Game 63 Threa...Dear God, 100 More Games of This Sh**?!?!?!

The Cubs go for the series win behind Travis Wood. The Tigers counter with Justin Verlander. Over/under on Verlander K's at 11. Over/under on hits for the Cubs is 2. Take the over on the K's and under on the hits. Hell, perfect game #23 doesn't sound too unreasonable.

Tigers Cubs
Jackson, CF
 *Campana, CF
*Boesch, RF
 Castro, SS
Cabrera, 3B
 *DeJesus, RF
*Fielder, 1B
 Soriano, LF
Young, LF
 *LaHair, 1B
Peralta, SS
 *Clevenger, C
Raburn, 2B
 Barney, 2B
Laird, C
 *Valbuena, 3B
Verlander, P
 Wood, P

In roster manuevering, Koyie Hill was DFA'd to make room for Luis Valbuena on the 40-man, who was called up to take the place of Ian Stewart who went on the disabled list to rest up his ailing wrist. And Welington Castillo was activated as well and should certainly see his share of starts before Geovany Soto is ready, which should also be rather soon.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 12:05pm
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Submitted by Charlie
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 12:21pm

Steve Clevenger, #6 hitter. Murderers' Row, baby.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 1:26pm

Best headline of the year (other than AZ PHILS gems)!!!!!!!

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 1:34pm

take insurmountable 1-0 lead on 2-out double by Fielder on a 1-2 count.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 1:34pm

flies to center. They should make him do push-ups.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 1:42pm

He should only be bunting

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 1:59pm

there goes the Verlander no-no (and shutout)

Submitted by TJ
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 2:03pm

Actually Brenly mentioned yesterday that Campana should be bunting every time up with Cabrera at third. Makes sense to me, why doesn't Sveum tell him to do it?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 2:06pm

depends where Cabrera is setting up, but at the very least, he should be making a very concerted effort to hit it to the that side of the infield as much as possible.

Bunting Verlander is no easy task though.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 2:09pm

5-4-3 Double play on Miguel Cabrera, even after Valbuena drops the ball to start with...

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 2:13pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLquuVFa2jo&fe...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 2:52pm

has had the best AB's of anyone today...and some of the worst baserunning. Although with 2 outs and top of order due up, that would be the time to try and stretch it, but not even close.

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 2:59pm

Good to see some double plays turned.

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 3:18pm

lol @7th.

"let me tell you...you tigers fans SUCK!"

followed by gasps (there's a ton of DET fans in audience) and laughs.

welcome to wrigley.

Submitted by Old and Blue
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 3:26pm

who was the 7in stretch person?

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 3:27pm

jeff garlin...actor/comedian/writer/voice-actor/etc

Submitted by VirginiaPhil
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 3:24pm

Peoria is 10-2 in June and has climbed back up to .500 at 33-33.

Tennessee is 10-3 this month and is within a game of .500.

Daytona is 5 under, while (underachieving?) Iowa is 9 under.

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 3:53pm

Nevermind

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 4:09pm

5.2 IP, 25 Batters Faced

13 K, 4 BB, 3 H, 0 ER for Pawtucket

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 4:15pm

Were any towels involved?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 4:11pm

discussed trade possibilities yesterday...

up to 10 teams with interest

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/805...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 4:40pm

#Cubs‬ sign 4th-rder Josh Conway for $280k (pick value=$343,200). ‪#CoastalCarolina‬ RHP had 94-96 FB, nasty SL before TJ surgery. ‪#mlbdraft

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 5:05pm

5th rounder Prieto signed for $200K, about $57K less than slot

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_20853855/prieto...

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 5:14pm

someone on twitter tells me that 3rd round pick Ryan McNeil tweeted that he has signed.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 6:14pm

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draftdb/2012xt...

appears 4th(Conway), 7th (Steve Bruno), 8th(Michael Heesch), 9th(Chadd Krist) round picks have signed and rumors say P. Johnson (1S pick), McNeil (3rd round) and Prieto (5th round) have also signed. Padilla says 6 lower round selections are set to sign as well (that may include the anyone below Round 5 as he was talking about Conway signing).

Submitted by Rob G.
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 6:20pm

looks like he's got Prieto's number off, but here's some numbers

http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2012/06/cu...
(paid vs. slot)
Conway $280K vs $343K
Prieto $200K vs $257K
Bruno $150K vs. $148.6K
Heesch $10K vs. $138.8K
Krist $10K vs. $119.6K

about $350K in bonus pool money saved ($7,933,900 is the magic number).

P. Johnson (allegedly around slot)
says 10th round pick Chad Martin has also signed, value unknown

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 4:43pm

j.torre to manage Team USA at the 2013 WBC...which i wish was every year...or every other year.

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 4:46pm

"#Cubs vs #Tigers drew 124,782, largest mid-week three-game series in Wrigley Field history. "

where the hell did all these DET fans come from anyway? i'd hear cheers, look up, and it's because DET is doing something good.

it's like they decided to do some weird flashmob on wrigley.

Submitted by Newport
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 5:46pm

Approx. 10% of Wrigleyville is native to MI. No jobs in MI. Or relevant major cities.

Submitted by John Beasley
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 5:55pm

Tigers fans stretch across the state, and southwest Michigan is only 75 minutes from Chicago. Quite a few Tigers fans I know made the trip for the first time.

Submitted by jacos
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 11:05pm

Went to Cubs vs Tigers 6/98 in Detoit.
Wood pitched, Sammy broke month record for hrs.
They ran out of hot dogs in 4th, beer in the 6 th.

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 6:19am

and the Cubs lost 2 in that series as well.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/bo...

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/bo...

Submitted by crunch
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 5:10pm

dusty vs. d.lowe = awesome

there's much more than this, but it's a good start...

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-base...

Submitted by Cubster
on Thu, 06/14/2012 - 8:26pm

Heesch $10K vs. $138.8K
Krist $10K vs. $119.6K
---
Awesome....by a factor of 10 yet!

Submitted by springs
on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 8:47am

That is why we drafted them in the 8th and 9th round. The salary cap discrepancy between the first 10 rounds and after 10 makes this important. Any player from 11-40 can be signed for up to $100k without affecting the cap, but anything less doesn't save money. For players in the first 10 rounds, this savings for Heesch and Krist can be used to sign other players (including players 11-40 by giving them over $100k).

Submitted by Rogers
on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 6:21am

Where is the extra money going Almora or Whistman ( the guy headed for Vanderbilt). I say Whistman.

Submitted by Rogers
on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 6:33am

Sorry a name correction on above post. The name is Wiseman, the 25th round selection.

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 8:50am

fangraphs article on Rhett Wiseman

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/rhet...

Submitted by Cubster
on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 8:58am

Obstructed View blog article on the limited trade value of Soriano using his estimated WAR over the this season (2.0) and the two remaining on his contract (2013 at 1.5, 2014 at 1.0).

We'll go with .7 WAR the final two months and the next two years remain the same. His overall trade value at the end of July is now $17.75 million and he'll be paid $42 million. His surplus trade value is -$24.25 million.
That's the amoung the Cubs will have to send in any trade just to get absolutely nothing in return.

http://www.obstructedview.net/projections/doe...

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