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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 92 Thread / Giants @ Cubs (2 of 4)

Game Chat Barry Zito vs. Sean Marshall Lineups:
Roberts CF Theriot SS
Vizquel SS Fontenot 2B
Winn RF Lee 1B
Durham 2B Ramirez 3B
Molina C Soriano LF
Aurilia 1B DeRosa RF
Feliz 3B Kendall C
Frandsen LF Pagan CF
Zito P Marshall P
60% chance of rain for tonight's game, potentially heavy thunderstorms.

Comments

from previous thread- Kendall waived no trade clause to come here. Has anyone refused trade to come here since McGriff? Dusty said on ESPN that he consulted with Aaron about going through the “stigma of being a black Cubs manager” and the racism that goes with it because of what he went through chasing Ruth. Just go away.

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/powerrankings "We suppose we shouldn't be surprised Ben Sheets (finger) wasn't able to stay healthy. Yovani Gallardo is a nice insurance policy, though. As for what they need -- this is one of the most balanced teams in the NL -- perhaps just some middle relief." Balanced? Mediocre starting pitching and an all or nothing homerun hitting offense? No way.

Any bets on how things go with KenDoll catching? I'm only interested in playing this game with people who can pretend that a pitcher's performance is heavily dependent on who's catching. 7.2 innings 2 R, 6 hits. Our new catcher goes 0-fer.

if Bush and Capuano pitch like they should, Brewers should be okay. Gallardo's going to be a stud, we'll see when that starts though. They could probably make a deal too and the bullpen isn't half bad.

Thank you, Hollinger. I assumed that would be his preferred # of choice. I wasn't sure if Quade was going to be a jerk about it or not.

Hey what the hell? I tried to answer the Jesus question in the other thread and it didn't go through. Finally something up my alley and Rob's hate for me blocks my post. So sad.

Well, lots of Lou I don't like here. Wasn't like Marshall was struggling. He was cruising sans the fourth. Then you bring Zeus in and he nearly coughs up your lead and throws over 20 pitches in the 7th. Then you let him hit and leave HIM in.

8th inning of his first game and Kendall gets booed by the home crowd when he screws up a pop up behind the plate. Of course the batter then gets a hit and Kendall gets booed again.

Zeus was actually signed as a position player... of course, there was a reason he switched to pitching, but I thought that was pretty shrewd, especially given that there were two outs. Agree on leaving Marshall in for one more though.

Lou got cocky and thought Ohman would come through in a key situation. Why gamble there?

Two pretty bad innings, one by Marshall, one by Marmol and Ohman. Not sure why Piniella sent Marmol out to begin the eighth or why he stuck with him. Hope we can get some in the ninth. Milwaukee is winning in the eighth.

So, I had this thought when I saw Zito was pitching today, and looked it up. vs. LHB: .306 OBA vs. RHB: .233 OBA I remember when his old team, the A's, faced him, they loaded the lineup w/ lefties, cuz they knew that trend. I like what Lou's done this year, but he clearly did not know those stats looking at today's lineup....

Whenever Ohman throws a strike when he needs to I always get the feeling it's luck. I'd rather the Cubs run Glendon Rusch out there and that's today's Glendon Rusch.

The Kendall trade is going to ruin this team's mojo. He looks as bad as Barrett behind the plate without the stick.

Kendall's first night reminded me of the famous Rick Aguilera debut...

Dusty was on ESPN yesterday talking about the Civil Rights pioneers he met through Aaron while they were in Atlanta. He mentioned Coretta Scott King, Jesse Jackson and Ted Abernathy. Either he meant Ralph Abernathy or the former Cub submariner had more of a social conscience than I thought.

I'm trying to remind myself that I agree with Lou more often than not. But leaving Ohman in to face Robrets was just stupid and totally inexcusable. Forget lefty-lefty! Ohman (if he must pitch) should never pitch with the bases loaded in close games. The guy's just too wild. Inexcusable. I'd rather see Wuertz or even Eyre there. Can't win em all but some losses really do sting. Glad there's a day game tomorrow, let's wipe this one away and make that game back up on Milwaukee.

