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Padres @ Cubs - Shields vs. Hammel; Game 9 Thread
Probably the two most talked about teams from the offseason face-off at Wrigley today.
Jason Hammel vs. James Shields
Reds @ Cubs - Marquis vs. Wood; Game 8 Thread
Let's put this all after the fold, so AZ Phil's piece get its proper notice.
Reds @ Cubs - Desclafani vs. Arrieta; Game 7 Thread
The FIRST PLACE Cubs take on the NOT FIRST PLACE Reds.
Jake Arrieta vs. Anthony Spellcheck...
Reds @ Cubs - Leake vs. Lester; Game 6 Thread
Cubs return home in a battle for for first place against the Reds.
Jon Lester vs. Mike Leake
Cubs @ Rockies - Hendricks vs. Lyle; Game 5 Thread
Cubs go for their first series win of the year...a little short-handed.
Kyle Hendricks vs. Jordan Lyle
Cubs @ Rockies - Hammel vs. Kendrick; Game 4 Thread
I'm going to try and do this on my Iphone...
Jason Hammel vs Kyle Kendrick
#Fowler CF | *Blackmon CF |
Soler RF | *Gonzalez RF |
*Rizzo 1B | Tulowitzki SS |
Montero C | *Morneau 1B |
Castro SS | Arenado 3B |
*Coghlan LF | *Dickerson LF |
Olt 3B | Hundley C |
Hammel P | LeMahieu 2B |
#Alcantara 2B | Kendrick P |
Cubs @ Rockies - Wood vs Matzek; Game 3 Thread
The Cubs travel for the first time this year to the thin air of Denver, Colorado.
Travis Wood vs Tyler Matzek
Cardinals @ Cubs - Lynn vs Arrieta; Game 2 Thread
Game 1 was marred with poor situational hitting, poor defense and poor Cubs' fans bladders.
Jake Arrieta vs. Lance Lynn
Cardinals @ Cubs: Game 1 Opening Night Thread
And here we go...
Adam Wainwright vs Jon Lester
And Let the Injury News Begin...
The annual rites of spring injuries has begun with Yu Darvish and Cliff Lee's barking elbows the first major casualties. Then news echoed throughout twitter this morning hat Blue Jays up 'n comer Marcus Stroman would most likely miss the entire season after tearing his ACL doing fielding drills. Once again, bunting proves costly. And now Jacob Turner is making the Cubs 5th starter decision a bit easier:
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Let's Play Two!
In a nice bit of serendipity, the Cubs start off the Cactus League schedule with a doubleheader..of sorts. Split squad action on the "road" versus San Francisco and a home game versus the revamped Oakland A's. The home game will start with this: Fowler, Rizzo, Castro, Montero, Baez(2B), Coghlan, Olt, Sweeney (DH), Lake(RF) and Travis Wood on the mound. The Giants will see La Stella (2B), Denorfia, Alcantara (CF), Soler, Castillo, Bryant, Schwarber (DH), Valaika, Russell and Turner taking the mound.
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Cubs 40-Man Roulette Continues
So you got one of the last spots on the Cubs 40-man roster....CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Don't start nesting though, because your odds of lasting there are just slightly better than guessing which of the 38 spots a roulette ball will land on.
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Cubs Try Not To Fowl It Up
The Cubs hinted at getting an outfielder that could play CF or LF just over a week ago and today they finalized a deal for about the only player that made sense to fit that role. The Cubs sent Luis Valbuena and P Dan Straily to the Astros for OF Dexter Fowler. Hard to find a way to not like this deal, but I'm sure some will.
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Cubs Arbitration Figures
UPDATE: L. Valbuena signs for $4.1M according to Bruce Levine.
The Cubs had 7 players that could head to arbitration cases, they've settled with 5 of them today. Today happened to be the deadline when teams and players had to file their arbitation numbers if they were going to go to a hearing, thus the influx of news on completed deals.
F. Doubront got $1.925M (1st time arb eligible)
Chris Coghlan got $2.505M (1st time arb eligible)
W. Castillo got $2.1M (1st time arb eligible)
J. Arrieta got $3.63M (1st time arb eligible)
T. Wood got $5.685M (2nd time arb eligible)
That leaves L. Valbuena (2nd time arb eligible) and Pedro Strop (1st time) as the two that have yet to reach a settlement, although I highly doubt either will head to an arbitration hearing even if the deal isn't finished today.
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Cubs Trade Ruggiano
The Cubs cleared some 40-man roster space and made room for a "clubhouse dude" by sending OF Justin Ruggiano to the Seattle Mariners for 25-year old relief pitcher Matt Brazis. Ruggiano was acquired from the Marlins last offseason for Brian Bogusevic and put up an 111 OPS+ with an .846 OPS versus lefties in limited, albeit effective action. He can also handle all 3 OF positions which is a nice added benefit.
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Childersb3 (view)
Things I've been wrong about:
-Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt
-I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.
-Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there
-I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.
-Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!
Things I got right so far:
-Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!
Jed, you missed there.
-Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.
-Mastro. Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.
-Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.
-Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!
crunch (view)
bellinger "right rib contusion"
Childersb3 (view)
South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.
It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.
The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.
Just weird
crunch (view)
...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...
hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.
Childersb3 (view)
Phil,
Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?
crunch (view)
wow, things are moving fast. hopefully it continues.
crunch (view)
morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.
cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning. 2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.
crunch (view)
welcome back happ! double off the wall 1st PA back.
crunch (view)
oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.
i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing. guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.
he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year. it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago. he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.
Alexander Dimm (view)
CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about. My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately.
You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments. You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.
Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks. We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy. Lots of questions about his future.