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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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NLDS Game 2 Open Thread

Game Chat : BR Preview : Press Pass Ted Lilly vs Doug Davis Lineups:
Soriano LF Young CF
Theriot SS Drew SS
Lee 1B Byrnes LF
Ramirez 3B Jackson 1B
Murton RF Reynolds 3B
Soto C Snyder C
DeRosa 2B Upton RF
Jones CF Ojeda 2B
Lilly P Davis P
Rob G’s Keys to the Game: A quick review of last night's before we start. Throw some damn strikes Z! Check. Z pitches 6 mostly wonderful innings. Stolen Bases are your friend! Not so much. JJ walked in the first and Lee singled in the 5th presenting two opportunities but Lou chose to let his sluggers try to whack them in rather than risk the caught stealing. Spy vs Spy! Their bullpen shut the door, Marmol gave up 2 runs - and a game was lost. For tonight: Solve the Rubik's cube Lefties have had our number and Doug Davis in particularly has beat us up pretty good over the years (7-5 with a 3.39 ERA for his career). TLFC Super Computer better be right One of our favorite Cubs blogs around these parts predicts 6 IP, 2 ERs, 7Ks, 1 single. I'll take that. Spy vs Spy the Rematch! Just like the comic strip, it'll hopefully be our bullpen's turn to take the upper hand. Sobering thought of the day: The Cubs have never won a playoff series where they dropped the first game. Of course there haven't been a lot of playoff series for us to win.

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Lefties have had our number and Doug Davis in particularly has beat us up pretty good over the years (7-5 with a 3.39 ERA for his career). Aw, c'mon. Did lefties have our number that last weekend home series against the Pirates? And how many innings does that Doug Davis line represent? 100? So what?

You're bringing up the short sample size of 3 games against the Pirates then questioning the sample size of Doug Davis against the Cubs? Well done sir!

Fine. I'll just say categorically that the idea that the Cubs can't hit lefties is a myth and that the Doug Davis sample size, like pretty much all matchup stats I've ever seen cited, is too small to tell anything meaningful.

wow, i've never seen "their" misspelled "they're." usually its misspelled "there." go cubs!

Well I didn't say the Cubs were going to lose, they just have to do better than they historically have done against him. Although if LIlly pitches a gem, 3-4 runs might be enough. As for the lefties, I don't know what the records or numbers finished at against lefties, but I don't think it was very good this year, even with that 3 game sweep of the Pirates. We did lose 2 right after that to Olsen and Willis.

For those of you who plan road trips as far in advance as I do... Allow your mind to think of next summer before we clobber the Snakes tonight ... Sorry if some of this is 3/44. 2008 Cubs Partial Schedule Mo 3/31, We-Th 4/2-3 vs. MIL; all games at 1:20* Tu-Th 4/29-31 vs. MIL; 2x 7:05 + 1:20 Mo-We 5/5-7 @ CIN Mo-We 5/19-21 @ HOU Mo-We 5/26-28 vs. LAD Th-Su 6/5-8 @ LAD Fr-Su 6/20-22 @ CWS Mo-Th 6/30-7/3 @ SF Fr-Su 7/18-20 @ HOU Mo-We 7/21-23 @ ARI Mo-Th 7/28-31 @ MIL; 3x 7:05 + 1:05 Fr-Su 8/15-17 @ FLA Fr-Su 9/5-7 @ CIN Fr-Su 9/12-14 @ HOU Tu-Th 9/16-18 vs. MIL; 2x 7:05 + 1:20 Fr-Su 9/26-28 @ MIL; 7:05, 12:05, 1:05 * = notes that game will likely be moved to 7 p.m. Su 3/30

[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerptRob G’s Keys to the Game: A quick review of last night’s before we start. Throw some damn strikes Z! Check. Z pitches 6 mostly wonderful innings. Stolen Bases are your friend! Not so much. JJ walked in the first and Lee singled in the … [...]

top 6th...1 hour til gametime... looks like this one might start on TNT if this game doesnt find some quick outs.

Let's do our own sort of ex-Cub factor tonight. Join the chat as an ex-Cub...

I'm shocked that Doug Davis is only 7-5 in his career against us. It seems like he's 27-2. Hopefully we get after him early tonight.

Adam, I'm sure the Cubs will be on TNT until this game ends, like they did with the start of the Yanks game.

Well, we will see what our boys are made of. $350 million dollars in the offseason hopefully can get them a win in the postseason. Go Cubs!!!!!!!!!

