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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

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

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

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Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Game 23 Thread - Volstad vs. Worley

Submitted by Rob G. on

The Cubs have won 5 of 8 and are now proudly just the 5th worst team in baseball. A win today and the Cubs win their second straight series.

Phillies Cubs
#Rollins, SS *DeJesus, RF
Polanco, 3B
 *Campana, CF
#Victorino, CF Castro, SS
Pence, RF
 *LaHair, 1B
Wigginton, 1B Soriano, LF
*Nix, LF
 *Stewart, 3B
Ruiz, C
 *DeWitt, 2B
*Orr, 2B
 Soto, C
Worley, P
 Volstad, P

BABIP was yesterday's stat of the day on Len's new stat Sunday feature, here's what the Cubs look like: LaHair (.607), Campana (.556), Clevenger (.550), Castro (.364), Mather (.333), DeJesus (.327), Johnson (.318), Soriano (.314), Barney (.299), Baker (.286), Stewart (.196), Soto (.154), DeWitt (.100).

How about the pitchers? Maine (.167), Dolis (.171), Dempster (.213), Garza (.221), Maholm (.246), Bowden (.250), Marmol (.261), Russell (.286), Volstad (.297), Wells (.310), Camp (.317), Castillo (.333), Samardzija (.352), Wood (.400).

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Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:29 pm

it's been a long time since Chris Volstad got a win. Like July 18th, 2011 vs Houston. How long of a losing leash is he on before we see Travis Wood?

Submitted by B Rock on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:11 pm

Would be ideal if Dan Iassogna would work a bit more on his positioning and agility so that he could be in position to make an accurate call timely instead of basically having to guess on it. Pathetic and Soriano-esque performance on that play.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:42 pm

WTF INFIELD TONIGHT? it's not like it's errors...but they aren't stopping anything...except the 2 infield singles where they stopped the ball and did nothing with it. castro not getting 1 out on that double play setup...that was awesome...didn't even get a chance to throw the ball.

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:31 pm

can't say I watched that closely, but did Volstad pitch poorly in the first or mostly lucky singles and bad defense? I can't for the life of me figure out starting DeWitt at 2b with Volstad on the mound.

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:38 pm

volstad has worked this whole game on the ground aside from a popout or 2. in the 1st he gave up a couple of legit shots, allowed an infield single via his own fielding, and gave up some cheap hits (including an infield single that might have been a double play with another team's SS...or at least 1 out)...not in that order. he deserved to give up some runs, but almost everything has been on the ground or low liners. he's keeping the ball down well tonight. inning 1 - 30 pitches, innings 2-5 - 40 pitches

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:19 pm

Campana 7 steals in 9 games. He was running on the grounder thru the hole by Castro (rbi), Soto/Soriano would have been out at 3rd if they were on 2nd with the same grounder, 7-5 putout.

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Submitted by MikeC on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 05:40 pm

To bad you can never read posts to understand what they mean. The argument was always over never passing on elite talent to give a 29 year old non-prospect a chance. And don't get the cart before the horse, its May 1st. Free swingers like LaHair can get exposed badly in the coming months. The question has always been his ability to adjust which is why he is a 29 year old non-prospect. Don't be an Obama and totally disregard facts in order to start race wars.

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Submitted by MikeC on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 05:17 pm

Why would you bring up Fox News when NBC falsely edited the George Zimmerman tape? Leading to several firings. The same edit apparently was done in Miami in an unrelated incident, also part of the NBC family. Ohh and lets not forget that Zimmerman is a "White Hispanic" according to the New York Times. Maybe you need to readdress your Fox News hatred and attack the organizations and the President of the United States engaged in race baiting before anyone knows the facts of the case. And do we really need to bring up Eason Jordan, Dan Rather, and the Duke Rape case. The biggest cases of journalist integrity have been done by some of the biggest liberal news organizations. But hey if you need fake evidence, covering up dictators crimes, or need to crucify someone in the press guilty or not CNN, CBS, NBC, and the New York Times got all the reporters who will do whatever it takes to get the story "fake but accurate."

Submitted by superjimmer on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:45 pm

So hard to tell when to stop with the cat & mouse and just concentrate on the hitter. I mean you don't want to look like you give Pierre second base, but you can also just say, fuck you, I don't care about the runner cause I'm gonna retire the hitter. Awful lot of concentration went to pierre ... With 2 out

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 04:04 pm

I-Cubs (9-14) just lost to Memphis, 5-4 Rizzo 2-4, 2 rbi, 1K Jackson 1-3, 2 walks, 1K Cardenas 2-3, 1 walk, 1 HR TWood 5IP, 5R, 1BB, 4K, 2HR

Submitted by Rob Richardson on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 05:42 pm

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/5/1/2991317/april-flowers-showers-and-plug… FIRST BASE The Good: Chicago Cubs and White Sox first basemen -- largely Brian LaHair and Paul Konerko -- rank 1-2 in OPS, both above a thousand. LEFT FIELD The Ugly: Chicago Cubs Alfonso Soriano is batting .237/.250/.263 with zero homers and earning $18 million. (By the way, do you know how many homers all of the Cubs' outfielders have hit this season? One. By bench player Joe Mather.)

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 05:47 pm

Alfonso Soriano is batting .237/.250/.263 with zero homers and earning $18 million. (By the way, do you know how many homers all of the Cubs' outfielders have hit this season? One. By bench player Joe Mather.)
In the words of, of all people, Elton John: It's sad, its so sad It's a sad, sad situation And it's getting more and more absurd I bet that's the first time Elton John's been quoted around these parts.

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Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 05:54 pm

I still say Theo isn't Jim Hendry, he won't watch this shit much longer. The money is a sunk cost, it is obvious Soriano is finished and has no value to any other team in baseball. Hence, he'll get released by the All-Star break at the latest, IMO. Hell, Vlad Guerrero is just a year older than Soriano, he is and always has been a MUCH better hitter, and like Soriano, he was an OF (and a damn good one) who old age has delegated to DH status. Vlad can't get a job this year. What does that tell you about the potential demand for Soriano? Released by July 1, book it.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 05:52 pm

Interesting point there on the Vlad -- wow, sure shows what a crazy contract this was. Hendry gambled they'd win a world series and it didn't happen, and the decline began in earnest right after. I can't imagine they'll keep watching this crap either, and Soto, too, as far as I'm concerned. He's had his year and a half or so, and he just doesn't hit anymore. We'd be better of with Hank White at this point.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 05:23 pm

Cozart 6, Stubbs 8, Votto 3, Phillips 4, Bruce 9, Rolen 5, Heisey 7, Hanigan 2, Arroyo 1

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 05:39 pm

Dear HOF, Peace Ooooooouuuuut! Sincerely, Roger Clemens "(Reuters) - New York Yankees' pitcher Andy Pettitte testified on Tuesday that former teammate and close friend Roger Clemens admitted to taking human growth hormone during a conversation they had while working out together in 1999." ... "Clemens mentioned that he had taken human growth hormone, it could help with recovery and that's all I really remember about the conversation," he testified. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/us-usa-baseball-clemens-idUSB…

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 05:52 pm

"What was your biggest adjustment going to the AL last year?" - sean casey @mlbnetwork "I uh...didn't make an adjustment last year. I made one this year." - adam dunn

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