Cubs @ Giants: Lackey vs Moore (Game 166; NLDS Game 4)
Cubs 6, Giants 5
W: Rondon (1-0); L: Smith (0-1); S: Chapman (3)
Cubs def. Giants 3-1; advance to NLCS
PREVIEW
CHC (2-1): RHP John Lackey (0-0, —-)
SF (1-2): LHP Matt Moore (0-0, —-)
First pitch: 7:30pmCST
Lackey (11-8, 3.35 for the season) won his last game in Pittsburgh, giving up 1 ER in 5 innings. He had a no-decision against the Giants early in September, doing the same thing. He went 4-4 with a 4.37 on the road this season. Overall, the Giants are 8-40 (.333) against him. Nunez is 5-15.
Moore (13-12, 4.08) won his last game against the Dodgers, going 8 innings and giving up 1 ER. He didn’t pitch against the Cubs this season. Only Fowler (1-1) has faced him.
In his 23 postseason appearances, Lackey is 8-5 with a 3.11 ERA and two championship rings (LAA in 2002 and BOS in 2013). In four postseason games with the Rays, Moore went 1-1 with a 4.41 ERA and no rings.
It’d be Lester versus Cueto on Thursday at Wrigley, if we have to. Let’s not.
Go Cubs!
Recent comments
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Arizona Phil 2 hours 41 min ago (view)
Beginning in 2019, a club must wait a minimum of seven days before it can place a player who was claimed off Outtright Assignment Waivers during the off-season back onto waivers, so because he was claimed off waivers on Wednesday 11/27, yesterday (Wednesday 12/4) was the first day the Cubs could place LHRP C. D. Pelham back onto Outright Assignment Waivers, and so tomorrow (Friday 12/6) is the first day the Cubs can send Pelham outright to the minors (if he was placed back onto waivers yesterday).
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Arizona Phil 23 hours 28 min ago (view)
A Competitive Balance draft slot can be traded only during a period of time starting on December 2nd and extending up until two hours prior to the MLB First-Year Player Draft (MLB Rule 4 Draft), so don't be surpised if these draft picks are traded during the off-season.
Keep in mind that the slot cannot be traded for cash unless it is a financial adjustment made to offset the salary of one or more of the players involved in the trade.
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Arizona Phil 23 hours 30 min ago (view)
The active list roster limit changes scheduled to go in effect in 2020 have not yet been officially approved. Same goes for the three-batter minimum (or else record the third out in the inning) for relief pitchers.
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Arizona Phil 23 hours 32 min ago (view)
And then the active list roster limit will expand from 26 to 28 on September 1st (max 14 pitchers in September).
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Arizona Phil 23 hours 35 min ago (view)
The "26th man" who was added for doubleheaders will now be the "27th man" and he can be a pitcher.
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crunch 1 day 5 hours ago (view)
ATL signs cole hamels 1/18m...a'ite then.
also, z.wheeler 5/100+ to the phillies.
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Charlie 1 day 21 hours ago (view)
I think without the off-field issues, a front-office might at least be tempted to gamble on Russell's youth and dreams of his upside. But with what we all know about him now, the challenges of improving both on and off the field are too great to gamble on.
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George Altman 2 days 11 hours ago (view)
This was the easiest non-tender decision, maybe ever. As if there weren't enough off-field reasons alone, there were even more baseball reasons. He became a sub .700 OPS hitter with bottom of the order OBA results. His defense, formerly his strength, became inconsistent due to attention deficit issues. He turned himself into bench infielder with suspect skills which is someone you don't pay more than $1--1.5M/yr.
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crunch 3 days 24 min ago (view)
he was due for a 3.5-4m payday (3.4m last year) at a minimum, anyway.
it's as good of a time as any to cut him loose. nico hoener's spring just became a lot more important.
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Craig A. 3 days 41 min ago (view)
Addison Russell, to no one's surprise, was non-tendered. I still think he has the talent to excel in the major leagues, but it'll take a new attitude for him to realize his potential. It can't be easy to deal with his baggage in front of millions of fans. I won't forget his contributions in 2016, or that beautiful play that used to be the banner of TCR.
