Game 74 Thread - Wells vs. Gee

It was nice of the Cubs to start Wells to temper any real expectations we may have had for tonight's game.

Mets
 Cubs
*Nieuwenhuis, CF
 *Rizzo, CF
Tejada, SS
 Rizzo, SS
Wright, 3B
 *Rizzo, 1B
*Duda, RF
 Rizzo, LF
*Davis, 1B
 *Rizzo, RF
Hairston, LF
 *Rizzo, 3B
*Murphy, 2B
 Rizzo, 2B
*Thole, C
 *Rizzo, C
Gee, P
 Rizzo, P

As everyone knows by now, Anthony Rizzo has been called up and is immediately inserted into the #3 spot in the lineup. The last highly anticipated Cubs debut was May 7th, 2010 versus the Reds in Cincinnati and Starlin didn't do much other than go 2/5 with a HR, a triple and 6 RBI's in a 14-7 Cubs win.

The Cubs may be 23 games under .500, but they have managed a non-cringe inducing 15-19 record at home. So they have that going for them. At least for one night, it'll be worth paying attention to the team. I'll probably stop by parachat tonight, at least for the Rizzo at-bats.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 5:11pm
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Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 5:15pm

if you couldn't figure out the lineup from the positions,

DeJesus, Castro, Rizzo, Soriano, LaHair, Valbuena, Barney, Clevenger, Wells

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 5:34pm

wow...bob applejacks, COL pitching coach, asked to be reassigned in the organization.

along with a player shoulder-checking jim tracy after being taken out of a game recently...this whole 4-man-75-pitch experiment isn't being met with open arms.

i wonder who's pushing this...

Submitted by sbwilliams
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 5:47pm

If anyone knows any streams I would be eternally grateful.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 7:01pm

speaking of, but kinda not...i hope EI subscribers (only 1 feed tonight) aren't stuck with the NYM feed.

-edit- BAH! mets feed.

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 7:10pm

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/sport/baseball.html

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 7:19pm

official scoring #1.

a should-be double play error is ruled (changed to) a single.

sigh...

anyway, rizzo has his 1st hit as a cub.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 7:53pm

Clevenger fail on a pop-up.

Did throw out Niewenhuis (sp?) earlier.

Submitted by jacos
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 9:09pm

Yes first inning

Submitted by Rob G.
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 8:00pm

L. Duda base running fail saves the Cubs a run.

Castro/Rizzo due up, come visit Parachat.

Submitted by George Altman
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 9:26pm

Three things tonight:

1. Thank God the savior is here (Rizzo)
2. Thank you, Dale, for giving the hook to Wells in the 4th inning
3. Who is that #12 in LF? - With those catches and 45 RBIs, someone would pay a couple million of the $45M remaining on his contract.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 9:31pm

Sveum pulling Wells tonight is the ONE time all year that I exclaimed out loud, "Nice move, Sveum! Yes!!"

Wells = L. Still.

But I suppose he could be a #8 starter on some teams...

Submitted by dc60124
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 5:38am

concur completely. walking a pitcher who is trying to give you a free out via sac bunt? is that part of the textbook definition of "cubbery"?

Submitted by Ryno
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 8:22am

Just an interesting statistical note- Rizzo currently has a career 1.250 OPS, which would be a record among hall of famers if he were to be inducted today.

Submitted by big_lowitzki
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 8:31am

Actually, he has a career .545 OPS, which would be close to a record low among hall of famers if he were elected today.

You do know that he played in the big leagues last year, right?

Submitted by Ryno
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 8:53am

lol... really? That's the only thing that seemed wrong with my comment?

Submitted by rokfish
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 9:59pm

I hope this Theo-corp puts a mandate on not walking batters the Cubs and Iowa cubs were both 3rd in walks allowed last time i checked and Wells sucks at throwing strikes someday we will see some strike throwers in Chicago.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 10:25pm

due to a change in official scoring, congrats to rizzo on throwing his 1st complete game shutout in his pro pitching debut of which he never took the mound. very impressive.

along with his batting performance it was a hell of a debut.

Submitted by Ahone Ahtwo Ahthree
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 11:28pm

WHO?

Anthony Rizzo, clean out your fucking ears, jackass!

Am I supposed to know you, Mr. Rizzo?

It's probably better you don't, you'd be shitting your fucking pants there, beefy tits!

Submitted by Charlie
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 11:47pm

Only got to watch the video highlights, but Rizzo looked like he did a great job hitting the ball with authority towards left field on both of his hits (and I'd say a "hit" ruling on the first one is pretty reasonable, though the second hit wasn't a legit double). Looking forward to watching this guy play.

Also, Valbuena has 5 errors already. Stone hands? Seems like Bobby Scales redux.

Submitted by crunch
on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 11:52pm

無料 BOBBY SCALES!

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 11:58am

Lulz.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 12:04am

Or to put it in other terms, he's striking out in 38.6 percent of all his at-bats this season. That's the second most in the minors, trailing only Astros first baseman Telvin Nash, who has 124 strikeouts in 246 at-bats.

The strikeout problem has gotten worse this month for Jackson. He's struck out an amazing 44 times in 25 games this month and Tuesday was the seventh time this month that he has struck out three times in a game.

Drew Stubbs comp in there as well although clearly saying Stubbs had better tools coming up in the minors.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects...

Submitted by Newport
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 12:17am

I hope we don't see him in Chicago anytime this season, I don't see the point.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 2:07am

considering he's not even on the 40-man, probably won't even get a September call-up at this rate.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 10:12am

"although clearly saying Stubbs had better tools coming up in the minors."

Cooper does say that Stubbs "has more speed than Jackson and a touch more power."

At Jackson's age, 23, they both had about 80 stolen bases. Then at 24, Stubbs stole 46 bases in AAA.

"A touch more power" is not clearly saying something, and in any case, it's false. Power-wise, Stubbs hit 28 homers in 426 games in the minors. Jackson has 51 in 370 games.

I don't actually predict big base-stealing numbers from Jackson in the majors. He's too big for that. He injures himself when he slides a lot, especially head first.

I'm as perplexed as everyone else by Jackson's erratic offensive performance so far this year. For the moment, I'm willing to chalk it up to Rizzo-envy.

Still, I like to add up a player's total bases, walks and steals. If you do that for Jackson's peers in the PCL, you'll find that he is #6 behind Elmore, Gose, Rizzo, Eaton and Wheeler. So he is being fairly productive in spite of the mounting K's.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 11:16am

He was obviously talking about what scouts graded his power tool, not power numbers. Considering the righty vs. lefty difference, different leagues, etc, it's not going to be a perfect comp.

Submitted by Rob G.
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 10:09am

Wells DFA'd, Dolis up.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 11:10am

Wells = L.

Submitted by The E-Man
on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 11:05am

I am rooting for Maine. Every team should have a player named after a State.

In every time up, he has laid an egg at the MLB level.

We need him to be productive in some capacity.

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