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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 36 Thread / Cubs @ Mets (1 of 4)

Game Chat Jason Marquis vs. Tom Glavine Lineups:
Theriot 2B Reyes SS
Izturis SS Chavez LF
Soriano LF Beltran CF
Ramirez 3B Delgado 1B
Murton RF Wright 3B
DeRosa 1B Green RF
Blanco C Lo Duca C
Pagan CF Easley 2B
Marquis P Glavine P
What's wrong with Cliff Floyd? I know he's a lefty and all but a more than respectable 394/444/636 line versus Glavine for his career although it's probably been awhile since he's seen him. Not to mention we've used all our middle infielders to start a game once again. UPDATE: Derrek Lee was sent back to Chicago to have his neck checked out last night. He may be back by tomorrow's game but definitely won't be there to do any pinch-hitting tonight. Thanks to reader Chris for the initial scoop.

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Izzy batting 2nd... I guess he's been hitting better recently. I still think I would have him hitting further down.

ROB G: Just noticed that Izzy and Theriot are playing the same position. Is this so Theriot can help him?

Izturis is 7/17 against Glavine and has the hot bat. Your other choices for the 2 spot are Derosa (1 for 8 vs Glavine) or Pagan. I guess Murton as well but then you start running into problems in the middle of the order. Ward 3/8 against Glavine for his career. No idea what Lou is doing with this lineup tonight.

since I don't like the lineup choices, I vote for us to all bitch about it for the next hour. That usually leads to a huge game from our offense.

anybody monitoring pregame LouPa show, maybe Santo has the same questions for him?

Yeah, Stone is talking about how Glavine is actually easier to face from the left side of the plate. He is saying that this would be a very good night to play Ward at first...

that use to be very true about Glavine being harder on righties than lefties but I think he really worked on a slider last year. His 2006 splits showed a distinct advantage against lefties but he seems to be back to having trouble against them this year. I dunno...

Santo is yet to say any thing about it. He went on about the line up being a puzzle and all the pieces need to....yadda, yadda.

Maybe this is an error? Oversight? Bloody DeRosa @ 1B?? Didn't Hendry pay for a guy specifically a situation such as tonight? Maybe Ward got lost at a NY restaurant knocking back pizzas?

I guess Daryl Ward can't hit lefties too well. Cause I sure as hell don't like DeRosa as our back-up 1B.

I think you'd go with Floyd at 1b before Ward as I mentioned. I guess because DeRosa didn't start yesterday and he wanted to keep Theriot and Izturis in there.

I guess Floyd hasn't played 1b since '97. I thought he played a bit in New York, guess not.

todd walker at 1st was more of a move of despiration given what else was there and how "well" todd played 2nd. we got murt and his lack of arm in RF while a better arm in in LF and at 1st. the guy at 1st can also play RF a lot better, too...sadly.

http://www.cnn.com/ Look at the headline story... What was that old horror movie with those people that had no eyeballs? That's a creepy picture... Sorry for the deviation. I opened another window, and it just popped up there...

you get your news from CNN? you really hate america that much, huh? you know they're a liberal news organization bent on killing us? actually, im suprised their head story isnt "madonna gets headache while looking at adoption catalogue" or "britney spears gets new haircut" ps- lou dobbs has something to say about mexicans, news at 6. CNN...mistaken for liberal by those who have no clue what a liberal issue is. go corporate welfare, go.

"that use to be very true about Glavine being harder on righties than lefties but I think he really worked on a slider last year. His 2006 splits showed a distinct advantage against lefties but he seems to be back to having trouble against them this year. I dunno… " Pinella just said on the Santo show that he knows lefties fair well versus Glavine and that he's got a bunch of righties in there, but that it's essentially his best available defensive line up.

No, I don't get my news from CNN. My company has one of those scripts that sets your browser's default web address to CNN. I have no choice...

"you know they’re a liberal news organization bent on killing us?" Wha???

"wow crunch, way to stay on topic. Floodgates…open. " woah...just a joke...not jumping down anyone's throat there...not directed at anyone. just my usual CNN = Entertainment Tonite rant. sorry. :)

Uncle Lou discussed the lineup: "Izturis is swingin' the bat well in the 2-hole" "Ya know Derek is out and will be day-to-day. Nothing serious. He's in Chicago now. Alfonso is takin' more pitches." Said nothing about DeRosa at 1B. Discussed the all-righty lineup - other than Pagan in CF.

fair enough and it's not that big a deal crunch, but the faintest whisper of politics tends to open the discussion on matters that I don't come here to read about. Sweet, I get Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling on MLB.tv. Keith has the "Fuck it, I'm Keith Hernandez" face going already.

