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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
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Kyle Hendricks
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Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
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* Jordan Wicks

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Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
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Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Game 66 Thread / Braves @ Cubs (2 of 3)

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SP Jeff Bennett
 SP
Ryan Dempster
  0-3, 3.47, 38 K, 24 BB, 49.1 IP
7-2, 2.90, 64 K, 35 BB, 80.2 IP
       
SS
 Yunel Escobar LF
 Alfonso Soriano
2B
*Kelly Johnson
 SS
 Ryan Theriot
3B
 Chipper Jones 1B
Derrek Lee
1B
 #Mark Teixeira 3B
Aramis Ramirez
C
 *Brian McCann RF
 *Kosuke Fukudome
RF
 Jeff Francoeur
 C
 Geovany Soto
LF
 Greg Norton
 CF
 *Jim Edmonds
CF
 *Gregor Blanco
 2B
 Mark DeRosa
P
 Jeff Bennett P
 Ryan Dempster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Bennett starts for the Braves, after the scheduled starter, Jair Jurrjens, slipped on a dugout step following last night's game and messed up his ankle.

I'll bet it was just like that scene in "Pride of the Yankees," where Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper) slips on a pile of bats near the on-deck circle, and a gorgeous girl (Teresa Wright) laughs at him and calls him "Tanglefoot."

Yes, I'm certain it happened just like that.

Ryan Dempster puts his 7-0 home record on the line this evening; overall, the Cubs are 10-3 in Dempster's starts...The team's 27-8 home start is the Cubs' best-ever at Wrigley Field.

Let's win one for Teresa Wright!

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Comments

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 06:49 pm

hit in the wrist, looked in a lot of pain. Ball richoted off his wrist and hit him in the face as well....

Submitted by Little Nate Lewis on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 06:16 pm

Was it that bad? From Rotoworld.... "Alfonso Soriano left Wednesday's game in the second inning with a hand injury after being hit by a pitch. Mike Fontenot pinch-ran for him versus the Braves. Soriano is probably day-to-day."

Submitted by Andrew on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 06:26 pm

Didn't look good, although Soriano lingered long enough to make it seem like he at least thought about staying in. Dempster plunks McCann a few innings later, and Sutcliffe smells a conspiracy.

Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 06:30 pm

Yes lets hope Soriano doesn't miss too much time, although the team played fine without him before. Probably see Murton or Pie up if he goes on the DL.

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Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 06:32 pm

If they plan to call up someone to actually play, rather than to fill a bench spot while Fontenot or Cedeno see more starts and DeRosa more time in the outfield, they should consider either Hoffpauir or Patterson. E-Patt has been red-hot of late and could fill the leadoff role while he's on his streak. Hoffpauir could bat 5th or 6th to better effect than Edmonds and would allow the Cubs to bat DeRo or Theriot leadoff and move Fukudome to #2. Plus, while I really like Matt, he still hasn't found his power this year, and we all know LouPa is looking to get another lefty bat in there.

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 06:51 pm

Real shame for Fonzie and the Cubs if the injury is serious. He really seemed to be moving well of late in the OF and on the basepaths - never good to take 15 HRs and 40+ rbis off the table...

Submitted by carlosrubi on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 06:17 pm

Minimally displaced fracture of the 4th metacarpal for Soriano. Medical abstracts say that it's not more than a 10-15 recovery-time injury, but the ESPN and WGN guys are saying that it'll be six weeks 'til we see him on the field again. Here's a medical excerpt on the injury: Forty-six of the fractures (82%) were minimally dis placed or undisplaced and were treated by means of simple casting and/or splinting whereas 10 were dis placed. Two of the 10 underwent closed reduction and casting; 3 underwent closed reduction and percuta neous pin fixation; and 5 (9%) underwent open reduc tion internal fixation using AO type plates and screws. All fractures healed primarily clinically and radiographi cally. The average time lost from practice or competition in this group overall was 13.7 days, (range, 0 to 56 days). Average time lost from basketball was 19.8 days and from football 10.63 days overall. Average time lost from sport in stable fractures treated with casting or splinting was 12.3 days. Those undergoing open reduction in ternal fixation with plate and screws averaged 13.6 days. We concluded that most metacarpal fractures in the athlete can be treated by closed means with a fairly rapid return to sport, depending on type of sport and position played. In certain displaced fractures, open reduction internal fixation can expedite early return to function and return to sport. Emphasis mine. Source: American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Submitted by Hawkeye on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 06:51 pm

1. Mega Super Bummed that Soriano got injured thanks to Skippy the AA and a half pitcher. 2. While I loved seeing a complete game, I am no super excied about seeing the high pitch count (119) 3. Tough to think of he replacement for Fonsie, but I wish (oh how I wish) that Felix Pie had gotten his game together. 4. 18 games over .500 feels better than that pair of blue jeans that you had the hardest time letting go.

Recent comments

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Seems like Jed was trying to corner the market on mediocre infielders with last names starting with "M" in acquiring Madrigal, Mastroboney and Zach McKinstry.  

     

    At least he hasn't given any of them a Bote-esque extension.  

  • Childersb3 (view)

    AZ Phil:
    Rookie ball (ACL) starts on May 4th. Do yo think Ramon and Rosario (maybe Delgado) stay in Mesa for the month of May, then go to MB if all goes "solid"?
     

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

    also, wisdom and taillon are both in chicago.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

    p.wisdom was not in today's lineup in iowa (rained out) and he was removed from the game last night mid-game, but not for injury.  good bet he's with the team in the bigs, too.

  • Bill (view)

    A good rule of thumb is that if you trade a near-ready high ceiling prospect, you should get at least two far-away high ceiling prospects in return.  Like all rules-of-thumb, it depends upon the specific circumstances, but certainly, we weren't going to get Busch for either prospect alone.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Right on schedule, just read an article in Baseball America entitled "10 MLB Prospects Outside The Top 100 Who Have Our Attention".  Zyhir Hope was one of the prospects featured. It stated that he's "one of the biggest arrow-up sleeper prospects in the lower levels right now."

     

    Not sharing to be negative about the trade, getting a top 100 prospect who is MLB ready should carry a heavy prospect cost.  But man, Dodger sure are good at identifying and developing young talent. Andrew Friedman seems to have successfully merged Ray's development with Yankees financial might to create a juggernaut of an organization.  

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