,2) yesterday made their Sat, 2/25 Oakland W, 4-3 14,929 first appearances of the spring. San Francisco – Scottsdale L, 6-8 11,515 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAKE!: Happy birthday wishes go out to today’s Cubs Sun, 2/26 T, 1-1 15,388 starting , Jake Arrieta, who turns 31 … happy birthday! Mon, 2/27 Chicago (A.L.) T, 4-4 14,621  The most recent Cub to start a regular season game on his birthday was , who did so on Sept. 2, 2015 vs. (a 7-4 loss). Tue, 2/28 Los Angeles (A.L.) L, 5-7 12,688 Wed, 3/1 Kansas City – Surprise W, 7-3 7,593 EARLY RETURNS: , who yesterday went 2-for-3 before leaving the game with a bruise on his lower left leg when he was hit by a pitch, has Thu, 3/2 Cincinnati – Goodyear L, 2-6 6,722 eight hits thus far, tied for fifth most among Cactus League hitters. – Scottsdale L, 1-3 13,309  Cubs fielders have committed just five errors, tied for the fewest among Fri, 3/3 Cincinnati L, 4-8 15,037 Cactus League teams with Arizona. Sat, 3/4 Los Angeles (N.L.) W, 9-3 15,438 CAMP BREAKDOWN: The Cubs have 66 players in camp, including 26 non- Sun, 3/5 Texas – Surprise T, 9-9 11,048 roster invitees … the breakdown by position: 40 (16 non-roster), six Mon, 3/6 Los Angeles (A.L.) – Tempe (1:10 p.m.)* (two non-roster), 12 infielders (five non-roster) and eight outfielders (three non-roster). Tue, 3/7 WBC Team Italy*  Chicago has its top selections in the 2011 (Javier Baez), 2012 (Albert Wed, 3/8 OFF DAY Almora Jr.), 2013 (), 2014 () and 2015 (Ian Thu, 3/9 Seattle* Happ) drafts in camp. Fri, 3/10 Seattle – Peoria (1:10 p.m.)*  This year’s camp has players from seven countries or commonwealths represented: the United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Sat, 3/11 Colorado+ Japan, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Sun, 3/12 Oakland – Mesa+ Mon, 3/13 – Peoria (1:10 p.m.)* AT THE HELM: Joe Maddon begins his third season as of the Cubs after last season leading Chicago to its first title in 108 Tue, 3/14 * years … in his first season with the Cubs, he was named the 2015 N.L. Manager Wed, 3/15 Arizona (7:05 p.m.)^* of the Year by the BBWAA. Thu, 3/16 Los Angeles (N.L.) – Glendale*  The 2017 campaign marks Maddon’s 43rd season in , his 24th at the major league level and 12th as a major league Fri, 3/17 Chicago (A.L.) – Glendale (12:05 p.m.)* manager. Sat, 3/18 WBC Asia Team*  Maddon previously managed the Rays for nine years from 2006-14, Milwaukee – Maryvale+ leading Tampa Bay to four post-season appearances (2008, 2010, 2011, Sun, 3/19 Kansas City (7:05 p.m.)^+ 2013) and winning the pennant in 2008. Mon, 3/20 Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 p.m.)* ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF: The Cubs return the same coaching staff from Tue, 3/21 OFF DAY the last two seasons, with bench coach and hitting coach beginning their third seasons with the Cubs … pitching coach Wed, 3/22 Cincinnati – Goodyear (6:05 p.m.)^+ starts his sixth year with the club. Thu, 3/23 Arizona – Scottsdale* (1:10 p.m.)  handles first base coaching duties for a third-straight Fri, 3/24 Cleveland* season while third-base coach returns for his fourth season Sat, 3/25 Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)^+ … enters his 11th season as the team’s bullpen coach … is in his sixth year with the team as the catching and Colorado – Scottsdale (1:10 p.m.)* strategy coach. Sun, 3/26 San Diego*  is in his fourth year on the Cubs coaching staff, his third as Cincinnati (Cashman Field, Las Vegas, 1:05 PT)#+ assistant hitting coach … is in his third year as a quality Mon, 3/27 Cleveland – Goodyear (6:05 p.m.)+ assurance coach, Franklin Font is in his sixth season as a staff assistant and Chad Noble is in his fourth season as the bullpen . Tue, 3/28 San Francisco^*

