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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 47 Thread / Cubs @ Dodgers (2 of 3)

Game Chat Carlos Zambrano vs. Mark Hendrickson Lineups:
Soriano LF Pierre CF
Pagan CF Abreu 2b
Lee 1B Garciaparra 1B
Ramirez 3B Martin C
DeRosa 2B Gonzalez LF
Murton RF Betemit 3B
Blanco C Ethier RF
Izturis SS Martinez SS
Zambrano P Hendrickson P

Comments

Man, how nice would it be to have Furcal at SS? And yes, I know he "supposedly" makes more money than he he is worth, but Soriano is making more money than he is worth too. Furcal (2006):.300/.369/.445 (37 SB) Furcal (2007):.302/.369/.370 (6 SB)

Dodgers had a lineup change from what SI originally posted, no Furcal today, Abreu moves to the 2 spot and Ramon Martinez at SS instead in the 8 spot.

need more day games in LA.... Ramirez and Derosa's are both outs last night....

Subete a mi moto! W: Zambrano (5-4), with 125 pitches L: Hendrickson (2-2), who’s a lefty, if you can believe it; he’s also tall S: Dempster (11), who can’t help but make it interesting 1. Who is this man on the mound? Z returns to form, and FOX blacks it out. Meh. Ex-ten-sion! Ex-ten-sion! 2. The offense comes through. Well enough. ARam and DeRosa go back to back in the 2nd. Sori and Blanco (?!) also with RBIs. 3. The bullpen doesn’ blow it. Ohman for a big out, and Dumpster gets the SV. And it didn’t take till 2am! *Parachat Recap (a lame day-after-night-game-blowout version, with a bit more baseball than what you’re used to). PRE-GAME. Biz, the TCR-Walmart greeter. Pirates 3 is way too long not to have nudity. Cesar Izturis, formerly of Menudo. 1st INNING: Bobby Abreu Disease. Echoes. Alyssa Milano (still/again). Marriage as celibacy. The weather in LA. Pierre, the clown. Echoes. The Dick’s Cardinals fan. 2nd INNING: Too far, too deep. Back-to-back jacks. Top dogs. Subete a mi moto. Fox blackouts. Z v. Izzy power. Callow. New torture techniques for the involuntary tourists at Guantanamo. It’s not easy being green. Z is back. 3rd INNING: Fat Elvis on the turlet. Clue. Lee’s neck. Grace. Fire in the graphic. You hockypuck. Euthanizing Scooter. Chipper collisions. Percival back from the dead. Broken bat HRs. 4th INNING: Geoffrey Rush. The Cubs, brought to you by Chevy, v. Toyota and Honda. Homosexual dirigibles, aka flaming blimps. Iggy’s pop v. Izzy no pop. Bobby Cox: e-jected! Lou seems drunk. Grace’s “humility.” The sun-field fly rule. Royals @ Brewers. 5th INNING: Benching Lee. Grace’s razor. The Tigers are good. Detroit sucks. Ethier, Either. 10,000 gay Maniacs. The Village People. “My name is Prince.” 6th INNING: Red pepper bisque. Chat gone soft. Murton’s splits. Smoking oil. Missing the Goat. Pierre as a pink unicorn. The FA class of 2007. 7th INNING: Ichiromania. Cans of corn. The Stretch. John Sterling. MVP Baseball. 8th INNING: Harvey Haddix. Lindsay Lohan. Z’s marketability. Trading for A-Rod. Clownholes. The life expectancy of a Cubs fan. Ohman! 9th INNING: Fantasy pickups. Shituris. Ward’s booty. Cubs win! Cubs win!

First time I've actually been able to watch a Z start in a couple of weeks. A few of my mechanics-related thoughts below: Looks like he wants to stick with the 3/4 for good, I guess. Today he finally got a handle on the movement that the different arm slot puts on his two seamer. He certainly didn't have problems throwing it or anything else for strikes. Everybody's concerned about his velocity. However, for most guys, a drop in arm angle = drop in velocity. I was certainly that way. I know several other guys who are that way. They're throwing more sidearm or 3/4 than they used to. They've lost some velocity but have imparted more movement. A very good sign is that he was still blowing the fastball by guys at 90. He's getting a little more movement on it and guys are still swinging through it. First time I've seen him really lights out with his new mechanics. Sure does look repeatable, if nothing else.

At the game in L.A. today. at LEAST 50% Cub fans. I am not kidding you that people in front of us (Dodgers fans), and next to us did not GET THERE until the 7th inning! MAny LA fans left in the 8th... Exciting game - it is astounding how deep the Dodgers are. Jeff Kent coming off the bench?! Billingsley was superb for them - I am completely jealous. Perhaps next year, when the entire bullpen is scrapped, the new GM will be able to put some effective long and set=up guys in the pen. It is interesting to see what Colletti has put together there and has stacked the deck with good pitching per usual Dodgers standards. Beautiful, sunny day and the park looked nice. I am now 3-0 at Dodger Stadium in three straight years. One week, in the next couple of months, I hope that the Cubs could get a couple games over .500. - sigh - So many WASTED opportunities to have closed the gap. What an utterly disappointing fucking bullpen. And team.

