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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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BEAR DOWN!!! Go Bears!!! Defeat the Fetus Head and the Indy Mayflowers!!!

He has Dallas beating the Bears? If Dallas beat the Seahawks. Wow . Why not make a case for the Cardinals to win it all with all the right breaks. And he's a writer for the Rams, they still have kneck braces on from Devin Hester blowing by them.

Phil Rogers, the first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem. " The Cubs should go to camp with at least 15 solid choices for the 12 jobs on the pitching staff. The doesn't count anyone from the group of prospects that includes Sean Gallagher, Carlos Marmol, Angel Guzman, Juan Mateo, Jae Kuk Ryu, Clay Rapada and Rocky Cherry. Ex-manager Dusty Baker never was blessed with this much depth." I guess having a 300 game winner as your fifth starter in 2004 was not a blessing.

I love how the field became magically sloppy when the Saints had the ball, and solid for the Bears. They knew that they were coming to Chicago to play, and should've practiced accordingly. The Bears took the ball from the Saints, and ran it down their throats. They deserved to win that game. Period.

Hate to say it, Rob, but I totally agree with that article. What games have you been watching this year?

Jacos, I saw that line, and just blew a fuse. It's wrong in so many ways........ In 2003 and 2004, Cubs had outstanding talent and depth in their staff. And we won many games. In 2005 and 2006, we didn't. And we lost many games. But this whole "Dusty wasn't given the talent/money/players to win" myth needs to be killed before it starts.

Come on now guys, Dusty never had a second starter like Ted Lilly. Whichever writer wrote that was correct though, I can't remember the Cubs having this many pitchers on the 40 man roster/

What games have you been watching this year? Every one. We've both seen good Rex and bad Rex. We've both seen good Bears' D and bad Bears' D.

so because the Bears didn't play a pefect game each and every week, they don't deserve to make the Super Bowl because the Saints had to play on bad field...gotcha.

well the reason the saints lost was totally dusty's fault...i dont know how anyone reasonable could say otherwise.

so because the Bears didn’t play a pefect game each and every week, they don’t deserve to make the Super Bowl because the Saints had to play on bad field…gotcha. The gist of the article, as I read it, was that the Bears were damn lucky to get to the Super Bowl. I think that's fairly true, considering they squeaked by the Seahawks and beat up on a Saints' team that clearly wasn't prepared well for the terrain or the scale of the game. That being said, the Bears are still there. One could make a similar argument that the Colts were damn lucky as well. I don't think either the Bears or the Colts were the best teams in their divisions (although picking a best team out of the NFC is sort of an oxymoron) but they're both there nonetheless. If the Bears beat the Colts, they'll have earned their spot. It doesn't matter whether a team "deserves" it or not.

if Dusty didn't let Rex throw those last 3 passes against the Packers in that first blowout, Rex would have had more in the tank for the games versus Arizona and New England...

Sorry, meant to say "conferences" instead of "divisions" above.

the RCRFRPATTELTTS index (Really Cool Rating For Ranking Passing Attempts That Treats Everyone Like They're The Same) points directly to dusty pushing grossman beyond the limits of humanity. in back to back games he had him throw 5-10 more passes than any human is capable of therefore ruining his life and making him a cripple for life. i mean, its plain as day that every human is just like every other human and a simple equation can manage a human independant of his actual talent. this is pretty simple stuff that lots of people who have seen more spreadsheets than actual baseball players can attest to. what an idiot.

the gist of that article is that guy is a moron... barring a horrible official's call or absolute bad luck play, every team that advances in the NFL playoffs deserves it, they played better than the other team that day. And I love the "if Hassellback didn't fumble the snap", the Seahawks would have won. First, that's presuming Lance Briggs still wouldn't have made the play, which is a big enough assumption since he stuffed him for a substantial loss, second it assumes they would have gotten the necessary yardage after that play to set up what would have likely been a rather long field goal. Second, this isn't the NCAA college tournament or the NCAA football, you play the season to get homefield advantage and the Bears deserved whatever breaks they got from the homefield by being the best team during the regular season (by a far and away margin). Brees fumble had nothing to do with the weather, he just got nailed. Bush and Mcallister didn't run well because A) they didn't even try to run as a team and B) the Bears stuffed them when they did because the Bears have a great defense. Meh, we're in and we deserved it because we're the best team in the NFC.

