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Adbert Alzolay 
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Kyle Hendricks
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Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Cubs @ Reds: Haren vs. Smith (Game 157)

Submitted by CTSteve on

The Cubs walk-off and out of Wrigley and hit the road to complete the regular season.

CHC (91-65): RHP Dan Haren (9-9, 3.83)
CIN (63-93): RHP Josh Smith (0-2, 7.23)
First pitch: 6:10pmCT

Haren, who was skipped in the rotation, last pitched on Sept. 18. He’s 2-2 with a 5.00 ERA since joining the Cubs but 1-0 with a 3.26 in four September starts. He’s 1-1 with a 2.60 in his three starts against the Reds this year, and they’re hitting .203 in those games. For his career, Votto is 5-16 with a HR.

Smith, a 28y/o rookie, was a 21st-round draft pick by the Reds in 2010. He made his debut in June. He gave up 3 ER in 5 IP against the Mets in his last outing for a no-decision. None of the Cubs have faced him.

Go Cubs!
 

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Tue, 09/29/2015 - 09:38 pm

I just need to put it in the official record that this is the least important game of the season. Besides maybe the next two.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/29/2015 - 09:28 pm

umps to get together in 30-ish minutes (9 EST) to decide where they're going from there.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/29/2015 - 09:49 pm

rizzo is a 30/30 guy! 30 HR, 30 HBP. getting on base is cool, but i dont wanna see rizzo hit 10 times a year, much less 30 times.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 09/29/2015 - 09:16 pm

I expect Bryant will see a lot of high fastballs in the playoffs. He kills low pitches -- where he can extend his arms -- and has proven he can mostly lay off the low-and-away slider. Seems to have a lot of swings and misses on high heaters.

Submitted by Mornington Crescent on Tue, 09/29/2015 - 09:34 pm

Big hit by Montero and the Dodgers are on the edge of clinching against the Giants.

Submitted by James Watkins on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:43 am

I hope Dan Haren starts Game Two of the NLDS at Busch Stadium. Surely he is a better choice than Hendricks or Hammel. I would start Lester, Haren, Arrieta & Hendricks and leave Hammel off the playoff roster.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:07 am

That one hit to right was a weird hit by Baez. In a way it seemed like an awfully lucky hit, like he was just trying to foul it off to the right but it ended up going into right field. He still seems to be laying off the stuff he used to swing at haphazardly. Last year you could bounce one in the dirt in front of him and he'd swing at it. I get that the new batting stance is helping him produce a better swing but how can it help him see the ball so much better?

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Submitted by Rob Richardson on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:36 am

While I am not a scout, coach or former player, I assume that removing the pre-swing noise from him approach has given him more time to read and react to the pitch. Last season it seemed to me at least that since he had to start his swing so early he was basically guessing on each pitch.

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Submitted by Rob Richardson on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:15 am

Not really true. While he is still a work in progress last time I checked his walk rates was acceptable and his strikeout rate is headed in the right direction. As is, with his defense he could be a starting middle infielder on a contending team.

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Submitted by johann on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:35 pm

The big change I've seen from Baez is laying off pitches out of the zone and the stats do bear that out so far. His 0-Zone % has dropped from 41 to 37.8 from 2014 to 2015 and his Z-zone rate has increased from 58.7 to 69.2. So he's swinging less at pitched out of the zone and more at pitches in the zone and that is a good trend.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:10 pm

"Last season . . . he was basically guessing on each pitch." The quickest way for a pure guess-hitter to lower his strikeouts is to guess ball instead of strike. I think that's what Baez has been doing this year. The other day he took a fastball down the middle for strike three. That's hard to do if you actually "see" the pitch. Imagine Baez taking a called strike three! Out of the batter's box, though, his instincts, fielding or baserunning, seem to be pitch perfect, so he may get the opportunity to learn the rudiments of hitting over time. Maddon certainly seems to love him in the field. Worst case, he finishes games at second like Barney at Toronto these days.

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Submitted by johann on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:29 pm

If he's guessing he's doing something right this year with it because he's swinging more (51% up from 47.9) and making more contact when he does (O-Contact is up to 49.1 up from 42.1 and Z-Contact up to 80.6 up from 78.8). To me those # increases can't just be a product of guessing better but seem to be more likely a product of seeing the ball better and swinging at pitches he's going to be able to better make contact with.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:16 pm

Well, there is such a thing as an educated guess. E.g., if you were a pitcher, would you throw a strike to Baez or Castro on oh-and-two? So I'm going to expect a slider outside, and probably get it. That's just an educated guess, nothing to do with seeing the spin and calculating the break. But I'm rooting for him. As you say, he is improving as a hitter. He's a very, very watchable player, and that's the kind I like to watch!

Submitted by James Watkins on Wed, 09/30/2015 - 09:49 am

We are going to need Hendricks, no doubt, but I would rather have him pitch at Wrigley in Game Four because he has been much better at home (3.36 vs. 4.77 on the road). Haren has a 2.36 ERA in five September starts vs. 6.46 for Hammel. Haren vs. the Cardinals 2.36 ERA; Hammel 5.73. Game Two is @ ST. Louis where Hendricks and Hammel were terrible this year while Haren was brilliant.

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