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PITCHERS: 14
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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
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

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Cubs @ Pirates: Hendricks vs Kuhl (Game 156)

Submitted by CTSteve on

Cubs 12, Pirates 2
W: Hendricks (16-8); L: Kuhl (5-4)PREVIEW
CHC (99-56): RHP Kyle Hendricks (15-8, 2.06)
PIT (77-78): RHP Chad Kuhl (5-3, 3.73)
First pitch: 6:05pmCST

Hendricks gave up 2 ER in 6 innings and took the loss against the lowly Brewers on Sunday, which probably ended his outside shot at the Cy Young. He’s 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA against the Pirates this year. Overall, they are 24-98 (.245) against him. Polanco is 7-17 with a HR.

The rookie Kuhl (if that is his real name) has been consistently mid-rotation all season. He went 6 innings and gave up 1 ER to win in Milwaukee his last time out. He’s 0-1 with an 8.59 in his two starts against the Cubs this season. They are 11-29 (.379) against him. Rizzo is 2-5 with a HR.

The Cubs are 12-3 against the Pirates so far this season. That’ll do.

Lackey (10-8, 3.39) versus Vogelsong (3-6, 4.85) tomorrow at 6:05pmCST.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:10 pm

jose fernandez's number is going to be retired by FLA. there's custom jerseys on their way to tonight's game (and hopefully will make it on time). all the marlins are going to wear #16 tonight. this still sucks.

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Submitted by John Beasley on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:41 pm

The Marlins organization is obviously affected deeply by this. I feel for the people there. And I understand circumstances have changed. But retiring his number. Wow. Literally a week ago the rumor mill was fast and furious about how Fernandez was going to be traded this winter, with the front office in response doing almost nothing to deny it. And to turn around and retire his number, just like that, when they obviously felt the organization would have been better long-term without him, just reeks of insincerity. And yeah, things have changed. A horrible accident happened, and I acknowledge the team is devastated by it even from a non-baseball perspective. But let's remember. This is still the Marlins. This is still Loria. Maybe in my eyes, he just can't do anything right and I'm being unfairly biased. But this retiring his number right away deal simply feels like one more bullshit P.R. stunt from baseball's long-time worst executive.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 09/27/2016 - 09:31 am

Maybe they have a bad owner, I don't know, but they still have players and fans and a franchise, all devastated by this loss of life. Plus, everybody who follows baseball is a fan of a guy like this. It's why I used the word tragedy, which other people throw around but I try to be careful with. I'm at an age where I remember old incidents better than recent ones, but I have to go back to Herb Score for something as disturbing.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 09:08 am

Old Cub fans remember when Ken Hubbs died at 22 in the crash of a small plane he was piloting in a storm in Utah in 1964. But Hubbs was not an elite power pitcher like Score and Fernandez. Score lived a long time after the accident but it was (effectively) career-ending.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:18 pm

FLA really doesn't look like they're mentally/physically prepared for this game. never seen anything like this...it's not just a few people in the dugout still feeling it large, it's pretty much everyone. i doubt it will lead to some kinda error-filled little league quality game, but everyone looks drained and still draining. ...and onto the cubs game. go #100.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:25 pm

d.gordon leads off MIA inning with a HR...came up to bat wearing j.fernandez's helmet. he barely made it back into the dugout after crying his way around the bases. i can't watch this game anymore. it's too much...too real.

Submitted by Brick on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:15 pm

Baez!!

Submitted by CTSteve on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:47 pm

I saw the Gordon HR. It was like a funeral where the mourners were made to play baseball. So sad...

Submitted by Rob G. on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:52 pm

in case it hasn't been mentioned yet, Twins are hiring Indians 32-year old Derick Falvey from the Cleveland Native Americans organization.

Suppose McLeod could still be asked by another organization but likely staying put.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 09/27/2016 - 09:01 pm

rare air though if he can keep it under 2. Sounds like Maddon already made up his mind though and Hendricks seems like the sort that would want to earn it. Guessing he gets a quick hook if he's still under 2 after 5 innings.

Fwiw, he can give up 1 ER in 5 innings (or more) and still be under 2. If he gives up 2 ER, he would need throw 9 IP to keep it under 2. 1 ER in 4 IP would give him an ERA of exactly 2.

In terms of WAR, it's still Scherzer by a lot (6.4), then Cueto (5.6), Lester (5.5), Kershaw (5.5), Roark (5.4), and then Hendricks (5.1)

Cueto with the strained groin but might pitch Thursday.

