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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Game 132 Thread / Pirates @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Submitted by Rob G. on

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SP Carlos Zambrano
 SP Ian Snell
13-5, 3.29, 111 K, 57 BB, 164 IP

5-10, 5.60, 108 K, 74 BB, 133.1 IP
       
LF
 Alfonso Soriano LF
 *Nyjer Morgan
SS Ryan Theriot
 CF *Nate McLouth
1B Derrek Lee
 C #Ryan Doumit
3B Aramis Ramirez
 1B
 *Adam LaRoche
CF *Jim Edmonds
 RF
 *Brandon Moss
2B Mark DeRosa
 3B *Doug Mientkiewicz
RF *Kosuke Fukudome 2B Freddy Sanchez
C Geovany Soto
 SS Jack Wilson
P #Carlos Zambrano P Ian Snell

 

It's always nice when the league lets the Cubs use a designated hitter. Zambrano's .972 OPS is not only the best for tonight's starters, but would be second only to Milton Bradley among the regular DH's of the game. His hitting prowess has also helped the Cubs put up a .597 OPS out of the number nine spot in the order. That's good for 14th in baseball and better than the A's, Royals and Orioles have been able to manage (thanks to reader "nohit" for the tip). 

 The quest to the playoffs continues...

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:19 pm

(via rotoworld) doubtful the Cubs would win the waiver claim even if they put one in though.

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:41 pm

Anyone else have a feeling that a replay homer will effect the Cubs good or bad before the season is over?

Submitted by Chris on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:07 pm

Zambrano has demonstrated that he can be great. I hope Zambrano returns to some kind of form. Any kind of form other than what he's displayed since...well, since he has been sucking. However long this has been going on. I can't stomach looking it up right now. I wish his dumb ass would would gain some sense of control. He throws a wild pitch, commits an error and generally pitches like shit. He then proceeds to go into the dug out and act like a little bitch. I watch all of that and find myself thinking "grow up you fucking dumb ass". Actually I could care less about his acting like a little bitch...it's doing it after he pitches like a chump ass that really grates on me. The "look-at-me-knock-shit-over-and-throw-things" just is an extra irritant. That's the end of my little sissy whine session.

Submitted by H Rod on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:57 pm

Has anyone else noticed that Z went to off-speed stuff the last two innings? What happened to his fastball? Never saw the gun read over 92 MPH. Cause for concern?

Submitted by johann on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:17 pm

Zambrano is Mr. Clutchiness! We have Mr. Clutchiness and Mr. Scrappiness on the same team. All we need now is Mr. Heartiness and Mr. BigGameiness and we would have a Joe Morgan special.

Submitted by dcf on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 08:25 pm

St Louis with a singularly uninspired effort tonight, down 12-0 bottom 9th. If they lose tonight, as seems likely, they will be 10 down in the loss column to the Cubs, 5 down to the Brewers. Another loss tomorrow by them would likely put their playoff chances on life support.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:56 am

Only 13 runs behind the Rangers, with one fewer game played, for the MLB lead in Runs Scored after tonight's 'bru ha'. Unfortunately the pitching's team rank is moving in the wrong direction. Is that four or five bad starts in a row now from Zambrano?

Submitted by 10man on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:39 am

Guess who had another meltdown in the dugout? It was another adventuresome night for Carlos Zambrano, who Tuesday night became the unofficial league-leader in water cooler tossing, extended his RBI streak to eight games and failed to last five innings for the second time in August. Zambrano allowed three runs before attacking the Gatorade container and kicking items around in the dugout. It was vintage Zambrano, who previously this year had tossed a gum tray in Washington and a couple of water coolers in Los Angeles, broke a bat over his knee and punched a hole in a wall near his locker at Wrigley Field. http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-080826-…

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:02 am

If my calculations are correct, at 32 games over .500 the Cubs have now matched the season high of 1984 set on September 15th. They were also 32 games over .500 in 1969 at one point (9/2). The last time they were 33 games over was sometime in 1945 when they were 42 games over at the end of September.

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:31 am

The Iowa Cubs have clinched the Pacific Coast League's 2008 American North Division pennant and will begin post-season play next week. The club has announced that playoff tickets will be priced the same as regular season games [ah, the minor leagues...]. First round opponent: Oklahoma Redhawks. Carlos Zambrano may be called down to pitch a fit, er, the opener for Iowa...

Submitted by Tito on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:21 am

Zambrano has had three bad starts out of his last four (and some thought his one-run-over-seven start last time was also not good). Four bad starts out of his last 10 (5-2 over that span).