HAHAHAHAHAHA. "I threw him a bone. Underthrew him a bone". Oh that's wonderful stuff there.

Remember all the Lou love last night for out thinking Bochey? Well tonight, he gave it right back. I am sick and fucking tired of him pulling pitchers who are pitching very well after only 88 pitches. He should have gone one more. Fucking A! Molina, Aruillia and Feliz. It's not like Hardy, Braun and Fielder (you're gonna be hearing those names for the next 12 years). Then he leaves in Ohman to face a righty? Why? I don't know. Should have brought in Weurtz. And the lefty? Bring in Eyre if you have to. Hell, I'd rather see Weurtz face Roberts. FU LOU! I still hated him, even after last night. Last night proving that blind squirrels still find nuts every once in a while. NEXT! Soriano CANNOT BAT 5th!!!!! I don't know why you guys refuse to see the truth. He needs to bat leadoff. He likes it there, he plays better there. Stop arguing about it, the evidence is right in front of your noses~ Z v Bonds tomorry Lastly, this was the game I thought we had the worst chance of winning. Our weakest pitcher of the series against the "ace" of their staff (ace in " " for a reason). None the less. GO BIG Z!

I'm thinking I'm done with BCB, is this the WCG crew over here? BCB is starting to get spooky in its 'cool Kidz' can't criticize the Cubs edicts. I might drop in on the chat here tomorrow to check it out in-real time, like I did w/ Chad's blog last year

he giveth and he taketh away... Marmol had a rough 7th but with no one getting on-base in front of him, Lou stuck with him and didn't want to waste a bullpen arm or bat in case it went extras. Understandbale, no? Ohman came in and got one of the greatest hitters in baseball out. I think he deserved a shot to get out of the inning. If they bring Wuertz in there to face Rodriguez, Bochy likely counters with Mark Sweeney - pinch-hitter extraordinaire. If I had any problem it was with a 3-2 slurve to a .239 hitter. Challenge the dude. Kendall sucked though, dropped Soriano's throw (a tough play but makeable) and then didn't see the pop-up. 2 plays that Barrett would get roasted for and has...

To be here, you have to swear on the holy book of anti-clutch. Also, you must love Fontenot and worship him as a God.

Bonds: "Any time you have a good at-bat against a good left-handed pitcher, that's when you know you're really close." What about Will Ohman, Barry?

I worship Ron Cey, is that good enough? Rob, I thought that was you. Vaguely remembered that you were the one who ran this joint, and I see a lot of familiar names. Tomorrow I'm dipping into the chat room with an Old Stool and a pack of Kool's.

The Chad is riled up..... Let's all start breaking out Bill James citations for awhile and see what happens...

Holy Shit. He could sign-in as 'Nicodemus' and I'd still know it was the Chad by his tone, inflection, and overall vocab. Ok, here's a Bill James quote: "the relief ace should be used in close or tie games as early as the 7th inning" The Chad has got to LOVE that one.

Chad, He put in Marmol because the previous 1/2 inning was are best vs. Zito all not and he probably wanted to get a 1-2-3 inning and get back to the plate and Marmol was our best option to do that. Like Rob said he pulls Ohman for Wuertz in the 2 atbats after Bonds, Bochy probably responds with bringing in Sweeney. It was the percentage play by Lou and it backfired.

Just in case anyone is curious we lost no ground in the Wildcard race (SD, ATL, and ARI all lost).

Chifan, I don't give a crap. Then bring in Eyre. Ohman can't pitch to a righty there. And I'd like to see a lefty break all his bats on Weurtz' slider. If he throws it for a strike, no one can put good wood on it.

