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PITCHERS: 14
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Game Preview: Cubs (19-23) @ Rangers (24-18)

Submitted by Cubnut on

First things first:

Earlier this afternoon, the Cubs officially signed 36-year-old Bob Howry, demoted Justin Berg to Iowa, and designated David Patton for assignment.

Howry has been well analyzed here and elsewhere, but just in case you've missed it...

The now-ex-former-Cub appeared in 14 games for the Diamondbacks before his recent release, was scored upon in 8, and was cut loose by the D-Backs with an ERA of 10.67 and 6 home runs allowed in just 14 1/3 innings pitched. He was coming off a decent season last year in San Francisco, where he had a 3.39 ERA, a 2:1 K/BB ratio, and allowed fewer home runs in 63 IP (5) than he did in just a few weeks this season in Arizona. (Park effects at work, both ways, maybe?)

As for the game tonight...

The Cubs open the interleague portion of their 2010 schedule—which matches them with teams from the A.L West in addition to the home-and-home series with the White Sox—in Arlington, Texas against the AL West-leading Rangers. A coming home for Marlon Byrd and Cubs hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo.

The teams have met six times before, with the Rangers winning four of the six. Since interleague play began 13 years ago, the Cubs are 90-97 against AL clubs. They have not had a winning interleague record since '07.


Cubs Lineup:
Fukudome 9, Theriot 4, Lee 3, Soriano 7, Byrd 8, Fontenot 5, Nady DH, Soto 2, Castro 6 

Aramis Ramirez sits again, and if I'm reading Baseball-Reference.com correctly, Soriano is hitting clean-up for the first time ever as a Cub.

Rangers Lineup:
Andrus 6, Young 5, Kinsler 4, Guerrero DH, Hamilton 8, Cruz 9, Murphy 7, Smoak 3, M. Ramirez 2

Pitchers:
Ted Lilly (1-3, 4.65) v. Colby Lewis (3-2, 3.68)

Lewis is winless in his last four starts, though mixed in there was a damn impressive ND against Cliff Lee and the Mariners, in which Lewis blanked Seattle for 9 innings in a game the Rangers ultimately won in 12 innings, 2-0. Overall, Lewis has gotten Cub-like support from his mates, who have scored just four runs for him in his last 27 innings pitched.

Lilly is coming off an ND against the Pirates (7IP, 6H, 3ER). He last pitched against the Rangers when the Cubs were in Texas back on June 21, 2007. In that game, Lilly spotted the Rangers a 5-0 lead but the Cubs came back to tie the game at 5-5 with a rally of their own. Lilly wound up with an ND and the Cubs wound up with a loss when Frank Catalanotto smacked a run-scoring, game-winning, walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth against...

Bob Howry.

 

Good history:

Among Cub regulars, only Marlon Byrd (4 AB's) and Alfonso Soriano (7 AB's) have ever faced Lewis. Soriano is 4-for-7 against him with three singles and a double, all when Fonsie was a Yankee.

The Rangers haven't seen much of Lilly either. Vlad Guerrero is 3-for-11 with 3K's (though 2 HR) against the Cub lefty and Ian Kinsler is just 2-for-9.

Bad history:
The Rangers have won six in a row at home and are 11-1 in Arlington in the month of May. The Cubs have lost 11 of the last 12 games they've played on AL fields. 


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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 05:45 pm

from curry muskrat's twooter feed... rf fuke, 2b riot, 1b lee, lf sori, cf byrd, 3b font, dh nady, c soto, ss castro what's that...guys in RBI slots who can produce RBIs? excellent...

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 05:52 pm

"Braves prospects Gerardo Rodriguez, Yoel Campusano and Amadeo Zazueta were all suspended for 50 games Friday after testing positive for amphetamines." yow...all 3 were on the same A-ball team, too. i wonder if they have to keep all 3 on the roster during the suspension. i'm not sure how that works in the minors.

Submitted by dcf on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 05:22 pm

Maybe Rothschild sees something he thinks he can turn around. Howry is a pretty simple pitcher to understand. It's basically fastballs and location. He has a dinky slider, but nothing really offspeed. If he no longer has the velocity needed to be effective, the Cubs should be able to find that out pretty quickly, and then move on to Plan C (or whatever it is they're up to).

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Submitted by Sweet Lou on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 05:08 pm

Oswalt may be out of luck. St. Louis is pretty happy with their rotation and they are saving their pennies so they can afford Pujols after next year. The Rangers ownership situation will probably prevent them from trading for him. It's my understanding the MLB is paying Tom Hicks bills until the new owner can be approved. The Braves were crying poor earlier this year, although a Derek Lowe for Oswalt trade may be to their liking (Of course, why would Houston do that deal?) The Dodgers are a possibility. I wonder what impact the McCourt's divorce will have on adding $16 million a year to the team payroll. I don't know if he would go to either Arizona or San Diego, but I don't think either would be in a position to pay his contract. Ditto with the two Florida teams. That about exhausts all of the Southern teams.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 05:40 pm

D Lee is really on his game. If you throw him anything but a slider, fastball, curve or changeup, you're likely to get hurt. Rangers announcers still have a hard on for Byrd and Jarmarillo.

Submitted by Charlie on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 05:51 pm

Wow. Lou really believes in the platoon. Not one lefty in the lineup tonight vs. LHP Holland, despite the DH. And is Aramis really more of a defensive liability at third right now than Nady is in RF? I kind of hate this team right now. Good thing I have plenty of distractions this summer.

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