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crunch 4 days 19 hours ago (view)
keuchel doesn't have draft pick compensation attached to him and he's a decent enough ground ball pitcher...that will be attractive to a lot of clubs. that would put 3 lefties in the cubs rotation (pending a trade) again, though. not sure they want to go for that look again.
that said, i still imagine the cubs are probably looking to make this thing happen via trade. it's hard to tell what their $$ situation is, but they've done a great job signaling they're not looking to spend $$ this offseason.
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Dolorous Jon Lester 5 days 1 hour ago (view)
Looking for impact starting pitchers, but won't be shopping at the top of the market? So I guess they won't be in the market for impact starting pitching.
Still hoping they find a taker for Q.
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crunch 5 days 3 hours ago (view)
"Patrick Mooney of The Athletic writes the Cubs are in the market for impact starting pitchers but won't be shopping at the top of the market."
darvish, lester, hendricks, Q, (???, a.mills, t.chatwood)...pending trades
d.keuchel? r.porcello? trade target pitcher?
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Arizona Phil 5 days 4 hours ago (view)
HAGSAG: I suspect going into his age 30 season and coming off a great year as a pinch-hitter, LaStella wanted a chance to be an everyday player, and since that obviously wasn't going to happen if he stayed with the Cubs, TLS (or his agent) may have asked the Cubs to trade him somewhere he could get that opportunity.
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crunch 5 days 4 hours ago (view)
dunno any official reasoning, but his D is miserable and they decided to "upgrade" there with descalso for similar loot as well as getting a trade piece back. the whole a.russell thing was lingering over the team.
it's not like descalso is great with the glove, but la stella plays a miserable 2nd and meh 3rd.
i do wonder if things would have turned out differently if russell wasn't due to miss significant time.
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Sonicwind75 5 days 8 hours ago (view)
Was just thinking about this, maybe that isn't a good thing for TLS? I wonder if Maddon will use TLS differently after seeing his success last year. That's my gripe with people complaining about Theo trading away a player that turns into an All Star. If TLS had stayed with the Cubs, Maddon would most likely kept using him in the same manner and with the same results.
Comments
It looked like Jason Hammel,
You are the man Phil!
According to Bosio on WSCR
To get it off my mind, I'm
Agree with carrying an extra
Kershaw will pitch Game 2
Kershaw will pitch Game 2 regardless, it's 4 days rest for him by that point. An extra lefty in the pen would be wise though, Dodgers really struggled against them all year. I would be surprised if it's at the expense of Montero though although with the Dodgers possibly throwing 3 lefties and how well Ross has hit him, they really don't need the 3 catchers, but I just don't see them doing that to Montero as well as enjoying the flexibility of being able to pinch-hit for the catcher late in a game if you do carry 3 catchers.
Maybe instead of Grimm or Edwards Jr. or even Coghlan or LaStella.
LEAVE NO DOUBT! (Please. I
I have tickets for Thursday
Same.
A client of mine is a former
Yeah, it's tough to explain
I confess to that nervousness
I assume it changes when you
same lineup as game 1 being
Lackey can earn his entire
#Cubs lineup: Fowler CF,
My predictions:
Cubs are 105-0 this season
Cubs are 105-0 this season when leading after 9.
Actually not true, lost a
^^^^ joke-truther
^^^^
joke-truther
Cubs manager Joe Maddon,
Cubs manager Joe Maddon, "Even when a decision doesn't work out it doesn't mean it was wrong. It means the other team has professional baseball players, too."
this WAS/LAD game, though.
Kershaw and Price confirming
that's high quality misguided
that's high quality misguided shade towards Kershaw....
8ER in 11.2 innings for
6.2 ip, 11k on 3 Days rest...
6.2 ip, 11k on 3 Days rest....3 of 3 inherited runners scored. I think the league average is 25-30%.
So, he left with the bases
Amazing, incredible, historic
anyone know what channel the
likely MLB Network
likely MLB Network
MLB Network it is
F***
I think there's an old UHF
old UHF frequency outside of
Parachat is open, rally caps
Parachat is open, rally caps are LOCKED.
