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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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Reds @ Cubs Series Preview

Redscubs Time to start righting the ship....
Category Reds Cubs
Runs Scored 547 (7th) 538 (8th)
Runs Allowed 609 (15th) 498 (2nd)
Team Defensive Efficiency .680 (15th) .716(2nd)
Starters ERA 4.68 (11th) 3.97 (2nd)
Relievers ERA 5.10 (16th) 4.07 (11th)
Batting Average .256 (12th) .270 (7th)
On-Base Percentage .326 (11th) .330 (8th)
Slugging Percentage .426 (7th) .407 (9th)
Z draws another tough matchup and then Cubs kryptonite takes the mound for the final two games - lefties. Lilly has a 1.39 ERA versus the Reds in two starts this year with 19 K's and only 2 BB's in 13 innings. Marquis faced the Reds once earlier in the year and threw six innings with only a mere earned run against him in the third game of the season. The Matchups
Player W L ERA IP K BB HR FIP
A. Harang 11 3 3.37 160.3 146 41 13 3.30
C. Zambrano 14 8 3.69 161 139 75 20 4.66
Player W L ERA IP K BB HR FIP
P. Dumatrait 0 1 7.71 9.3 6 5 0 3.56
T. Lilly 13 5 3.51 151.3 124 41 19 4.11
Player W L ERA IP K BB HR FIP
B. Livingston 3 2 4.24 46.7 20 7 7 4.78
J. Marquis 9 7 4.18 140 78 55 17 5.03

Comments

Fielding Independent Pitching... http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/statpages/glossary/#fip Fielding Independent Pitching, a measure of all those things for which a pitcher is specifically responsible. The formula is (HR*13+(BB+HBP)*3-K*2)/IP, plus a league-specific factor (usually around 3.2) to round out the number to an equivalent ERA number. FIP helps you understand how well a pitcher pitched, regardless of how well his fielders fielded. FIP was invented by Tangotiger.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/tsgtv/ totally off-topic but if you go under categories and sports they have a bunch of old baseball news reel stuff...enjoyed the Babe Ruth Day and Astrodome ones myself. The Baseball Diamond Jubilee on the front page has some shots of HOF'ers past their prime like Cobb, etc...

Lilly probably kills the Reds because of guys like Dunn...hope he keeps it up!

no problem, I'm sure a lot of people were wondering, probably should link FIP in the posts to that link I provided in comment #2.

whoops, missed one, those were still the numbers from the Rockies series. Thanks.

WHAT!!!! We have a better OBP but they have more runs!!!! That is impossible!!!!!! Impossible, I say!!!!

Aren't the Cub's one of Harang's 3 losses? I predict the Cub's will be loss #4 as well. As I said earlier, Harang throws lots of strikes and the Cub's have no problems swinging at pitches. Dumatrait will probably dominate the lineup, as we all beat our heads on the wall asking ourselves why the Cub's can't just take a few pitches. Livingston v. Marquis? Who knows.

I picked up this item in today's Boston Globe, There were indications last night the Sox were closing in on a deal with a National League team for Wily Mo Peña, but they still had some work to do before anything was consummated, and they had not informed Kielty of an impending move Could the NL team be the Cubs? Just a few days ago it was thought that Willy Mo was going to the south side but earlier there had been some rumored interest from Hendry. Bobby Kielty, btw, has an out in his minor league contract if he's not called up by Boston and the clock is ticking. Meanwhile he's swinging for the fences in AAA and striking out at an alarming rate. 10 Strikeouts/26 AB's

#14-- Interesting quote from Lou at the bottom of the article: “One thing that I do try to do is I try to win in nine innings,” he said. “We don’t get paid extra to play extra innings.” This could explain his sometimes-questionable handling of the pitching staff.

Strawman? Hell no. I think that this one isolated case is rock solid evidence that OBP does not lead to runs. Wouldn't you agree? My point is really to show that there is so much to creating offense and that OBP is only one part of that machine. And that you can't just point to OBP and say, viola, this team will score runs.

My point is really to show that there is so much to creating offense and that OBP is only one part of that machine. And everyone agrees with you. So what's your point?

I would say that they don't agree with me. Most people spout off about OBP here as the end all be all stat of all time. They ignore other stats. They will say something like, "I don't want that guy, just another low OBP Hendry guy." Well that totally ignores other facets of that person's game. Yet that sentence goes unchecked here. And many people here think that OBP may just be part of the picture, but at gigantic part which other stats maybe a little helpful but expendable.

The point as always with you Chad, is no one who knows what they're talking about is saying a better OBP always means more runs. But you've convinced yourself that's the argument, so whatever....

Chad: My point is really to show that there is so much to creating offense and that OBP is only one part of that machine. And that you can’t just point to OBP and say, viola, this team will score runs. Agreed, but team OPS often correlates to runs scored. Getting on base, slugging the ball. Go figure.

Personally I hate high OBP and guys who work the count. I just assume every guy goes up there hacking away and we hope for the best. It's worked like a charm so far.

Dave Ross DL'ed btw, ex-Cub Ryan Jorgensen called up. Valentin will get most of the starts though.

Dave Ross DL’ed btw Wow... DFA'ing a guy who had a .930 OPS last year? I know he has had a bad year, but still. And now that I look around... Rob - you sure about that? What I can tell is that he got put on the DL, for concussion symptoms.

I said DL'ed, not DFA'ed.... Real Neal. You should bring up your issues with TangoTiger and Voros McCracken. Let me know what they say.

I'd like to watch a televised debate between Chad and TangoTiger. That'd be fun.

I said DL’ed, not DFA’ed…. Wow... I can read good. Again.

Well they would probably say, in this case that the batter has more influence on groundball/flyball than the pitcher does, which is true, but not entirely relevant. Why don't you use BP's stat instead?

Why don’t you use BP’s stat instead? Cause I like The Hardball Times more.... FIP's easy to understand and read, your ERA based on your peripherals and an average defense. It's no mystery that the Cubs pitchers all have ERA's under their FIP's with the 2nd best defense in the NL. an article on FIP's and the long ball http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/fip-and-the-long-ball/ XFIP is a good number too, it normalizes their home run rates to 11% per outfield fly. We shall agree to disagree...

Reds will be without Alex Gonzalez for awhile, 10-month old son is sick. Of course Keppinger will fill-in and he's been scorching the ball.

The line-up according to ESPN 1000: Theriot 6 Jones 8 Dlee 3 Aram 5 Ward 9 Dero 4 Kendall 2 Z 1 I agree Ward should get a start to give him some hacks as the other 2 reds starters are southpaws and with the Reds having 3 Loogys, he isnt going to get alot of swings on wed and thurs, but he should be at 1b giving Lee a 2 day break. He doesnt belong in the starting OF. Dero should also have a 2 day break as he didnt look good this weekend.

I think Levine said on the yammering idiots station that DeRosa was going to start in LF tonight.

Dave, one reads well. One does not read good. Unless of course you were trying to be ironic (which I doubt).

Dave, one reads well. One does not read good. Unless of course you were trying to be ironic (which I doubt). I was being sarcastic. Irony is a form of sarcasm when something is different than what was expected, or when the real meaning of something is concealed or hidden by the actual words used, neither of which I was doing here. Nice try on the grammar lesson though. :)

I think irony is writing a song about irony yet using examples that are not ironic. Yea... that too! :)

Recent comments

  • 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.