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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Game 3 Thread / Brewers @ Cubs (3 of 3)

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SP Dave Bush
SP
Ryan Dempster
(2007)
12-10, 5.12
(2007) 2-7, 4.73
       
2B Rickie Weeks
LF Alfonso Soriano
CF
*Tony Gwynn, Jr.
SS
Ryan Theriot
1B
*Prince Fielder
1B
Derrek Lee
LF
Ryan Braun
3B
Aramis Ramirez
3B
Bill Hall RF
*Kosuke Fukudome
RF
Corey Hart
2B
Mark DeRosa
SS JJ Hardy
C Geovany Soto
P Dave Bush
CF
*Felix Pie
C
Jason Kendall
P Ryan Dempster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cubs find themselves in the precarious position of having to count on Ryan Dempster to avoid an embarrassing opening series sweep to what is expected to be our biggest challenge to repeating as NL Central Champs. I know I feel confident.

The big news being that Lou has switched Soriano back to the leadoff spot and I have a feeling that I'm one of the few (besides Lou) that doesn't mind this move. Is it because I think Soriano hits better out of the leadoff spot? Absolutely not. What it does is knock a few PA's off Theriot's total over the course of the season which is good. It would be better if he was replaced by DeRosa or Fukudome in the two spot though. But for those who watched the game yesterday, in the 5th inning Theriot reached on a single with two outs with Soriano due up next. With two outs and Jason Kendall behind the plate, that would be the perfect time to send Theriot to get him in scoring position. But, possibly being afraid of running themselves out of the inning and taking the bat out of Soriano's hand, Theriot stayed put. Now, Theriot's usefulness on offense is pretty much limited to scrappiness and stealing bags on those rare occasions he reaches base. If you're going to be afraid to steal with him, he becomes that more useless. Of course, I have plenty of other reasons that I don't mind those move, but that's at least one small, albeit important one in my mind.

Comments

what a scrappy guy. "When", he reaches base. I admire scrappieness.

WHY the fuck was that not interference? The runner was in fair territory and soto was in the basepath a bit, but weeks didnt even attempt to avoid a player without the ball!

6 innings 10 K's real deal

Soriano cannot bat leadoff. Ball fucking four by a long shot. This blows. A little patience by Lou would have been helpful.

The throw was high but Soto had been taken out by Weeks and couldnt make the play anyway. The error could have been on Soto for not being in position to catch the throw.

Not pretty defense by MIL on two plays taht should have been outs but credited as hits. But we will take them and good job by the middle of the lineup to make them pay to tie it up.

Give Dempster some credit - nice work, and he got into the 8th to boot. So much for worrying about his stamina holding up in the first few starts. But Woody - glad he finished, but still makes the 9th a bit too exciting.

Why do these kids keep trying to test the system in place now? Chalk it up to ignorant youth, are do they think other players are still getting away with it?

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In reply to by Dmac

2 decades+ of getting away with it helps...along with a culture that's promoted it in the clubhouse moreso than is being reported. while its painted as a "i never heard anything about it from anyone" on these non-roided players talking about the situation...well...they're full of it, and it's been going on a looooong time. i'd bet you cant find a minor leaguer the past 10-20- years, washup or "made it" type that hasn't seen it, heard about it, AND knows someone who probably is using based on their own talk about it whether they're directly using around their peers or not.

I heard Mike Schmidt awhile back speculating that if steroids had been available during his playing days, he'd probably be on them - just the competitive nature of professional sports, coupled with the notion that other players may be getting ahead of you using the stuff. Bob Gibson said pretty much the same thing when asked a similar question last year.

And so officially begins the Wood era as closer. One year younger than when Dennis Eckersley made his switch...

good (but heavily biased) article at the baseballanalysts.com about the merits of the DH over pitchers hitting. no im not posting a link just go there yourself.

"I always felt Brian Downing of the Angels was the first abuser of roids." You could be correct - at least so far as his power numbers increased dramatically since his early days with the White Sox.

Excellent job by Dempster to rebound after a bad 1st inning. That is a very encouraging sign. Good to see the Cubs break their cherry and get of the snide. Getting swept by the Brew Crew at home would not have been a good start. Go Cubs!!

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In reply to by dc60124

My dad and his brothers (German heritage) play a card game called Sheephead. It's like Euchre, except you don't know who your partner is right away. Anyway, in that game, "Schneider" is a point total that you want to reach. If you don't reach 31 points, you've been "Schneidered". I'm assuming it's all of the same origin. So, while "snide" is an adjective to describe the way a person is acting, "the Schneid" is a term used in sports/cards and comes from Germany.

Didn't see anyone else post this previously.... potential 3/44 material ahead. Beware. I don't know much about this series of baseball coaching parody videos, but one of the episodes features Z throwing 95mph beanballs. I thought it was pretty funny. May be worth a look. There are apparently a few other episodes featuring guys like Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, and Brad Hawpe. I also recommend the one about scrapiness. http://www.youtube.com/scrappyron1 Also, I promise it isn't a rickroll. Seriously.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...