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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Marlins @ Cubs: Fernandez vs Hammel (Game 106)

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Do over! MIA (57-49): RHP Jose Fernandez (12-5, 2.79) CHC (64-41): RHP Jason Hammel (10-5, 3.23) First pitch: 7:05pmCST Hammel beat the White Sox on Tuesday (7 IP, 1 ER, 7 K, 2 BB). In his three starts since the All-star Break, he’s 3-0 with a 2.00. In 9 starts (and 11 appearances) against the Marlins, he’s 2-5 with a 3.97. They are 37-138 (.268) against him. Stanton is 7-18 with a (probably very long) HR. Hammel was on the mound when Fernandez beat the Cubs in Miami on June 26 (7 IP, 1 ER, 13 K!, 3 BB). Fernandez lost to the Cardinals in his last outing (5 IP, 5 ER 9 K, 2 BB). He went 2-2 with a very mortal 4.35 in July. The Cubs are 6-39 (.154) against him. Heyward is 4-10. The over-under on Cubs strikeouts is 27. Koehler (8-8, 4.18) versus Lackey (8-7, 3.69) tomorrow at 1:20pmCST to close out the set. Go Cubs!
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Submitted by QuietMan on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 08:52 pm

Hey Dr. H, any thoughts on all the thumb ligament tears that seem to be occurring the last year or two?

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Submitted by Cubster on Wed, 08/03/2016 - 08:18 am

It's actually a pretty common injury in athletics that involve throwing/catching. Historically nicknamed Gamekeepers thumb. That name came from hunting birds and when preparing the bird for the dinner meal the force to twist the neck would injure the thumb ulnar collateral ligament. If the ligament if fully torn it can get trapped under an adjacent band which blocks it from healing properly. If that doesn't happen it can heal without surgery. If the ligament doesn't heal tightly, it can affect pinch between the thumb and fingers which obviously would be a problem for grabbing a bat or throwing a ball.

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Submitted by johann on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 08:46 pm

He was sailing too for the most part after a rough 1st inning. Guess Madden just wanted to go the Strop/Rondon/Chapman traditional route. I'm not completely opposed to that but would have rather let Hammel go at least one more inning since he's not someone who seems to be pushing a huge amount of innings pitched this year and I'd rather save bullpen bullets. That said you should expect those three bullpen guys to hold the lead better and Strop didn't today. Rondon didn't look super sharp either but thank goodness Contreras throwing Gordon out yesterday made him take a bigger lead today and Rondon showed a really nice pick off move.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 08:59 pm

Complete list of all NL starting pitchers with an ERA lower than Kyle Hendricks: - Clayton Kershaw

Submitted by The E-Man on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 08:55 pm

I like Joe. I really do. But if you are going to lift a pitcher who may have had is best outing of the year going for a ph, why MUST you always go to the worst hitter on the team (even if he is a lefty)??? Post-game he gave his usual, "that's that NL thing. If it was an AL game, Hammel is still pitching." Why this smart man keeps trotting out Montero in big spots, only to fail, is very Dusty-like.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Wed, 08/03/2016 - 08:31 am

This is a little bit of an auto-response, E-Man, but you're overlooking the psychological component of Maddon's job. These are proud professionals, not chess pieces. Montero is sitting there thinking, Why is the pitcher batting, and I'm sitting here? It may mean more to Montero than another inning means to Hammel. Maddon needs everyone's buy-in. Besides, Strop is supposed to be good, and often is (though not often enough for my taste).

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