Dear Cubs Pitchers: Please
I guess Lackey doesn't like
billybucks....who's your
Billy Warbucks
☜(゚ヮ゚☜)
Cueto is looking happy. I am
Certainly glad Lackey is the
Cubs down 5-2 to a lefty
Cubs down 5-2 to a lefty (which they crushed all year) and no home runs allowed after spending all season turning batted balls in play into outs at a historic rate.
and Fowler makes a baseunning mistake after being the best baserunning team
fuck baseball
Hopefully, having home field
Two hits off of Matt Moore in
May be time to drop Addy in
Or have someone pinch hit for
Maybe Lackey did actually
It would really suck if this
OMFG HOLY
I totally wanted J-Hey to
[email protected]#@[email protected]$jr#@qiwafhelfij#@uqr
What elbow did Crawford get
What elbow did Crawford get hit on last night?
This is a really good
Pretty sure it was the left
Speechless In a good way
I just wet my pants. In a
that comeback, though...holy.
I changed pants. Then wet
That escalated quickly!!!!
That escalated quickly!!!!
that was everything and awesome
"Hey, Derek Law"
I just logged in to say that
Why so sad?
As much as ecstatic
Strop has put on some pretty
Different strokes (or Strops)
I agree with you -- on the
Strangely, I had absolutely
I think it's more that FS1
Listening to the Score today,
Maybe have Skip Bayless on to
I was a bit irked watching
I was a bit irked watching him Monday night and parts of last night's game, but he was really just rooting for his team. Bottom line for me, this SF club is great. No excuses after a game and they always said how good the Cubs were. I never felt as thought it was said just because most believe it's required. Class organization with guys who love to play baseball and who acknowledge great plays, even when they are robbed it. I've seen more than one tip of the hat from one of their players to a defender. Sans their closer, I wouldn't mind seeing any of their players in a Cubs uniform.
Alright then
Javy going to be the Series
Congrats to the NLDS CHAMPION
Also sweet that Dodgers/Nats
Didn't do the Cubs any favor
Theo in post-game interview
Yes.I watched the same
I actually enjoyed the after
Fox in post-game graphics...
Interesting the Bochy yanked
Game 1 on Saturday likely
Game 1 on Saturday likely against Kershaw again on 3 days rest, maybe Rich Hill, I guess maybe Maeda...no idea who is pitching Game 5 for them yet. Might be Urias or Hill on 3 days rest.
or Tanner Roark if Nats win it. Strasburg cut his last bullpen session short so good news on that front. Scherzer wouldn't go until Game 3.
Kershaw said yesterday he was
Kardiac Kubs
I have explained tis before
I've had two dicussions with
Honestly, I would have issues
I don't like it from anyone,
I agree not a big deal in
He's young and, as is
He's young and, as is painfully evident, very passionate (which comes across as cocky to many). He's young and I believe he learned to move out of the box quickly when he got hurt and tagged out on what should have been an easy double.
I turned off the game after 6
Cubby Blue/Tim Souers's post
Interesting Javy article:http
He has really changed his
I was impressed with John
I thought that both Matt and
Did anyone who was listening
Did anyone catch the comment
He probably meant that, no
Matt turned down Cubs gig,
The video of Javy juggling
If it's the Dodgers, I wonder
not the easiest RF in Dodger
not the easiest RF in Dodger Stadium either though
0/4 with 4 K's vs. Kershaw, 2/3 off Urias, 3/9 off Jansen
Never faced Hill or Maeda.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/i...
with it looking less likely now that Strasburg will be back, I'm fine playing the Nats now. Roark I think is hittable and Gonzalez should be as well. They don't seem to have a 4th starter, Joe Ross didn't look right at all in that game. Offense is a bit scary though (Turner, Harper, Murphy, Werth, Rendon) all doing pretty well right now. Eh, whatever at this point...they're gonna have to beat 2 more good teams.
I would like to see Soler get
they have a few lefties in
they have a few lefties in the pen, I'd certainly carry Soler vs. the Nats.
if it's the Dodgers and their lefty heavy lineup, I'm guessing we're mostly see Heyward out there, but I don't necessarily think Bryant or Zobrist are all that bad out there either. Maddon will get his chance to flop people around quite a bit I'm guessing.