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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ White Sox

Submitted by Cubnut on

Rich Hill (0-1/7.04) throws against Nick Masset as the Cubs make their only visit to Tucson Electric Park this Cactus League season. (The Sox will travel to Mesa next Saturday.) First pitch is at 3:05, and the game will be telecast in Chicago on WGN, though described by the insufferable White Sox announcing team. (Wild guess: at some point in the broadcast, lifetime .239 hitter Hawk Harrelson will talk about how much more fundamentally sound baseball players were in the Old Days.) Pat and Ron will also have the call on WGN Radio.

Another reason for a Cub fan to love, or at least be fond of, Lou Piniella, from Chris DeLuca in the Sun-Times:

Piniella feels compelled to bring a competitive team to Tucson today to face the White Sox, but Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez and Soriano will stay in Mesa, along with Henry Blanco and Felix Pie, to work on their hitting. ''We have to take a representative team over there,'' Piniella said of the two-hour trip to Tucson. ''First of all, we're playing the White Sox. Second of all, the game will be televised back in Chicago.'

I have been unable to find any reports on the x-ray results following Alex Cintron's nasty encounter with that foul ball off the bat of Mark DeRosa yesterday. If you've heard or read anything, please post it in the Comments.

Update: According to cubs.com, neither Cintron nor Cedeno made the trip to Tucson. Piniella says Cintron "probably could've come today, He was a little sore. He's fortunate that he didn't get hit a little higher because it could've cracked his cheekbone." Cedeno stayed behind to rehab a tight hamstring.

 

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Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 03:12 pm

Astros Kaz Matsui out 2-3 weeks with surgery on monday to repair an anal fissure, somewhere, Felix Pie's feeling just a little bit better.

Submitted by George Altman on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 03:14 pm

OK, I was wrong. Murton isn't only a Left-fielder, he's a DH only. For those of you watching the game on WGN Channel 9: top of the 7th, Crede on 2nd with a double, and Uribe hits a fly ball to LF that Murton loses in the sun and drops between him and Fuld (ably backing up the freckled dunderhead) who throws the ball into 3rd where we now have runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out. Next batter flies out to Fuld who almost doubles up Uribe at home plate.....although the fly ball would have been the 3rd out. Then Thome hits a moon shot off Cotts to RF making the score 5-3 Sox when the Cubs should have been back in the dugout getting ready to bat in the top of the 8th still leading 3-2. For those of you who may not be familiar with how to correctly play the OF: (1) you pick up the flight of the ball and begin running towards it, (2) you put your glove up towards the sun blocking it until you get where the ball will be coming down,(3) you position yourself forward to catch the ball moving your glove at the last moment from the sun, and (4) push off your back foot throwing to the cutoff man. I have 14 year olds on my travel baseball team who know this and do it better than Murton. This isn't just one of those things, or happens once in awhile. Anytime a ball is hit to Murton, this can and often does happen. He's a modern day 'Dr. Strangeglove' out in the field.

Submitted by TheHawk on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 03:16 pm

AZ Phil, It seems to me that Micah Hoffpauir is ready to hit major league pitching. If he's not going to be a Cub, someone's gotta want this guy. Are there any trade rumors you're hearing about for him? Does he have any sort of outside shot at making the club as DLee's backup or does Ward/DeRosa render that impossible? What do you think? His AAA numbers were solid last year... so even though he's incredibly hot right now, I don't think it's beyond reach to expect him to hit major league pitching once the bell rings this year. Thanks.

Submitted by carmenfanzone on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 03:22 pm

Re: Fukodome-that sure was crappy coverage by the White Sox broadcasting team. The camera pulled away from Fukodome after the play, then Hawk and DJ never mentioned it again. Too reminiscent of Prior...

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 03:37 pm

Submitted by TheHawk on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 5:16pm.

AZ Phil, It seems to me that Micah Hoffpauir is ready to hit major league pitching. If he's not going to be a Cub, someone's gotta want this guy. Are there any trade rumors you're hearing about for him? Does he have any sort of outside shot at making the club as DLee's backup or does Ward/DeRosa render that impossible? What do you think?

His AAA numbers were solid last year... so even though he's incredibly hot right now, I don't think it's beyond reach to expect him to hit major league pitching once the bell rings this year.

Thanks.

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HAWK: I believe the Cubs plan to hang onto Micah Hoffpauir and that he will begin the 2008 season at AAA, and that he will get the call to replace Daryle Ward as the back-up 1B & LHPH if and when Ward goes down with an injury (as seems to happen occasionally).

I would think Hoffpauir will get a September call-up (at the very latest), presuming he doesn't suffer another season-ending injury, as happened in 2006 (oblique) and 2007 (knee surgery).

Then next year (2009), I fully expect Hoffpauir to replace Ward as the Cubs #1 LHPH and back-up first-baseman, available to give D-Lee a day off every week or two against a tough righty starter. What his future would be beyond that, I don't know.

Obviously, if another MLB club is looking for a young left-handed hitting 1B with power, Hoffpauir would be a good candidate. So I guess he could get traded, as long as the Cubs get back something that they really need. But otherwise they're not just going to dump Hoffpauir.

