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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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Z, Now And Then

If Carlos Zambrano can pitch 21 1/3 scoreless, hitless innings tonight--striking out 17 while walking four--he’ll have the same pitching line in ’07 as he did five appearances into 2006: 3.94 ERA, 33 K, 20 BB, 25 Hits Allowed. You remember 2006...when Carlos got off to such an awful start.

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This has nothing to do with Carlos... I am looking for college stats for a Carthage college pitcher in the mid 90's. I tried the baseball cube but they didn't have it. Does anyone know any good sites for old college stats? Thanks.

Beware the HBP -- whenever Carlos is about to melt down, it seems likes he hits a batter. A good game from Z, HRs by Lee and Soriano, and life is good.

This is a continuation of the last thread. I know the fielding #s of Soriano at 2nd were not great. However he was an intregal part of 2 WS champs while he was at 2nd. Furtermore his speed and range would be more than adequate. He has Todd Walker handles with Eric Young range. He also happens to be a HUGE offensive uptick from your run of the mill 2nd sacker. If I were the cubs I surely wouldnt close the door on the idea.

soriano back to 2nd is about as likely to happen as biggio back to catcher...well, not that extreme, but soriano's days at 2nd seem to be long over.

He also happens to be a HUGE offensive uptick from your run of the mill 2nd sacker. Same goes for CF...

Soriano WAS an intregal part of 2 WS champs...at the plate. His fielding #'s are just atrocious!!! .971 pct...error toatals of 19,23,19,23,21 at 2B are not good by the way. He is abominable as a second baseman. That would be a desperation move.

Good call Rob....I overlooked that statement, but the Yankees lsot to Arizona and Florida in the Woprld Series those 2 seasons...

Good call Rob....I overlooked that statement, but the Yankees lost to Arizona and Florida in the World Series those 2 seasons...

Billy BUcks, you sure are a cockeyed optimist! BOTH Lee and Soriano hitting a homer in a single game? Given that neither guy has shown any kind of a penchant for hitting homers this year, it would be shocking if either one hits a homer.

and if my memory serves me, him, Jeter and Bernie contributed to some shoddy defensive work against the Angels that helped them lose the 2002 series.

my fault, he was no more than a bit player on the last 2 yankee WS winners. However he still was an intregal part of 2 AL pennant winning teams. My point is this. We put up with Todd Walker at 2nd for 3 years. Is Soriano any worse than that?

It's a reference from Goodfellas...Johnny Two-Times....because I double posted...

aaronb: "My point is this. We put up with Todd Walker at 2nd for 3 years. Is Soriano any worse than that?" Yes, I think he would be slightly worse in my opinion. Walker's career FP is .981 at 2B Soriano's career FP is .971 at 2B Now, I don't think Soriano would be any worse than Walker at turning the DP. But overall I would take Walker defensively at 2B than Soriano. Now when you include the bat, I would clearly take Soriano playing 2B overall Walker.

"We put up with Todd Walker at 2nd for 3 years. Is Soriano any worse than that? " Significantly.

But he has the physical talents to be an average or above average center fielder.

Just because we put up with Todd Walker does not mean he was good. Last time I checked, those Todd Walker teams weren't so hot. The logic that Soriano is a good defensive 2B because his team won two pennants is a little flawed, anyway. Also, just because Soriano is better than Todd Walker also does not necessarily make him good. Being better than awful puts you somewhere north of awful and not necessarily all the way to mediocre.

Thanks Rob G, but no luck at Boyd’s World, they go back to 2002. It looks like they may not be online.

Cubnut:
If Carlos Zambrano can pitch 21 1/3 scoreless, hitless innings tonight–striking out 17 while walking four–he’ll have the same pitching line in ’07 as he did five appearances into 2006
Ouch.

you can try emailing the guy who runs Boyd's World too, he knows all about college baseball and might be able to point you in the right direction. You can try asking Baseball America as well, maybe a back issue would have it or something.

Anyone else worried that the contract talks with Z will supposedly be abandoned if they are not finished within the next week? If Hendry f***s up this deal with Z because he waited too late to start talking with the agents, he should be drawn and quartered. I'm dead serious.

If we can live with JJ "playing" RF, then surely we will be ok with Fonzie in CF or LF. At least he can throw the ball back to the infield.

if no GM in baseball is having a soriano at 2nd discussion...especially after all the need and lack of takers for a guy obviously on top of game at the bat last year at the trading deadline...why should we? well we can, but having a discussion about murton playing RF seems more immediately believable and that's not exactly a good thing relating to a discussion about moving soriano back to 2nd. i hope he'll move to RF if jones can get comfortable with being the team's CF'r for now. i mean, he's not ichiro or francoeur, but he's not got a dead or totally inaccurate arm....better than murton/floyd anyway.