Submitted by Tito on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:24 am

From last night: Pitcher 1 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 3 K Pitcher 2 4.2 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K 1 is Z, 2 is Webb. Now, Webb is a better pitcher and hasn't struggled of late like Z has. But the larger point is, it happens to the best (and the Padres aren't exactly an offensive powerhouse).

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Submitted by Tito on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:22 am

"Of course"...the new "Uh..."? Z has had three bad starts out of four. Yes. We've established that. But check out his previous six. One bad one in there, yet a bunch of hand-wringing over these poor ones. I guess that's all I was trying to say...I don't get the hand-wringing. Especially since he had a similar crap run in '07, then finished with by giving up six runs in 32.1 innings going into the playoffs. We're not talking about some rookie who we're counting on heavily. The guy's got a pretty good track record.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:50 am

Then you throw in the other facts. In Z's 'good start' of this bad streak, he actually didn't pitch that well, he just had some batted ball luck (4BB, 4K, 1 HR in 7 innings) as well as in the 5 inning start before his streak started (2 K's in 5 innings with 3:11 GB/FB ratio). This bad run started after he threw 243 pitches over two starts, which is midly arbitrary but it's the highest two-start pitch count he had all year. I didn't watch last night's game, but someone said his fastball was 92 MPH. He's missed time this year with a shoulder problem. So is there reason to worry? Yes. Is there anything that can be done about it? Well if he goes on the DL, Lieber or Marshall replace him in the regular season rotation and we probably go with a 3 man playoff rotation. The dropoff from Z to Lilly right now is pretty negligible. Actually the drop-off from Z to Marshall or Leiber right now is negligbile. He's not pitching well, for whatever the reason.

Submitted by Dmac on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:37 am

Nice to have a win in last night's softball contest at Gage Park - but it sure was painful to watch Z go nuts again on the mound. Can anyone here with knowledge of pitching mechanics chime in with their thoughts? Is he just missing his spots, or is his velocity down noticeably?

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:50 am

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 4:19pm.

Fuentes put on waivers (via rotoworld) doubtful the Cubs would win the waiver claim even if they put one in though

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ROB G: Presuming Brian Fuentes was put on waivers because the Rockies thought they were out of contention and not just as a matter of routine, I wonder if they might be re-thinking the idea of trading him, now that they are on a roll and only six games out of 1st in the N. L. West, and with both the D-backs and the Dodgers playing poorly. Especially given the way the team played in September last year.

If anything, I would think Colorado might be buyers right now. The Rockies have the worst record of the N. L. clubs still in contention, so they would be able to take their pick and make successful waiver claims on any N. L. player of value who might be put on Trade Assignment Waivers this week, as well as getting first crack at any American League player placed on Trade Waivers this week who isn't claimed by an A. L. contender.

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:38 am

not sure if this has already been posted but: Minor Leaguers Justin Berg, Rocky Roquet, Donald Veal, Darwin Barney, Nate Spears and Tyler Colvin have been selected to represent the Cubs organization in the 2008 Arizona Fall League.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 08:06 am

It's not generally extra recognition, but it the idea is for guys you think can be fast tracked to the majors. You typically won't see guys who have had good AAA seasons there, because the feeling those guys are ready for their shot already. It seems like it's also for American players, rather than the ones from Latin America who can get more experience in winter ball. Name 6 guys in the Cubs organization between high A and AA that should be fast tracked? Hard to do. You also have to work with the other clubs that form your AFL team to come up with a complete roster.

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  • crunch (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 (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.

  • Bill (view)

    I would have kept Cooper rather than Wisdom, but at least I can understand why they did it.  In a team that lacks dominant power hitters, Wisdom can be a dominant power hitter, at least in streaks.  I suppose that there is always the possibility that the streaks longer in both duration and frequency.  I will be content if they essentially make a 100 % DH commitment to Mervis against righties and Wisdom against lefties.  When a regular needs rest, give them total rest, rather than a DH rest.  Do this for at least 2 months, and then re-evaluate at that point.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    This is Cubs adjacent but…


    Jordan Walker just was optioned by the deadbirds. For all the talk of the Cardinals development machine, they’ve really missed on a lot of can’t miss superstars lately. Walker has struggled. Gorman has been okay. They’re already trying to push Carlson out the door. Their pitching system has been so bad they had to go out and sign basically a full rotation over the last two offseasons.

    They’ve still developed a few of those pesky solid players, like Donovan, Edman, and Nootbaar. Their two best prospect to MLB players have been Adolis and Arozarena, neither of which is a cardinal.

    I hope they never figure it out again. Cardinal failure brings me such joy.
     

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

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