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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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Submitted by Rob G. on
I think Jacque Jones needs to sire a few more kids as he went 3 for 5 last night with three RBI's, a homer, a double and three runs in his triumphant return to the starting lineup after taking a few days off to be with his newborn daughter. Congrats to Jones and his family and keep the hot-hitting up. Tonight is the final night game of the year and the final opportunity to watch Rich Hill pitch. Then the last off day of the year which I'm sure will be used as a mandatory practice day and the final showdown with the Rockies to finish the year off. Cubs lost out on the first pick in the draft last night with their victory and the Royals loss. Second place is still in reach, but so is fourth place as the Pirates have to contend with the Astros and Reds the rest of the way who are both trying to unthrone the rapidly collapsing Cardinals. Go Cubs! GAME ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT] MILWAUKEE BREWERS (73-84) AT CHICAGO CUBS (64-94) Wrigley Field, 7:05 pm CDT Weather: Clear, 63 degrees, Wind from L to R @ 15 mph TV: CSN, DirecTV 743 Radio: WGN, XM 188
Rich Hill, LHP 6-7, 4.29 ERA, 92.1 IP 83 K, 37 BB, 13 HR 226/304/424 againstDave Bush, RHP 12-11, 4.54 ERA, 202 IP 161 K, 38 BB, 26 HR 256/305/427 against
Brady Clark, CF Tony Graffanino, 2B Jeff Cirillo, 1B Bill Hall, SS Corey Hart, RF David Bell, 3B Mike Rivera, C Vinny Rottino, LF Dave Bush, P *Juan Pierre, CF Ryan Theriot, 2B *Jacque Jones, RF Matt Murton, LF *John Mabry, 1B Henry Blanco, C *Scott Moore, 3B Ronny Cedeno, SS *Rich Hill, P
Brewers vs. Hill: No Brewers with more than 10 AB'sCubs vs. Bush: Jacque Jones: 5-17, 294/294/588, 4 K, 1 HR, 2 2B Juan Pierre: 6-14, 429/429/714, 1 HR Ronny Cedeno: 3-11, 273/250/545, 1 HR Aramis Ramirez: 3-10, 300/417/700, 1 HR

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:27 pm

blah blah *insert lineup complaint dujour* blah blah dusty blah blah *insert bad joke* blah blah misconception blah blah why cant matt murton play catcher blah blah mabry has 2 broken legs blah blah something something pancakes.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:28 pm

seriously, though...how many homers hill gonna give up today? =p im still scared of this dude's pitching arsenal even if 2 of them are plus pitches.

Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:43 pm

crunch: blah blah *insert lineup complaint dujour* blah blah dusty blah blah *insert bad joke* blah blah misconception blah blah why cant matt murton play catcher blah blah mabry has 2 broken legs blah blah something something pancakes. Oddly enough this is more coherent than some TCR comment posts. I see Ramirez is not in the lineup again tonight. I'll repeat my comments after seeing yesterday's lineup. Ryno, September 26, 2006 10:24 PM: I may be reading too much into this, but for Ramirez to miss a game for a "sore leg" doesn't make sense. Putting yourself in the shoes of Ramirez: You have, what, 6 games left, on the verge of 40 home runs and the biggest contract you'll sign in your career. It's going to take more than a sore leg to keep me from playing. So... and this is just conjecture, either it's worse than a sore leg, or the Cubs have already agreed to terms and he's no longer worried about impressing possible suitors. So is it a sore leg again tonight?

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:46 pm

OR.... I'm 6 days from a big payday, why the hell am I going to risk pulling up lame with another quad injury and scare a bunch of teams off?

Submitted by Kinanik on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:59 pm

At least we have some consistancy.

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:56 pm

RANDALL SIMON SIGHTING! I thought he was in Japan! Pinch hit in the 7th for the Phillies and drew a walk. What a riot to see him again in a playoff race!

Submitted by Newport/Racine on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:57 pm

According to Len and Bob, the Cubs have set a major league record for pitching changes in a season.

Submitted by Chad on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:43 pm

Can someone explain the situation where Juan Pierre DOESN'T score from second on a basehit? Was it a bloop? or a liner that just missed an infielder's glove?