Lilly did not look good in that first inning, but got out of the jam. He missed badly on more than a few pitches. 25 pitches also.

Geovany Soto has just matched Jason Kendall's 2005-2007 home run total. Kendall sucks. Hopefully Lilly bounces back.

43 pitches through 2 for Davis, would love to get deeper into their pen early.

Anybody else all of a sudden finding it easy to dislike the Dbacks, their fans, their colors, the TV announcers, the jerks sitting behind the plate, and pretty much everything right now?

nice play out there in left center, both OFers miss teh ball and JJ throws over 2 cutoff men.

this is looking grim. the 3 walks, the shellacking. if this keeps up we're gonna need to sweep 3 games. not impossible, but not to FRIGGIN feasible the way this is looking.

Lilly is pitching like an scared idiot who has never been in a big game. Very disappointing, and possibly fatal.

Lilly looks lost out there. A fastball on 3-2 to Chris Young with first base open? Are you kidding?

that was a very deflating inning. i can only imagine what it's like in the dugout.

Manny, if the Cubs pull out this Series, you should not be allowed to root for them. Why don't you root for the White Sox?

After the Young home run, Ron Darling commented that Doug Davis' at-bat in the 2nd, where he sacrificed the runners to second and third, was a "key at-bat." Davis was able to "do something meaningful." Ron Darling is possibly the worst color announcer I have ever heard.

Soft tossing lefty equals Cubs death. 4-2. It might as well be 400-2. Stick a fork in them. The Cubs are fucked. Nice work, Ted fucking Lilly.

(CA) Phil: "Manny, if the Cubs pull out this Series, you should not be allowed to root for them. " Why? Because I am critical of the team when they are playing bad? Okay...

Yeah, you're a buzzkill! Root for whoever you want I don't care. Let's get some runs!

not 100% sure, but i think as long as he can reach the bag, it would be inside the baseline, and he clearly was able to do that, so he was safe.

oy vey. i'm heading downstairs to open some wine...

our season comes down to this, wether it was right or wrong Pinella taking Zambrano out to early Pinella not taking out Lilly soon Enough

And Lilly wasn't pinch hit for because? So he can go back in the 4th to make things worse. Shit.

Well, Lou should have PH for Lilly last inning, now the Cubs are on the verge of getting blown out. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Ball game! Thanks for limping into the desert to lose to a bunch of scruffy no-names, you shriveled-sacked bitch-titted gimps.

the current 1-18 from Fonz, Lee and Ram at the moment is awesome. that's what $45M buys in October?

The fact is az has raised their game and we haven't. we're playing like there's a tomorrow...and a game 4 or 5..

don't know if you are aware that WGN radio is intentionally broadcasting the game in about a 20 second delay to try to match the TBS feed...I've fortunately been able to avoid stockton/darling who are incredibly awful.

An Optomist's Guide to the Cubs: 1) 5 innings left 2) Lilly out of there 3) Even if we lose, we can still sweep our way to the next series 4) Lilly out of there 5) Davis pitch count climbing 6) Lead off single by Soriano Better hit post b4 Theriot hits into a DP

with the Davis pitch count getting up there, we're probably going to see another ex-cub, cub killer...Juan Cruz. I don't feel too good.

Last inning Ron Darling said, "as is his wont". Never thought I'd miss Tim McCarver.

there are so many candidates for biggest choker this series...marmol, fonz, lee, ramirez, lilly, piniella. who wins that epic battle?

This series just has all the feelings of 89. Way too much suckage from the guys who are supposed to be the anchors of the team. Fucking crapshoot playoffs

I agree that the announcers suck balls. The yankees had a better announcer with BOTH Brenly and Tony Gwynn, and we get these two jack-offs. And how many times is he going to incorrectly say that Lilly is coming back on 3 days rest for game 5? I've counted at least 4 times so far. Right now TBS is covering the series like the Cubs are playing it.

re 72 - i agree. i haven't seen this many bad ABs from Lee and Ramirez in ...maybe ever...

Notice how the Indians have an amazing ability to get clutch hits and they also have some of the most dominant pitching in MLB in 2007...and the Indians did all of this with a $61 Million payroll...The Yankees were totally embarassed tonight. and the Cubs with their $300 in spending on talent has not paid off yet...we are in the post-season BUT where is the clutch hitting from all the famous, high priced bats...?? Where is the reliable pitching when the team really needs it...?? Hope the team can bounce back but it doesn't look good right now. Unfortunately, big market teams with big payrolls don't always get big results...we might see a World Series this year with the Rockies going up against the Indians.

another complaint about tbs...even if they don't they have any decent commercials, can't they get more than 3 things to sponsor during the playoffs? ...I very sick of the Lofton dhl ad, dislike the doofus garmin ad, will never ever watch frank tv

juan cruz warming up...pleeze wake me up so this nightmare can end.

