Game 100 Thread / Cubs @ Diamondbacks (2 of 3)

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SP	Jason Marquis	SP	Yusmeiro Petit
	6-5, 4.44 ERA, 53 K, 39 BB, 99.1 IP		0-1, 3.06 ERA, 11 K, 1 BB, 17.2 IP

SS	Ryan Theriot	SS	*Stephen Drew
RF	*Kosuke Fukudome	LF	Conor Jackson
1B	Derrek Lee	2B	#Orlando Hudson
3B	Aramis Ramirez	1B	*Chad Tracy
CF	*Jim Edmonds	3B	Mark Reynolds
C	Geovany Soto	C	*Miguel Montero
LF	Mark DeRosa	CF	Chris Young
2B	*Mike Fontenot	RF	*Alex Romero
P	*Jason Marquis	P	Yusmeiro Petit

The Cubs reach the century mark of the season that may mark their century-long run of futility. A little known fact is that they've lost the 100th game of every season since 1909 foreshadowing their 100-year drought (don't bother looking it up, I've posted it on the Internet, so it must be true)

All kidding aside, the Cubs hopes of a .500 road trip lay on the right arm of Jason Marquis. It's good that he's sporting a 2.08 ERA versus the NL West this season in 60.2 IP. Hopefully he can add to the recent run of success by the starters who have gone into the seventh inning in five straight games and eight of the last ten and have a 2.06 ERA since July 4th (how awesome are press notes - crutch of the ever-lazy writer?).

Of course, it'll require the Cubs offense actually scoring to get the win and Lou has the cure for the road hitting woes (emphasis added):

"...we're canceling batting practice, and the next day, we're going to cancel batting practice. We're going to come out here and just stretch and play. That's it. I'm tired of seeing balls flying all over batting practice, and when the (darn) game starts, I see very little or nothing. So we'll just go play and hope that'll get it going. We did it Sunday, and it worked. So we'll see."

Small sample size means nothing to Lou...

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Dolorous Jon Lester 04/24/2024 - 04:38 pm (view)

The other part that’s kind of crazy is they made two very high profile trades, one for Goldschmidt and one for Arenado, and they very clearly won those trades. They just haven’t been able to develop players the last handful of years the way they usually do.
I guess the moral there is it’s hard to stay on top of your game and be good at what you do in perpetuity.
TarzanJoeWallis 04/24/2024 - 04:25 pm (view)

Marmol was extended at the beginning of the year. Two years I believe.
crunch 04/24/2024 - 04:54 pm (view)

Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN
Craig Counsell doesn’t have a timetable for Cody Bellinger who technically has two cracked ribs on his right side. CT scan showed it today.
Dolorous Jon Lester 04/24/2024 - 04:13 pm (view)

Thought it might have been David Peralta given the open 40 man spot and how PCA has played so far.
Dolorous Jon Lester 04/24/2024 - 04:13 pm (view)

I hope they keep Mozeliak a few more years. Marmol too!
crunch 04/24/2024 - 04:44 pm (view)

wow, counsell coming with the early lineup. rarity.

canario/tauchman/happ RF/CF/LF
crunch 04/24/2024 - 04:08 pm (view)

PCA called up.
crunch 04/24/2024 - 04:54 pm (view)

welp...

bellinger...fractured rib.

a not-very-ready PCA will probably be called up when it would be much better for him to be in AAA getting regular ABs.
crunch 04/24/2024 - 04:39 pm (view)

i have no hard data, but i'm seeing the same thing.

there used to be some parks where that was rampant (colorado during the todd helton days comes to mind), but i'm seeing it all over the place the past couple seasons.
TarzanJoeWallis 04/24/2024 - 04:12 pm (view)

I’ll spare the details which I’ve stated before but, in short, the Cardinals have lost their sight of their successful identity and strategy over last several dominant decades. From the beginning of the season I saw the Cardinals being in last place or near it again this year, and my prediction is that Mozeliak will be gone after the end of the season.

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