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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

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* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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

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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

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* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Game 2 Recap - Cubs Almost Lose to the Pirates Again

Submitted by Rob G. on

Box Score | Video

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
Pirates 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0   3 5 1
Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 x   5 9 0

I know, I know, it's just the second game of the season and it doesn't matter where you get your wins, but losing to the 'effin Pirates irks me like nothing else. I feel comfortable labeling today's game the first must win of the season. :)

The Good: Z pitched well enough, and if not for a cramp, had a chance to leave with 7 IP and 3 ER. I think we'd accept that everytime. The team managed some extra-base hits, the first of the season by Z himself with Baker, Soriano and DeWitt also hitting doubles. The bullpen retired the last 9 in a row after Wood walked his first hitter (Ronny Cedeno of all people) and as a group struck out 6 over those 3 inningss. And of course the 8th inning...

Fukudome worked a nice walk laying off a close 3-2 pitch off the inside corner. Castro launched one to the ivy in right for a double that scored Fukudome. Byrd was due up next and all I asked for was something to the right side and he obliged on a 1-2 fastball with a grounder to Overbay who muffed it about as bad as anyone could muff a routine grounder. Castro hustled home for the second run after the ball bounced into short right. After a Ramirez flyout, Soto delivered his second hit of the day, but Pena popped out weakly leaving it up to Soriano to try and tie the game or better. After looking slow on a few fastballs, Soriano caught up to one on the outside corner and it dropped in right center easily scoring the tying run and Evan Meek was done for the day. Chris Resop came in and walked Colvin and then Blake DeWitt went with the pitch over the third basemen's head for the game-winning hit. And there was joy in Cubville....

The Bad: The hackers were back out, with the Cubs swinging at 4 of the first 5 pitches of the game and something like 39 pitches through 4. Here's what the first batter did in Maholm's 7 innings thanks to ESPN pitch-by-pitch summary:

  1. Strike (foul), J Baker lined out to center
  2. A Ramirez grounded out to third
  3. A Soriano flied out to center
  4. Ball, Strike (looking), S Castro singled to center
  5. Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Foul, G Soto singled to left
  6. Strike (foul), J Baker doubled to deep left center
  7. Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (bunted foul), Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, C Pena walked

I believe Z had the best early at-bat working Maholm to 7 pitches before his double. On the day they ended up with 2 walks off Maholm (and no runs) and then another two walks off Meek and Resop in the 8th (5 runs). The offense as a whole looked befuddled for the most part.

Z downed too much caffeine and not enough water again and had to leave with a cramp in his arm. It's the new Z everyone!!!

The Armchair Managing:  I did think that in a 3-0 game with a runner in scoring position that Q-Ball should have burned Reed Johnson with 2 outs after Clint Hurdle went to the bullpen and Jose Veras. I think you put Fukudome in there because Reed is pretty much Neifi versus right-handers. It worked out in the 8th though when he did use Fukudome to lead-off and pinch-hit for Jeff Baker and he drew a walk on a close 3-2 pitch and ended up scoring. So all is forgiven in a win...

I'm curious about the Tyler Colvin plan. He handled himself well enough today against the lefty, but is this gonna be a strict platoon with Fukudome? Johnson would obviously be the better option for that against lefties, but I understand trying to get Colvin some at-bats while trying to use Fukudome's OBP advantage as the leadoff hitter. But if so, Colvin's numbers are sure to suffer although it'll certainly help him for next year having to battle lefties a lot.  I imagine Q-Ball will try to play some sort of matchups, or the hot hand once they played long enough to figure that out. And I imagine Colvin will get the occasional start at first base too. Something to keep an eye on...

Garza vs. Ohlendorf tomorrow...

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Submitted by Rob G. on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 04:47 pm

is there a group of you willing to update the bullpen chart using Google docs? I can put it back on the right sidebar and allow access to anyone willing, but I can't keep up with it everyday myself. 3-4 volunteers would be great, simply if you notice it not updated yet, you go to a Google spreadsheet and fill in the pertinent info.

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Submitted by ksimp14 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:11 am

Who else do they have that can lead off? At this point Castro is a run scorer, not a run producer. If they hit him third, who is he going to drive in? I am hoping that this is just the start to something bigger. Soto should be batting third and Colvin should be in the line-up everyday. It is time for the Cubs to turn the corner and had over the keys to our young players. Everyone is negative of Barney because they compare him to Theriot and he is not. Barney has won everywhere he has been and it has not been because the talent around him was superior to the teams they were playing (like Theriot in college). Barney is a true baseball player and a winner and the sooner the Cubs realize this the better off the team will be. Having played baseball my whole life and in college, there are certain players that just get it and make those around them better and I believe that is the type of player that Barney is.

