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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

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Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
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Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Michael Arias, P 
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Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
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Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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* Justin Steele, P   

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Braves @ Cubs: Wisler vs. Hammel (Game 122 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

ATL (53-70): RHP Matt Wisler (5-3, 4.65)

CHC (70-51): RHP Jason Hammel (6-5, 3.37)

First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Markakis* rf

Maybin cf
Freeman* 1b

Swisher# lf

Garcia 3b

Peterson* 2b

Ciriaco ss

Lavarnway c
Wisler p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Coghlan* 2b

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Soler rf

Hammel p

Russell ss


Hammel had another short outing on Tuesday against the Tigers (3 IP, 5 ER, 62 pitches) but didn’t factor in the 10-8 loss. Since June 12 he’s 1-3 with a 4.29 ERA, which is more in-line with his career numbers (65-75, 4.48) than we’d like him to be. The Braves are 27-83 (.325) against him. Freeman is 5-7 with 2 HR, and Markakis is 8-16 with a HR.

Wisler, a 22y/o Ohioan, came to the Braves in the Kimbrel-Upton trade with the Padres in April and was promoted from AAA in June. He started out strong but has gone 0-2 with a 7.20 in his four August starts, including losing to his old team (5 IP, 2 ER) his last time out. Undefeated at home, he’s 2-3 with a 5.30 on the road. None of the Cubs have faced him.

We’ll see Kluber (8-13, 3.52) vs. Lester (8-9, 3.58) tomorrow for the quickie with the Tribe before heading out west for the big games with the Giants (yes, Bumgarner) and Dodgers (Kershaw, no Greinke).

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:35 pm

1 pitch, 1HR...fowler. playing these crap teams has been awesome lately.

Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:06 pm

So if Chris Coghlan finishes this season with at least a .340 OBP and ~18 HRs, where is he on opening day? Cubs LF, RF, 2B, bench, or on another team? Assuming they go with Schwarber in LF and Coghlan doesn't make more strides on infield defense, this seems like a conundrum to me.

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Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:20 pm

Definitely a good problem to have. I also think his D at 2B is a real question mark at this point--he's not obviously bad, and it's not clear he can't get better (nor is it clear that he will get better or that he's bad). If Castro, Soler, and Schwarber are the guys he shares 2B, RF, and LF with, he could still see 300+ ABs a year (plus the occasional rest day for Bryant at 3B). I am fully convinced he is not a CF, though.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:10 pm

20 over .500 woo. SF/PIT is a night game.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:20 pm

So Schwarber is going to spend time this off season with Montero to learn more about catching. That's pretty neat. I hope Jorge Soler has someone he can hang with to learn how to run routes.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 08:23 am

Hits a lot of line drives that don't leave the infield. JD talks about Soler needing to elevate the ball. Soler had 167 games, 652 PAs in the minors. (Bryce Harper's equivalent numbers were 139, 569.) Look at Soler's experience, not his age. He's a work in progress.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:58 pm

I hope the Giants, Pirates and Cards don't play the Braves the rest of the season.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:53 pm

PIT wins over SF... CHC has a 6 game WC lead (3 behind PIT for the #1 WC slot). awesome.

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Submitted by Carlito on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:05 am

Obviously people are going to say that the problem is passing 2 good teams. That said I have maintained that the Cardinals would be passed for first place. But they keep playing well. There is just no way with losing Wainwright, Holliday etc that they wouldn't suffer a slump but so far they have defied the odds and actually thrived with some very fortunate (some would say unsustainable) pitching luck (see the Twitter sidebar). I think that the Cubs or more likely The Pirates WILL catch them. Putting all that aside for a minute I don't know anyone who foresaw the Cubs being 20 games over .500 in the last week of August. Maybe The Sporting News but I thought they were just trying to sell their publication.

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Submitted by johann on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:20 am

Well in that 18 games we have 3 games against Giants, Dodgers and Cardinals and we will catch some very good pitchers. So more than catching the Cards having that record at the end will have meant proof that we are indeed a very good team. I really want to see if we can finally beat the Cards. This team still has some stuff to prove before the post season and this will be the stretch to see it.

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  • crunch (view)

    straily's a bit rusty...

    3ip 4h 5bb 4k, 2r/1er

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Open 40 man spot might see the return of CJ. He’s been okay in Iowa. Teheran has been rocked in his starts this year. SSS of course.

    Wouldn’t be shocked seeing another 40 man spot open with Brewer losing his spot.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Word is that Counsell thought Mervis and Wisdom got too much work in yesterday so it will be Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    no days off til may 9th.  moves may happen if the pen gets too worked tomorrow.

  • Cubster (view)

    On top of all that…Wicks scratched for Sunday due to “forearm soreness.” Bullpen day again starting with Mervis or Wisdom (or Wesn).

  • crunch (view)

    "Morel told reporters after the game that he felt alright, just a little banged up — specifically noting his right hip and both elbows. He did say that he was optimistic about his ability to play on Sunday, though manager Craig Counsell may have other plans."

  • crunch (view)

    rsox putting pablo reyes up to pitch...an infielder...cranking 70+mph stuff.

    ...and of course he gets out of it with no runs scored...that kind of day for the cubs.

  • crunch (view)

    ...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.

    busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

    wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

    cubs run differential getting destroyed.

  • crunch (view)

    matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.

    he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.

    through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs.  no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.

    on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count.  ha.

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