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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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Cardinals @ Cubs: Wacha vs. Wood (Game 148)

Submitted by CTSteve on

Castro knocks in 6 and the Cubs move one game behind the Pirates.

STL (92-55): RHP Michael Wacha (16-5, 2.96)
CHC (85-61): LHP Travis Wood (5-4, 4.11)
First pitch: 12:05pmCT

Wood gets another spot start. He hasn’t given up a run since August 28 against the Dodgers. After a rough beginning to the season, he has mostly settled in to his new role. July (2.89 ERA) was his best month. He’s been especially good at Wrigley this year, going 5-0 with a 2.89. He has a 7.71 ERA in four appearances against the Cards this season. Overall, they are 83-255 (.325) against him. Holliday is 16-43 with 4 HR. Molina is 15-41 with 3 HR.

Wacha won in Cinci his last time out (6 IP, 2 ER). He’s 1-1 with a 6.75 in his three starts against the Cubs this year. The Cubs are 28-89 (.315) against him. Castro is 9-19 with 2 HR. Rizzo is 8-19 with 2 HR.

Go Cubs!

 

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:09 am

For the Cult of Olt ruinators out there: .211 .274 .368 .642 with 3 HR 57 AB, most with White Sox, not much alteration in the Sox only numbers (2 HR for them). Small sample size, but familiar pattern. Glad to see the other Cubs black sheep (at least on TCR) mash yesterday. His numbers since the benching are more proof that he is the original enigma.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:06 am

His WAR numbers probably took quite a beating from his first 2/3 of 2015. Getting him away from SS is gonna help. Russell is a magician at short, and Baez is a magician everywhere. That's some big time value if Baez keeps working with this new approach at the plate. I don't know how TheoCorp is gonna play it, but I love this group as it is and hope they don't sell off a piece for a pitcher who will surely break down. Unless of course Castro thumps in the playoffs, keeps thumping until the playoffs, and maybe drives up his value some. That could work, but I'm not a Castro hater like 99% of the people here, so I would still like it to be a good deal.

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Submitted by johann on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:12 am

I think long term they will have to trade one of Baez, Castro or Soler if they are set on keeping Schwarber at LF. I don't think any of those want to be a sub in the long run even if it's working well this year. I like all three quite a bit but I just don't see how everyone can get slotted in.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:31 am

I doubt Baez goes, Maddon loves his D and if he hits like he is now he'll be fine anywhere in the lineup. Soler and Castro are the likely ones to go I guess, but I won't like it at all if Soler goes because I don't think he's remotely close to his ceiling. I'd like him to go to outfield camp however and learn to track the ball better.

Submitted by Eric S on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:04 am

Lineup: Jackson (CF), Soler (RF), Bryant (3b), Rizzo, Castro (2b), Baez (ss), Denorfia (LF), Ross, Wood Wacha evidently has reverse splits

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:22 am

I know it MAY come back to bite them, but Soler would be the piece I would include. He might be the one that is the least "sure-thing" of the bunch. And, with Castro cost-controlled, he becomes a "vet" that could have value at the break next yr

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Submitted by John Beasley on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:00 pm

Castro teeters between a cost-controlled asset and a bad contract depending on his present streak. He is just as risky as Soler, but differently. More dollars, less power potential, probably a worse overall batting eye, but theoretically more defensive flexibility, too. I am very impressed with the new Baez approach, even if the results haven't shown. As AZ Phil and others have noted, Baez is a notorious slow-starter at a new level. If he sticks with the Cubs going forward, I expect it could click sometime during the course of next year. Or maybe we get lucky and he clicks a hot stretch starting in about 2 weeks.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:25 pm

Len is doing the FOX broadcast. Grimm is pitching and gets a break with Peralta lining to 5.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:46 pm

it's part of maddon's genius. it's "the plan" personified and it's BRILLIANT. they know teams are scouting everyone and maddon is planting the seeds of doubt by having rizzo purposely commit gaffes and errors. i'm 100% sure this is what's happening and it fits right in with every other maddon theory of planned awesomeness in the face of questionable occurrences. this is the new cubs way. hail hydra.