Really, the Bears were lucky to even make the playoffs. They should have been sending coaches to the Senior Bowl by now. Sure, they were the NFL's best team until injuries to Brown and Harris, but they were really just lucky those two were able to play as many games as they did. Obviously, the Packers were the NFC's best team, just look at the way they dismantled the Bears in week 17.

Sure, they were the NFL’s best team until injuries to Brown and Harris And until Rex Grossman devolved into a Pops Warner quarterback. Okay, that's my last jab. I'm off to watch the game. Enjoy it all.

it's the same as Baseball Prospectus with a few guys shuffled around, but the same 10.

Sigh.

BAh. So much for expecting Rex Grossman to hold the fort. I'm still undecided on whether he was shackled down too much early on and not allowed to make plays or he was just plain bad. I still blame the Bears loss on Dusty for overusing his SP's in '03. Maybe with Piniella this year, the Cubs will maximize their pitching staff and allow the Bears to win next year. Congrats anyway to the Colts for the win.

Speaking of holding down the fort, I just wanna say good job Rob G. for keeping TCR running. It must feel like a one-man show lately. If only A.Phil could put those really great comments into actual posts...

well thanks 10-man, I'll talk to AZ Phil about that. :) There was a lot of blame to go around in that game beyond Rex, start with Chris Harris in the 1st quarter. He doesn't blow that coverage on a 3rd down and it's a whole different game in the 4th. Benson and special teamer's fumble sure didn't help either. Ron Turner sucked too. Oh yeah and Grossman. Honestly though, that Chris Harris boner was not only a huge momentum changer, but just take those 7 pts away and we're leading in the 4th quarter and Rex probably isn't throwing as much. Meh, great season, tough ending, congrats Colts!!

Loses are much easier to take for me when I know the better team (at least for that day) won. Bears just got beat...on offense and defense. Indy had a great game plan to go for 5-10 yard plays versus big bombs...kept our defense on the field most of the game, and just wore the Bears down. Yeah, I too can't figure out if Grossman was just shackled early, or if he wasn't confident to throw for more then two yards a shot.

Grossman just played a terrible game -- it's that simple. When he threw the ball over 10 yards, it was either a bad throw or it was going to a receiver who was blanketed by the Colts secondary. The deep ball to Berrian was horrendous -- he was covered, the ball was a floater, and Muhsin Muhammad was open on the near-side (TV angle) of the field. The pass that was intercepted by Hayden and returned for a TD shouldn't have been made, and should have resulted in Grossman being benched. Oh, and the horrible decisions to throw screen-passes to a surrounded Thomas Jones also didn't help. Scarily enough, Grossman finished with a higher completion percentage than Manning. It all looked good until the 2nd half -- when great QBs shine and bad QBs whine. One other thing: there's no way in hell Peyton Manning should have gotten the MVP. It belongs to Dominic Rhodes.

The defense is to blame for the loss. You cant give up 400 yards and expect to win. Grossman didnt play that bad and took what the Colts defense gave him. As for his picks on the first one Muhammed should have tackled Hayden and on the second one there down 12 and you need to make a play and he forced one in. Its obious they need a new offensive coaching staff to develop Grossman because that is not Turner's strongpoint (see his tenure in champaign). my choice for OC would be Chargers QB coach John Ramsdill who had the postion with the Rams devloping Trent Green, Kurt Warner, and Marc Bulger into solid NFL QB's and did as nice job with Rivers this season. As for QB coach I would go with Mark Whipple who held the job with PIT the last 3 season as did a good job with Roetslisberger.

