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Game 158 Thread / Cubs @ Marlins (2 of 3)
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Game 157 Thread / Cubs @ Marlins (1 of 3)
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Game 154 Thread/Pirates @ Cubs (1 of 3)
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Paul Maholm vs. Jason Marquis
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Welcome, everyone, to Jeff Bennett Day at The Cub Reporter!
In their 2007 annual, the Baseball Prospectus gang describes Pirates starter Paul Maholm as "a pitch-to-contact, ground-ball lefty."
Sounds like Cub Kryptonite to me.
The fact is, however, despite having lost to Maholm twice already this season, the Cubs have hit him hard--8 earned runs in 14 1/3 innings, including homers by Ramirez, Pagan, and a catcher who is now dead to us in a losing cause back on May 10th.
| Morgan CF | Soriano LF |
| McLouth LF | DeRosa 2B |
| Sanchez 2B | Lee 1B |
| LaRoche 1B | Ramirez 3B |
| Nady RF | Murton RF |
| Bautista 3B | Soto C |
| Paulino C | Monroe CF |
| Izturis SS | Theriot SS |
| Maholm P | Marquis P |
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Game 153 Thread/Reds @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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Tom Shearn vs. Ted Lilly
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Time for the Cubbies to take a big bite out of that .00027 winning-percentage-point lead the Brewers have built in the National League Central.
Lilly takes the mound on three days' rest following a well-pitched ND against the Cardinals. The lefty is 1-1 against the Reds this season, but in 18 IP, Lilly has allowed a mere 11 hits, striking out 24 and walking just 4.
As for the Reds starter...
When Rick Ankiel was implicated in baseball's ongoing HGH mess and went from being MLB's Feel-Good Story of 2007 to just another suspect, 30-year-old righthander Tom Shearn shot to the top of the Feel-Good list.
In case you haven't heard them, the facts are these:
| N. Hopper CF | A. Soriano LF |
| J. Keppinger SS | R. Theriot SS |
| K. Griffey RF | D. Lee 1B |
| B. Phillips 2B | C. Floyd RF |
| A. Dunn LF | A. Ramirez 3B |
| E. Encarnacion 3B | M. DeRosa 2B |
| J. Votto 1B | J. Jones CF |
| D. Ross C | G. Soto C |
| T. Shearn P | T. Lilly P |
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Game 152 Thread/Reds @ Cubs (2 of 3)
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Aaron Harang vs. Carlos Zambrano
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| N. Hopper CF | A.
The Missing Walk, The Found InfielderLike many fans watching last night’s game, I imagine, I wondered why the Reds didn’t intentionally walk Mark DeRosa in the bottom of the ninth, thus creating a possible force at home and avoiding DeRosa, who had nine consecutive hits against the Reds.
Here is Cincinnati manager Pete Mackanin’s answer, as reported by Toni Ginnetti in Tuesday’s Sun-Times:
''I don't like to load the bases because it puts pressure on the pitcher to make a perfect pitch all the time,'' (Mackanin) said.How about the manager's decision to bring Norris Hopper in from center field as a fifth infielder—was that a smart ploy?
Game 151 Thread/Reds @ Cubs (1 of 3)Game Chat : BR Preview : Game Notes
Bronson Arroyo vs. Rich Hill
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Charlie (view)
The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat.
Childersb3 (view)
Cubs sign 28 yr old RHRP Daniel Missaki. He was in MiLB from his 17yr old to 19yr old years and did pretty well.
He's been in Mexico and Japan the last four years and has done well also.
He's supposedly Japanese and Brazilian.
Interesting sign. We obviously need to RP in the system
Injuries are mounting everywhere!!
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.
Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.
They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.
I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
They won those trades and sacrificed their culture. That’s exactly their problem.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.
I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.
crunch (view)
Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
I hope they keep Mozeliak a few more years. Marmol too!