The BP guys... Will Carrol doesn't know that you're not allowed to wear armor at the plate unless you have a previous injury you're protecting. Nate Silver thinks the Cubs bullpen needs help.

Baseball's worst broadcasters....I know it's Maxim, but still this list is pretty close to dead on. Yes both Santo and Hawk made the list and you might be surprised with #3. The only omission is Joe Morgan who should be #2 behind Chris Berman. Wonder if Baker will make the list next year.... http://maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=175

Andrew, why is this Hendry's fault? If there is truth to the rumor that the Trib sale is what put this extension on hold when it was mere hours from being done, what can Slick Jimmy do? From all the quotes and reports, I get the impression that Jimbo's hands are tied right now.

"If Hendry f***s up this deal with Z because he waited too late to start talking with the agents, he should be drawn and quartered. I’m dead serious. " Yeah if Marquis got $8 million per for three years with a 6 ERA, what kind of crazy money is Zambrano looking at with his 7+ ERA? Someone mentioned Pulispher getting signed by his local AAA team in parachat the other day. That made me think about the Mets dream trio, Wilson, Isinringhausen and Pulishpher - they turned out even worse than Prior, Wood, Zambrano.

well if Bob Howry and Eyre keep pitching like it's 20002, we do. Good news is that Kerry Wood should be ready anytime now....as soon as he actually starts pitching. :(

"what have you seen in Fonzie’s arm that you don’t like? " Those two guys he listed are generally considered the best in the game, depending on whether you like a little moe strength or a little more accuracy.

If there is truth to the rumor that the Trib sale is what put this extension on hold when it was mere hours from being done, what can Slick Jimmy do? From all the quotes and reports, I get the impression that Jimbo’s hands are tied right now. Nothing now. But he can and should have gotten the ball rolling much earlier on contract extensions than he did. Hendry has a history of waiting till the last minute -- remember the ARam situation and, to a lesser extent, Derrek Lee. Not to mention that Hendry most likely had some idea that the Trib was preparing to be sold, and he should have had the foresight to get the contract done beforehand.

Trib has to okay the deal as is... If they are going to do it anyway, then there's no worrying about it now. If they aren't going to do it now, they weren't going to 3 or 4 weeks ago either.

If they are going to do it anyway, then there’s no worrying about it now. But why the delay? All sources supposedly said the deal was basically done. Then the Trib got sold and everything halted. Now, no one knows what's going on.

"as soon as he actually starts pitching" You mean throwing.Pitching still weeks away.

Z's ERA vs the Brewers is his worst against any NL Central opponent btw. Pirates are a close second. vs. Brewers 16 GS, 8-7, 101.1 IP, 4.17 ERA, 8 HR, 51 BB, 98 K vs. Pirates 14 G, 7-4, 90 IP, 4.10 ERA, 9 HR, 40 BB, 77 K good news is he should face the Cards on Saturday assuming they skip Miller this week.. vs Cardinals 15 GS, 5-4, 108 IP, 2.50 ERA, 13 HR, 41 BB, 91 K

"crunch, what have you seen in Fonzie’s arm that you don’t like?" i dont recall saying i didnt like soriano's arm...that's why i wouldnt mind him in RF. im just saying he's not top tier like ichiro/francoeur...i think he's the best RF option the team has if j.jones isnt gonna play there...and honestly i'd rather have jones in CF and soriano in RF as it is.

best long-term option anyway...derosa could be argued as a better RF'r, but he's more valuable to the team at 2nd/3rd/RF/etc. rather than being "the guy" at RF.

For shits sake can someone please explain to me how moving Soriano to LF will get his bat going, anyways? It's like the time someone told me Soriano has to bat leadoff. Bleh!

soriano to LF is supposed to be a move to get his bat in the lineup while taking the stress off of the ground to cover in CF... dunno about any other stuff that's come of the move.

Yeah, I heard what everyone else heard, crunch. I just don't get it, all the while it causes other problems.

Maybe he's taking the anxiety of playing CF to the plate. If he's having anxiety that is. Yes I'm making excuses.

[threadjack] Hey Cubs, thanks for putting this one on WCIU. Awesome, guys. That way all 0 people who get WCIU can watch the game. [/threadjack]

Soriano in LF is supposed to make him comfy both mentally and physically, make him recollect on his playind days from his career year in 2006, and take stress off his hamstring even while he gimps into second base on doubles... that comfy thing works only if he get to have one of those reclining chairs in LF with the built in armrest-drink holder that keeps the suds cold?

well it causes temporary problems while he's block the 2 LF-only (ideally) guys...but a side effect could be that it gives theriot more regular play *if* derosa steals most of the time in RF. so far derosa has been a hell of a good sport playing some RF/3rd...at least no news about him being upset has leaked, anyway... i dunno enough about lou-07 and what he thinks his guys can do in the field, though...for all i know we could be seeing cliff floyd in RF tonight...

