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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
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
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.

Recent comments

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    Incredible moment. Huge part of the fun of working there is when something magic like that happens, and you get to interact with baseball fans. 

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    That bear hug was indeed awesome. Word is that Dansby has become an outstanding clubhouse leader and that moment really demonstrated it. That reaction was one of a proud coach/mentor who’s student just excelled. I’m not even sure who was more overjoyed, Dansby or PCA. A veteran expressing that kind of unabashed support and enthusiasm for a struggling rookie is beyond fantastic to see.

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    BAHAHA! I've actually not seen a single fight, but can't wait to see 70 degrees for sure!

  • crunch (view)

    next time i roll up into wrigley i'll try to start a fist fight and maybe we'll meet.

    be prepared.  i'm gonna make you earn your money.

    seriously, though...that's a cool as hell "retirement" assignment.  i imagine it will be better with warmer nights.

  • Cubster (view)

    I was there for the PCA homer as well. 50 degree baseball is no longer fun when sitting in the shade (knit hats, scarves and gloves are football gear) but I agree it’s one of those really cool moments. I loved the bear hug given by Swanson at home plate and of course the added impact that the PCA homer became a game winner.

     

  • Cubster (view)

    Holy Screaming Bananas

  • CubbyBlue (view)

    In honor of dispatching with the Astros, this painting is titled “The Sweep”. 
    I retired a couple years ago, and took a job at Wrigley as a security guy. SO cool having Wrigley as your office. SO cool being there when PCA got his first hit. 
    “The Sweep” happens at the end of every game - the security staff sweeps through the ballpark making sure it’s empty.
    (Hopefully I’ll be putting this painting up often this year.)
    Lastly, because working for the Cubs, they understandably don’t want you voicing opinions on social, which is why I’m only painting the banners here. 

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Honorable mention to Jim Bullinger via BleedCubbieBlue: 

    Bullinger, a converted shortstop, had pitched in three games before he came to the plate. He had entered the game to relieve starter Shawn Boskie after four innings, and came to the plate to lead off the fifth, and hit Rheal Cormier's first pitch over the left-field wall to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead; they eventually won the game 5-2 in 14 innings. Of the 129players to homer in their first MLB at-bat, Bullinger is one of just 32 to hit that blast on the first big-league pitch he saw (including Contreras) and one of just six pitchers to do so.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Most of this activity will lead nowhere, of course, but it is fantastic that they’re looking for talent in every nook and cranny. You never know where that can lead, and virtually nothing is lost if if leads nowhere, as long as no one of superior talent and potential is losing an opportunity.

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Fun 1st Hit / HR Fact…


    Recent Cubs players to have HR as 1st MLB hit:

    PCA

    Morel

    Happ

    Contreras

    Baez

    Soler

    Castro

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