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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Richard Lovelady
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 

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 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 4
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P
* Jordan Wicks, P    

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




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Cubs @ Diamondbacks: Hammel vs Ray (Game 4)

Submitted by CTSteve on

Lackey gets lit up, Schwarber goes down, and the Cubs bats make ‘em pay.<--break->CHC (3-0): RHP Jason Hammel
AZ (1-3): LHP Robbie Ray
First pitch: 8:40pmCT

Apart from Heaney’s bloody nose--I suspect the gauze will not make it to Cooperstown--the first two games were almost boring. Yesterday’s was interesting--too interesting. A sprained ankle for Schwarber is the best-case scenario, after what looked more like a knee injury. UPDATE: Schwarber is out for the year with fully torn ACL and LCL ligaments in his left knee.

Schwarber was supposed to catch Hammel, so that experiment is on hold. The D’Backs are 11-48 off of Hammel. Goldschmidt is 3-8 with a HR.

Ray faced the Cubs last September in Chicago, when he gave up 2 runs on 4 hits in 5 innings and took the 2-0 loss. (That’ll teach him to match up against Arrieta.) Fowler is 3-6 with a HR.

Hendricks vs. Greinke tomorrow.

Go, Cubs!--and stay safe.

 

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Comments

Submitted by Transmission on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:22 pm

Is it too soon to quit drinking in my post-Schwarber despair?  I feel like I should continue on for at least a few more days....

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:44 pm

kawasaki not in the iowa lineup tonight...other likely callups are in the lineup.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:16 pm

Bummer, probably an end to his catching and OF career...pray for a DH in NL or either him or Rizzo will get traded at some point (obviously a couple years down the line before that unfolds and they'll say all the right things until then so as not to devalue him, but that's where this is headed imo).

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Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:43 pm

Schwarber in LF seemed like a temporary (like maybe 3-4 years) proposition at best, given his body type. Didn't think a knee injury would come so soon, of course. I'm sure the front office will worry about where he fits in defensively *after* he gets healthy enough to play in games. Which won't be until at least next year. And now I'm crying again.

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:06 pm

with rizzo under one hell of a generous contract until 2021 there's really not much to be done with schwarb except trade him if he can't handle LF once he comes back. sure, they could trade rizzo, but he's making 7/7/11/14.5/14.5 2017-2021 and wow...it would take something spectacular to pry that from the cubs given that he's a lefty doing killer things with the bat and glove. that said, schwarb may be able to handle LF adequately with a CF'r that can cover the position as a plus defender. time will tell what he can and cannot do. sigh. also, there's that whole "every team goes DH" thing that seems to be inevitable coming up in the future.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:12 pm

Figured we'd face a devastating injury this year...just didn't think it would be the 3rd game. So, so, sad for Schwarber. Great player and by all accounts a great all around guy. I tend to think the Cubs will be fine without him overall, but certainly lowers the margin of error for any more issues or injuries to come. Yuck.

Submitted by Transmission on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:36 pm

Anyone who wants to be depressed about Schwarber can come drink with me in Parachat.

Submitted by John Beasley on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:37 pm

Get well soon, Kyle! Next man up. We have a game tonight.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:20 pm

This team should completely abandon the sac bunt, and have pitchers just take 3 strikes when men are on base and thus avoid bunting into a double play. Just awful.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 04:06 pm

ross "who?" stripling has a no hitting going through 7 for the dodgers...1st MLB appearance, AA highest he's pitched. 91 pitches.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 04:47 am

This is a sad day, and fuck you baseball gods. While "stuff happens" in baseball, I feel that Shwarbs not knowing really what he was doing in LF helped contribute to the situation.

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 04:42 am

it was hit in a "perfect storm" area to make something like this happen...deep and near the border of LF and CF in an away-game park. schwarb was moving much slower than fowler (obviously), and fowler was going full-on...it looks like schwarber never saw fowler and fowler didn't see schwarb until he was a few feet more than arm's length away (while moving very fast and going down for the ball). either guy vocally calling one or the other off would be a moot issue on this play given how fast fowler was going and how close they were to each other before anyone realized an it would be an issue. fowler being a speeding missile and a ball hit where both the LF and CF could legitimately make a claim for it being their play...sigh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkb5U-PzgR0

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 04:30 pm

Hindsight is 20-20 but if you had heard my discussion with my wife when the game started I said something about how having Schwarber in that Chase outfield made me nervous. I wasn't necessarily thinking injury, I was just finding it unsettling - I didn't really know why until I saw him get tangled up out there. The problem is that he wasn't an MLB-ready catcher, either. Once he gets his mojo back, and I'm sure he will, I suspect he'll need to learn some first base. He'll also just have to get back out there to left field and learn how to play it. He seems like a great kid and I am going to root for him big time when he gets back.

Submitted by Dusty Baylor on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 04:02 am

I didn't catch the end...but wtf is Cahill doing in the game in a high leverage 9th inning? Was Rondon unavailable?

Submitted by billybucks on Sat, 04/09/2016 - 04:07 am

Going 1-10 with RISP doesn't help. Had to be a bummer of a day to play with the Schwarber news. Um, KB? Any time, bud. The season started a few days ago.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    morel in the lineup and playing 3rd.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Richard Lovelady one walk & 20 K, 22 hits but no HR, high ERA, and two-to-one GB to FB in 12.1 IP, so I would guess that's why he got the call. Sort of the exact opposite of Luke Little. 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Definitely surprised about Dick Lovelady. He has a phenomenal name but that’s probably the best thing he’s got. I was kinda hoping for Wieck even though he’s apparently still tossing 86 as his heater 

  • crunch (view)

    wicks 15d DL...cubs select...get ready for this one...richard f'n lovelady.  lovelady's stregnths include being able to throw a ball left handed and that's about it.

    also little optioned, palencia up.

  • 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."

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