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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

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* Justin Steele, P   

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




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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.

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