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Game 122 Thread / Cubs @ Marlins (1 of 3)
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Game 121 Thread / Cubs @ Braves (3 of 3)
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Game 120 Thread / Cubs @ Braves (2 of 3)
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Game 119 Thread / Cubs @ Braves (1 of 3)
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SP | Jason Marquis |
SP |
Charlie Morton |
7-7, 4.73, 67 K, 47 BB, 123.2 IP |
3-5, 5.70, 32 K, 22 BB, 53.2 IP | ||
LF | Alfonso Soriano |
RF | *Gregor Blanco |
RF | *Kosuke Fukudome |
SS | Yunel Escobar |
1B |
Derrek Lee | 3B | #Chipper Jones |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez | C | #Brian McCann |
CF | *Jim Edmonds | 1B | *Casey Kotchmann |
2B | Mark DeRosa | LF | Omar Infante |
C | Geovany Soto | CF | *Mark Kotsay |
SS | Ryan Theriot | 2B | *Kelly Johnson |
P |
*Jason Marquis | P | Charlie Morton |
UPDATED UPDATE: Marquis will start the first game in today's day/night doubleheader with our man Harden going in the nightcap. Otherwise the lineup remains unchanged from last evening.
UPDATE: Nevermind, the game has been called.
The Cubs try to stay North of the standings as they head South to play the Braves and Marlins on a six game road trip. Fresh off a 6-3 homestand, where they managed to lose a game and a half in the standings, the Cubs will look for their sixth straight road win tonight.
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Game 118 Thread / Cardinals @ Cubs (3 of 3)
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SP | Chris Carpenter |
SP | Ryan Dempster |
0-0, 1.00, 4 K, 2 BB, 9 IP |
12-5, 2.93, 133 K, 59 BB, 150.2 IP |
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CF |
*Skip Schumaker |
LF |
Alfonso Soriano |
LF |
Joe Mather |
RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
1B |
Albert Pujols |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
RF |
Ryan Ludwick |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
3B | Troy Glaus | CF |
*Jim Edmonds |
C |
Yadier Molina | 2B |
Mark DeRosa |
2B |
*Adam Kennedy | C | Geovany Soto |
P |
Chris Carpenter |
SS |
Ronny Cedeno |
SS | #Cesar Izturis | P | Ryan Dempster |
Amazing game, this baseball.
Just two days ago, we were aglow over the possibility that this weekend set could end with the Cardinals nine games behind the Cubs and all but out of the NL Central race. Then on Saturday the league's highest-scoring road team bludgeoned the Cubs' nominal pitching ace and suddenly, St. Louis has a chance to win this series and close to within five games of first place with the Brewers once again also breathing down the Cubs' necks.
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Game 116 Thread / Cardinals @ Cubs (1 of 3)
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SP | Braden Looper | SP | *Ted Lilly |
10-9, 4.29, 65 K, 32 BB, 134.1 IP | | 11-6. 4.35, 129 K, 50 BB, 140.2 IP | |
LF | #Vince Coleman | LF | Alfonso Soriano |
CF | #Willie McGee | SS | Ryan Theriot |
2B | #Tommy Herr | 1B | Derrek Lee |
1B | Jack Clark | 3B | Aramis Ramirez |
RF | *Andy Van Slyke | RF | *Kosuke Fukudome |
3B | #Terry Pendleton | C | Geovany Soto |
C | Mike Heath | CF | *Jim Edmonds |
SS | #Ozzie Smith | 2B | Mark DeRosa |
P | *John Tudor | P | *Ted Lilly |
UPDATE: Screw LaRussa, I have to get back to work. Let's see how he does with Mike Heath in the lineup from 1986.
(I'm posting this without a Cardinals batting order. Based on what Bernie Miklasz is reporting here, Tony LaRussa is waiting to see if Rick Ankiel and his strained abdominal muscle are ready to go before he posts the lineup.)
At around 8:45 this morning, I saw a middle-aged couple walking hand-in-hand in downtown Chicago, wearing matching St. Louis Cardinals t-shirts. This reminded me of two things: first, that the Cards were in town to play the Cubs, and second, that middle-aged couples should never wear matching t-shirts.
As for baseball, all of the analysis of the Cards' unexpected success this season has overlooked the obvious—Tony LaRussa and Dave Duncan are witches.
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crunch (view)
yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd. it's madrigal, period. for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.
occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay. going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.
seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.
Dolorous Jon Lester (view)
Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.
He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.
crunch (view)
in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.
Eric S (view)
With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳
crunch (view)
madrigal at 3rd...morel at DH.
making room for madrigal or/and masterboney to get a significant amount of ABs is a misuse of the roster. if it needed to get taken care of this offseason, they had tons of time to figure that out.
morel played almost exclusively at 3rd in winter ball and they had him almost exclusively there all spring when he wasn't DH'ing.
madrigal doing a good job with the glove for a bit over 2 chances per game...is that worth more than what he brings with the bat 4-5 PA a game? it's 2024 and we got glenn beckert 2.0 manning 3rd base.
this is a tauchman or cooper DH situation based on bat, alone. cooper is 3/7 with a double off eovaldi if you want to play the most successful matchup.
anyway, i hope this is a temporary thing, not business as usual for the rest of the season. it will be telling if morel is not used at 3rd when an extreme fly ball pitcher like imanaga is on the mound.
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.