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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Game 147 Thread / Cubs @ Cardinals (1 of 4)

Game Chat : BR Preview : Game Notes Carlos Zambrano vs. Adam Wainwright Lineups:
Soriano LF Miles 2B
Theriot SS HGH RF
Lee 1B Pujols 1B
Ramirez 3B Edmonds CF
Floyd RF Shumaker LF
DeRosa 2B Spiezo 3B
Jones CF Molina C
Kendall C Wainwright P
Zambrano P Ryan SS

Comments

Glad to see Lee back in the lineup. Hoping beyond hope that Zambrano will show up and not blow up. I thought Loretta was a bad #5 hitter but now we have Skip Shumaker.

Reds 4-0 off Ben Sheets with only one out... Eckstein out with a sore back Soriano walks on a full count...when pigs fly. Then Molina throws him out easily, is this his first steal attempt since his quad injury?

Z: 1st inning... 14 pitches, 3 up-3 down 5 pitches to Miles, GO 4-3 5 pitches to Ankiel, K 4 pitches to Pujols, 60 6-3

Z: 2nd inning… 16 pitches, 4 up-1BB 30 pitches/2 innings 6 pitches to Edmonds, BB 3 pitches to Shumaker, GO 3U 1 pitch to Spezio, GO 3U 6 pitches to Molina, GO 4-3

Z: 3rd inning… 9 pitches, 4 up-1 single 39 pitches/3 innings 1 pitch to Wainwright, single off Zambrano 3 pitches to Ryan, K 2 pitches to Miles, P6 3 pitches to Ankiel, P4

Z: 4th inning… 9 pitches, 3 up-1 single-1 DP 48 pitches/4 innings 5 pitches to Pujols, single to Ramirez 2 pitches to Edmonds, DP 6-4-3 2 pitches to Schumaker, GO 3U

Z: 5th inning… 13 pitches, 4 up-1 BB 61 pitches/5 innings 6 pitches to Spezio, BB 1 pitch to Molina, F8 3 pitches to Wainwright, P3 (bunt) 3 pitches to Ryan, GO 5-3

Z: 6th inning… 7 pitches, 4 up-1 HR 68 pitches/6 innings Miles 2 pitches, L5 Ankiel 3 pitches, GO 6-3 Pujols 1 pitch, HR Edmonds 1 pitch, GO 4-3

Z: 7th inning… 14 pitches, 3 up-3 down 82 pitches/7 innings 2 pitches to Schumaker, GO 3-1 6 pitches to Spezio, K 6 pitches to Molina, P4

ESPN game cast has him at 88 pitches through 7. Pitching very well tonight Wainwright now out of the game

Z: 8th inning… 13 pitches, 4 up-1 single 95 pitches/8 innings Cairo 6 pitches, F9 Ryan 2 pitches, GO 4-3 Miles 2 pitches, single to left Ankiel 3 pitches, F9

WAY TO GO BIG Z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now let's finish these fucking red birds!!!

I'm counting pitches with tivo...so unless comcast isn't showing 2 strike foul balls...I'd say I'm accurate

Len/Bob said Z has 101 pitches...it's a moot point if he's not pitching the 9th.

WARD BUSTS IT OPEN!!!!!!!!!!! WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JOY! JOY!JOY!JOY!JOY!JOY!JOY!JOY!JOY!JOY!

compare and contrast Feliz Pie vs DWard going from the batters box to 2nd. Both things of beauty proving beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Credit to Pie - he came through in a key situation and set up the entire inning. And his baserunning was part of it too, taking third on that chopper to SS.

It is going to be tough to trust Dempster in a big game down the stretch or in the playoffs the way he is pitching. Damn...

Tying run to the plate...FUCK!!!!!!! Get someone up!!!

I had the good fortune to sit in the row behind the dugout at Wrigley not too long ago. Dempster has to be one of the nicest guys, humble, talking to the fans and smiling and just being a good man. Can we please find a total antisocial asshole to close games?

I certainly don't see Lou making an "official" closer change this late in the season....

Tying run in scoring position, winning run on third. WTF!!!

CUBS WIN (Hold on more like it)!!!!! BREWERS LOSING 6-3!!! WOO!!! Up 1 in the loss column with 15 games to go. GO CUBS!!!

he could be the nicest guy on the planet. who gives a rat's ass...he's not ready to pitch in meaninful ballgames. how much more evidence do we need?

i know, but i dont see anyone else there to do the job...i'm not happy about it but what can you do...and game =)

Oh man I can't take this....we're Cubs fans again because?

My heart was racing when that ball went up the middle. On MLBtv i couldn't tell how hard it was hit and thought for a second it was going to get through. Man, I need to get a beer.

I'm numb The capability to think is only gradually returning. However, let's be positive. We dodged a bullet in the ninth that we shouldn't have had to do, but they won. Z was magnificent, and came up huge in a money game. Shine on you crazy diamond. Loved the homers and Pie and Ward in the ninth. Big, big win. Cards now 6 out. Hope Lilly comes up big tomorrow. Go Reds!

Len asked it on TV...Is Ronny okay? Seriously, is he alive? I swear this team is trying to kill him. A couple years ago when Jerome Williams was choking, I was listening to Pat and Ron and Ron says, "Is it never easy, Patrick? Can it never be easy?" Give the guy a break. I Heart Daryle Ward

brewers lose- two 9th inning nailbiters in ten minutes span. Is this what we've been hoping for all season- a meaningful september? why do I feel so queasy?

wow.....kinda parallel games..... what an enormous day. one more finishes the cards, two more puts the cubs in great shape, three more and they're on their way. personally, i'm excited to see marshall again finally tomorrow. what a night. THANKS Z!

Z was magnificent, low pitch count including one 7 pitch inning (and that was the 6th when he gave up the HR to Pujols). No more than 4 batters in any inning he pitched. Only two walks. No tantrum when he was pinch hit for..although Dempster might find a horses head in his bed tonight.

Set a personal best tonight -- held my breath for 8 minutes and 45 seconds in the ninth inning. Anyone still wondering why Dempster doesn't use his fastball more? Because it goes about 400 feet. Interesting move by LaRussa to force Lou's hand on Z -- despite Ward's big hit, it almost worked. Man, this is great/awful/nauseating/exhilerating!

Z has won two starts in a row (following five straight losses). Got 13 ground ball outs tonight. I love it when he pitches like that. Cubs have won 3 in a row.

held my breath for 8 minutes and 45 seconds in the ninth inning. ===== billybucks: now THAT is Cubbie BLUE!

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.