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:11 pm

Can someone explain the situation where Juan Pierre DOESN'T SCORE ... So what's new about Juan Pierre NOT scoring? He's really remarkably good at it. In this case it was a bloop to center that gave him pause. It's always something.

Submitted by dbt on Wed, 09/27/2006 - 09:52 pm

the funny thing about that bloop is that jones could probably have been forced at second had the ball not topspinned away from the CF's glove on the short hop for a second. That would have made for some awesome early-season late-season symmetry

Submitted by Wes on Thu, 09/28/2006 - 09:06 am

I know Blanco missed the sign on the squeeze and all, but what the hell are you doing squeezing with your backup catcher (who's actually hitting) at the plate and your LF (who actually runs slower than backup catcher) on third base? Cubs baseball, baby. About as fundamentally sound as your local 5-7 year old T-Ball team. Also, perhaps managed by one of those 5-7 year olds.

Submitted by Chad on Thu, 09/28/2006 - 09:25 am

blanco has layed down a perfect one earlier this season. I think it was a game winner too. Oh and CWTP, all I read was blah, blah, blah, blooped, blah, blah blah All appologies Crunch.

Submitted by Green Lantern on Thu, 09/28/2006 - 09:48 am

end of season haiku three hundred murton red headed slugger we have what a second half

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 09/28/2006 - 09:08 am

Murton has decent speed, average at worse, I'd probably go with slightly above average. Which LF did you think was on third?

Submitted by Tito on Thu, 09/28/2006 - 09:51 am

#9 Ridiculous comment on Pierre. No one would've scored on the bloop unless there were two outs. Pierre has been on base 231 times via hit or walk (didn't have HBP or error totals). He's scored 85 times. Dave Roberts: 179 times, 77 runs. Kenny Lofton: 180 times, 75 runs. We all wish Pierre's OBP was better. I guess what I'm trying to get at is, are you blaming his high caught-stealing numbers or something for him not scoring? Because it seems to me that if he's on base 231 times and is caught stealing, say, 20 times, that leaves 211. And if he doens't score a lot after being on base 211 times without taking himself out of the equation, doesn't that mean the other hitters' suckitude has something to do with it?

Submitted by Mitterwald on Thu, 09/28/2006 - 09:53 am

David Bush was dealing last night, our lineup was horrendous, Blanco has successfully laid down a squeeze before, and at the time, it was conceivable that it was going to be a 1-0 game. While I hate "manufacturing" runs, this was a time to do it. As for Pierre not scoring from second, it was a bloop that landed right between the 2B and CF. Nobody would have scored. (It probably should have been caught. The CF was playing shallow.) Jones might have been forced at second, but the CF bobbled the ball. If Rich Hill pitches 200 innings next year, he might lead the league in HRs allowed. Fun to watch but frightening.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

    also, wisdom and taillon are both in chicago.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

    p.wisdom was not in today's lineup in iowa (rained out) and he was removed from the game last night mid-game, but not for injury.  good bet he's with the team in the bigs, too.

  • Bill (view)

    A good rule of thumb is that if you trade a near-ready high ceiling prospect, you should get at least two far-away high ceiling prospects in return.  Like all rules-of-thumb, it depends upon the specific circumstances, but certainly, we weren't going to get Busch for either prospect alone.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    I suspect Brown will spend some time in the bullpen due to inning restrictions.  Pitched only 93 innings last year and career high is 104 innings in 2022.  I would expect them to be cautious with a young player with his injury history.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I wanted Almonte gone last week, but that was before Merryweather went down and Little got demoted. Almonte in his last 5 appearances has gone 4.1 IP with no ER or Runs. NO hits, 3 BBs and 8 SO. He did hit 96 with his 2S FB in AZ on Tues.
    I don't see Jed waiving him when we have injuries all over and guys with options that can be sent down.
    I probably won't like the move Jed makes, but he can't play the "let's hope no one wants his 1.7mil remaining deal and we can hide him in Iowa" card.
    That's why I think the current Bullpen stays as is and Wicks goes to Iowa.
    I don't like that, but that's the fix I see.
    We'll find out soon enough!!!

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