Bleeding Blue, In '89 the only offensive player you'd really count on who sucked was Dawson. Dunston, Walton, Ryno, Grace all had a great series. It was the hobbled Hawk whom Zim refused to move down in the order who killed them and, I believe, set a record at the time for most men left in scoring position in a five game series.

when augie ojeda beats the snot out of you…you might as well stop. ---- I didn't mean that literally Stevie Ire.

The Indians have a low payroll because they, unlike the Cubs, have chosen to go the crazy route of developing position players in their minor leagues. The Cubs have gone another way.

pitchers who can actually bunt balls into fair territory? maybe hendry can spend 40-50MM on one of those, assuming his ass isn't fired.

did I just hear Stockton say that Dave Veres is warming up in the Cub bullpen? ...now this IS a bad nightmare

speaking of nightmares if eyre's left hand/little finger is fractured...does that roster spot get filled with E-Man's worst nightmare?

the prospect of a rockeez/d-bax nlcs makes me want to consult a de-programmer & wash my brain of what's left of baseball...

As optimistic as I wanted to be coming into the postseason, one nagging thought kept me anchored to reality: this is the same Cubs team that got swept by the fucking bottom-feeding Marlins in a middle of a pennant race. We're being stomped by Ojeda and a bunch of AA/AAA jagoffs. Pathetic.

"the prospect of a rockeez/d-bax nlcs makes me want to consult a de-programmer & wash my brain of what’s left of baseball..." Not to mention what it does to TV executives at FOX. Probably the only silver lining really.

so many men left on base....WHY can't Lee, Ramirez and Soriano get more clutch hits...?? These dudes are loaded with experience and paid a fortune. WHAT happened to Ted Lily tonight...? I think he was like 9-1 in games after the Cubs have lost - he was our stopper. Are the diamondbacks really that good...? There will be lots of pressure on Rich Hill if he pitches this weekend and the Cubs are down 0-2....Yes, our team can comeback (look what the Red Sox did a few years ago)....Yet, the game last night should have been won....and this game seems to be running away from the Cubs....the offense has to kick it into overdrive - and sooner rather than later.

davis at 104 pitches as of the DeRosa walk even when DeRo isn't hitting, he still works the count (thankful for very small positives at this point)

well, Juan Cruz comes in to bite us in the butt (can I say buttock mr censor...well you know, gluteus maximus?)

Soriano = over-priced choke artist....at least Ward drives in runs. $136 Million for Soriano (he reminds me of A-Rod in the post-season).

speed gun had Wood fastballs (strikes 2, 3) at 97 and 96 on Eric Byrne

so a minumum wage kid (soto) can account for 2 runs,while mr 136 million cnat do crap when men are on. lee ramirez soriano wow talk about no clutch hitting,why should post season be any different then reguler season.

as bad as soriano has looked -- i think his performance in September was worth every penny. i love having him on the team. I think he is pressing obviously . . . Soriano Lee and Ramirez are trying to do way too much. But calling Soriano a choker after his september is way harsh.

Soriano is sorta like A-Rod -- both are very talented and helped their teams get to the play-offs....yet, both of them also have done very little to help their teams advance to the next round in the post season. Lee and Ramirez are OVERdue for some clutch hits too. It was nice to see Kerry Wood pitch well...I would use him for another inning (as the Cubs have a day off tomorrow).

btw: what is it about Cub managers that makes it so difficult to say "I Screwed Up". In a sense it left a bad taste in my mouth that he blamed last night on the four hits and one run. In essence blaming the players. I would think it would be psychologically more sound to say "Boy I blew it. My guys played their asses off neck and neck with a 90 win team and a cy young award winning pitcher and I jumped the gun pulling Zambrano." First of all it is true and shows that a man can own mistakes. But moreso the effect on the players would be to inspire them to pick up their manager and also they wouldn't feel scapegoated . . . when everyone know that hitting Webb is hard and that Zambrano was pitching well. a 1-1 game is very winnable if the manager doesn't hand over momentum and keeps the best players in the game. It was a battle of aces and Lou took ours out. Own it, be a man, inspire your players don't scapegoat them.