I thought Soriano was most comfortable in the leadoff spot, why is he being moved down now?

no play for mr. grey. im going with the horror of ESPN's feed...i'll refrain from throwing in a political "lesser of 2 evils" joke. heh..

"I thought Soriano was most comfortable in the leadoff spot, why is he being moved down now?" Yeah - we talked abt. this on a previous thread. Go figure! It seems like Fonzie will do just about anything Lou wants. Which is how it should be. For $136MM, he should wash the towels if asked - or hire the laundry service to do it!

Two pitches, two outs. Great. Nice plate discipline.

This is so 2006 Cubs. A lineup nobody likes, but they score a ton of runs. Go baseball!!

Izzy is in the two-hole? Maybe that's why it's been so painful to watch... --- If you want media propaganda go on over to FoxNews. That's right I said it! Bring it on!

Wow a shot at Fox News, how fresh. Let me guess, for your next jab you are going to tell me the Rush Limbaugh is a fat, drug addict, shill for the Karl Roves or the world.

Marquis doesn't seem to have his best stuff tonight. I hope we can get 6-7 innings outta him.

I hate to raise this, but Marquis's BABIP must be pretty low. 33 hits on 52.2 IP with only 25 K. Has anyone done the calculation?

No the next shot is at O'Reilly. Limbaugh is old news. Sorry, pointing out the truth never gets stale...no matter how often conservatives want to point out how 'old' it gets. And, dude...lighten up. Just a joke in response to the CNN jab. Baseball...

Chad: I had a snide response for you, but it didn't post. I know you're really disappointed that you missed out. To paraphrase my post: "Lighten up". So take that!

"Rush Limbaugh is a fat, drug addict, shill for the Karl Rove..." YES! And a Fat-No-Talent Drug Addict! And a tub-o-lard blow-hard. And, a hypocritical-fat-RICH-druggie who is on Rove's payroll. Other than that he is o.k.

If the Mets score, the Cubs lose. If the game goes into extras, the Cubs lose. I'm not seeing any other scenario.

Wow. Why on earth did they intentionally walk Beltran and put all that pressure on Wuertz? If it wasn't four balls, a wild pitch or passed ball would have ended it. Stupid.

Bases loaded walk to lose..............I can not believe it...........It is tough to be a old Cub fan sometimes.

Lou Pinella your my hero. Genius! Pure baseball genius. And before you all say "Lou didn't make Weurtz walk Delgado" he did make him walk Beltran. FU LOU!

ACCORDING TO JACE or whoever else stated this earlier: "The bullpen is 'NOT THAT BAD'" OH REALLY???!!!!!!! And you are watching the same games I am?

ball 4 was eye level. not even close... i really wonder what the record will be after the end of the Sox series.

THIS was Lou's WORST game as Cub manager! From sitting Ward in place of Defucking Rosa, to not letting MArquis pitch ONE more inning KNOWING our BULLPEN fucking SUCKS, to NOT INSISTING SORIANO Sits and HEALS HIS GODDAMN Hammy, to the USE of the bullpen. UGH!! One of the many reasons why this will be no better than a .500 team. ONCE AGAIN Snaring defeat from the Jaws of Victory!

Technically, but it sure looked like Wuertz was pitching around Beltran. To Wuertz' credit, he did throw a lot of strikes to Delgado and those first two called balls looked like they painted the corner. The most important ball of the inning though was Blanco's. A good throw to second and the game is going to the top of the 10th.

ANAMOLY THREAD: Manny: "Not sure how we could expect the bullpen statistically to get much better..." E-MAN: MANNY and 433: You guys are mentioning tthe evening out of the starting pitching coming back to earth with the bats needing to heat up - my opinion is if the BULLPEN can do their fucking job we would be tied or close to the Division lead right now. I zero confidence in Eyre, Howry and Eyre right now. Dempster, who I LOATHED last year, I must give credit to. It shows he really has worked very hard to improve. It is too bad the other three guys are letting the great starters down. JACE: "E-man, I disagree in general about the bullpen. I am not sure that you can, in general, expect much more from them....But the stats show that as a whole, the Cubs bullpen is not bad at all." E-MAN: "The stats show as of yesterday: Record of 2-9, Save %=54% (3rd worst in the Majors), 46BB in 105 Innings, MLB rank - 16th (courtesy ESPN.com stats)" Make that 2-10 now, JACE. ROB G: "Last week THT noted the bullpen WPA as 18th in the MLB, 11th in the NL. Doing a little below average at this point…"

TEN GODDAMN LOSSES FOR A BULLPEN already in the 2nd Week in MAY? ARE YOU Fucking KIDDING ME?!

