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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* 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 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2 
Seiya Suzuki, OF
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 2
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

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




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Game 8 Recap - Prince is King for a Day

Submitted by Rob G. on

Box Score | Highlights

The Gist: Chris Narveson pitched a gem, Matt Garza did not. Not much else to say. I believe the first two times through the Brewers lineup, the top 4 hitters had all reached base safely, somethingl ike 6/6 with a BB and a sac bunt and the bottom 5 were 0/10. Space that out and the Cubs are probaly not down 4-0, but such is the game. The big hits came from Prince Fielder of course who knocked in 4 of the 5 runs off Garza all on a bunch of lousy pitches and lousy location.

First At-Bat Soto Set Up and Delivery.

On an 0-2 count Garza seems to hit his spot with a changeup, although I think it stayed a little more up then he wanted. It's spanked down the right field line. Demerits all around.

Second At-Bat Soto Set Up and Delivery.

Another 0-2 count, Soto sets up low and outside, Garza's throws a fastball that ends up over the middle of the plate and Fielder lines it the opposite way.

Third At-Bat Soto Set Up and Delivery.

Yet another 0-2 count, Soto sets up low and inside it appears. Garza throws the 12-6 curve that Fielder has whiffed at a few times when it's at his shoetops. This time the pitch is up and over the plate though and Fielder lines into the left field gap.

Not often a hitter goes 1.000 on 0-2 counts for a game. Garza still strikes out 8 over 5.2 IP with 3 BB's (one intentional) and has yet to give up a home run. And while I admire him attacking hitters, he's going to have execute a lot better with 2 strikes to succeed (stating the obvious).

Not much else to say, the offense did nothing, Castro got hit in the face trying to catch a throw from Soto and had no one but himself to blame. Why the Brewers were running up 5-0 is the more interesting story. Gallarado vs. Coleman pitch tomorrow in the rubber match.

Hitter Results for April 09
Name Level Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS
Michael Burgess A+ LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Welington Castillo A+ DH 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Matthew Cerda A+ 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ryan Flaherty AA SS-2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Reginald Golden












Brett Jackson AA CF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
DJ LeMahieu AA 2B-3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marquez Smith AAA 3B 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Matthew Szczur A CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Josh Vitters












None of the pitchers I'm tracking threw so I'm skipping them.

Scores from Saturday...

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Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:46 am

Rob G. I've really enjoyed tracking prospects using FirstInning. I see that you have Cerda on your list there, and I wonder whether your keeping track of his teammate at Daytona, Justin Bour, a big first baseman who has yet to show any power yet. Seems like he's got a pretty good set of offensive tools right now and could develop some power given his rather large frame. I also wonder whether AZ Phil has any take on Bour.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 04:29 pm

Ridling spent four years in college, one at a JC and three at Oklahoma State. He's only had two full pro seasons, at Peoria and Daytona. In both places he made the postseason all-star team, which essentially means he was considered the best first baseman in the league. I researched this a few weeks ago, and only Ryan Harvey and Felix Pie among Cub prospects (since the late '90s) were postseason all-stars in both the Midwest League and the FSL. Whatever you think about those two, they were real prospects in A-ball. And Ridling does it without the monster home runs and without the flashy tools. I find him interesting.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:14 pm

Submitted by Charlie on Sat, 04/09/2011 - 11:46pm. Rob G. I've really enjoyed tracking prospects using FirstInning. I see that you have Cerda on your list there, and I wonder whether your keeping track of his teammate at Daytona, Justin Bour, a big first baseman who has yet to show any power yet. Seems like he's got a pretty good set of offensive tools right now and could develop some power given his rather large frame. I also wonder whether AZ Phil has any take on Bour. ======================================================= CHARLIE: Justin Bour is a good hitter and has a good eye at the plate, but he is also a below-average defensive 1st baseman and a below-average runner, and he lacks the athleticism or arm to play corner OF. As a result he has to hit HR to be considered an MLB prospect. He went to AZ Instructs last post-season to work on developing a HR stroke, and so far it looks like he might have one. We'll have to wait and see where he's at by the end of the season. His brother Jason is a catcher in the White Sox organization.

Submitted by rokfish on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:39 am

Heading north past the brat stop a quick turn in and back on road, Looking forward to first Miller Park experience i will try the cheese curds as was recommended. Hopefully Coleman does good, as i dont see Cubs scoring alot today.

Submitted by CubbyBlue on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:19 am

Both Matt Garza and Tom Gorzelanny pitched yesterday. Garza 5.2 Innings/8H/5R/5ER/3BB/8SO/1.94WHIP/7.94ERA Gorzelanny 5.1 Innings/4H/6R/5ER/2BB/8SO/1.13WHIP/8.44ERA Garzalanny?

Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:46 am

On a scale of 1 to AZ Phil, I'm aiming to achieve a score of 1.5 in game recapping. Went to Thursdays and Saturday nights I-Cubs game here in Austin/Round Rock (and going again today). The Round Rock Express are now a Rangers affiliate instead of the Astros and from a quality of baseball standpoint, a welcomed change. Thursday: The bats were awake and the Cubs made quick work of 2010 PCL pitcher of the year, Rangers lefty Michael Kirkman. Lou Montanez indulged my love of triples by hitting two of them. Chris Davis now plays 3b for Rangers, he can still crush AAA pitching, I would have liked for the Cubs to have taken a flyer on him. He seems to be that failed big time prospect that after getting traded and getting a fresh start can be a servicable MLB player. See Felix Pie or Cubs current 1b Carlos Pena and his what seemed unlikely at the time resurgence at Tampa Bay. As someone (Mr. Wellman I believe) said, LeHair does a reasonable Micah Hoff-power impersonation. He clubbed a couple of homers, an absolute no doubter on Saturday. Beer is half price on Thursdays at Round Rock, the $3.50 20 ounce Shiners combined with this game being wrapped up early and being there with my girlfriend and her friends makes the end part of the game less than memorable. Both teams hit alot, the Cubs hung on and got the win. Saturday: Absolutely perfect baseball weather, it cracked 90 degrees here in Austin and cooled down to a perfect combination of sun and temperature by game time. Lehair got the game off to a matching perfect start with an absolute bomb to right field that scored Scales. Chris Davis answered for Round Rock with his first of 3 Round "Rock" trippers as my friend, game companion and avid Rangers fan Richie likes to call them. Apparently this is what they teach in his UT Masters in Journalism program. Coello got the start for the Cubs, labored through 4 innings, giving up 7 runs, including 3 homers. The only player to have a worst night is Ty Wright. His defense surpassed even his 0 for 5 night in absolute Cubbery. He dropped 3 fly balls. The official scorer was generous and he only ended up with 1 error, but it could have been 3. One of them he broke so far the wrong direction that he couldn't recover and get close enough for it to be an error. Even in the rare occurance he caught the ball, it was made much more difficult than necessary by breaking the wrong direction. It was the worse defensive night I have seen by an outfielder since the little leauge kid picking dandelions. Even the Round Rock fans took a moment from their funnel cake/cotton candy/play ground infused stupor to give him a hard time. Also, Fernando Perez is very fast. Unfortunately speed is not needed to walk back to the dugout after striking out. It is somewhat more useful in running to first on routine ground outs, but in the end accomplishes nothing. My two game impression, Perez is just Juan Pierre light. All in all, not a very exciting I-Cubs team. As you all know, no big prospects at AAA, mostly just organizational filler. Still, its Cubs baseball, and until I get to Wrigley this summer, it will have to do.

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Submitted by baseballg on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 04:16 pm

I was at all the Cubs/Express games this weekend, too, and would point out that a contributing factor to the difficulties in RF Saturday night was the high wind, sustained 25+mph with gusts over 40mph. (Note the 8 homers hit in that game, too.)

Submitted by Jumbo on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:27 pm

I was watching the pregame report and Len and Bob were talking about Prince Fielder. I thought about what it would be like to have a true power hitter on the Cubs and went on to fantasize on a somewhat homegrown lineup for next year B Jackson Castro Fielder Soto Colvin Vitters/M Smith Soriano Barney/DeWitt Of course, a true fantasy lineup would be much better than that, but even Cub fan's fantasies don't produce a WS champ

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:36 pm

after coleman's initial 3-2 pitch to fielder, gomez (running on the 3-2 pitch) was past 2nd as fielder fouled it off...damn. of course 2 pitches later it's a HR, though...sigh.

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Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:59 pm

Coleman's got nothing with which to finish Fielder if Fielder is staying back on the fastball. If Fielder is ahead on the fastball, Coleman can throw him a changeup. But after Fielder fowled that pitch off to the third base side, Coleman and Geo decide to go to the off-the-hip two-seamer. It didn't help that Coleman left it over the plate instead of on the corner, but Fielder had him beat either way. Coleman has to go in the zone, and he's got nothing to throw in the zone to get Fielder out when Fielder is staying on the fastball.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:27 pm

continuing other-team-minor-leaguer-mancrush-update... paul goldschmidt (ARZ, 1st) (who is pure power and then some) hits his 4th HR in 4 games for AA mobile...2 came in 1 game. it's been a long time since ive seen a guy with this much power. if he can control his K rate he might be in the bigs this year.

Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:58 pm

Kosuke is the anti-Marlon Byrd/Reed Johnson/Ryan Freel. He rarely has to leave his feet in order to make great defensive plays in the outfield, and he never does it when he doesn't have to.

Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:03 pm

Can hit singles to right field and field SS and 2B adequately. These facts assure him a bench job in the majors. All else remains to be seen. How long until pitchers figure out that they have to challenge him inside and see if he can hit it? Seems obvious.

