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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Game 28 Thread / Nationals @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Game Chat John Patterson vs. Rich Hill Lineups:
Lopez SS Soriano LF
Belliard 2B Theriot SS
Zimmerman 3B Lee 1B
Church CF Ramirez 3B
Kearns RF Jones CF
Young 1B Barrett C
Flores C Murton RF
Casto LF DeRosa 2B
Patterson P Hill P
Henry Blanco received an injection on his ailing back and will only be available in case of emergency.

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stupid game is blacked out even though Fox isn't carring anything for 3 hours...meh. Anyone want to contribute to me watching the game, feel free to email me.

Observations from yesterday's game: 1) Nice to see us actually be able to come back from a fairly large deficit to win a game. 2) DLEE is on fire and really in a groove. Is it possible he might flirt with .400 this year even longer than he did two years ago? 3) Soriano is not healthy. He looked injured between third and home while scoring on the hit by Floyd. And Soriano looked even worse on the ball that skipped by him for a double late in the game. He looks both injured and afraid. I know the guy wants to play but the best thing may be to sit him down for a week. He probably should have been put on the DL and given two weeks initially to heal. If this were August or September and we were in the race, ok, fine, play him. But there is too much of the season left to be risking an even more serious injury that could keep him out for months. Lou, it is time to sit this guy down. But I see he is in the starting line-up once again. Sigh. I have a bad feeling about this guys. 4. Z is not worth $15 to $17 million per year. I would hate to see him leave but if that is the kind of money he is demanding, well, let him go or trade him later this year. Okay, yeah, I know the stats. However, for me, that kind of money goes to a guy who has won at least one Cy Young award and who has shown he is consistently mentally tough. Carlos, gee, he does not get a call in the first inning on the outside corner and it blows his composure already in the first inning. He needs a good therapist or yoga or both. 5. Lou is a much more active manager than Dusty. The way Lou was moving pitchers in and out in the seventh inning you would have thought that it was the World Series. Lou knows how important each and every game at this time of the year can be at the end of the year. If Dusty had been in the dugout yesterday, we would have seen, at most, one pitching change in the seventh. 6. This team CAN compete. The pitching is there. The hitting is coming around. Lou can manage. Please Lou just give Soriano a week off or whatever he needs so he does not have to go out there looking as though he is in pain and afraid of an even worse injury.

Lou in the 7th threw his hands up in the air and yelled to the croud "There, are you happy now!" after the croud was booing Ohman mercessly and Lou took him out. Then everyone cheared...

Patterson just left the game in the 3rd with what appared to be suckitas of the right arm. As for Ohman if you look at his stats he is a Loogy and alot of the damage he has given up has been to Right handers. Also is Soto still the 3rd catcher if Blanco goes on the DL or is it Koyie Hill? Derosa gets a RBI on a walk.

The goofball that came in after him seemed to suckitas just as bad. Not that I'm complaining.

lots of base clogging today. dusty probably would have given hill the green light that inning. fire DLee!

i agree that soriano just doesn't look 100%...he's still killing the ball tho. A bit of rest would be nice tho..it is still really early in the season. I also was thinking the same damn thing about zambrano. While I love his competitiveness, he simply throws way way way to many pitches per batter. I gotta give him credit tho for pitching 5 innings of no run baseball. Hey, maybe his team bailing him out will relax him. But yes, 15-17 million for a guy that is infamous for melting down and really putting the team in a hole is just too much. I guess the question is will he mature. After all, he still is very young. Finally, who is this Rich Hill guy? Didn't he do really awful his first call up? I love this guy so far this season. He simply throws strikes. He's not relying on 4 clever pitches.. He isn't relying on striking people out all the time. He's just pitching smartly. Who gets credit for his extreme turn around?

oh curious for you stat heads...when was the last cubs 4 game win streak?

My god batters taking pitches. Just amazing. Also, Theriot just has to be played on a consistent basis. He's the only person on the Cubs I'd bat 2nd right now. With Izzy in, you have to put someone like Floyd or DeRosa up there who just doesn't belong.

Josh B: The 2006 Cubs had two four game winning streaks. July 27 -July 30 sweeping St. Louis at home. Aug. 13 - Aug. 16 taking one on the road against Colorado and three on the road from Houston.

rich hill in his last 17 starts going back to last july 27 has an ERA of 2.48 that was before today......wow. this looks like the larger-lead type game the cubs have been looking to get eyre a full inning of work, if they can tack another couple on late here.....which they should.

sweet jacob....how long since they've done 5, 6? Curious cuz this team is capable. Would put a smile on my face.

Josh: In 2005 the cubs had their longest win streak from May 27 to June 2 winning 7 straight against Colorado (3), LA (3), and San Diego (1). This team also won five consecutive games from July 8 to July 15 taking three from Florida and two from Pittsburgh. The 2004 Cubs had two six game win streaks, two five game win streaks, and two four game win streaks.

Cubs have just won three series in a row - something they didn't do all last year.

sorry Redbirds and their fans, shouldn't have sold your souls for your WS title last year. :) go cubs, back to .500

cubs go from tied for last to 2nd place in a week. is it early or something? i was getting the feeling it was mid-sept for a while here.

missed the game... - R. Fick hit for J. Rauch - N. Cotts relieved R. Cherry - R. Dempster relieved N. Cotts what's up with that? or is that just yahoo weirdness putting management moves out of order?

this was a great win. i really thought after only getting 4 in that gift inning was going to bite us in the butt. just had a bad feeling. i am really starting to get confidence in this team. also, anyone out there live in nyc or brooklyn and know of a bar that is good for cub games? thanks

well that was the order, but there were some batters that Cotts faced before Dempster came in.

henry - also, anyone out there live in nyc or brooklyn and know of a bar that is good for cub games? I don't know the name, but a place was mentioned in New York City on that HBO "Wait 'till next Year, the Saga of the Cubs" special. One of the guys that narrates says he goes to a bar in new York (where he lives) that has Cub fans and they show games there. Check out that show sometime.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.