Really, how serious can we take you if any solution involves bringing in Scott Eyre? Guillermo Rodriguez is hitting all of 222/318/278 this year of course Sweeney's hitting 205/310/370 263/378/526 as a PH though and isn't he 2nd all-time in pinch-hits? (dubious distinction as that is) that being said, after getting Bonds out and with a lefty due up after Guillermo, leaving Ohman in wasn't a terrible move at all. and Ohman's been pretty solid if you check out his game log. Gave up a run each in 2 blowout losses over the last month and his last actual bad game was June 12th.

I don't buy it, Rob. It was plain he didn't have even his OK stuff tonight. After he walked Rodriguez he should've been out like Ellen.

I don't like Ohman facing a righty. End of story. When I say end of story, i am not saying that I'm right, I'm saying that to me that is what made my decision.

it's a coin flip decision and it's the kind of crap that people went overboard the last few years with Baker. Lou sticks with Marmol only because nobody gets on-base in the bottom of the 7th. Marmol (with an assist to Kendall) puts 2 on and gets one out. Ohman comes in and gets one of the best players in baseball. 2 outs and a scrub named Guillermo Rodriguez followed by a lefty. You bring Wuertz in and he's facing Sweeney and if he doesn't get him Roberts. You stick with Ohman (who's pitched better than Wuertz over the last month) and you get Rodriguez and Roberts. I just don't see where Wuertz vs Sweeney/Roberts is a better option? (although Wuertz does have some nice splits vs lefties but I'm guessing none of you knew that) As I said, the only thing I didn't like was the pitch selection especially on 3-2. Roberts is hitting .239, give him a fastball and see what he can do. I just don't see how going to Wuertz gives any real advantage except in hindsight. not to mention, scoring 2 runs a game is a pretty good recipe for losing.

So... what are we going to do? The Cubs lost a game!!! The season must be over. Manny should be showing up shortly.

"Black activists do better in the heat." ...and if there are too many Black activists in one location, they're just clogging up the street.

…and if there are too many Black activists in one location, they’re just clogging up the street. Ummm... is there a joke in there?

We are witnessing a fugue of Dusty-isms transposed to the discussion of civil rights. In that specific case, the idea that walks clog up the bases.

Ummm… is there a joke in there? Oh wait... I get this one. I am a little tired this morning. Clogging the streets = clogging the bases. I will shut up now...

Has the commisioner's office rescinded DLEE's suspension? Hasn't it been 3-4 weeks since the incident? The other guy finished his suspension more than a week ago, didn't he? And DLEE has not even started his? I don't recall a suspension being held in abeyance for as long as this one has. Maybe the commissioner's office has forgotten about it???

DLee has slipped through the cracks because the commissioner is too busy shining Reinsdorf's shoes and dusting his office while the great man tells him why Mark Cuban shouldn't own the team on the north side.

Batting Soriano 5th against lefthanders is Lou's way of telling Hendry that he needs a righthanded power hitter. ASAP. On the brightside-Billy Petrick sure looks good.

Can DLee start counting days of his suspension in November? Does anyone ever remember this long of a delay prior to a hearing? I certainly don't. I'm starting a The Chad fan club. As president and founder I announce that today is Exclamation Point Day in honor of The Chad. Be sure to show your support and use one! Manny is the anti-Chad. Do not use multiple question marks (Arm, this means you) unless you are showing your support of Manny and thereby disrespecting The Chad. Long live The Chad!!

FYI, Lou was quoted in the Daily Herald this morning as saying that he would give Kendall the day off today due to the long trip in from California yesterday.

"The Yahoo fantasy page for Lee says the hearing has been suspended indefinitely." Bud's holding it off until right before the series with his beloved Brew Crew.

I like the theory of Soriano batting 5th because it lengthens the lineup ??????? I do agree with Chad that Ohman was a milk during hot summer level BAD CHOICE last night!!!!!!!!!

Indiana JJ - Your theory is very very interesting...I wouldn't put that past Buuuuuuud.

Greinke? What for? What do we need a RHP for? There really isn't a place for him in the rotation (unless Marshall gets traded), and the bullpen already has Dempster, Howry, Marmol, Wuertz, and Petrick. Is Greinke better than any pitcher on the Cubs right now?