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Submitted by johann on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:51 pm

Is it really necessary to act like this all the time Crunch when there's absolutely no need for it? And E-Man there was actually a question asked to Hoyer this week by I think Waddle and Silvey about how Rizzo hasn't gotten much rest so I think people are noticing the fatigue. He was saying they don't really have people who can play 1st to help unlike other positions so not sure. I know he's sat before but who did we have sub for him? Denorfia?

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:03 pm

"all the time" it's jokes. it's also commentary about how these "odd" things that happens to every team are occasionally turned into a maddon conspiracy by some cubs fans because there has to be a hidden, brainy positive spin in there somewhere. this isn't unique to this site. hell, it's not even common on this site compared to other places. there isn't a need for most anything said here, but we can make room for some jokes and random commentary. hail hydra (not a joke).

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:19 pm

yeah...i dont think a.russell is gonna be playing a lot of 2nd in 2016. cubs win. awesome way to end it.

Submitted by johann on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:20 pm

Hell yes Strop bails us out ending on an amazing defensive play by Russell! 2 on 0 outs and we escape.

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:22 pm

a few weeks ago the main concern was SF and the 2nd wild card slot...now it's catching PIT (a tie could happen after today's game) and an outside chance of catching STL. neat.

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:10 pm

Umpires have leeway there if the pitch is deemed unintentional. I think Maddon's comments about "finishing things" removed that decision making process from the umpires. I think they did what they had to do...but yes, no chance in hell your closer is going to throw at someone with no outs and no one in the bullpen.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:43 pm

Even if the team went 162-0 you would complain and the lineup would not be to your liking. By the way, with a nice sample size for the 2015 season, after you whined about Joe batting the pitcher 8 for half the year, here are the latest stats on the Cubs Addison Russell, compared to the top 2 AL Teams and their #9 slot just for grins: #1 Boston: .260/.325/.702 #2 Toronto: .246/.306/.647 ARussell: .241/.301/.696

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 09/20/2015 - 09:14 am

or... OR... i would complain about austin jackson being used pretty much exclusively in the 1-2 slot. and i didn't whine about the pitcher batting 8th half the year (or whatever). just because i think it's pointless at best doesn't mean it's a big deal. i was more impressed with how the 2 slot was being used, even stating multiple times that if it takes batting the pitcher 8th to construct a lineup like that, then march the hell on with it. i'd also like to bring up you're bitching about how we shouldn't give a fuck that austin jackson is being used as a 1 or 2 hitter almost exclusively. really? we're gonna just let that one slide. don't question it or you become the anti-maddon. maddon isn't bulletproof, theo isn't bulletproof, that other guy whathisface mcsandiego isn't bulletproof...this isn't a religion, it's not all-or-nothing, it's not faith or GTFO. castro hit the hell out of the ball yesterday and when maddon wants 2 righties up top he goes with austin jackson and jorge soler. that's practically low hanging fruit by itself. questioning that, or drilling in deeper, doesn't mean you're an enemy of the state. ...about the a.russell comparison to 2 AL teams 9 slots. if russell was hitting 8th rather than 9th that ob% would likely get a nice bump from being pitched around...which doesn't affect the AL most of the time in any lineup slot. maddon's stated he doesn't want russell pitched around and that's a huge reason he's been in the 9 slot rather than the 7 slot to boost his production (rather than going with the 'second leadoff man' type construction for the 9 slot). this lineup's been constructed with a hybrid element of MLB-ready execution and youth development for a good chunk of the year...successfully.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Sun, 09/20/2015 - 09:29 am

Or you'd be complaining about how the cubs should have been here a year earlier if they had only done a padres style rebuild. How's that working out for them?

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:23 pm

Should the Cubs remain within a game of the Bucs by next weekend, its gonna be a helluva series. For those of you in the "middle age group" or older, keep a bottle of asprin handy in case your heart can't take the stress.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 09/19/2015 - 09:43 pm

+26 games over .500; 3rd best record in baseball. Chance at being 2nd best record tomorrow. SF losing to the Diamondbacks 6-0, 8th. Magic should soon be 5. Soonest clinch date would be Tuesday but it would be really cool for that to occur next weekend vs. Pirates in front of a weekend crowd. Nice that it should happen at Wrigley. Looking at the standings and seeing them 5 GB Cardinals is somehow oddly pleasant (and 1/2 game behind Pitt). aka Been down so long, it looks like up to me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Been_Down_So_Long_It_Looks_Like_Up_to_Me

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