NEWCOMERS: Chicago enters the season with 13 new players on the 40-man Wed, 3/29 Oakland* roster since the conclusion of the 2016 season … the Cubs also had 13 new Thu, 3/30 (Minute Maid Park, 7:10 p.m. CT)#* players on the 40-man entering the 2016 Spring Training campaign. Fri, 3/31 Houston (Minute Maid Park, 1:10 p.m. CT)^*  Pitchers Brett Anderson, Brian Duensing and Koji Uehara, as well as +670 The Score … #WGN … ^CSN … *Cubs.com outfielder Jon Jay, were signed as free agents.  Pitchers Eddie Butler, Wade Davis, Alec Mills and Caleb Smith were All Games 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise noted acquired via trades. 2017 ATTENDANCE FIGURES  Pitchers , José Rosario and Duane Underwood, catcher Victor Caratini and outfielder Jacob Hannemann were promoted from No. of Games at Sloan Park/Total Attendance ...... 6/88,101 within. Average Attendance ...... 14,684 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: The Cubs have eight players in their organization on World Baseball Classic rosters, including five in major league camp: John AGAINST THE ANGELS: This is the second and final Cactus League meeting Andreoli (Italy), Javier Baez (Puerto Rico), Jim Henderson (Canada), Jhondaniel between the Cubs and Angels … Chicago dropped a 7-5 contest to the Angels at Medina (Venezuela) and Hector Rondon (Venezuela). Sloan Park, February 28.  Also on WBC rosters from the Cubs organization: RHP Miguel Mejia (Puerto Rico), RHP Mario Meza (Mexico) and RHP Erling Moreno 2016 REVIEW: The Cubs in 2016 won their third World Series in franchise (Colombia). history, and their first since winning consecutive titles in 1907 and 1908, when they defeated the in the Fall Classic, four-games-to-three … FIVE ON THE LIST: Five Cubs made MLB.com’s Top-100 Prospects List that came the N.L. Pennant was Chicago’s first since 1945 … Chicago dispatched of the San out last month: outfielder Eloy Jimenez is 13th, infielder is 28th, Francisco Giants in the NLDS, 3-1, before they beat the , 4- outfielder Albert Almora Jr. is 75th, pitcher Dylan Cease is 77th and infielder 2, in the NLCS. Jeimer Candelario is 96th.

CUBS ON Cubs Starters & Relievers in 2017 Cactus League Play

THE MOUND W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO Spring Training Cubs Starters 1-3 3.86 18.2 17 9 8 2 4 14 Cubs Relievers 2-2 5.12 77.1 79 46 44 10 33 57 Totals 3-5 4.45 96.0 96 55 52 12 37 71

Today’s Cubs Starter — #49 RHP Jake Arrieta

W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2015 — CUBS *22-6 1.77 33 +33 +4 +3 229.0 150 52 45 10 48 236 2016 — CUBS 18-8 3.10 31 31 1 0 197.1 138 72 68 16 76 190 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS 74-46 3.58 167 161 6 5 992.2 804 420 395 86 348 907

Jake, the 2015 N.L. winner and a 2016 N.L. All-Star, has become one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball over the last two seasons ... since the beginning of 2015, he has gone 40-14 with a 2.39 ERA (113 ER/426.1 IP), a pair of no-hitters and a .189 opposing batting average.  Is 54-21 with six complete games, five shutouts and a 2.52 ERA (178 ER/634.2 IP) in 98 starts for the Cubs since he was acquired from Baltimore, July 2, 2013, with pitcher and two international signing bonus slots (slot numbers three and four) for pitcher and catcher Steve Clevenger.  Went 22-6 in 33 starts in 2015 and his 1.77 ERA (45 ER/229.0 IP) was the lowest for a Cubs qualifying starting pitcher in 96 years since 1919, when Pete Alexander had a 1.72 ERA.  Has fanned a Cubs franchise-record 53 batters in the postseason and is tied for the franchise lead with seven postseason starts ... overall has gone 4-2 with a 3.64 ERA (17 ER/42.0 IP) in postseason play.  Has posted a 2.20 ERA (78 ER/319.1 IP) in 49-career starts at , the fifth-lowest ERA in the ballpark’s history ... his .177 opponent average at Wrigley Field leads all pitchers.  Originally selected by the Orioles in the fifth round of the 2007 Draft out of Texas Christian University.

In 2016, Jake went 18-8 with a 3.10 ERA (68 ER/197.1 IP) ... limited opponents to an MLB-best .194 batting average … named to the N.L. All-Star Team for the first time.  Ranked among N.L. leaders in wins (18, t-3rd), ERA (3.10, 10th), opponent’s OBP (.277, 6th), slugging (.306, 1st) and OPS (.583, 2nd).  Notched nine starts of at least 6.0-scoreless , tied for the most in the majors (also, Tanner Roark) ... his 11 starts allowing three or fewer hits also tied for the major league lead (with and Tom Koehler).  Went 11-3 on the road, the second-most road victories in the majors (, 12-4).  Tossed his second career no-hitter, and the 15th in franchise history, April 21 at Cincinnati … he walked four batters and struck out six ... also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a walk and run scored.  Did not allow a hit over his first 5.1 innings pitched in Game Two of the World Series, marking the longest no-hit bid in a Fall Classic game since Jerry Koosman of the tossed 6.0 innings of no-hit ball in Game Two of the 1969 World Series.  Won Game Six of the World Series, becoming the third Cubs pitcher to win multiple starts in a single Fall Classic, and the first since Lon Warneke in 1935.

