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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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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 TEN IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT] CHICAGO CUBS (6-3, 1st) AT PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3-9, 6th, -4.5) PNC PARK, 6:05 CDT Weather: Clear, 72 degrees, wind out to center 15 mph TV: WGN Radio: WGN, XM 186 -->
Zach Duke, LHP 0-1, 6.55, 11 IP 6 K, 5 BB, 3 HRJerome Williams, RHP 0-0, 3.60, 5 IP 2 K, 5 BB, 1 HR
*Juan Pierre, CF Jerry Hairston, 2B Derrek Lee, 1B Aramis Ramirez, 3B Michael Barrett, C #Angel Pagan, RF Matt Murton, LF Ronny Cedeno, SS Jerome Williams, PChris Duffy, CF Jack Wilson, SS Jason Bay, LF *Jeromy Burnitz, RF Craig Wilson, 1B Joe Randa, 3B Jose Castillo, 2B Humberto Cota, C *Zach Duke, P


After writing how the Pirates haven't been using Craig Wilson enough, we'll see him tonight in place of Sean Casey, who will be out 6-8 weeks with two fractures in his lower back after a collision with John Mabry last night. Yeowch. In other Pirate (and ex-Cub) injury news, Jody Gerut has been placed on the Restricted List after electing to have knee surgery against the wishes of the team. The Cubs made a roster move too, sending Michael Wuertz to AAA where he blongs and recalling the 100% valley-fever-free Roberto Novoa. Todd Walker gets four hits last night and sits tonight. Get used to it, Cubs fans. Jerome Williams makes his first start of the season tonight. As Kerry Wood, Wade Miller and Mark Prior inch closer to returning (Wood threw to hitters today and both Miller and Prior had 40-pitch sessions yesterday), Williams needs to establish himself if he hopes to stay in the rotation past May. Then again, he could always take Glendon Rusch's spot.

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both Miller and Prior had 40-pitch sessions **sigh** No they didn't, ruz.

I hope Walker is banged up or something and it hasn't come out yet or there is no great reason Hairston is in today for Walker at 2B. I think Williams is mainly a GB pitcher, but Walker just had 2 days off against LHP's, no need to sit him down against a RHP. His defense isn't that great, but come on. I hate platoons, for this exact reason. I think I liked it better when Hairston was in Baker's doghouse, instead of Walker being in Hendry's doghouse.

Is the rational for sitting Walker that Williams is a ground ball pitcher? Walker is the third best offensive weapon we have, and we have JHJ hitting in the two-hole...

Ruz, Duke is a southpaw. Manny, JHJ is in their cause Duke is left-handed and Jwill is a groundball pitcher. It is the best match-up just like he said said he was going to use.

lefty on the mound...ground ball...hairston is faster and better D...that's no macias they marched out there. so are they sitting the hot man or is the days off he had what led to a refreshed walker getting the day he had last night? no one knows...just like no one knows how walker would do if he started tonite. the team has 2 good 2nd basemen. hurrah and junk.

It is VERY IMPORTANT for a manager to sit hot hitting 2b because other wise the team might succeed if the player is talented and gets in a rhythm. Either that or Baker is, oh, NUTS.

Crunch how much do you get paid to spread this crap around? Yes Dusty is a genius by resting Walker more he gets more hits. We should rest him all season and save him for important games and he is guaranteed to get 4 or 5 hits.

I think this is a bit of nitpicking... I am along with everybody who thinks Walker is a central piece to this lineup and club but to me is not a big of a deal to see Hairston in there today with a lefthander pitcher and Cubs groundball pitcher. If Walker plays against the righthanders he will get plenty of at-bats and if Hairston doesn't produce against lefthanders then we hope that Walker gets more playingtime against lefties. But the fact that Hairston is a shot in the circumstances explained above is fine to me. Dusty made me sick last year, but so far his decisiones as not as clear-cut arguable as before. Historically their numbers vs. lefthanders are comparable anyway. Luis

actually if it is a lefty on the mound I take back my smart ass comments. Seriously.

superj...once again i come with rational. once again you come with pure bullshit. look...walker sits for 2 days sans a popout and he comes back to hit 4. now, you wanna go on and on about the virtue of rest leading to walker's hot bat? no, cuz that's as pure b/s as saying 1 game equals a hot bat. and once again, if you dont like something i say you should stop acting like a 12 year old ya damn crybaby. whine whine whine. yes, im paid by the cubs cuz my opinion differs from yours and you're the only rational person here. anyone who deviates from you opinon must be insane or paid off or whatever conspiracy theory you wanna dream up this time.

> both Miller and Prior had 40-pitch sessions They had them yesterday, not today. That wasn't clear in what I wrote, so I fixed it. And, my bad for not having Duke listed as a lefty, which mitigates (a bit) Walker sitting.

Anyone get mlb.tv to play on Mac OS X? I'm having trouble after just signing up this year. Worked two years ago, not so for me now...

Jordan: "and we have JHJ hitting in the two-hole..." Where would hairston bat??? Here is his and Walkers numbers over the past 3 years: Walker: .287/.345/.452 Hairston: .277/.354/.379 So actually hairston gets on base more than Walker, just has less power, thus why he should be batting 2nd. I did not know we were facing a LHp today, that is why hariston is starting, makes much more sense.

Chifan: "JHJ is in their cause Duke is left-handed" Thanks, for some reason I thought a RHP was starting tonight...makes much more sense.

Weurtz sent down...Novoa brought up. Just mentioned on TV broadcast. Good idea...since Weurtz has been shelled and has lost 7-10 MPH on his fastball. Get him down there to try and fix things.