OH, allow me to add a hearty FU to Michael Wuertz. I don't care what you do, I don't care if Delgado hits one into the east river, you throw a strike. you rear back and throw it down the middle. YOu do no, under any circumstances, walk in the winning run. FU!

wuertz pitched himself into the IBB...3 balls in a row. he threw like 8-9 in a row for balls, unintentional. no one up in the pen through any of it...wuertz's to hang himself on and he did. add me to the list of people kinda tired of the mega-early hook on pitchers who arent giving up ugly performances, though. im still trying to figure out how lou is gonna use this pen, though...people's roles are constantly shifting and quick hooks vs. sink/swim roles im really confused on.

Oh know!!! We lost one game to the best team in the National League!!!! It must be the end of the world!!!!

Yeah Chad, I'm sure Wuertz was purposely pitching around Delgado. Lou should have told him he needed to throw a strike and then he probably would have

I do really question removing Marquis - while he definitely didn't have his best stuff tonight, he still was able to pitch okay. Even in the 6th, he gave up two cheap hits - one blooper that should have been caught, and one roller that got through the infield. He wasn't exactly getting hit hard that inning.

Dave, you miss the point. YOu need to win games like this. When you play against better teams, you must hold on and take the ones you can. We let this one get away. And Vince, these are major leaguers. They know that. What I am saying, is that you throw a fucking strike. Even if its a 91 mph meatball. There is still a chance that a well hit ball will find a glove. Unaccptable! This isn't little leauge.

The definition of insanity is saying the same thing and expecting different results. And saying... "its early" or we are "overreacting" etc is the same lame excuse, this team aunt going to the post season. The only drama left is who gets dumped and who buys the cubs

Let's see, who can it be-- - Failure to get a big hit in the late innings - Bullpen meltdown Don't tell me --let me guess... The 2007 Cubs? Save the anger, boys -- Wuertz's walk actually saved the bullpen. It's not like the Cubs were going to score in extra innings -- how many extra innings has it been since they scored? Can't win close games with a crappy bullpen. So, the old guys blow a game, then the young guys blow one -- any middle-aged guys in the pen?

Exactly, so what you are telling me, is that Michael Wuertz, a major league pitcher, knowing full well that he HAD to throw a strike, threw a ball not because he couldn't locate his pitch, but because he was FUCKING AROUND and not trying to throw a strike? If thats the case, I give him a big fuck you too, but I have a feeling he was trying everything he could to lay one in there. Even my spreadsheet said he should throw a strike in that situation.........

Vince, I don't have the radar gun on that one but i'll bet he had some mustard on it. But that is besides the point. I expect major league pitchers to throw strikes on demand on any given pitch. WHOA! Before you go nuts, understand that I'm talking about an 88 mph fastball down the middle if needs be. Any major leaguer 'should' be able to do that. Much the way you would expect an NFL kicker to make an extra point. They sometimes miss, but its pretty rare.

Pie 2-4 with an HR, but Holliman got knocked around for the first time. Hopefully, Lou now realizes his pen isn't The Nasty Boys. The problem with using 4-5 relievers per game is that is likely that one of them won't have it that night. The match-up thing ain't workin' Lou -- time for Plan B -- if a guy is throwing well, leave him in. Forget righty-lefty -- it has failed all year.

i love the intimation by some that it's lou's fault that most of the pen SUCKS. i'm so sick of this cowardly shit where guys can only do one of two things - miss the zone and walk hitters or throw get me over cheese that gets cranked ~ a la ohman and howry on saturday. i guess at the end of the day we must remind ourselves that there's a reason pitchers become relievers...

Whoa eli: Lou had a bad game. Coaches and managers do just like players. You are getting into the Dusty free pass realm here which is not accurate. LOU makes the lineup - he will tell you that. He is responsible to put the team in the best position to win - managers can't really make a team win, but they can cause a team to lose. LOU made several ill-advised decisions tonight, the lineup, not allowing Marquis too pitch one more inning (he would give us the best chance to win - NOT the bullpen), not sitting Soriano to give him a day of rest (his play in the 6th was certainly a big contributing factor in the floodgates opening), the post-Ohman moves, playing zero Rosa instead of Ward, etc. Sorry, but IMO, he layed the turd tonight. IF he could count on the bullpen, things would be different perhaps.

from the AP wrap tonight: The Cubs are 0-for-15 with six RBIs with the bases loaded dating to April 30.

dave: "Oh know!!! We lost one game to the best team in the National League!!!! It must be the end of the world!!!!" No dave, everything is peachy, we got Lou and he is fiery, and that is all we need!!!

An Iowa Cubs official told me this morning that Mike Fontenot is on his way to New York, but has not yet been activated, pending re-evaluation of Lee's neck problem. Cross the fingers...

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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.