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PITCHERS: 13
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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Indians @ Cubs: Kluber vs. Lester (Game 123 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CLE (58-65): RHP Corey Kluber (8-13, 3.52)

CHC (71-51): LHP Jon Lester (8-9, 3.58)

First pitch: 1:05pmCT

Kipnis* 2b

Lindor# ss

Brantley* lf

Santana# 1b

Gomes c

Aviles cf

Sands rf

Urshela 3b

Kluber p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Coghlan* rf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

LaStella* 2b

Castro ss

Ross c

Lester* p


Youch: Motte is out 3-4 weeks (shoulder), and Soler (oblique) is expected to miss a month. LaStella is activated to play 2b, and Rosscup is back. Castro fills in for Russell who’s day-to-day (groin tightness). And the pitcher bats 9th for the first time all season.

Lester is looking to bounce back from the shellacking he took from the Tigers on Wednesday (2.2 IP, 7 ER). It was his shortest and ugliest outing of the season. Over the last three years, he is 3-0 with a 2.60 ERA in his 4 games against the Indians. They are 20-82 (.244) against him. Brantley is 5-15.

Kluber has not been able to repeat his Cy Young success (18-9, 2.44) from last year. The Indians are fortunate not to have guaranteed more than $38.5m in the 5-year contract extension they gave him. He has been especially bad on the road, going 3-7 with a 4.17. He’s still dangerous, though, and capable of double-digit strikeouts on any given day. He lost in Boston his last time out (6 IP, 6 ER). Only Fowler and Montero (combined 0-7, 4 Ks) have faced him.

The Cubs are 1-2 against the Indians in their 2 short series so far this year. This is a makeup from the rain out on June 15. It would have been nice to use the off-day to head out west, but here we are.

Go Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:38 am

Soler to DL hurts. Obliques are notoriously difficult to rehab. This likely means Coghlan/Denorfia in RF on a daily basis, with Schwarber in LF and either La Stella or Castro at 2B. And there is no OF depth in AAA other than Szczur who isn't much of a bat. 

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 08:57 am

"No OF depth in AAA" I would say, no blue-chip outfield prospect, but a fair amount of depth. Andreoli has offensive numbers (this year and cumulative) that are strangely similar to Szczur's. Both are on-base types who steal 25 bases/year. Rubi Silva bats lefty and has a .487 SLG. Silva has only five walks, however, and the Cub brass won't like that and may not promote that. On the other hand, any discussion of Silva should include his 63 outfield assists over five seasons. They might want to promote that. Alcantara has mostly played second this season, and has scuffled at the plate, but you never know. Speed and power . . . And what about Baez? He has to play somewhere.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 08:39 am

I think perhaps you misunderstood my point. I meant the big league team has no depth at AAA. The AAA team has lots of AAA outfielders. Andreoli and Silva are not prospects, have never played in the majors, and are not even on the 40-man roster. Neither would be called up to help the big league team. Baez has never played in the OF. He might be able to do so, perhaps in LF, but the idea that the Cubs would do this in the midst of a pennant chase is a bit of a stretch. Alcantara can certainly play the OF, though not terribly well, but hasn't been able to hit AAA pitching this year and so would not be a great additon to the big league lineup.

So now that Soler is down, both Coghlan (or Denorfia if its a LFHP) and Schwarber (even against LHPs) have to play everyday. And Szczur and Denorfia are the only back-ups. And if something happens to Fowler or Coghlan then we are really in trouble.  

Submitted by jacos on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:38 am

Bruce Levine reports Soler our for month On DL strained oblique, Lastella called up Motte out 3-4 weeks, Rosculp called up

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Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:16 pm

Don't think so -- would be selling low, given his injury history and surprising lack of HRs this year. In addition to another notch on the injury belt, the real bummer is Soler (I assume he is done for the year) will miss getting pennant race and (hopefully) playoff experience and dealing with the Chicago media and fan expectations in those situations.

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:26 am

Conflicting reports on AR's absence from the lineup unless yours of "groin tightness" is just another way of saying that his fiancee's in labor as per the Twitter sidebar. If so, well-played!

Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:26 pm

Man that hurts...Soler was just starting to get hot and had a nice streak going. He has really battled too many injuries during his young career. The offense will certainly take a hit on that one.

Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:29 pm

K-Masters Well in looking this morning, the Cubs staff leads the league in K's. Very impressive. Also, top-5 in overall pitching. I just don't see how the Cards can sustain a team ERA in the 2's... Fuckers.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:56 pm

if anyone important goes down all STL has to do is call up any random 10-20th round pick no one's heard of and they'll put up MVP/CY numbers. that's the cardinals way...patent pending.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:08 pm

klubernohitter....klubernohitter.....klubernohitter....

Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:15 pm

CRUNCH: Considering Joe Maddon wears the same socks when the team is winning, I think you'd be able to somehow monetize your special "skill".

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Submitted by jacos on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:16 pm

Thanks, crunch. Possibly funniest thing I've seen this year on the field.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:23 pm

Cubs go 14-3 on their 17 game "home stand" (including 3 at The Cell). Fan-damn-tastic. Bummer about Soler -- and I really hope Fowler's hand is OK.

Submitted by John Beasley on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:16 pm

Between the bad dive and the botched relay catch, Rizzo would've had an inside-the-park job if he'd run hard out of the box instead of staring at it. /complaintdept

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:36 pm

Javy 4-4 with a HR and double so far tonight. He's probably not "Jappy" that LaStella got the call-up over him, particularly since Soler's injury leaves the Cubs with only one RH impact bat (and I don't mean David Ross).

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