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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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They Sure Talk Funny In Milwaukee

A little something to break up the afternoon before debating how to attack former, almost-Cub Jason Simontacchi... The following is from the Milwaukee Journal's game story by Tom Haudricourt. See if you can decipher it. I cannot.
The Brewers hit the official halfway mark of the season with a 47-34 record, matching the best in franchise history (1979). With only three games left against Milwaukee (Aug. 28-30 at Wrigley), the Cubs will need help to make a serious run at the Brewers, much less any other NL club with a notion of playing serious baseball at some point. (Emphasis added)
Obviously, the Cubs will need outside help to make up the 6.5 game deficit. But what's with the rest of that passage? Doesn't it come off like a slam? Those nice folks up north don't talk trash...do they?

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They can't bank on a winning season just yet. What, they haven't had a season better than .500 in a decade? It's just appropiate that they keep their mouths shut until/if they win the division. They seem to have their heads up their asses -- time to give them a nice little surprise.

that is a very strangely worded sentence.....if he was trying to talk trash it is clear that they haven't had much practice up there. i hope when they crossed the border going home last night all those wisconsinites remembered to set their watches back 30 years.

I think they are trying to say that any team could get back into this race but the Cubs are the only ones who seem like they are. To me its more of a slam at the Cardinals and Astros.

The Cubs don't need "help" to win the division, they just need to play better than the Brewers than their common opponents. Which, if they are a better team, they would be expected to do. If they're not the better team, well, then, they shouldn't expect to win the division.

Ned Yost, the guy who before the season started, said he refused to be intimidated had this to say after Sunday's game: "They're just playing a little better," Brewers manager Ned Yost said. "They were really, really good back then, too. They just weren't playing that well. Right now they're playing pretty good. Derrek Lee and Ramirez are two of the best hitters in the National League. Their pitching has a chance to be very solid. They're a good team." http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270701116&prov=ap

"Help" in the sense that the Cubs' fate is not in their own hands, i.e., they could theoretically sweep all of those games against common opponents and still not catch the Brewers. Chad, I hadn't thought of it your way, but even after looking at it closely, it seems clear to me he's saying, "...the Cubs will need help to make a serious run at the Brewers, much less (at) any other NL club with a notion of playing serious baseball at some point." Maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm just aching for a fight with Milwaukee.

Forgot the rest of the thought... Ned Yost said he wouldn't be intimidated by a team spending $300 mil

Spending my college years in Milwaukee and knowing far too many Wisconsinites than I care to, this is what I expected the article to say. The Brewers Brett Favre hit the official halfway mark Brett Favre of the season with a 47-34 record Brett Favre, matching the best in franchise history Brett Favre (1979). With only three games left Brett Favre against Milwaukee (Aug. 28-30 at Wrigley) Brett Favre, the Cubs will need help Brett Favre to make a serious run at the Brewers Brett Favre, much less any other NL club Brett Favre with a notion of playing serious baseball at some point Brett Favre.

They seem to have their heads up their asses let's send izturis to investigate...

Assuming Big Z doesn't get the vote for the last NL All-Star spot (and he shouldn't anyway), I've tallied the points people got on the TCR PreSeason Prediction Contest for Cubs All-Stars. I've highlighted people who scored 8 or 10 of a possible 10 points. Two people scored a perfect 10, while a handful of others scored an 8. http://www.stanford.edu/~boptholt/TCR_predictions.htm

According to Buster Olney on Mike & Mike this morning, the Mets and Brewers are the top two contenders for Buehrle, if the Sox decide to trade him. I'm not particularly happy about either of those scenarios, but I really don't want to see him go to the Brew Crew.

i think i should get points for saying that ramirez would make it, since he should have.

ST has 0 (ZERO) points. That just made me freaking day, Bryan. Well done, sir.

btw, looks like the Buehrle deal is dead as Wsox won't give him a NTC. My apologies if that's a repeat...

Hmm... The only other regular poster that scored 8 or higher (other than me) is jacos.... See a pattern here?

You must begin your name with "ja" to be successful? If not, then I do not see a pattern.

That's right, Wes! Nothing more. Pretty simple, really. It's Monday, I don't wanna get too deep...

I think CT Steve with 16 pts is the current overall leader and can get another 5 pts if Z wins the vote.

there were 2 other questions for 5 pts that have already been answered (first callup and first to DL) and he got both of them right.

The White Sox are so stupid. Why won't they give him a NTC? Obviously, Buehrle is giving them a home town discount to stay in chicago. So the Sox can turn around and trade him next year to a team that he may not want to play for? So stupid.

Jace: That’s right, Wes! Nothing more. Pretty simple, really. It’s Monday, I don’t wanna get too deep… So noted.

I don't know if you guys listened to Boers and Berstein today, but go to YouTube and in the search box type in "Aramis Rameirez Jack" ...can you tell me what the hell the guy is doing to poor A-Ram? or who the mystery shaker is?

aram is a guy with chronic groin problems...and lockerrooms can be kinda "touchy" to a scarey point. was gonna stay away from the whole thing, but meh...whatever. jocks are weird ;p what's scarier? the fact it was done or the fact aram didnt react like it was abnormal? hehe

heh...murton has 7 doubles (1hr) in 16 AAA games. ronnie cedeno is hitting around a billion with more walks than Ks and 9 homers in 45 games. soto's still putting on his best immitation of a power hitter with 11 homers and 17 doubles in 208ab. PCL pitching must be consistantly blowing ass this season or theyre juicing the ball in iowa. heh.

No, that's not DeRosa. DeRosa is in the foreground from the jacker.... DeRosa is in his white jersey, whereas the jacker is wearing a blue top...

Speaking of Milwaukee: they have a good lineup but that Ryan Braun is scary. He killed the ball all weekend, including against Marmol. He's done for them what Fontenot has done for the Cubs. He's going to be in our hair for a long time. Notice he's already hitting in the three slot.

Oh now I see it. Marmol? That's pretty close to a "rusty trombone" than I care to ever see.

"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MLB Advanced Media" reeeeeeeeeeeeeeejected. oh! no play for mr. grey.

If Buerle goes to the brewers, it is a good thing for the Cubs. Ok, maybe not really, but lets remember how good Buerle is in the 1st half and how bad he is in the 2nd half. I could go pull up some stats, but I am far too cool for that. Just take my word for it.

PCL pitching must be consistantly blowing ass this season or theyre juicing the ball in iowa.I went to a Stockton Ports game last night where 9 home runs were hit - in one game. That's 9 home runs - at A Ball level! There's something gone on here and I don't think its the water.

Do you think that Selig will commute Derrek "Scooter" Lee's suspension?? (a la Bush...go read the real news)

When the hell are the Cubs going to dump Fat Eyre, the Jock, and Pizza Pizza? If they could do that, and win 5/7 this week at Washington and Pittsburgh, me one happy Cub fan going into the ASB. Z for All-Star Game? 1. Who cares. 2. Chris Young had a much much better first half, even though he's an ass. 3. I'd rather Z get the three days rest.

I used to live in Milwaukee. As unexciting as it is, I think the most likely explanation is the fact that Hardicourt is a terrible writer. You get a confusing, poorly-constructed sentence every other article he writes. He combines bad writing and Joe Morgan-esque baseball wisdom into one ugly package.

CHAD: "The White Sox are so stupid." from the mouth of Bruce Levine a little while ago - Kenny Williams optimistic a deal can be done. Levine, however, discussed the precedent set by agreeing on a NTC and how it affects their other pitchers whose contracts are coming up in future years such as Garland, Vasquez, etc.

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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.