Can anyone tell me where I can buy a bacon cheese steak? Also, I'm interested in TIVO'ing a new a comedy show. Preferably one about a fat guy doing impressions. Any one have any suggestions?

I read that differently. If he takes the blame for pulling Z, he implicity blames Marmol, saying that he made a mistake by putting in Marmol for Z. I think he did a good job of simply saying "look we only scored 1 run as a team, you don't win many of those games, it wasn't any one person's fault" Whether we agree with that or not, I thought that was more what he was going for.

Sorry, Superjimmer, but Lou did what he thought was the right move and he stood by it. He didn't change his mind just because he was questioned on it. Marmol was better than Z this season, and Z had a pretty bad track record of not losing his stuff gracefully. When he lost his stuff, he fell apart. In retrospect, its easy to say pulling Z was the wrong move, because Marmol didn't do what he had done all year. Keeping Z in for one more inning might have made a difference, it might not have. I applaud Lou for not giving into the 20/20 hindsight mentality of the media.

But Blue, there were many people who said it while it was happening they didn't agree with the move. Not just after the fact. Just like tonight when there were many of us who said Lilly should have been PH for and not brought back out in the 4th. Almost every tough decision Lou has had to make, he went the wrong way. I am not taking anything away from Lou, he isn't losing this series for the Cubs, but he has made some bad moves, IMO.

What is losing this series is the first 4 guys in the lineup have like 3 hits int he first 2 games.

No surprises here. Cubs regular season record against NL playoff teams -- 13-15. (5-2 v. Rockies). Regular season record against teams with winning records -- 32-37. Too many folks drank the post-season Kool-Aid.

hey blue, i hear you, your point is well taken. If Lou thinks it was the right move. end of story. he shouldn't buckle from what he believes. For the record though (in my opinion) it wasn't a bad move because it didn't work. and it wasn't a bad move because the media says it was. It was a bad move because I cannot find precedent for pulling a staff ace in the 6th inning of a tied 1-1 playoff game when he had only thrown 85 pitches and clearly was in command of the lineup he was facing. When facing a delicate situation like Webb - subtle shifts in momentum are all it takes. Dback players said they were relieved to see Z leave the game. That alone in a sense proves my point. Anyway if lou thinks he was right I suppose he should be honest and hold his ground.

Cubs lose 8-4...Down 2-0 in series. Not looking good. At this point I am just hoping they don't get swept. Very discouraged after these two games. Hope the players show some pride and come out strong on Saturday. Go Cubs!!

Fontenot was only 1 second late swinging at strike three in the ninth. Does Velarde only throw one pitch? Everything was a fastball that moved a bit in to a right hander until the 1-1 pitch to Lee, which was either a hard change a breaking ball that didn't do anything. Really suprising he has been that successful with one pitch.

both of them also have done very little to help their teams advance to the next round in the post season. Not true... look at A-Rod's post season numbers. He has had a couple of bad series, and a couple of good series.

Ramirez was a clutch hitter during the regular season BUT he is 0 for way too many in the playoff games so far...he's so tight...just a strikeout machine right now (and I think he hit into a double play tonight)...so sad...really wish Ramirez could have at least found a way to get on base for Cliff Floyd. now we see the Cubs go back to Chicago with their backs up against the wall -- down 0-2 and it'll be up to Rich Hill....I wonder if the run support and clutch hitting will re-appear when the Cubs get back to Wrigley Field...no margin for error in the rest of the games.

derek lee: BAD) i think he could have drawn a BB every time up tonight and continuously swung at bad 2-0 and 2-1 pitches. I wish he woulda shown a little more patience in the 9th. bringing the tying run up is basically the same whether you draw a BB or hit a HR. GOOD) I know for a fact that he can lead a team who's back is agains the wall, facing elimination in the playoffs. he did it against a certain chicago franchise a few years back.

*I wonder if the run support and clutch hitting will re-appear when the Cubs get back to Wrigley Field…* Hernandez throws a one-hitter--book it.

Believe.

I think Valverde throws a fastball and a splitter. But if you can throw 95-97 on the corners like he was, all you need is a fastball. and it was a safety squeeze for the 8th run, Upton didn't run till after the ball was bunted.

Pleae check A-Rod's overall playoff performance before bashing him. He sucked in 2005 and 2006...absolutely!! His playoff performance in 1997, 2000, and the AL Divisional series in 2004 were all stellar.

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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.