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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Game 43 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Submitted by Rob G. on

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SP *Zach Duke
 SP
Carlos Zambrano
  2-2, 4.04, 16 K, 18 BB, 49 IP
6-1, 2.03, 31 K, 15 BB, 62 IP
       
2B
 Freddy Sanchez
 LF
 Alfonso Soriano
CF
*Nate McLouth
SS
 Ryan Theriot
LF
 Jason Bay 1B
Derrek Lee
1B
*Adam LaRoche 3B
Aramis Ramirez
RF
 Xavier Nady RF
 *Kosuke Fukudome
3B
 *Doug Mientkiewicz
 C
 Geovany Soto
C
 Ronny Paulino 2B
 Mark DeRosa
SS
 Brian Bixler CF
 Reed Johnson
P
 *Zach Duke P
 #Carlos Zambrano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Z's quest for the Cy Young continues as does the Cubs quest for the best record in baseball, just a game behind the Diamondbacks. They'll have to battle known Cub killer Zach Duke (10 GS, 4-3, 2.56 ERA, 36 K, 16 BB). They seemed to start solving that Rubik's Cube in the last start when they got to Duke for five earned runs in four innings.

Go Cubs! 

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Submitted by johann on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 05:05 pm

Well, Zambrano and Marmol were bound to have bad games. It just so happens it's in the same game. Also, thank god Soriano is surging with the currently quiet bat of Lee (.548 OPS in the last 14 days). But if Wuertz can actually start pitching well again, that would help out this bullpen so much.

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 05:35 pm

I don't believe in jinxes, but, as soon as Len said "Marmol has his A+ stuff today", he gives up an 0-2 single on the next pitch, then grooves one to the Pirates best hitter to lose the game. Makes you wonder... Lee, Rammy and Fukky need to get going -- another 0-fer day for 3-4-5 in the lineup. A win tomorrow would be nice -- be a shame to end this nice homestand on a downer.

Submitted by 433 on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 05:48 pm

Holy God, Soriano's BA is up to .295, better than Lee and ARam. That was quick. And 10 HR's in 29 games.

Submitted by Dmac on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 05:50 pm

Funny, you haven't seen any articles discussing Soriano's lack of bat speed and timing these days. Could it be that the club actually knew what it was doing when it didn't send him down for a rehab stint in the minors?

Submitted by dc60124 on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 05:21 pm

2nd time this season cubs have scored 4 or more but lost. just have to call it a bad day at the office, and turn the page. here's hoping jason marquis can pitch the way he is capable of on sunday. probably would be a bad idea to run through the bullpen before heading to houston. does anyone know why fukudome sat on friday vs gorzelanny but played today? the inconsistency on this had me curious. thanks in advance.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 05:40 pm

I regret to tell you that I am attending tomorrow's game which will be a Marquis loss. I am saying this to prepare myself in advance, thereby reducing some anxiety. It will be his last start for a while, however, fortunately as Lou will not have the patience for it. Jason Marquis is a bad pitcher. Unfortunately, by the luck of the draw with my games, it will be my 3rd time seeing him so far this season. I was 0-2, tomorrow, 0-3. Maybe there will be an AL team who may want him at the deadline - or the Mets.

Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 05:04 pm

Today was the first appearance of the year by Cra-Z we hadn't missed him. Ah well you just can't win em all and they had been beating the Pirates so consistently. Its time for Lee, Ramirez and Fuku to step it up though. Tomorrow's game should be at least high scoring with alot of bullpen appearances. Neither Marquis or Dumatrait are any good.

Submitted by Mister Whipple on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 05:46 pm

Notwithstanding the loss, our offense is really on fire. I think we have some good trade bait for picking up an arm or two. If you had told me that 1/4 of the way through the season that we'd have the following players with OPS over .800 I'd have said you were high: Soto Soriano D Lee A Ram Cedeno Fukudome Derosa Theriot Fontenot CF is the only position that hasn't provided us great offense and Reed Johnson has a .340 OBP. We're almost 50 points above the median for team OBP! I'm not expecting Cedeno or the LSU wondertwins to keep this up all season, but it's nice while it lasts. Besides being the best offense in baseball, we're in 3rd in the NL for ERA and our defense has been pretty damn solid. By and large our players are playing good baseball. Pardon me if I sound like I'm drinking the Kool-aid, but things are feeling pretty good right now for this staying an exciting year all season long.

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Submitted by Mister Whipple on Sun, 05/18/2008 - 05:45 am

Whatever, Bluewater Boats. That's why he starts everyday, right? That .258 BA and .328 SLG percentage strike me as Barry Bonds-esque. Having a good BA with runners in scoring position would strike me as good, not great with the stats above. Throw that together with Pie and now Edmonds and you're really going to argue that CF provides us great offense this year? Seriously? I can't wait to see what the next name you chose is, Cubswinthepennant. Is the game that you troll until people stop responding and then change your name to hope they'll start responding again? Do you have a little clubhouse with Silent Towel and Mannytrillo where you make up special handshakes and plot your next moves? You sir, are a TCR terrorist.

Submitted by MikeC on Sun, 05/18/2008 - 05:59 am

Derrek Lee is a selfish egomaniac prick I tell you. His refusal to bat lower in the lineup is HURTING our team. He either needs to be moved down or benched! He is a cancer on our team. I mean thats how it works when all-star players are struggling right? Assassinate their character?!?!? No one can hit forever so in the end all players end up being what I said above. Thats cool how that works.....

Submitted by MikeC on Sun, 05/18/2008 - 05:01 am

No Chad you just keep sending Lee out to bat, eventually he will work himself out of it. It's called baseball you might of heard of it. Players get hot and cold. I know its new research but it does happen.

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Sun, 05/18/2008 - 05:30 am

I ventured down the intersate from Madison to Beloit, Wisconsin last night (affectionately referred to as "the taint of Wisconsin" by the rest of the state). The Peoria Chiefs were battling the Twins A team, the Beloit Snappers (a really stupid looking turtle). It used to be more of a rivalry when Beloit was a Brewers affiliate. It rained pretty much the entire game off and on. The game lasted 3.5 hours and I confess I did not stay for the entire thing. My parents were with me and I simply couldn't force my mom to sit in 50 degree rain for that long. But a few things from the game struck me. Ryno looked good out there coaching third, waving runs in, giving signs, etc. It was cool to see him from only about 30 feet away. Peoria's starting pitcher Zach Ashwood got lit up. He only gave up 3 runs before exiting in the 4th, but he had given up 7 hits and 2 walks, and even his outs were hit hard, including a lineout double play with the runners in motion that saved him from one big inning. They were just squaring him up with regularity and he doesn't throw very hard either. Josh Donaldson got a couple of hits to finally get his average above .200 for the year. He looks like an athlete and actually did surprisingly well blocking pitches. His throws to second might need work though. Although I saw just one game, even his tosses down between innings were often pretty far off. Dylan Johnston is a beast of a man and had been hot lately, but he basically just watched pitches last night. Two K's looking at fastballs right down the middle and in his other at bats he took a ton of pitches also. Jovan Rosa had a pretty good game and his clearly the team's leading hitter. Overall the defense was not great, and the team had trouble adapting to the wet grass (a couple of slips turned outs into doubles). It was interesting to see some of the younger guys that Arizona Phil talks about on here, but I don't expect many on this team to move up the ladder too far.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

  • crunch (view)

    STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades.  neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too.  that's ideal places to add talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s

    The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.
     

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