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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 37 Thread / Cubs @ Mets (2 of 4)

Game Chat Carlos Zambrano vs. John Maine Lineups:
Theriot 2B Reyes SS
Floyd RF Chavez LF
Soriano LF Beltran CF
Ramirez 3B Delgado 1B
Ward 1B Wright 3B
Barrett C Green RF
Jones CF Lo Duca C
Izturis SS Easley 2B
Zambrano P Maine P
No official word on DeRosa, Lee or Fontenot yet. In other news, I was right on both of my lineup guesses for tonight. The Mets made it easy by going with the same lineup from last night. UPDATENear the bottom of this thread, you'll see a note from Bruce Miles saying that Rocky Cherry has been demoted and Mike Fontenot has been called up. This seems to jive with my theory that DeRosa and Lee will both miss a few games but not enough to put them on the disabled list.

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hmmm... I am not sure that this job sitting in front of a computer all day is going to too productive if I always comment this often... BUT... When Lee and DeRosa gets back, this is the lineup that I would LOVE to see: Theriot - SS Lee - 1b Soriano - LF A-Ram - 3b Jones - CF (against RHP) Floyd/Murton - RF Barrett - C DeRosa - 2b Pitcher Against LHP Pagan plays Center and bats 8th, moving everyone else up. Until Lee re-develops his homerun power, he is currently an ideal #2 hitter - high average, high OBP, doubles power, speed, etc. The only thing you wouldn't have him to that a typical #2 hitter does is bunt, but bunting is overrated anyway, and LouPa doesn't seem to bunt too often, at least early on.

Man. There's some lard on the right side of the field, that's for sure. So Floyd whines about playing time and then gets some. Fine with me as long as he puts up some numbers. I'd make a crack about his defense but I just keep replaying Murton's "close the glove before the ball arrives" trick. Jones waaaaaaay down in the line up.

Game doesn't start for an hour, but I'm going to go all Coach Wes here for a minute because I already know what I'll be saying in the home half of the third: Z, GET YOUR CONFARNED ELBOW UP, DAWG GONE IT. QUIT SCREWING AROUND WITH THAT SIDEARMING LOLLYGAG CRAP AND THROW LIKE A MAN.

I would have won the pot 7-5 odds that Floyd gets the start tonight. Squeaky wheel gets the greasin and Floyd aint afraid to squeak to Lou. I honestly think this is who Lou was refering to when he told Girardi that playing vets keeps the clubhouse happy.

Floyd's started one game in the last week.... and Maine's been a little walk happy vs the lefties the last 2 years.

I don't think Lou was referring to anybody specifically. That's just the status quo on most teams. Vets expect to play at every level from indy ball all the way up to the bigs. Rookies don't get to complain about not playing because they are rookies. Veterans earn the right to ask for more AB's because they're veterans. Not saying that's the right way or the wrong way to go about it. That's just how it works.

Looking forward to how Zambrano has accepted Lou's comments on his mechanics. I know they tryed to correct him back in 2001 in Iowa.

Oh, and I don't know if this was mentioned in the fontenot thread or not (that really escalated quickly, too much to sift through), but here's this blurb from cubs.com: "With Mark DeRosa undergoing an MRI on his hand, infield prospect Mike Fontenot is being called up to join the big-league club."

Wes -- yep. I believe it's his ring finger what's been bothering him. Thanks for the copy/paste, though.

the mouthpiece on Josh Hamilton... The Cubs had no intention of drafting anyone in the Rule 5 Draft, and they didn't trade Hamilton, they traded their pick to the Reds. The Cubs didn't know who the Reds would select until they handed a Chicago official a slip of paper with his name. The Reds took a gamble on Hamilton; they've even hired someone full-time to keep an eye on him. that doesn't jive with any other story I read about it....

Still pissed me off Rob. I don't care if we picked him with express interest of trading him or not, we DIRECTLY and PURPOSEFULLY helped out a division rival. I would have told them to stick it. Maybe another team would have selected him and the Red would never had gotten the chance. I don't understand why we would do this.

well first I don't buy that story from Carrie one bit... Second, you don't piss of other GM's unless it's worth it. A sketchy Rule V pick isn't worth it. Adam Dunn is worth it.

Arm angle considerably better in the first inning for Big Z. Started to move back towards 3/4's in the second and he threw a couple in the happy zone. Seems much more compact mechanically as a whole, which is something I know he was working on.

Saw the last 6 innings of the Iowa Cubs game today. They were sloppy early on defensively. They rallied to tie in the bottom of the ninth, but left the bases loaded then when Chris Walker made a Neifi-like bunt, which the Sacramento catcher picked up and walked back to the plate for the force, with the runner still about 35 feet up the line. Felix Pie snuffed a rally in the top of the tenth with a great throw from center to the plate, turning a sacrifice fly into an inning-ending DP. Whatever his hitting problems, he sure looks good in center field. Mike Kinkade hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the tenth to send us home happy.

wheeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a hit with runners in scoring position! and hi carlos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!1!!!111one1one!

all hail the salami a laugher now at 9-1. Come on Carlos, get some decent work in.

btw, i went to the game at shea last night.....was in traffic for the first two innings which basically means i saw the cubs lose 5-0, and no lee. blech. it was also damn cold and windy. going again tomorrow.....much more excited after this evening. the brewers got a gift out at the plate call on the phils in the bottom of the 8th, better not win by one.

Marshall has looked pretty good in Iowa. 2.16 era in just 16 innings but has been wild at times.

marshall's first two starts for iowa were solid; last one was a little wobbly...what's the consensus here on wade miller's future?

Although Wade Miller could well have a future with another MLB club desperate for a veteran rotation starter. It's called the Sidney Ponson Rule.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • 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.