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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 93 Thread / Giants @ Cubs (1 of 3)

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SP Matt Cain
SP
Jason Marquis
  5-7, 4.30, 112 K, 50 BB, 119.1 IP

6-5, 4.78 ERA, 49 K, 37 BB, 92.1 IP
       
LF
*Fred Lewis
SS
Ryan Theriot
2B
#Ray Durham 2B
*Mike Fontenot
RF
#Randy Winn
1B
Derrek Lee
C
Bengie Molina 3B
Aramis Ramirez
CF
Aaron Rowand C
Geovany Soto
1B
*John Bowker
LF
*Daryle Ward
3B
Rich Aurilia
RF
Mark DeRosa
SS
#Omar Vizquel
CF
Reed Johnson
P
Matt Cain
P
*Jason Marquis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Rich Harden Debut Eve, the Cubs have made a roster move as they open a three-game set against the Giants.

Michael Wuertz, who allowed four runs in an inning-and-one-third against the Reds on Thursday, was sent down to Iowa. Kevin Hart, 2-1, 3.35 for the I-Cubs with 48 K's against 15 BB and a BAA of just .205, gets the call-up.

As for today's game, the Cubs hope to avenge last week's series split in San Francisco. (Normally, "avenge" would be too strong a word when you're coming off a split, but considering how miserably the Giants have played at home this year, I figured the Cubs were at least owed 3-of-4.)

The pitching matchup is a repeat of the pairing from the game played a week ago Tuesday, which the Giants won, 2-1. Marquis steadied himself after a bumpy first inning, allowing just four hits and two runs over 7 IP. Cain, however, was flat-out brilliant, shutting out the Cubs for 8 innings, while fanning 10 and allowing 2 piddly hits, which is one hit less than the Cubs collected in a ninth-inning rally against Giants closer Brian Wilson which fell just short.

In the ultimate test of his flyball-catching skills, Reed Johnson gets to play centerfield between Mark DeRosa and Daryle Ward, as Jim Edmonds and Kosuke Fukudome, who is hitting .238 since June 1st and striking out like a sonofagun, get to rest.

Comments

"In the ultimate test of his flyball-catching skills, Reed Johnson gets to play centerfield between Mark DeRosa and Daryle Ward..." Oy. Oh Shit... I wonder who would win a footrace between Soto and Ward? The play at the plate where Ward wheezed home last week and was tagged out, made me shake my head and roll the eyes.

Is Lou's idea to just keep playing Soto until he passes out behind the plate?. I know the kid's young and full of energy, but for Pete's sake, use your backup once a while. It's probably going to be over 100 degrees on the field by mid - game; sheesh.

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In reply to by crunch

I agree that Soto needs a bit more rest, but he has to be treated not just like a catcher, but a star of this team. If it was Paul Bako back there, I'm sure Blanco would be catching at least twice a week. Since it's not Paul Bako, but instead is a key part of our offense, Soto's going to get the vast majority of ABs. Geo might not be Ivan Rodriguez, but playing almost every day was ok with him: Pudge age 24: 153 games (career high) All Star, Silver Slugger Pudge age 25: 150 games All Star, Silver Slugger Pudge age 26: 145 games All Star, Silver Slugger Johnny Bench once played in 160 games. Holy shit.

So Wuertz is only being used once a week (shockingly, he'd doesn't perform well in his rusty state), the Cubs have 13 pitchers on the roster, and so they replaced him with another pitcher? Does this mean Hoffpauir the new Murton?

Len Kaspar just said, I think incorrectly, that Matt Murton is starting for the A's AAA franchise. Not so. EPatt was added to AAA Sacramento (and played 2B for the River Cats last night) but Matt Murton hasn't played for them and doesn't appear on their roster. Rumor is he may get a temporary assignment with the A's this weekend. As of the moment, Murt doesn't show up on any active roster I've looked at.

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In reply to by navigator

Buster Olney says MATT MURTON &/or HUSTON STREET may be on their way to the Rays (or Padres). Supposedly Street has cleaned out his locker and as I posted, Murt isn't on an active roster as I write.

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In reply to by navigator

If the A's get Jeremy Heckilson or Wade Davis in this deal, then Beane made the national media look like idiots again for questioning the Harden deal.

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In reply to by Doug Dascenzo

If the opening bid is $300 a seat that is outrageous. Those seats are no better than those Dugout box seats they started last year that are $ 300 a seat and they want us to seat in the CBOE for that just to put a bid in! You would think with HDTV and surrond sound units the way they are now, ticket prices would drop because unless you have a seat within the first 10 rows of either behind home or the dugouts you have a better view on TV than you do sitting in the park.

Name that Cubs blog! "Jon Lieber, meanwhile, has an ERA of 2.53 while out of the bullpen, and better yet, it's 1.86 when not facing the Reds. Maybe Lieber needs to become a 7th-8th inning presence." Jon Lieber! Setting up! At 82 mph! Blogger in questions that Lieber should do it because Howry's on the downhill side of his career: "I think that, at 34, he's just not setup material anymore... At this point, his numbers land him in the 6th-7th inning" Yet Lieber, at age 38 IS setup material. Awesome stuff. Remarkable.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-080710-… The article insists its either him or Sheets because both will have enough rest to throw multiple innings. Although Aaron Cook ( a sinkerballer on 3-day rest) and Dan Haren (4-days rest) could also be considred candidates. Also Rothschild would prefer that Demp not pitch in the game, but he still wants to do it. Personally, I think they should just let Marshall pitch on Sunday since as odd as it might be to say, Tuesday's Exhibition game is a 100x more imporant to this team than Sunday's regular season game due to homefield advantage for the World Series being on the online in the ASG. Of course with the Weather projections of a 80% chance of rain tommorrow with strong T-storms throughout the day tomorrow it wouldn't be shocking if Harden is scratched for Marshall tomorrow and Harden goes on Sunday.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 3:55pm.

Lou would definitely use his backup catcher, if he had one who could hit. Wait till September, when Welington Castillo gets called up.

Also, keep an eye out for Blake Lalli.

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VA PHIL: I betcha a lot of money that when the Cubs add a third catcher in September, it will be Koyie Hill.

It's like this (and not necessarily in this order):

1. Death

2. Taxes

3. Koyie Hill will be added to the Cubs roster in September.

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

Hey, cousin, how are you? I like Hill, as you know, and he seems to settle down a team when he catches--Iowa (.608) has a better winning pct. than Chicago (.602)--but I wouldn't describe him as a catcher who can hit, although he's been hitting lately. He's a lot like Blanco, except that he can step into the other batter's box. Castillo is in the all-star Futures game, tomorrow (Sunday) I think. A couple of other recent tidings about organizational catchers: last night, in the resumption of a game that had been suspended with Peoria down 6-1, the Chiefs tied the game in the 9th on a Luis Bautista HR and won in extras. And Blake Lalli doubled and drove in a run in a Smokies game where he pitched a scoreless ninth, with two Ks. When was the last time you saw DH-P after a hitter's name in a box score? Talk about a triple threat, he catches, too.

i also would agree that marshall should be pitching on sunday dempster pitched last tuesday give him a inning on tuesday then start him on the following sunday. i would think 13 pitchers even after lou said he would like another outfielder on team means it is time to showcase some one again by trading a pitcher for a hitter backup outfielder type . any ideas who?

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • 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...