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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

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Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Nationals @ Cubs: Scherzer vs Lackey (Game 28)

Submitted by CTSteve on

I love it when a plan comes together.
Maddon said that he liked how Hendricks matched up against the Nationals—and the man knows his stuff. It would have been nice to see Hendricks go a little deeper, but Maddon is in playoff mode against these good teams, especially with a big and rested bullpen.

After taking the opener and having Arrieta waiting in the wings, this game becomes pivotal, if we hope to do more than split the series.

WAS (19-9): RHP Max Scherzer (3-1, 3.55)
CHC (21-6): RHP John Lackey (3-1, 4.32)
First pitch: 1:20pmCST

Lackey gave up 2 ER in 8 innings to Atlanta on Sunday but had a no-decision in a game the Cubs lost 4-3. The Nationals are 16-64 (.250) against him. Werth is 7-14 with a HR. Harper is 0-4.

Scherzer went 7 scoreless in St. Louis his last time out for the win. He went 9-5 with a 2.20 in his starts on the road last year, including a win at Wrigley (7 IP, 0 ER, 13 Ks, 0 BB). He is good. The Cubs are 17-88 (.234) against him. Heyward is 3-6, and Fowler is 4-16.

Gonzalez (2-1, 1.15) vs Hammel (4-0, 1.24) tomorrow at 3:05pmCT.

Go, Cubs!

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Submitted by jacos on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:22 am

A-Team

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:07 am

In listening to Maddon's post-game, he is interested in how these other teams "look" to him. He is assessing for today...and tomorrow. I love this guy. One observation from last night: Joe Ross is incredibly slow. 20-30 seconds between pitches at times. Hendrix had a nice, peppy rhythm which is great to see. I know there are plenty of purists here which I applaud, but the game just will not sustain itself unless change of pace rules come into play. Pitch clock, improve the shit-ass reviews, mound visits (there is a clock for this), batter time outs, etc.

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Submitted by Ryno on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:55 am

Speaking of how teams "look", my take on the Nats- It's really weird, but the pace of the entire team seems slow. Slow walking to the plate, slow on the mound, even on some routine groundouts, it looked as if there wasn't a ton of hustle. Don't get me wrong, when the ball is hit to their outfielders, they get after the ball, I'm really referring to non-critical action- they mosey around. It's kind of odd. Maybe that "calm power" is part of the Nats ethos, idk.

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Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:13 am

I went to a Nats game in DC two years ago while looking at colleges with my son -- it's a fun park, worth a visit if you are in the area. I also saw the "slowness" thing -- particularly Werth, who would mosey out of RF about 5 seconds before the inning started. Weird.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 05:03 am

"fun park, worth a visit" Things I don't like about Nationals Park: 1) the audio-out from the scoreboard. Most of the sound in the stadium is artificial, either from the amped-up scoreboard itself or induced by the scoreboard as it urges the crowd to be "LOUDER, LOUDER." 2) the paid cheerleaders in the stands 3) the chronic empty seats, no matter how well the team is doing. Is this really a baseball town, after all?

Submitted by Rob Richardson on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:05 pm

Zobrist!

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:16 pm

I love seeing the approach rub off on other players - some of it is Mallee maybe but when you see someone at the plate actually do it I think it means more. Javy still looks like Javy once in awhile, but he's taking stuff and going with the pitch sometimes. And he looks nothing like the Wild Thing he looked like when he came up.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:23 pm

+102

Submitted by Old and Blue on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:24 pm

From now on maybe there's no point keeping score of the game, just track the run differential.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:52 pm

c.richard with another outing making him look expendable... hey may be a righty, but f.pena put in another strong night last night...2ip 0h 1bb 3k last thing the club seems to need is another reliever, though. the cubs starters keep putting lack-of-work pressure on the pen more than anything so far.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:27 pm

Somebody needs to explain to Richard the concept of run differential. Dammit, this was a tough one to absorb.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:31 pm

FWIW -- Lackey was the only RH batter to get a hit off of Scherzer. KB and Baez were 0-for-6 with 6Ks. Gotta love lefty/righty balance, and switch-hitters.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:47 pm

The awesome quote was something like "Just gotta play a little country hardball..." It was awesome. I envisioned him in snake-skin boots, Stetson, and a lump of dip in his lip with his Texas gun strapped to his hip.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:50 pm

.500 Check this: If the Cubs just play .500 until the end of the season, from today on May 6th, they are at 89 wins. How we would have drooled for that in 2010.

Submitted by Eric S on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:25 pm

Cardinals starting pitcher Carlos Martinez removed from the game against the Pirates in the top of the fourth due to some undisclosed (arm?) injury

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 05:42 am

Carlos Martinez removed...injury/arm fatigue:
Martinez, who pitched through a respiratory illness in his last start, was knocked from this one in the fourth due to fatigue. Martinez estimated that the sickness, which has now lingered for about 10 days, has caused him to lose 10-15 pounds. "I felt like I tried my best today, and then in the fourth inning, I started feeling a little weak," Martinez said, with Brayan Pena translating. "I started coughing a lot, and I felt like it was starting to catch up to me. When the game was going on and on and on, I felt weaker."
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/176605454/jung-ho-kangs-2-homers-back-lir…

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 05:14 am

"regular" fatigue makes a hell of a lot more sense than the early/premature reports of it being arm fatigue given that he was throwing mid-90s up until he was removed from the game. that said, he can feel free to have TJ surgery at any time...that's cool with me. he can bring wacha with him...and garcia...group discount.

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

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