Submitted by Paul Noce on Sun, 04/10/2011 - 04:04 pm

Cubs sign washed up journeyman pitcher Ramon Ortiz to a minor league contract, he will start at Iowa on Monday night. He's 38, was a good pitcher for the Angels a million years ago. His body has always looked like a clone to Juan Cruz to me, and at one point of his career he was better than Juan Cruz. But, that's a lonnnnng time ago. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110410&content_id=17601778&no… It's probably not a good sign that we're staring at Casey Coleman and Ramon Ortiz as viable options in our rotation. Can't we find someone better, or put Jay Jackson in an oxygen tank and speed up his healing? :)

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 04:09 pm

I just watched Ramirez again on mlb.com, this time with Brewer announcers, one of whom said, "If Ramirez had been hustling all the way out of the box, he would have had a triple." Doesn't he know you don't take risks with nobody out? Or maybe he didn't think it was much of a risk. Running toward right, the centerfielder tried to cut the ball off, but it went to the wall. Then it deflected back toward left field. Thinking double all the way, Ramirez took a long time getting to second, even for an over-thirty guy who makes $16 million. It's pathetic, Rob. It's why they have to watch the turnstiles so closely at Wrigley. People won't pay to see guys loafing.

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  • Bill (view)

    A good rule of thumb is that if you trade a near-ready high ceiling prospect, you should get at least two far-away high ceiling prospects in return.  Like all rules-of-thumb, it depends upon the specific circumstances, but certainly, we weren't going to get Busch for either prospect alone.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    I suspect Brown will spend some time in the bullpen due to inning restrictions.  Pitched only 93 innings last year and career high is 104 innings in 2022.  I would expect them to be cautious with a young player with his injury history.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I wanted Almonte gone last week, but that was before Merryweather went down and Little got demoted. Almonte in his last 5 appearances has gone 4.1 IP with no ER or Runs. NO hits, 3 BBs and 8 SO. He did hit 96 with his 2S FB in AZ on Tues.
    I don't see Jed waiving him when we have injuries all over and guys with options that can be sent down.
    I probably won't like the move Jed makes, but he can't play the "let's hope no one wants his 1.7mil remaining deal and we can hide him in Iowa" card.
    That's why I think the current Bullpen stays as is and Wicks goes to Iowa.
    I don't like that, but that's the fix I see.
    We'll find out soon enough!!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Teheran minor league deal is done, per MLB.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Based on Phil’s sound analysis it sounds like a no brainer for Almonte to be placed on waivers as today’s roster move. We shall see.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I suspect Counsell/Hottovy will use the piggy-back extensively, with Taillon and Hendricks pitching as the "pig" (and with a very short leash) and some combo of Wicks, Brown, and Wesneski (whichever two do not start) as the "backers."  

    Keep in mind that Keegan Thompson has a minor league option available, and if Yency Almonte is not outrighted by 4/26 he cannot be sent to the minors without his consent after that date. Almonte is out of minor league options, so I am talking about him getting outrighted to the minors if he is not claimed off waivers, and if he is claimed off waivers, the Cubs save the pro-rated portion of his $1.9M salary, which helps lower the Cubs 2024 AAV.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Totally agree. The 26 man roster very rarely consists of the 13 best position players and 13 best pitchers.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Based on what Jed has done in the past, I’d say the plan is to

    -give Hendricks another few starts
    -give Taillon some runway ot get his season underway

    -Mix and match in the bullpen and see what sticks

    Jed usually doesn’t do a whole lot of waiver wire plays in-season, at least early in the season. He only reallly did that after he blew up the rosters in 21 and 22 because they needed bodies (guys like Schwindel, Fargas, etc).

    I think he’s a little handcuffed by a full 40 man in that he can’t really maneuver much with giving anyone showing ability at AAA (R Thompson/ Sanders/ Edwards etc). Brewer has the most tenuous grip there, and we will see what kind of chance he gets. Other than his spot, there isn’t a ton of 40 man wiggle room.

    I’m very curious to see what happens with Brown now that Taillon returns. Bullpen? Wicks to Iowa? 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Pro teams have to play their "big money" guys if they are healthy and not "locker room" issues.
    The Cubs wanted to deal JHey off well before they bought him out. They just didn't want to pay him to play for someone else for that long. Jed did give him 20+mil to play for LAD last yr.
    Jed might also let Kyle walk at some point this year. Similar scenario to JHey, except Jed thought Kyle was going to be good/solid in '24!!
    You'd think Smyly is in the same book as well. Same with Neris (he's a 1yr vet RP, so he's not really in this convo too much).
    That's ~35mil between those three and those three are going to get opportunities until at least late June) over younger guys even if their performance is "iffy".
    But, Jed is going to play Taillon a lot. They have to try and justify that contract and hope a veteran works out.
    So, Taillon, Imanaga, and Hendricks are locks for the rest of April and probably May.
    Assad, Brown and Wicks handle the last spots until Steele is ready.
    Now, you're question has real merit when Steele comes back. That will interesting if Brown is still good and Hendricks is still bad. But Taillon is entirely safe as long as he's healthy.

    And the bullpen moves were "money" based as well. Smyly has actually been okay. But he hasn't been clearly better than Little. Little had one bad outing. But Smyly makes 9mil. If they needed another RHRP and one of Little and Smyly had to go, it was going to Little. But that doesn't mean Smyly is one of the best 13 arms for the team. 

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