Jordan--i have mlb.tv on my Mac and it works well...is there anyway to get the game on full screen? It sucks watching it on an ipod sized screen.

Red Sox called up Van Buren today after throwing Boomer on the DL...It'll be interesting to see how he fairs with the Sox.

Shame on all of you for not knowing that Duke was a lefty.

And Jordan, MLB.tv works fine for me on Mac OSX. Email me if you would like to discuss...

Isn't it nice having Burnitz on the opposing team? Btw, any of you find it ironic that Novoa had a hell of an illness *during* Spring Training and is already ready for action and they were claiming that Prior was behind because of a week or two in the hospital during the winter? I am tired of these towel/flat mound/simulated game crap routines of Rothschild... seems like everytime an important pitcher says they hurt somewhere you already know they will miss at least a month a half with these crap routines. I remember Fergy's comments about never doing any towel drill and stuff like that. Luis

I have it working with Flip4Mac and opening in a quicktime window. I can make it bigger, but it is much lower quality than I was hoping. I had to set my screen to millions of colors instead of thousands to get it to display correctly...

> both Miller and Prior had 40-pitch sessions They had them yesterday, not today. That wasn't clear in what I wrote, so I fixed it. posted by: Christian
Actually, what I was getting at is Miller had a 60 pitch session. Prior had a 40. Wood (pitching simulated game today of 3 innings) Miller (about to pitch simulated games) Prior (scheduled to throw 45 pitches Monday)

Baby Z? Jerome looking loco, and I ain't talkin beads.

Actually, what I was getting at is Miller had a 60 pitch session. Prior had a 40. The Cubs.com article said they both threw 40: "Wade Miller, who had similar arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder as Wood, but one month later, also threw 40 pitches on Friday in Arizona. He did two 20-pitch sessions, resting in-between, and is making good progress, Rothschild said." http://tinyurl.com/em6g2

Hairston to RF, Walker to 2B! Do it Dusty!!!!!!

"Actually, what I was getting at is Miller had a 60 pitch session. Prior had a 40." okay..its time to cut prior. ive heard rumors of his lax offseason programs, but it is 100% inexcusable to sit around drinking 40s while miller is throwing.

LOL @ Crunch. Whatever Dusty, you have Walker rotting away, we're down 1-0, put in Bynum, whatever. What's your excuse Manny?

Yikes! Bynum must be playing for his bat, because it sure isn't his glove. Just yikes. Even Mabry...

he deserves a nickname after Bynum took his sweet time in RF to retrieve Craig Wilson's double that he turned into a triple...and eventually scored on a sac fly: freddy the freeloafer?

Ramirez loafing too...sheesh why not watch a deep flyball for a minute or two.

WPZ: "What's your excuse Manny?" Go FUCK yourself...

Hey, good start by JWill today. Definately earns anotehr few starts. Kept us in game. Cedeno error looks very costly right now. Still got a shot only down 2-1 going into 8th.

I don't know which end of the pipe Carrie Muskrat is smoking, Christian. But she ought to read her own articles because she's contradicting herself. Unless his arm just fell off, Miller is ahead of Prior. It makes no sense for Miller to throw only 40 pitches Friday and, in fact, Kiley over at the Suntimes reported he threw 60. There's also these previous reports: Cubs | Miller throwing more from mound Sun, 9 Apr 2006 23:08:47 -0700 The Chicago Tribune reports Chicago Cubs SP Wade Miller (shoulder), who had offseason shoulder surgery, is throwing more than 50 pitches from a mound and is on target for an April or May return to the lineup. Cubs | Miller throws off the mound Fri, 7 Apr 2006 10:08:12 -0700 Carrie Muskat, of Cubs.MLB.com, reports Chicago Cubs SP Wade Miller (shoulder) threw three sets of 15 pitches off the mound Wednesday, April 5. No timeline was given on his return but he underwent the same surgery procedure Thursday, September 29, 2005, as Cubs SP Kerry Wood (shoulder) did one month earlier.

CUBS LOSE!!! FIRE DUSTY!!! ha ha Poor 9th inning. 4 pitches...Neifi and Cedeno swing at first pitch. When will Cedeno get his forst BB?? At least Jwill pitched well. Hope Rusch can put down the doughnuts for one day and pitch well tomorrow. UGH..........

Andy Sisco comes in with bases loaded, gives up all 3 inhereited runs and his ERA drops to 12.60 from 15.00...NICE!!

williams pitches well cedeno, bynum lay eggs sad news from pittsburgh

Cubs are last in the MLB in BB. What is the deal? Dusty is nuts or Walker is injured. I of course think Dusty is nuts. Crunch is on the payroll (crunch what is logical about the fact that Walker resting led to his 4 hits and so you should rest him more? That is NUTSO!) . Pierre is batting .214. J Will's performance was pretty good.

Cedneo now has 3 errors and two of them were very costly, including todays. I think it is fair to start getting worried a little about his throws. His glove seems to be good, but he also had like 5-7 balls thrown into the dirt that Lee had to pick out. He is batting .351 so far, so that is making up for his defense, but that will come down and with him swinging at everything and having ZERO walks so far, I hope he starts to calm down some and know he is the everyday SS and relax.

sj? evidently you didnt read my posts cuz i pose a question/situation twice about his "hot bat"... i'll rehash it... a 1 game hot streak after 2 days where he saw 1ab and popped out. now...is the question...why sit a guy on a 1-game hot streak? or...is the questions...would more rest for walker give him more days like yesterday? i find both scenerios believable, explainable, and totally f'n retarded.

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    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...