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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL 

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PITCHERS: 14
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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Cubs @ Dodgers: Lester vs Hill (NLCS Game 2)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (0-1): LHP Jon Lester
LAD (1-0): LHP Rich Hill
First pitch: 6:38pmCST (TBS)

The good news is that the Cubs are back in the NLCS. The bad news is that, unless your name is Verlander, the game is all about the bullpens. That does not bode well.

As for the starters, two more lefties go today. For the Cubs, it’s Jon Lester (13-8, 4.33). He went 6-5 with a 4.41 on the road this season, including a start in LA in which he gave up 6 ER in 3.1 innings. Yeah, it was one of those outings. In his two postseason appearances so far, he threw 9.2 innings and held the Nationals to 2 ER.

Overall, the Dodgers are 37-162 (.228) against him. Granderson is 15-51 with 3 HR.

The Dodgers send Rich Hill to the mound. Hill, no relation to the former Cubs pitcher of the same name, went 12-8 with a 3.32 for the season. In Game Two of the NLDS against Arizona, he went 4 innings and gave up 2 ER.

Hill was 7-5 with a 2.77 at Dodger Stadium in 2017. He missed the Cubs this year and only 3 Cubs have faced him: Zobrist (1-2), Martin (2-6), and Avila (0-2).

If you’re in the LA area, you might be interested to know that there are 3,594 tickets available, starting at $83. Some fans.

Go Cubs!
 

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Comments

Submitted by JoePepitone on Sun, 10/15/2017 - 10:00 pm

Hopefully, Rob G. has been able to snag tickets for tonight's game. After all this time being a left coast Cubs fan, he should be able to enjoy more Cubs playoff action in his own backyard.

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Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 10/15/2017 - 10:48 pm

I think they are all exhausted, and as we saw during the year, they don't hit when they're exhausted. - Game Wed. in miserable, bone-chilling conditions, no day off, fly to DC and play nearly 5 hours of physically, mentally and emotionally draining baseball, celebrate and party, fly across the country, flight detours and they have to wait on the tarmac for 3+ hours, meaning they spent about 10 hours on the plane, get to the hotel at noon and then go play a well-rested Dodger team on the road. A day off and a return to Wrigley should help. If not, well, it's still be a hell of a year. The last 2 weeks of the season and Game 5 were awesome.

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Submitted by bradsbeard on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:38 am

Yeah, the Cubs looked like a team running on fumes in LA. Bats are asleep, pen was a wreck for game 1, Quintana and Lester both struggled to get through 5. Davis was still recovering from Thursday night for game 2. Meanwhile, the Dodgers were well rested and looked sharp. It's part of home field advantage and playing the WC team, which they earned. Cubs hung in there for the first half of game 1, which was honestly better than I expected coming off the tough Nats series, the party, and the travel. Then they matched LA for 8.2 innings last night. They at least made Roberts use Jansen twice, which I don't think is insignificant. Hopefully they can get somewhat rested and collect themselves enough to at least win 2 of 3 at home and make it a series. They'll have Lester and Hendricks on normal rest for games 6 and 7 if they can just get there. It's not over yet.

Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Sun, 10/15/2017 - 10:48 pm

Good on Lester to get out of that jam... now hopefully Maddon will do his part and let Lester throw about 120 pitches.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 10/15/2017 - 10:31 pm

One sign that's not particularly encouraging -- Q and Lester have been the Cubs' best hitters so far.

Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Sun, 10/15/2017 - 10:31 pm

Time for one or both of Bryant and Rizzo to redeem themselves now!!!

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 10/15/2017 - 10:44 pm

Dear Cub hitters: In case you didn't read the scouting report -- Kenley Janssen throws high fastballs out the the strike zone early in the count. Don't swing until he throws you a strike. This is not rocket science.

Submitted by waveland on Sun, 10/15/2017 - 10:01 pm

Theo needs to hire a guy to manage the bullpen and lineup and let Joe handle the players and press

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 10/15/2017 - 10:12 pm

Lackey in with a man on in the 9th inning of a tie game. What could possibly go wrong? Isn't he on the roster as insurance for extra-inning games? Davis had 2 days off and has a day off tomorrow. If not Wade, give me Duensing over Lackey in that situation every time. Bizarre move. But, the Cubs weren't going to score again no matter how many innings they played, so at least we get to bed at a decent hour.