I read somewhere and I agree. The Bears lost this game because they couldn't get any pressure on Manning. Grossman wasn't good but I've seen him play a whole lot worse so let's not hang this loss on them. Lovie will need to answer for the seeming letdown of a plan on defense. Sure, they stayed on the field far, far too long but it wasn't until the game was pretty much decided that they came up with their first sack of Manning. That's unacceptable. Anyway, great year. Hopefully we'll be back again soon and this time I hope we win. The NFC is weak and the Bears are currently the best or near best of a weak bunch. That means they have a good shot at making it back. Let's look forward and not back!

After watching our front four get manhandled, for what like 42 minutes (?), it sure makes me wonder 'what if' we had our best defensive player on the field. They should be back next year, and hopefully with a one year less stupider Rex.

Oh yeah, and I disagree on the MVP comment, it should have been one or all of the O-Line that got the award.

Almost every year our GM has signed a rehabbing pitcher from the scrap heap. Dempster, Williamson, Wade Miller (even Kerry Wood qualifies based on this years contract). Who will be Hendry's 2008 reclamation project? Food for thought: from the boston herald.com... http://tinyurl.com/29rd4p Matt Clement, who underwent surgery on his right shoulder on Sept. 26, is progressing well on his rehabilitation program, but the veteran pitcher still hasn’t begun a throwing program, Hoyer said. Clement, who went a disappointing 5-5 with a 6.61 ERA in 12 starts before being lost to shoulder pain in mid-June, is expected to begin throwing sometime next month. The team is taking an extremely cautious approach with the 32-year-old and won’t project a timetable for his return to the mound or to game action. Clement is entering the final season of a three-year, $25.5 million contract.

Get Hester the damn ball!!! The Bears have the most dynamic, feared player in the NFL, and they never use him on offense. A reverse, a screen pass -- anything that will get him the ball 3-4 times a game with a little room to run. I would have loved to have seen Benson in there pounding away on a sloppy field in the 4th quarter with the Bears down only 22-17. To not have him was a real shame... but that's the NFL. Very fun year -- but, in your heart of hearts, did you really think this was a Super Bowl winning team? Next up -- we've got to get Ted Lilly a nickname.

Would we have done any worse in that game with Cade McNown as our quarterback? He was confident too--it just played as misplaced arrogance because he was too stupid to know his limitations (and to grasp the playbook, sure). I've been somewhat of a Grossman defender this season--I felt like teams figured out how to pressure him and keep him off balance and that's why we saw his play change so dramatically. The great quarterbacks figure out how to adjust. How not to throw soft arcing deep passes in hopes that someone on his team will catch it in the superbowl. Rex has got to make a quantum leap in his ability to be comfortable when the pocket starts collapsing, how to scramble, and how to not just put the ball in the air because he made a decision before the lay started. He's also got to figure out how to hold onto snaps. It's time to start considering that quite possibly Grossman will never get there. And yes BillyBucks, this is a team I thought could win the superbowl--not once Mike Brown and Tommie Harris were injured, but before that I felt they could certainly get the job done. For the rest of the long season, I was surprised every time the Bears pulled one out. It didn't make it any more fun to watch the travesty of last night. On to baseball.

Tough game. But Colts beat the Bears every which way except in special teams play. Rex-ugh Defense-ugh Coaching- Hey look Desmond Clark. Hey look no blitzing on Manning. "It’s time to start considering that quite possibly Grossman will never get there." Wow 26 pro starts and your done. I want to thank the Bears to getting me to this point where pitchers and catchers report in two weeks. With the plethora of pitching, that was never given to poor Dusty, LouPa should have this team quick out of the gate.

"Would we have done any worse in that game with Cade McNown as our quarterback? " Uh...YES! I saw Cade IN PERSON. Many times. He is one of the three WORST QB's I have ever seen in a Bears uniform. Rex has more potential than Cade ever dreamed about. It remains to be seen if it will ever be developed. Rex sucked, I'll agree - but much blame to go around - including a poor game plan by the coaches. Certainly, one can't expect a defense to play an entire half with their offense not having more than 10-12 plays.