My guess is Scherzer, Lester and Henricks ends up the top 3 vote.

Submitted by John Beasley on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:01 pm

Wilson Ramos may be hurt badly. Carried off the field. Looks like the knee.

Submitted by Cubster on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:50 pm

Barry Rozner article interviewing Greg Maddux (with comments on Kyle Hendricks). http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160925/sports/160929196/
"I like watching him pitch," Maddux said of Hendricks. "I like guys that rely on movement and location. I can relate to him. That's what I had to do. "I'd rather watch him pitch than some lefty throwing 95 mph." "I think it's great," Maddux said. "I look at the way he pitches off his fastball kind of like I did, and you look for guys who pitch the way you did." "For me, it was (Orel) Hershiser and even Mike Morgan. Our fastballs kind of do the same thing. Hendricks has a little movement and it sinks. It's not a four-seamer that's straight and it doesn't cut much."

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:12 pm

Cubs get 100, KB gets 100, Hendricks gets below 2.00, Cards get absolutely destroyed by the Reds -- all good, other than some Rondon concern. Hopefully, he can get a few outings in this week and find his groove. Also, I guess Soler is still struggling with his right side. Hmmmm. Too bad Joe didn't let Addy bat with the bases loaded in the 7th -- great RBI opportunity. I assume all the relievers are on a set schedule this week, but it seems strange Chapman pitched back-to-back.

Submitted by billybucks on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 09:12 pm

Hate to give the Mets credit, but they did everything right tonight in what had to be a very tough game for them to play. As Hollandsworth said on the Cubs post-game -- if you watched the game, you saw Mets players consoling Marlins players who were in tears during the game. Between that and the way Molina handled the Ross farewell -- maybe the Mets and Cardinal players aren't pure evil. Just the fans.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Yeah it is.....sorry......closers don't throw 89mph

    It would be unique for sure.

    But CP can't be HR susceptible

    That's what Alzolay has right now and that's what Kyle has no matter the situation.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Supposedly Happ said on a radio show he's good to go

    I hadn't read that anywhere from the usual accounts, so this could be off.

    If true, Canario goes down.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Hmmm. Maybe my idea of transitioning Hendricks into a closer role isn’t so crazy.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mervis and Wesneski getting promoted aaccording to Tommy Birch from Des Moines Register.

    So Happ to the IL

    Maybe Hendricks to IL ????

    Mervis/Cooper are DH platoon

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  • crunch (view)

    “I respect his track record of what he’s accomplished,” Counsell said on Sunday morning. “And you go through these. He’s gone through -- maybe not this particular stretch -- but stretches where you’re not pitching the way you want to and struggling. And you figure it out.” -- Counsell on Hendricks

    fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

    i respect his track record of no longer being in the rotation.  in 2016 he threw 2 innings out of the pen, his only work out of the pen.  the cubs won the world series that year.  let's repeat that magic.  the formula is obvious.  stats don't lie.  etc etc whatever...

    small sample size and all, but how about this craziness...

    "Entering Sunday, Hendricks had allowed an .843 OPS against hitters in their initial plate appearance, followed by a 1.056 OPS in a second meeting and a 2.449 OPS when seeing batters for a third time."

  • Finwe Noldaran (view)

    Phil: Great to see what Rosario is doing!

    Do you think having Rosario may have influenced/impacted the front office's decision on including Hope in the trade for Busch at all?

  • crunch (view)

    it's so crazy we got a new "barnstorming" harlem globetrotters-type baseball product that was introduced less than 5 years ago and is wildly popular all over the nation.

    a notion left long in the past, unearthed, polished for modern audiences and popular as ever.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    No question right now Alfonsin Rosario is one of the Cubs Top 20 prospects (probably Top 15). Rosario is to the Cubs what Zyhir Hope is to the Dodgers.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Savannah Bananas will be playing the Party Animals at Sloan Park in Mesa this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The games are sold out (15,000+ each night), and berm tickets are going for well over $100. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    RAISIN: In the game versus the A's at Fitch Park last Friday, Mule threw half FB and half SL (16/16), and one CH (which coincidentally was the only hard-hit ball off him -- a near HR line-drive double off the LF fence). FB was 91-94 and the SL (really more of a "slurve") was 80-82, and he got three swing & miss on each pitch (six swing & miss total out of his 20 strikes). So I think it is safe to say that right now, Mule is strictly a two-pitch pitcher (FB/SL), 

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