Iowa just got done sending 14 men to the plate in the sixth inning and scored 9 runs to wipe out a 1-0 deficit. (2 triples, 2 doubles, 5 singles, a walk and a Geovany Soto HR) WADE MILLER (remember him?) started. 5 IP, 5 Hits, 4 Ks, 3 BBs, 1 Earned run. The Cubs said they were going to wait until he pitched tonight before deciding "what to do with him." Any guesses?

Oh, and this is a bit of a deja vu experience, but the I-Cubs are playing Eric Patterson in Center Field, leading off. Two triples already tonight for EPatt. Pie is not playing.

How about they sacrifice Wade Miller to the Gods which hate the Cubs? He would not be missed.

I think they'll DL Howry and have Miller as the long man in the pen to showcase that he can hopefully get MLB hitters out and hopefully get a solid pen arm for him like maybe an Ambroix Burgos from the Mets once that June 16 or 17th deadline has passed.

"Pie is not playing." hopefully he is on a southwest jet LAX bound, BTW Nolasco is going to be pitching for the Marlins on Monday.

rotoworld blurb said nolasco is out until the all-star break and hasn't even started throwing yet. yahoo has kim vs marshall for monday

ESPN fantasy had Nolasco as the starter, I thought it was odd when I saw it. Should have doubled sourced it before I posted. SD just defated MIL 6-3.

Cub minor-league box scores usually interesting, tonight no exception. CWTP noted E-Pat's two triples. He finished with 4 RBI. Rocky Cherry was dreadful, though, in the 9th inning of a game that was 13-1 when he came in and ended 13-8. He faced 5 batters, all of them reaching, 4 with walks. Donny Veal gives up 7 runs in 4 innings. Then the fabled relief crew takes over--tonight it's Henderson, Blevins and Petrick--and no more runs. Tennessee comes from 7-2 down to win 9-7. Samardjiya had a decent line tonight in a 2-1 loss: 5 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned, 1 walk, 2 Ks.

Great game by Z! Let's say this is the outing he needed to jumpstart the rest of his great season (and let's forget how he started off. ugh!)

Piniella in his postgame said that ARam's getting sunday off just because; DeRosa starting at 3rd, Riot at 2nd

quote of the week... "We threw 162 pitches before we recorded an out in the sixth inning. Tough to win games like that." Iowa Cubs manager Buddy Bailey, after a friday night 13-3 loss to Oklahoma.

Nice to win one after that heartbreaker (and sleep cycle-wrecker) Friday. Let's pick up the rubber match today and get out of town with the series!

Rocky Cherry threw something like 32 pitches and didn't record an out last night..

mitre has been good, shame all you guys got him traded. :) I think he was the 3rd guy the Cubs had to add-in to make the deal. While I'm not upset about giving up players because well you generally have to give up something to get something. Pull a bunch a deals leaving the other GM with nothing and they stop dealing with you, but I was always upset that we gave those players for Juan Freaking Pierre.

from the Sun-Times: There was a rumor that free-agent-to-be Carlos Zambrano was going to reunite with agent Scott Boras, a notoriously tough negotiator. Zambrano shot it down, saying he has remained friendly with Boras over the years and just likes talking to him.

What's the feeling about Zambrano now? Are the Cubs better off trying to re-sign him or would it be smarter to trade him and address some of the team's weaknesses? A few weeks ago, I felt strongly that the Cubs needed to re-sign Z, but I'm starting to think that he is worth more as trade bait.

And what do you think the Cubs' weaknesses are? And how would we address siad weaknessed by not signing Z?

Dave -- It's a good question. Initially, my thinking was that Z was the Cubs ace and they needed to re-sign him come hell or high water. But with his performance this year, I'm wondering if the Cubs wouldn't be better off trading him and getting two or three players in return. As for the weaknesses, the bullpen is obvious. Perhaps the Cubs could get a closer. I would also like to see the team get a long-term solution for SS and CF (I see Pie as a RF). At this point, I don't have any names in mind. I'm still trying to come to grips with the possibility of trading Z.

Sure... we would all love to upgrade at SS and RF/CF, along with the bullpen, but who would be available that would be worth giving Z away for? And I am not sure why you see Pie as a RF - Pie has the potential to be one of the best defensive CF in all of baseball for a long time.

Pie is a de facto center fielder - the guy not only takes away the power alleys with his speed, he also runs correct routes to flyballs, and has a gun for an arm. Other OF positions would be a waste of talent.

Covering ground well and having a good throwing arm does not negate him playing any other position. You could make a better case for the above statement if the Cubs, you know, actually had a centerfielder instead of the Jones/Pagan platoon. If the Cubs feel like getting in the Andruw/Ichiro/Hunter centerfielder market this winter, I could forsee a situation where Pie could move. I think that's very unlikely, however.

I keep hearing people saying he has lost velocity, what 2 -3 mph? Ive seen on the gun at Wrigley and yesterday he is getting up to 93-94 mph. Wes Trading Pie would be a huge mistake IMO. Yes he couldnt hit when he first got here but he is cheap and we have him for a long time. Not to mention he takes huge chunks of the gaps away.

Cards blurb featuring a former cub: Anthony Reyes was sent down to Triple-A after starting the season 0-8, and his spot in the rotation will be filled by Todd Wellemeyer. Yes, the Todd Wellemeyer that the Royals DFA'd.

So let me get this straight..... Alex Gonzalez (yes, that Alex) hit his 10th bomb today for the Redlegs... and Soriano Lee and Floyd have 9 combined... I hate billy goats....

Recent comments

  • 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.