Wes:
Hey Cubs, thanks for putting this one on WCIU. Awesome, guys. That way all 0 people who get WCIU can watch the game.
Total B.S.

DeRosa doesn't generate the offense needed to play RF. Based on his career year last year (.296 BA, 13HR, 74 RBI, 4/8 SB), he is a decent offensive 2B, but you need more impact out of RF than he can deliver. If you are going to play someone out of position, there should be a compelling reason. I don't see one for DeRosa in RF.

"It’s like the time someone told me Soriano has to bat leadoff. Bleh!" well it was a handshake agreement between the Cubs and Soriano's group when negotiations became serious...that Soriano would bat leadoff where he feels most comfortable.

WCIU is called "the fuzzy station" because their signal is so poor. Perhaps that's what he was referring to.

first, there's more than 0 people living in Chicago... Second, not living in Chicago for the better part of 10 years now, there's lots of games I don't get. Comcast I suppose reaches a few more people is the problem or something?

I am getting swung back around to my opinion of last year: Jim Hendry is an idiot who had some lucky situations develop. How is it that this year, when he had unlimited resources, he managed to make a mess of things? How was this possible?!

I don't really think that is the case here, E-man. Having too many options is not really a bad thing. Muddling through it by making the right decisions is important, though.

"DeRosa doesn’t generate the offense needed to play RF." player dependant production possitions are a thing of the past. we live in the era where SS's can hit 20-30 homers and its nice, but not unusual....CF'rs just arent fast guys with good gloves...1st/3rd can be ob% guys with 15-20hr power rather than someone with a 30+HR stroke.

sigh... hurrah for the r.cherry thing...and nice to have soriano back.

WSCR No word on who got sent down. Sorry They said they thought Miller was DONE. I don't know if that was supposed to mean that he was released...

I just got off the phone with an Iowa Cubs official who said that, as of this moment, they don't know who's being sent back. He said that Chicago is probably waiting until Rocky has safely arrived and is in hand and available for tonight before they officially announce the corresponding roster move to ensure that they're not caught with a short roster in the event that Rocky had a travel delay or gets lost en route to Wrigley, etc.

WSCR just said that Wade Miller has not dressed for the game, but they have given no reason why.

Lou Piniella doesn't have "a lot of options," he has a lot of ill-fitting parts and a GM in panic mode.

It's starting to look like they are buying themselves more time to resolve this OF questions, by getting rid of Miller, and bringing up Cherry. They won't need a 5th starter again for 9 days. I think they will decide on the OF stuff at that time.

While we're talking about two of the guys that were around as starters last year, it makes me wonder what is going on with Sean Marshall. Does anyone have any recent news on him?

Also, any word on how Floyd's foot looks? I haven't seen a Cubs game for a while. Is he running better than at the start of the year?

I watched yesterday's game, and all I can say about Floyd is that I didn't notice anything.

haven't seen him in person, but he seems to be moving okay on the basepaths. Still looks gawd awful in the outfield to me, but a healthy Cliff Floyd looked gawd awful in the outfield as is.... He seems to be combating his lack of movement by setting up on the warning track though, so we have that going for us.

WGN news reporting that Wade Miller is going to the DL with back spasms. got it form the north side baseball message board...

Yeah, I saw that, then I saw an entry in "Road to Wrigley" from April 19th AZ Phil said that he expected to see Marshall in a day or two, and he would do a writeup on him when that happened. Have you seen him yet, AZ Phil?

Miller goes on the DL to save face and buys his agent more time to negotiate his next contract? We all know you absolutely must put a guy with back spasms on the DL for 15 days when he still has eight more days to sit on his dumb ass and rest his back. Good riddance leech.

I'm a 50+ year Cubs lover and I'll say this: There is not one offensive player on this team that other teams fear. There is not one legitimate clutch hitter on this team. There is no relief pitcher on this team that other teams fear. This team has zero excitement. This team has five starting outfielders,none who can be depended upon. This team has three "bangers" who have provided no bang. Not one player on this team,besides ARam,possibly,has a clue at the plate. Izturis is possibly the worst hitting infielder in baseball. Z has a nerve demanding more money. Any team that would waste time and big bucks on three pitchers who have not a prayer of being the pitchers they once were,or even a facsimile thereof,cannot be counted on to make credible decisions nor contend for anything,never mind a championship of any kind. 300 million for what turns out to be a rebuilding year is ridiculous to the extreme. For 50+ years I've seen this kind of incompetence and puffing to fill seats,only to be brokenhearted yet again. IMO,the only light at the end of this dark tunnel is the fact that Pei will have a year to learn how to hit ML pitching to go along with his speed and superb defense and become a future AS. Then again,he'll probably be traded for another bumbling idiot. And don't tell me it's early,I've seen this kind of incomptence from this club for over 50 years......absolutely heartbreaking.

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • 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...