McNown sucked but sadly, I have seen far more than two other Bear quarterbacks worse than him. Having crappy quarterbacks is a Bear tradition.

Mr. Whipple -- Sorry -- I should have been more clear. Did anyone really expect the Bears team that headed into the playoffs (no Tommie H. nor Mike B., Rex in a downward spiral, no pass rush, etc.) to win the SB? Still, 2006 was an amazing ride -- I can't remember ever seeing a player like Hester. I had the good fortune to be at the Saints game -- that was a lifetime memory. So, now, we say "thanks for a great season", hope the key players can stay healthy next year, and be thankful we have Hester and Urlacher to look forward to again. Now -- on to Wood, Miller, Prior, CF, etc.......

>>The Joe — February 4, 2007 @ 10:08 pm I need baseball fast. This day was too great of a disappointment. Umm Joe, You realize this is a Cub-centric web site, right? DISAPPOINTMENT IS OUR MIDDLE NAME. I *laugh* at spirit-crushing sporting events. Actually, I'm a little under the weather today, and told my co-workers that was either Da Beers or Da Bears.

It’s time to start considering that quite possibly Grossman will never get there. I go back and forth on Rex, but he did more good than harm this year and helped lead us to a Super Bowl in what was essentially his first full season. He'll be back next year for certain and top of the depth chart. I think he has one more year on his deal. And my bad earlier on the Chris Harris rip, it was Daniel Manning apparently.

go get Jeff Garcia - today to do what, stock the Bears after-game parties with Playboy playmates? Don't be fooled by a few good games in a high powered offense, Garcia isn't that good. He stunk up the joint his last year in San Fran, along with Detroit and Cleveland and he'll stink up the joint for whatever team is fooled into signing him based off 5-6 games last year. Rex is our QB for at least one more year, for better or worse.

rob, Jeff Garcia competes and does not make mistakes. with our defense and running game, a good qb for the bears manages the game and should not make dumb mistakes. granted he's not a qb who will win games for a bad team, but he will not loose games for a good team. garcia would be a nice complement for the next few years, and who knows, Rexy may learn a few years by sititng behind garcia. from what i heard in the postgame show, rex was clueless that he had a bad game. ugh.

Let's talk in a year, Jeff Garcia will have a worse year than Rex Grossman and it won't be close.

on Garcia - he is a system QB and the system is West Coast. he does not fit with the Bears. plus with all our expiring contracts (TJ, Briggs, etc) and Griese under for 4 more, there is no way they bring another QB in

cubfanbudman: great handle dude. why we lost in my opinion after 2 viewings of the game: 1. grossman fumbling away the ball at the end of the half the 1st play after we took it away from them. though viniateri shanked the kick anyway, we could have at least given robbie a chance at 3 more or even better, which wouldve gone a long way toward alleviating the damage from the blown coverage TD that erased hesters return and kept momentum w/ us. 2. grossmans floater (returned for a TD) that should have been upfield leading moose, not a duck straight over his head. just a terrible throw off his back foot. the argument against turner: though the pick for a TD was basically it for us, calling those hopeless screens on our last drive to stay in it, was plain moronic. the call on 4th down should have been made on 2nd down. you cant hate on turner for the call to go deep to berrian over the middle on the drive before that though cuz if not for spectacular coverage by the other safety berrian makes that catch by coming back to the ball the way he did and turner wouldve looked like a genius, but oh well. though it really sucked to lose benson so early, basically rex's lost fumble from center and the duck over moose's head were the mistakes that let indy off the hook. we could have won that game. but, its over and done.

cubby, i agree with you 100%. i'm curious what the tribune has to say about this "gross" quarterback. i'm not sure he has the head needed to play the position.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • 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...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.