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 03:56 pm

"You know what he's making me do?" Piniella said of Hoffpauir. "He's making me decide where I can put him on the field and get his bat in the lineup, that's what he's doing. It's as simple as that. He's swinging the bat better than anybody we have in camp. He's been getting work in the outfield. We'll see. "He wants a job, and it's good to see," Piniella said. "I wish we had a few more like him." http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080315&content_id=2428981&vke…

Submitted by George Altman on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 03:39 pm

WISCGRAD, You continue to make my point about Murton's fielding prowess (or lack thereof). I should have said step 1A is calling for the ball. The play and Murton were in front of Torres. He's not going to run through Murton to get the ball and was rightfully thinking, "This guy knows how to catch a fly ball, right?". You can put him in the OF, give him a glove, but it doesn't make Murton an outfielder. He's a professional hitter playing in the league without the DH.

Submitted by rokfish on Sat, 03/15/2008 - 03:37 pm

so has neil cotts pretty muchwrote his ticket to iowa yet? yes also has kevin hart has pretty much made the team ? yes will the cubs make one or two trades before beginning of season ? one just a few questions to anyone who wants to respond.

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis on Sun, 03/16/2008 - 03:21 pm

The Sun-Times had an interview published today with Buerhle and Zambrano. Question: Could you ever imagine pitching on the other side of town? Buerhle: ''Hmm, it has been brought up, kind of with the family joking around, being Cardinals fans. Being on the South Side now, North Side fans don't like me too much. One, because I play for the White Sox. And two, because I'm a Cardinals fan. But if no one else wants me and the Cubs want to sign me, then I have to have a job somewhere, so, yeah, I would sign there. But going into free agency, I never looked at the Cubs as an option.'' Zambrano: ''I told my family and my friends that before my career ends, I want to play for the White Sox. Right now, my priority is helping this club. That's what I am trying to do. But I used to be, when I was growing up, I was a White Sox fan. But every time I say that, the Chicago Cubs fans get jealous and pissed off.'' http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/845475,CST-SPT-soxcub16.ar…

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 03/16/2008 - 03:41 am

this is 3/44 but even Bruce Miles in the Herald had a note on the Sun-Times rumor of Ceda/Veal/Gallagher/Cedeno offer for he who shall not be named. Pulp fiction: Some Cubs people were angered Friday to read a report saying pitching prospect Jose Ceda had joined pitchers Sean Gallagher and Donnie Veal and infielder Ronny Cedeno in a proposed deal to Baltimore for Brian Roberts. More than one Cubs person said no such deal is on the table. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=154041&src=152

Submitted by Rich_Hill_is_a… on Sun, 03/16/2008 - 03:44 am

What happened to the old Cub reporter that I used to know and love? The old site was fresh with good banter and news and easy to use. I used to look forward to visiting the old Cub reporter. I see the future of this site as the same as Desipio: A once fledgling site now a shell of it's former self.

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Submitted by Little Nate Lewis on Sun, 03/16/2008 - 03:24 pm

I think the new site is an absolute improvement over the old site, but I agree that the "banter" on the comments is lacking for whatever reason. It doesn't make any sense to me. TCR has improved their site and kept the same writers, and we know MVN had nothing to do with the sites success. Maybe things will pick up once the season starts. It is, after all, March 16th.

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 03/16/2008 - 03:53 pm

Jerry Blevins was sent to AAA by Oakland but my guess is he'll get called up during the season if he does OK. he was the AA lefty reliever prospect sent for Kendall last year...I think the Cubs do get a draft pick via the Brewers as they signed Kendall before the deadline. Others can detail this better though. I also noticed that Kendall underwent Lasik eye surgery after the 2007 season...doubt that will help his throwing (maybe he wasn't able to see 2nd base?) but it might help his hitting.

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  • Bill (view)

    I had mixed emotions when I heard of the trade, as I have with most trades that involve high potential prospects.  But that is because I hate to trade a high potential prospect for a veteran with only a few years control, and with a much lower potential than the prospects give away.  I hated the trade of Cease and Jiminez for Quinta, because I viewed Quintana as a decent, but not top pitcher, being traded for two very high-potential prospects.  I disliked the trade for Chapman, because a high-potential prospect was traded for a rental, although in this case, the fact that the rental was a top player greatly softened the blow.  The trade of Ferris and Hope for Busch seemed even at the time, to be a good one, even though they gave up one of my favorite prospects.  The return was a high-potential prospect with 6 years of control, at a time when he could be a difference maker on the team.

    13 games hardly proves that it was a good trade, but at least it was a reasonable one, no matter how it turns out.  So far, so good.

  • crunch (view)

    i was strongly happy about the deal, but words can barely describe how quickly zyhir hope went from "interesting youngster" to "high end prospect" when he showed up in arizona post-draft.

    it may not have shown up in the team prospect numbered rankings, but the dodgers had their eyes on such a low level guy for a reason and the cubs knew what they gave up.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I have to disagree. They got not just A triple A stud but THE AAA stud of the entire PCL for a position player who hadn’t played above the AZL level and a pitcher who was rather mediocre in his first taste of pro ball at low A. I’m not saying the guys they traded haven’t shown great promise but they have a very long way to go and a whole lot to prove before they make the bigs. Especially since Busch nearly filled a defined need (whether it had been at third or first) I take this trade any day of the week and don’t bother looking back.

  • crunch (view)

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  • crunch (view)

    i was blown away confused/pissed when it was announced the cubs were trading for y.almonte.

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  • Sonicwind75 (view)

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  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

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    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

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  • Cubster (view)

    A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554

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