Lee could just serve it after Friday's game Vs. Webb and he would be suspened for games v. D-backs with Micah Owings and Yasmiero Pettit starting and the Cards.

If we are talking to the Royals, I'd think we'd be more interested in Reggie Sanders to start in OF against LHP than Greinke. Greinke is still only a couple years removed from being one of the top pitching prospects in the game and is still under club control (though I believe he will be arbitration-eligible after this year). I'm not sure why the Royals would give up on Greinke just yet.

Play at the Plate: Please assuage my feeling that Soriano had the runner beat by at least five feet - those of you who had the benefit of replay. IF Kendall came up with the ball, was he dead? From my seats in Dugout Boxes (first and probably last time), it appeared as if it was a "done deal". But there were no replay monitors and I have not seen any replays yet. I fucking hate Oh-Man! Always will. Walking a .222 hitter and .239 Dave Roberts stunk - especially having the former 0-2.

Yeah, guys... It doesn't seem to me that Greinke really would fill a need for the team right now. Obviously, if they're giving him away, it would be hard to say no... But I doubt they are giving him away.

Does Greinke have options? Because he has talent - I wouldn't mind taking him (for a very affordable price) and letting him pitch in AAA for a while. Greinke, if i recall correctly, got rushed to the bigs and never was able to fully develop. Maybe some time in minors would allow that to happen.

I certainly would think that Greinke would have options left... He's only 23, and was drafted in 2002...

"Fontenot is 4 for his last 35..." I think Fonty may have turned back into a pumpkin. Sorry CWTP. Hope I'm wrong - but he has looked truly overmatched recently, at the plate. We'll have to see how long Lou lets him hang with the team as he is truly a "hot hand" manager.

The thing with Greinke is this. Right now the rotation has 3 lefties that are basically mirror images of each other. Marshall is probably the weakest link in terms of overall "stuff" and future projectability. From the right side you have Z. Who is an absolute horse with top shelf stuff. And Marquis, who is a sinkerballer, back end of the rotation guy. If the cubs could trade Marshall for Greinke. It adds another hard throwing righty to the rotation to offset a lineup in between Lilly and Hill. In theory it would make both Hill AND Lilly more effective. Because both of their arsenals look much different than that of Greinke. Also. if the cubs do make the playoffs. I feel alot more comfortable with a 95 mph fastball, power curve guy in a short series. Than marching 3x 90 mph with good hook lefties out there in a row. As much stock as Lou seems to put into "Handedness". I imagine he probably feels the same way.

“Fontenot is 4 for his last 35…” But wait... all minor leagues are supposed to be able to hit consistently in the bigs if they it consistently in AAA, right? Oh wait...

I feel alot more comfortable with a 95 mph fastball, power curve guy in a short series. So you would rather have tools guy who has yet to show that he can be an effective major league starter over pitchers who are continually showing that they can be effective major league starters?

So wait, Fontenot was supposed to hit .400 the rest of the year? I must have missed that memo. Rookies slump and then come back, just as Theriot has done.

Marshall hasnt really proven continually that he can be a top flight guy. In all reality he is a back of the rotation #4 starter type. If you can trade him and Ronny Cedeno for a potential Ace #1 type. You've got to do it. IMHO. Especially with the fact that Z might be gone at season end.

aaronb - but Greinke hasn't shown this either, and he has been in the majors for over three years now. Marshall's numbers are better than Greinke's at this point. I am not so sure that would be a slam dunk... Don't get me wrong, I think Greinke is a good prospect. I am just not so sure that we really have a need for him. I would much rather focus on getting better in RF, and SS.

Marshall hasnt really proven continually that he can be a top flight guy. I never said he could be a top flight guy. I said he has shown that he can be effective. And Greinke hasn't really done that. Don't get me wrong - I would interested taking a chance on Greinke, but not necessarily depending on him this year.

KC has no shortstop anywhere in the organization. I imagine any deal with them. Will include Ronny Cedeno.