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Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:48 am

Yep. This is a replay of the Mets LCS two years ago. And the 07 and 08 postseasons. And the 98 quickie with the Braves. Absolutely no offense. None. They look like the Sisters of St. Mary's out there, pretty pathetic. KB, juuuust a bit of regression for Mr. MVP. Contreras and Baez, I don't care how much Maddon values their defense, the ABs have been awful, like, minor league demotion awful. Time for TLS and Avila to get some PT. Also of note: For all the crappy Cubs batting, Roberts pinch-hit for Jansen there in the 9th. THEIR TWO BEST RELIEVERS WOULD BE DONE AND GONE FOR THE 10TH. Maddon brings in Davis to get ONE OUT, and his team survives to the 10th inning with a tied game, with the Dodgers' best relievers FINISHED. How fucken tough is this to figure out? Sorry, but the honeymoon with Maddon is kaput in my book, title or not.

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Submitted by Charlie on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:18 am

If Maddon was really just saving his closer for the save situation, he's way off. The only other explanation I can figure out is that Maddon took a bad gamble on retiring the shortstop so that he wouldn't have to warm Davis, and then with the walk there was no hope of getting Davis ready in time for Turner.

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Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:29 am

I think Maddon's biggest strengths are enabling young players to flourish, keeping his players rested and fresh, and his teams always play great in the second half of the season. That's all great stuff, but none of it really matter in the playoffs. His bizarre in-game decisions backfire too frequently in short playoff series. Bringing in Lackey last night -- not only into a "dirty" inning, but having him pitch back-to-back days for the first time ever -- was the worst of several not-great options. Either bring in Davis to try to live to fight another inning or let Duensing go after Taylor. Lackey had no business going in that game. I feel bad for Lackey -- that might be the last pitch his career. Tough way to go out.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:25 am

Sobering thought -- even the Cubs can get the series back to LA -- they are now 0-5 there and have scored a grand total of 7 runs in the 5 games. Ugh.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:57 am

Maddon madness: I think Joe had 4 options in the 9th inning last night 1. Leave Duensing, one of his more reliable relievers, in the game to get one more out. 2. Bring in Davis, who threw 44 pitches Thursday but had 2 days off and had an off day the next day. 3. Bring in Rondon, an experienced reliever who gave up a home run the day before and hasn't pitched much. 4. Bring in Lackey, a 15-year starter, into a "dirty" inning, to pitch on back-to-back days, which he has never done in his career. How he chose Door #4 is beyond me. It was clearly his worst option.

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Submitted by Charlie on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:37 am

The more I think about this and Maddon's post-game comments, the less sense it makes to me. He said the idea with Lackey was that he would come back and pitch the 10th. So even if he does get Taylor out, Maddon was going to send him back out in a tied 10th inning to face Turner and Bellinger? That's nonsense. If anything, you bring in Davis to get 1 out or to get 4 outs, Taylor, Turner, Bellinger, and Pederson. If the game is still tied at that point, then you can turn to Lackey to go after Forsythe, Barnes, Puig, Culberson, pitcher. It's reminding me of his weird decision to leave Chapman in after the big lead in game 6 of the WS. There's was no way of looking at it that made sense.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:48 am

Fun and telling stat: - The award for best post-season batting average is a tie, at .250. A tie between....Lester and Quintana, who are both 1-for-4. A day of rest, a return to Wrigley and decent weather should help them get going.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:34 pm

I have trouble being too upset about the Lackey thing when the only thing going partially right for us is starting pitching. Any move to the bullpen has been a disaster, so this was just one more example of the pitcher not executing. Can't win with 3 hits.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:49 pm

I'm with ya man. What a difference a year makes. Last year they win the pennant by Game 6, Chappy does his thing, and Travis Wood was a huge piece. Plus, KB was hitting and Rizz and Baez named series co-MVPs. Completely shut-down. Andrew Friedman did his job. And, money is no object for the Dodgers.

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Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 10:48 pm

E-Man -- fwiw, Lester and Javy were co-MVPs of the NLCS last year. And, they can still win by Game 6 this year! And....this year is actually very similar to last year, even though it doesn't feel like it and few remember how bad it looked at one point. Last year, they were down 2-1 with 2 more to play in LA, and had been shut out in Games 2 & 3, then came roaring back with 10 runs in Game 4 and 8 runs in Game 5 before Hendricks did his thing Game 6. There was a lot of concern about the offense after getting shut out in back-to-back games. So, this year is actually just about like last year. Just hope the bats wake up again!

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