* * * * * Cubs Relievers

#53 RHP EDDIE BUTLER: Was acquired from Colorado, February 1, 2017 ... spent #59 LHP ZAC ROSSCUP: Is a non-roster invitee to major league Spring Training after his first five professional seasons in the Rockies organization, making his major missing all of last season on the 60-day disabled list with an injured left shoulder league debut in 2014 ... has gone 6-16 with a 6.50 ERA (115 ER/159.1 IP) in 36 before he declared free agency in December ... underwent surgery (debridement major league games (28 starts) over the last three seasons. procedure) May 13 of last season.  Has gone 32-25 with a 3.33 ERA (180 ER/486.2 IP) in 87 minor league games,  In 61 career major league relief appearances with Chicago from 2013-15, is 3- all but one as a starter, since making his debut with the rookie level Grand 1 with seven holds and a 5.40 ERA (28 ER/46.2 IP) ... has struck out 57 in 46.2 Junction Rockies in 2012. innings, good for an average of 11.0 per 9.0 innings.  In 2016, he split the season between Triple-A Albuquerque and Colorado,  In 2015, went 2-1 with a 4.39 ERA (13 ER/26.2 IP) in 33 games across three appearing in a career-high 32 combined games … went 2-5 with a 7.17 ERA stints with the Cubs ... had six holds, struck out 29 batters and walked 13. (51 ER/64.0 IP) in 17 games, including nine starts, with the Rockies ... his  Originally selected by Tampa Bay in the 28th round of the 2009 draft, he was eight relief outings marked his first relief appearances in the majors. acquired by Chicago in January of 2011 as part of an eight-player deal with  Attended Radford University (Va.) where he was named Big South the . Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year. #87 RHP RYAN WILLIAMS: Ryan is a non-roster invitee to Spring Training with the #32 LHP BRIAN DUENSING: Signed a one-year major league deal with Chicago in Cubs for the second-straight season after being selected in the 10th round of the December of 2016 … is 42-37 with two saves, 45 holds and a 4.13 ERA (304 2014 draft … is 20-5 with one and a 2.29 ERA (54 ER/212.1 IP) in 46 career ER/662.2 iP) in 368 major league outings (61 as a starter) covering eight seasons minor league games (33 starts), reaching the Triple-A level in 2016. with Minnesota (2009-15) and Baltimore (2016).  Has struck out 157 hitters while walking just 33 in 212.1 innings … has  Has limited lefties in his career to a .236 batting average (205-for-867), a .286 surrendered only eight home runs. OBP and a .328 slugging mark, good for a .614 OPS ... has walked only 50 of  Named the 2015 Cubs Minor League Pitcher of the Year and MLB Pipeline’s 946 left-handed batters faced. Cubs Pitching Prospect of the Season.  Has pitched exclusively as a reliever the last four seasons, going 14-6 with a  In 2016, he went 4-1 with a 3.27 ERA (16 ER/44.0 IP) in nine starts at Triple-A 3.86 ERA (76 ER/177.1 IP) in 204 outings in that span. Iowa before his season was cut short due to injury ... was placed on the  In 2016, was 1-0 with a 4.05 ERA (6 ER/13.1 IP) in 14 relief outings with seven-day disabled list, May 20, with right shoulder inflammation, ending his Baltimore … missed time due to left elbow surgery to remove bone chips … season. on the shelf, June 20-September 5.  Originally selected in the 10th round of the 2014 Draft by the Cubs.

#84 RHP JHONDANIEL MEDINA: Jhondaniel signed a minor league contract with the Cubs, December 19, 2016 ... is in his eighth professional season ... has spent time in the Baltimore (2010-12) and (2013-16) organizations.  Has gone 20-21 with a 2.70 ERA (118 ER/393.2 IP) in 198 minor league contests, including 30 starts ... has pitched exclusively as a reliever since the 2013 campaign ... has 388 strikeouts and has walked 207 batters in 393.2 innings.  In 2016, he went a combined 3-3 with a 3.49 ERA (27 ER/69.2 IP) in 46 relief appearances between Double-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis ... his appearance at Indianapolis marked his first at the Triple-A level.  Originally signed by Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent December 14, 2009 ... acquired by Pittsburgh November 30, 2012 for INF Yamaico Navarro.