KC has no shortstop anywhere in the organization. I imagine any deal with them. Will include Ronny Cedeno. Or Izzy!!!!

Cedeno for Greinke = SS for the Royals (though Pena's kid has been hitting better than anyone expected) and Greinke can be some nice Zambrano insurance. He even wants to be a regular player.

I… want… Dejesus. Hmmm... would deJesus and Godenot be on the same team!!

Tony Pena (The *other*, KC Tony Pena) is rubbish in my opinion. If I'm running the Royals I'd rather see Andres Blanco playing SS than butterfingers, but that's just me.

lol... Good call Dave. They could sell Cub-branded wrist bands... WWDD? What would Dejesus do?

In theory, I would like to have a right-handed starter in the rotation, to have 3 RHP, and 2 LHP. Greinke has shown some promise in the bullpen, but he still is struggling a bit. He started of with 7 starts, 3 of which were quality. He has brought his ERA down from 5.72 on June 7, to 4.54 as of last night. He has not shown, however, that he can be a starter at the major league level. I'm getting a little weary of guys who have great "stuff" and can't function consistently getting priority over pitchers who get people out, regardless of the radar gun reading. Marshall has 10 starts this year, 7 of which are quality starts, 2 bad starts, and 1 where he gave up 2 runs in 5 1/3 innings. I'll take guys who get the job done, thank you.

Greinke's got loads of talent and loads of emotional baggage (which is hopefully under control now), but you can't deal for him now for anything other than a bullpen role, maybe the swingman/long relief guy that they can't seem to nail down. It'd be borderline ridiculous to trade Marshall for him right now.

As far as Soriano batting 5th or 1st, he is a cool .128/.209/.154 lifetime against Zito overall. I still like seeing him 5th against LHP. He couldn't hit Zito if he was batting 1st, 9th, or 7th...

Greinke rumor btw apparently comes from The Score, so I don't believe it. :) MLB Trade rumors says he tops out at 96 or 100, if that's true no wonder Hendry likes him.

Has anyone mentioned yet that DLee dropped his appeal and will start serving his suspension immediately?

No, CWTP... I guess he might as well, rather than having Bud screw him by having the heariing right before a big series against the brew crew...

Has anyone mentioned yet that DLee dropped his appeal and will start serving his suspension immediately? Link? Source? It was discussed earlier and the appeal was supposedly "suspended indefinitely." And I hate that he sees to have found his power right before he sits for five games.

No Bonds again today. What a tool. Is that true about DLee dropping his appeal? If so I guess the timing makes some sense since he was due for a day off anyway.

Hey my laptop is saying that this page is fraudulent. Does anybody else have that problem? It has never said that before.

Worse, supposedly Lee hurt himself fouling a pitch off his shin and can’t play Not really worse... it says it would have probably been 2-3 games - doesn't really sound like a big deal.

Adam says: July 18th, 2007 at 11:17 am Hey my laptop is saying that this page is fraudulent. Does anybody else have that problem? It has never said that before. ................................................................................ Adam, my friend. Your laptop is apparently an astute judge of charcter.

Well, I guess, if it goes along with him being out anyway, then it sure makes sense... We might need Kendall to contribute a little here in the next few days...

Yeah, Adam. I really can't say that I would question your laptop's jundgement. If this is coming as news to you, then perhaps we have misrepresented ourselves in some way... Most of us on this site are morons...

This hasn't been mentioned anywhere else I can find but FELIX PIE hurt his right ankle again last night. He came up lame and limping after crossing the bag. Jamming his ankle when base running has been a recurring problem for PIE at least since 2005 when he lost half a season after spraining his right ankle sliding into second base. On March 3 he again injured his ankle making a slide.

Following the "logic" here today, it's really too bad Pie isn't appealing a suspension.

cwtp - what are you talking about? Not sure what logic you are referring to... All I said was that Lee's injury didnt look too bad. And others said, at least he can serve his suspension when he wouldn't be playing anyway. Makes sense to me.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

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    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.