Caridad to DL; Gray Called Up and Game Thread

The first in-season roster move was annouced as Esmailin Caridad will go to the disabled list for sucking, a forearm strain with Jeff Gray getting called up. I updated the bullpen chart on the right with the green indicating Gray's appearances in the minors. Derrek Lee takes the day off with the sore right thumb, conveniently on day when Dave Bush is pitching, whom Lee is 5/31 against in his career against with a .413 OPS.

Lineups after the jump...

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Cubs Brewers
Theriot SS Weeks 2B
*Fukudome RF Hart RF
Ramirez 3B Braun LF
Byrd CF *Fielder 1B
Nady 1B
 McGehee 3B
Soriano LF
 #Zaun C
*Fontenot 2B Gomez CF
Soto P
 Escobar SS
Wells P Bush P

Wells (2009):

1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6.0 IP, 2 BB, 1 K, 0 HR

vs. Brewers in 2009

1-1, 3.00 ERA, 3 GS, 3.70 ERA, 15 IP, 7 BB, 14 K, 2 HR

Bush (2010):

0-0, 4.76 ERA, 5.2 IP, 6 K, 2 BB, 1 HR

Career @ Wrigley

1-3, 4.85 ERA, 7 GS, 42.2 IP, 11 BB, 31 K, 5 HR

Danger Will Robinson!

Ramirez 9/30 with 6 XBH's (1.082 OPS), Soriano 9/30 with 4 XBH's (.853 OPS), Fukudome 8/17 with 5 XBH's (1.454 OPS)

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 12:15pm
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Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 12:23pm

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjMn...

18 got Gray correct as the first call-up

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 12:32pm

Gray throws a sinker, slider, 4-seamer, curve and change fwiw

mostly the sinker and slider.

Submitted by QuietMan
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 12:33pm

Bruce Levine says D Lee should be back in there tomorrow.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 12:42pm

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/3819

Lilly pitches today, Colvin will get a start tomorrow

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 12:44pm

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article...

Submitted by Charlie
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 1:01pm

I'm fairly certain I saw Spiderman do that in a comic once.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 1:26pm

Wells K's the first 3 batters...

beware Kerry Wood

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 1:28pm

Wood has nothing to worry about as it only took Wells 14 pitches.

Submitted by Tito
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 1:53pm

Yahoo is showing that Soriano doubled and Fontenot doubled, yet one man on second and no runs scored. Also nothing about Soriano being thrown out at a base. Can anyone clarify what happened?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 1:54pm

1-0 Cubs

Submitted by Tito
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 1:54pm

Thanks. They finally fixed it.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 2:07pm

ah...boxscore error...theriot for some reason was credited for the RBI in the following inning...fixed.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 2:39pm

any chance that wasn't going to hurt the Cubs?

fun fact: Cubs have led in every game this season

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 2:40pm

How bad was Soriano's error?

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 2:54pm

it may not have prevented the 2nd run, but it let the hitter reach 3rd, easily.

it spent a long time in the corner while soriano was distracted by a kick ass 4-leaf clover he wanted to pick for his next AB.

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 3:16pm

You would think with as much work and money they put into that grass that they wouldn't have clover in it.

Submitted by Ryno
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 3:17pm

Holy balls.

Another error?

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 3:21pm

I renew my amateur Attention Deficit Disorder diagnosis for Soriano.

Submitted by jacos
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 3:46pm

Was Hart's double to deep left playable?

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:08pm

it was playable off the wall, but soriano was too close to the wall to take it off the ivy properly. he was 2-3 steps in too close, not like he was hugging the wall...still...

he was getting massively boo'd out there and cheers while getting pulled for colvin. the boo's continued when he got close enough to the dugout for that crew to chime in.

Submitted by jacos
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:16pm

thanks crunch

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 3:26pm

As a recap on Wells' pitching, it's interesting to note that 3 of his fastballs were recorded at 93 mph by Gameday. His fastball range was generally at 90-91 most times with a few getting up to 92-93. That's a little faster than I think he generally gets credit for.

Submitted by Charlie
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 3:40pm

If those readings are accurate, that's definitely a good day for Wells as far as velocity goes. His average fastball last year, according to Fangraphs, was 89.6 MPH. So, 93 is definitely within reach, but 90s means his arm is probably feeling good.

Submitted by The Joe
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 3:58pm

Esmailin Caridad will go to the disabled list for sucking...

Does this mean Gray will going on the DL too?

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:13pm

heh.

parachat crowd seemed to think it was more bad luck/sloppy defense than anything, but I'm not watching.

Submitted by The Joe
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:20pm

Maybe so. I wasn't watching closely enough to make the call.

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:42pm

he got hit hard but not line-drive smoking hard (and his velocity doesn't seem 93/94mph consistent, too), but both triples pretty much came from the D playing in and the ball getting hit far.

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 10:12pm

Re: Jeff Gray's velocity, per Gameday--

Threw 9 fastballs. 3 hit 90, 3 hit 91, 3 hit 93.

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:12pm

LaTroy Hawkins, the gift that keeps on giving...

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:16pm

As I said above...

Submitted by jacos
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:16pm

LATOYA!!!

Submitted by JoePepitone
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:19pm

I swear, LaTroy ought to get an out in his next contract that exempts him from ever pitching at Wrigley (or possibly the Cubs altogether) again. It just messes with his head.

Submitted by Charlie
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:22pm

I didn't know Theriot was allowed to help the team with his baserunning.

In all seriousness, good day for Theriot so far, and Soto, Baker (who absolutely sucked in spring training), and Fukudome. Soto, despite his average, seems to be approaching his ABs okay. He's lined out a few times already this season, I think. (Fangraphs says he's suffering from a .200 BABIP despite a 30% line drive rate going into the day.)

Submitted by jacos
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:25pm

ZEUS!!!

Submitted by Rob Richardson
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:29pm

Yahoo shows 6-6 and everyone else shows 7-6.

Yahoo is showing the Cubs won 6-6 so they must be wrong.

Submitted by Jace
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:29pm

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...

Submitted by crunch
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:43pm

this is the stuff that burns me...

"I think Tyler [Colvin] is a better fielder than me," Soriano said Wednesday. "[Cubs manager Lou Piniella] does it because it gives us a better defense. At the same time, I would like to play nine innings and play the whole game. The only way I can control that is to play defense, and that's what I have to do."

true, but well...they're words.

it doesn't make me feel better that he gave that interview and went out and played this quality of game.

meh...words...

Submitted by Charlie
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:48pm

Soriano is going to have to hit the ball and hit it over the fence to have any value to this team--Colvin's even got him beat on plate discipline and patience so far. The only advantage Soriano seems to have left on Colvin is that people believe Soriano is a realistic threat to hit 30+ homeruns a year. (I know that Colvin hasn't hit much yet either.)

Submitted by The Real Neal
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 4:41pm

What I am really worried about is whether Russel and Berg will be able to go again in the next couple of days after being used so heavily here.

Gray's line is a pretty good summation of the debate against Wins as a useful stat.

Submitted by artskoe
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 5:03pm

Heh, watch us win tomorrow then take the Astros for granted. Lou: THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCASTING SYSTEM. THIS IS ONLY A TEST. HAD THERE BEEN AN ACTUAL OWNER BEFORE, YOU WOULD BE BACK WITH THE RAYS AS A HITTING COACH...

Submitted by rokfish
on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:27pm

So what Rob is saying is there is a 18 way tie for first place.

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