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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Cubs vs. Brewers: Darvish vs. Burnes (Game 2)

Submitted by Charlie on

CHC (1-0): RHP Yu Darvish (0-0, -.-- ERA)
MIL (0-1): RHP Corbin Burnes (0-0, -.-- ERA)
First pitch 12:05pmCDT

Yu Darvish makes his first start of the compressed 2020 season. He'll have to follow a gem of a game from the opening day starter, as Kyle Hendricks was just this side of perfect and just this side of a Maddux in the Cubs' first win of the season. Darvish's 2019 was a tale of two halves. After struggling with his command in April and May, he started to get things together in June and issued only 7 walks (compared to 118 strikeouts) in the second half. That remarkable command of the zone allowed him to keep the ERA below three in the second half despite a still too high HR/9; he allowed 33 homeruns all told in 2019. Along the way, he picked up a Kimbrel-style knuckle curve seemingly overnight. In the offseason he added a pitch he is calling the "Supreme," which I like to think of as one of those frozen pizzas with a bunch of toppings. Nobody really knows how many pitches he throws, but it'll come down to the basics: command of the strike zone and keeping the ball in the ballpark. In the before times of this past offseason, Darvish and Christian Yelich were briefly embroiled in some potential sign stealing rumors. Darvish's suspicions are understandable--Yelich is 4-11 with 2 homeruns and 3 walks off of the righty. Eric Sogard has also acquitted himself reasonably off of Darvish, posting a .847 OPS in 18 ABs. Justin Smoak leads current Brewers in ABs againts Yu at 22, but he's struck out 8 times and collected 3 singles and 1 double.

Facing down the Cubs hitters will be Corbin Burnes, a 25-year-old right-hander who found himself booted from the starting rotation back to the bullpen early last season. Of his 62 MLB appearances, only 4 have been as a starter, but he finds himself opening game 2 of the 2020 season. As a starter, he's pitched 17.2 innings and allowed 21 earned runs and a truly unfortunate 11 homeruns despite striking out 24. He took a loss against the Cubs on April 6 of 2019 in which he allowed seven earned runs at home.

The Cubs enter game 2 in a 3-way tie with the Reds and the Cards. The Brewers and the Pirates have 59 games to close the gap.

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2020 Gameday Thread

Comments

Submitted by Eric S on Sat, 07/25/2020 - 07:12 am

I'm with you, Charlie, on the "Supreme" sounding like a pitch with mushrooms, sausage and green peppers - that came to my mind as well. 

Submitted by Dolorous Jon Lester on Sat, 07/25/2020 - 07:39 pm

Willson is so damn good. I know the front office LOVES Amaya, but Willson is one of the best catchers of this generation. They should in no way trade Willson to make room for Amaya. Willson is one of the crew that they 100% should be trying to sign to an extension.

Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Sat, 07/25/2020 - 07:41 pm

I made it to game 2 before second guessing Rossy.  Why is Heyward batting anywhere above 9th in the lineup?

Submitted by Eric S on Sat, 07/25/2020 - 07:53 pm

"Whose on first?"

That was a brutal sequence on the failed rundown

Submitted by Jackstraw on Sat, 07/25/2020 - 07:04 pm

Darvish...worse

Defense...worser

Bullpen...worstest

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