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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Gameday Open Thread / Cubs @ Diamondbacks

Submitted by Cubnut on

The Cubs and Diamondbacks play in Tucson, their first meeting since the clubs matched up in last season's NLDS. (I don't recall who won.) Carlos Zambrano makes his second appearance of the Spring after pitching two scoreless innings against the Giants last Friday. Kosuke Fukudome had a big day in yesterday's loss to the Brewers, collecting three hits while batting in the two hole. Plus he has learned how to yank Bruce Miles's chain.

And what in the world is Jim Hendry talking about? He must not read Jeff Zrebiec.

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Submitted by Dr. aaron b on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:30 pm

Did anyone see where Lou is moving The-riot to the 7th spot? I say kudo's if indeed he does such a thing. In reality, Theriot is the prototypical NL 8th man. He handles the bat well and he takes pitches. Plus he's an adept bunter and can has speed to move around the bases while a pitcher is up.

Submitted by Ginto on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:34 pm

Exactly, Dr. Aaron. I question Theriot being a starting SS to begin with but to bat him 2nd is absolutely insane (unless it's a temporary deal because he's absolutely on a roll). Much more comfortable with him at #7. Really wish we'd have gotten Renteria. He'd look pretty good in front of Lee, E-Ram, etc...

Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:45 pm

No MLB.tv no radio no nada. Christ, Zambrano hit a HR. Now he's going to be corkscrewing himself into the ground all year and going on the DL with lower back problems.

Submitted by navigator on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:07 pm

1st PA: 3 called strikes -- out 2nd PA: tries a different tactic, swing at the ball 3 swinging strikes -- out 3rd PA: hits first pitch -- fly out 4th PA: hits first pitch -- ground out Baltimore Scouts heading back to Phoenix to beat traffic.

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:20 pm

Looks like Wuertz had a solid debut - 1 inning, no hits, 2 k's. It did look like Pie had an outfield assist of some sort at least. Perhaps Arizona Phil will tell us about it later. Hard to tell much from the box score.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:14 pm

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080305&content_id=24… . Hitting coach Gerald Perry has noticed that Kosuke Fukudome is breaking a lot of bats, including the one he used to hit a home run on Tuesday. Fukudome apparently is taking some of his bats home to keep them in a more humid atmosphere. The dry Arizona weather may be contributing to the breakage. The bats are made of tamo, a Japanese ash, and are individually wrapped. Third baseman Aramis Ramirez has been pushed back, and was expected to play on Friday. He's been sidelined with a sore right shoulder. and Lou showing the sense of humor regarding Z's first appearance vs the Dbacks since the NLDS "We're going to let him go three innings today," Piniella said. "I'm not going to pull him."

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Submitted by Wes on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:32 pm

I knew a kid who insisted on using only tamo bats. Wasn't from Japan, though. He was from Sheboygan. Some kind of superstition, I think. He played with a Japanese player once and borrowed a bat..so on and so forth and the next thing you knew he wouldn't use any other bat. Seemed to me he broke an awful lot of 'em throughout the course of a full season, though. Seemed like 2 or 3 times a week he'd come back with a splintered bat. I always thought ash broke more often than maple. But, my knowledge of bat construction doesn't go much further than fungoes. I think maple explodes more violently, but is generally more durable.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:46 pm

Goldstein puts the Cubs at #16, up from #21 last year http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7188 Last Year's Ranking: 21 Why They're Up: The struggles of Donald Veal and the graduation of Felix Pie are both offset by Geovany Soto's breakout seasons and what is looking like a very strong 2007 draft. Strengths: Solid offensive prospects at nearly every level, with Josh Vitters providing big-time potential. Despite disappointing 2007 performances, there are several power arms in the system. Weaknesses: Very little pitching that is close to being ready to help; Soto's move to the majors leaves little else in the way of power. Outlook for 2009 Ranking: Down a tad. Soto is now in the majors; Sean Gallagher and Eric Patterson could both be moving on or out as well.

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Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:48 pm

Is Inge good? I was under the impression he was on of the "good guys", but really wasn't all that great of a ball player.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:45 pm

inge is probably one of the best 3rd basemen in the game with a lazer arm, but when he dropped below 20hr power he became another marginal pedro feliz type. if he was only in better physical shape he'd probably attract more interest. he's gonna be 31 this year with some questionable loot tied to him for a couple years.

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Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 03:03 am

Thanks. I can see value to bringing him on if a. he can be acquired at a reasonable asking price, b. the salary is tolerable, and c. he's not going to demand to be in the lineup every day. He could sure up 3B & CF with Ramirez's health sometimes suspect and shallow CF coverage. I'm going to go to bed tonight and pray to the baseball gods that when Inge wakes up tomorrow, he'll be left-handed.

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Submitted by mannytrillo on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 03:10 am

No. And nowhere worth the $6.2 million he is owed in 2008, or the $6.3 million he is owed in 2009 or the $6.5 million he is owed in 2010. Detroit would have to seriously eat like $12 million to dump him.

Submitted by CUBBY on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 03:58 pm

Last night on NHK (Japan's version of PBS) there was a close-up on K-Fuk. Maybe they were waiting for him to have a good offensive day who knows. Anyway the cute little announcer chick was teasing him about how relieved he must be to have had a good day at the plate, but he shrugged it off and tried to be nonchalant, saying his natural talent just did its thing. But then he says he's putting the bat (which he's holding during the interview) in his trophy case to commemorate his first HR (albeit in spring) versus opposing ML pitching. So of course she's able to get him to admit it means something to him at that point. After that they talk about how hes adjusting to the team and he says all the perfunctory niceties about just being a great bunch of guys and all that. Then she hands him a placard and a marker and asks him to write down the word that best describes the teams situation right now. he wrote "楽", which means "fun" or "enjoyment", saying that right now everybody is just enjoying getting ready and he's having a great time. as you were.

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Hi Arizona Phil!

    Exciting to see Naz Mule in box scores a few times. What's his stuff like now after the TJS?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

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