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Last updated 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Game 7 Thread / Cubs @ Pirates (1 of 3)

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SP Tom Gorzelanny SP
Ted Lilly
(2008)
0-1, 4.50, 3 K, 3 BB (2008) 0-1, 7.71, 4 K, 0 BB
       
LF Alfonso Soriano CF *Nate McLouth
CF
Reed Johnson 2B
Freddy Sanchez
1B
Derrek Lee LF
Jason Bay
3B
Aramis Ramirez C
Ryan Doumit
RF
*Kosuke Fukudome RF
Xavier Nady
2B
Mark DeRosa 1B
*Doug Mientkiewicz
C Geovany Soto 3B
Jose Bautista
SS Ronny Cedeno SS
Luis Rivas
P
*Ted Lilly P *Tom Gorzelanny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cubs look to extend their winning streak to three as they help open PNC Park for the year. Ted Lilly tries to rebound from a less-than-good debut versus the Brewers; he went 1-0 with a 3.20 ERA last year versus the Pirates in three starts.Kerry Wood will sit this one out today, so look for Carlos Marmol to close if the Cubs are so fortunate to find themselves in that situation.

 

Comments

Has anyone heard anything about Pie, as this is the third straight game he is not starting? Is he hurt or been been benched or just sitting for awhile and will be given back his everyday job. Giving him only 4 starts and then pulling the rug out from him seems REALLY fast. I think he should be given till the end of May at least to see where he is at before talking about benching him.

today is expected, but yeah the other 2 days were not... Rotoworld said something yesterday that he's considered d2d with a hand bruise after getting hit Thursday, but he did play Friday, so that don't make much sense...

I have not seen technical difficulties last for an hour before. I get very few games on TV up here in Wisconsin and it would be nice to see more than a "we are sorry" graphic.

and Cedeno taketh away Might as well give Fontenot a shot at short.

A-Ram is having a lot of throwing issue so far. It's possible his shoulder is still bothering him.

Boy, does this one bring back memories -- Following the game at work, Cubs score a lot early, then shut down, crappy team stages comeback with the help of lots of walks and errors. Yeesh.

Go ahead run on 2nd -- Soriano, Lee and Ramirez all whiff. We need more Japanese players who undestand how to play the damn game. K-Fuk's approach makes Soriano look like a fool.

Cubs were very lucky the runner on 3rd in the 9th I think for PITT missed the sign for the squeeze. It was a perfect bunt and woul dhave easily scored the winning run. Now the Cubs need to take advantage of that break after blowing a a fucking 7-0 lead!!

re: cedeno I really want to give this guy a shot. He is really hitting quite well. Yes he can be dumb as a brick (ie throwing the ball into the stands when you should hang onto it) I would hope that with playtime comes experience and he will think better next time. So his error led to a run scored. He did however have a huge double and a really nice diving catch in the 9th (i think the 9th) Saved a run easily.

cubs 12th- 5 walks 2 wild pitches stolen base 2 runs 0 hits seems like the pirates out-cubberied the cubs. ain't it grand? and hello lieber, goodbye pig. time for cotts? or arshall? or is steve ire ready to go? or will it just be righty after righty out of the pen?

Pretty obvious that Piggy isn't ready for prime time--8 pitches, all balls---this is the major league, not a development league---should bring Cotts back up, at least he's been in the fire before----should have a battle for SS, the numbers Cedeno put up in AAA are numbers that Theroit never came close to---who has more upside---let's see who plays again on Wed vs another LHP

Piggy aside.. pretty pleased with the effort our pen was forced to give today. They had to pitch almost 8 innings, and did a fine job. I'm sure part of Piggy's problem was nervousness. I know he pitched in a couple of games last season. However, it's a little bit different when you put all that work into earning a spot in the spring and then come out to make your season debut with a little bit more pressure on you. He's still got a great arm, just needs to refocus a little bit. He'll be fine.

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In reply to by Wes

Was that his debut? I thought he appeared in the Milwaukee series. I hope Piggy improves quickly or he's going to get replaced for Eyre, who's not that good, or Marshall, who should stay stretched out in AAA.

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In reply to by Andrew

Yeah. You're right. But, appearing in a game when you're behind 5-2 is a little different than coming in in a situation like today's. I don't think he pitched in any real high pressure situations last year. Nonetheless, I still think he'll be OK. He's got good enough stuff.

Glad they won, but Fonzie's plate approach is really becoming irritating. No matter what the situation is, he's always swinging for the farkin' fences. I don't want someone to change his swing, but how about learning how to bunt once in awhile? Or trying to go the opposite way? Bueller? Hello?

Being above .500 after playing this shitty is pretty amazing.

I caught the end of the game on the radio during my ride home. Pat Hughes should be in the HOF now for what he has to put up with, with Ron. Ron was down just to making rudimentary sounds and one time sounded like a steam engine train. And its about as cute as sitting next to Ronnie Woo-Woo for a whole game.

piggy is gonna find a flight from pennsylvania to iowa marshall should stay in iowa we will need him as a starter when lilly gets or is hurt. neil cotts is the man coming to cubs for piggy i thought cedeno had a decent game 3 rbis and that catch was big also. i also think lou has a ----- for hart he will be huge this year. they said that johnson would start on wed. also

i thik pie not starting has to do with lefties and the fact that the wrist hurts the true test will be on thursday does he play. he is lucky hes not on DL.

For those who didn't watch the game yesterday - it wasn't Lilly all of sudden losing his control during mid - game; instead he started nibbling at the corners, and the home plate ump was all over the place with his strike zone. I forget the guy's name, but many players and managers have complained about his plate performance over the past few years - he's terrible.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...