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Submitted by ksimp14 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:38 am

Theriot success in college was more a result of the talent around him than his influence on the team. Barney led two of the biggest underdogs ever to back to back world series titles and granted, they had talent, he was without doubt the leader of those teams. Look at the success that his teams have had in the minors. Every successful Cubs farm team for the last say 5 years has one link and that is Barney. Is he going to hit double digit hrs, no. Is he going to hit over .300, possibly. But if you ask others in baseball about him you will hear the same thing, he is a winner. Now I am not trying to paint Barney as a savior but he is the exact type of player the Cubs have been lacking throughout their history, a proven winner who gets it and makes his teammates better. Just give him a chance. Seems to me that I remember another long suffering franchise who turned to an undersized, converted ss to 2nd baseman who was too small to make it in the bigs and all he did was contribute to them becoming World Champs and now is the unquestioned leader of that franchise.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:01 pm

Theriot success in college was more a result of the talent around him You may want to reconsider this, College Baseball Expert: Via LSU Sports.net: "LSU’s second-leading hitter on the year, batting .353 (94-for-266) with 18 doubles, three triples, one homer and 48 RBI ... voted second-team all-SEC by the league coaches ... finished his career in the Top 10 in several school categories, including hits (No. 8 – 255), triples (No. 9 – nine) and walks (No. 5 – 157) ... he also collected 625 assists, tying Jason Williams (1993-96) for first place in LSU career annals ... LSU’s leading hitter in SEC games in 2001, batting .374 (46-for-123) with 11 doubles, one triple, 18 RBI and 24 runs ... posted a team-best 17-game hitting streak during the season ... named SEC Player of the Week April 9 after an 8-for-12 performance in three games at South Carolina (April 6-8) ... 4-for-6 with one double, three runs and two RBI vs. Ole Miss (April 14) ... 4-for-6 with two runs at South Carolina (April 7) ... 2-for-5 with one double and a career-high four RBI vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (April 10)." His 2000 CWS Line - 4 Games (0 errors) OBP Ryan Theriot........ .368 4-4 19 6 7 1 0 0 4 8 .421 He had the nice benefit of having Hawpe and Fontenot on the same team, but he had PLENTY of success on his own, regardless of whom was around him.

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Submitted by ksimp14 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:09 pm

there is no reason for the sarcasm or negativity, I was just trying to distance Barney from Theriot because everyone is so down on Theriot. Theriot was a very good college player and had a great college career. He was exactly what the Cubs needed at the time when he came up and produced for them and for whatever reason, got away from doing what got him to the majors and I believe got a little full of himself. Again, I am not trying to paint Barney as the savior of this team or the organization, but after 100+ years of suffering, it is time to think outside the box and go with guys that make the team better, not the guys with the highest contracts. It is nice to see the Cubs manager try different things and get everyone involved, because the quickest way to develop a strong team is to have competition for playing time. This keeps the veterans on their toes and lets the kids know that if you produce you are going to play.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:11 pm

Every successful Cubs farm team for the last say 5 years has one link and that is Barney. Considering he's been with the organization since 2007, that's quite the feat. 2007 - played for Peoria for 44 games, they missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker. AA Tennessee (sans Barney) did make the playoffs though. 2008 - Daytona - they did win the FSL, I'm sure it was all because of Barney's .682 OPS 2009 - split between AA/AAA, not sure when he made the move, but AA had a better 2nd half that got them in the playoffs and likely after Barney left. Iowa ended up a .500 team. 2010 - Iowa just missed the playoffs. Sandberg was manager of 3 of those teams btw.

Submitted by navigator on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:01 am

Ohlendorf vs Garza today. Shapes up as a battle between pitchers with big fat ERA's around 10.00 in spring training. On the other hand, Ohly-owned us last year. 2 starts in May vs Cubs: 3 earned runs on 7 hits in 13 innings.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:13 am

Chance of rain 60%. Will this be enough moisture for Pena to make him feel comfortable? Hope he brought his Under Armor as well.

Submitted by Paul Noce on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:18 pm

National Anthem singer is singing A-Merica. God Bless A-Merica. (like A and Merica are two separate words) People in the stands look confused. Wow. He can clearly sing but he's butchering the National Anthem and God Bless America.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:10 pm

4 Top prospects for this shit? And of course the D didn't help matters botching up a made to order 5-4-3. Garza will be gone by the 6th if things continue. He's had two two-out risp innings and let up rbi's in both cases. One to Ronny Cedeno! He's gotta do better.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 04:31 pm

OK - 10k's so far. A few lucky hits by Bucs. Garza seems to have recovered as of 6.1 innings. Edit - make that 11. Also most hits given up in career -12. Edit 2 - make that 12 k's Cuscak making his annual visit fwiw

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