I never really thought we'd catch the Pirates or the Royals for worst record in the league, but honestly a top pick in the first three slots of the draft is usually a good thing especially since the Cubs don't seem to shy away from giving out bonus money. This isn't a team that's so young that any type of moral victory such as fifth over sixth place would mean anything, so might as well go for the high draft pick. The Royals are playing well so they're definitely catchable for the overall worst record. You want to see some of the kids on the team do well, I'm particularly interested in Murton, Theriot, Hill, Guzman, Marshall and Ryu and on a lesser scale Soto, Marmol and Mateo, but anytime a vet needs a break or what not, no reason to put them out there I say. Well maybe we should put Rusch out there, he'd definitely help with the losing.
Go Cubs or go draft pick...either way!
GAME ONE HUNDRED-THIRTY-NINE IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
PITTSBURGH PIRATES (56-83 (Div) 5th - 18.5 GB; (Wild Card) 12th -16.5 GB) AT CHICAGO CUBS (55-83 (Div) 6th - 19.0 GB; (Wild Card) 13th - 17.0 GB)
Wrigley Field, 7:05 pm CDT
Weather: Clear, 77 degrees, Wind in from RF @ 8 mph
TV: CSN, DirectTV 745
Radio: WGN, XM 189
Rich Hill, LHP
4-6, 5.24 ERA, 65.1 IP
46 K, 30 BB, 12 HR
252/333/479 against | Zach Duke, LHP
8-13, 4.97 ERA, 179.1 IP
94 K, 59 BB, 14 HR
310/367/456 against |
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*Chris Duffy, CF
Jose Bautista, 3B
Freddy Sanchez, SS
Jason Bay, LF
#Ryan Doumit, 1B
Ronny Paulino, C
Joe Randa, 3B
Jose Castillo, 2B
*Zach Duke | *Juan Pierre, CF
Ryan Theriot, 2B
Aramis Ramirez, 3B
Derrek Lee, 1B
Matt Murton, LF
*Jacque Jones, RF
Henry Blanco, C
Ronny Cedeno, SS
*Rich Hill, P |
| Pirates vs. Hill:
No Pirates with more than 10 AB's | Cubs vs. Duke:
Matt Murton: 8-14, 571/600/929, 1 HR, 2 2B
Ronny Cedeno: 6-13, 462/462/462
Aramis Ramirez: 3-12, 250/308/500
Juan Pierre: 1-11, 091/091/091
Derrek Lee: 2-10, 200/200/300
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