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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 

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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   

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

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Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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It’s Not Easy Being Rich Hill…

Submitted by Rob G. on
The lanky lefty from Massachusetts gave the Cubs exactly what they needed last night. 7 strong innings and only a Carlos Lee opposite field homer to blemish his pitching line. It was the Rich Hill of April and May that we enjoyed so much, deftly mixing his fastball and curve with a few mere hints of a changeup, good for six strikeouts and three measly hits, two by the aforementioned Cubs killer Carlos Lee. Even the longball by El Caballo wasn't a bad pitch, a low fastball at the knees towards the outside of the plate, but Lee always finds a way to beat us. The true crime though was the offense, who for some reason takes a snooze when Rich steps on the mound. They've provided all of 3.27 runs for Rich in his starts this year (the team averages 4.68 runs per game on the year), good for the bottom of the NL barrel amongst pitchers with at least 120 innings. I looked back through the last 7 years of sortable stats at ESPN.com and used 140 innings as the cutoff to see how badly Rich has been shafted this year. Here's the least supported pitchers in each year, the number after the team name is the teams runs scored per game and the last number is the run support for that pitcher. 2006: Dontrelle Willis (Florida Marlins/4.68) - 4.06 2005: Mark Redman (Pittsburgh Pirates/4.20) - 3.23, Kip Wells (Pittsburgh Pirates/4.20) - 3.07 2004: Odalis Perez (Los Angeles Dodgers/4.70) -3.30 2003: Tim Redding - (Houston Astros/4.97) - 3.68 2002: Shawn Estes (Cincinnati Reds/4.38/New York Mets/4.29) - 3.30 2001: Glendon Rusch (New York Mets/3.96) - 3.27 2000: Glendon Rusch (New York Mets/4.98) - 3.73 The difference between the support Rich Hill gets on the mound versus the team's normal output is 1.41 runs per game, higher than any other player on that list. Score the man some runs for pete's sake. Soriano update after the jump... An MRI revealed a small tear in the "belly" of the quadricep muscle and Soriano will be re-examinded in two weeks. His return has been pushed back to 4-6 weeks now. Jim Hendry says he doesn't feel any extra urgency to make a move though. And why should he? Our offense is just fine, yup, middle of the pack in the NL, no one can hit a home run on the team and one of the few guys who can is on the shelf until September. Everything's fine, nothing to see hear, move along... For the time being, it appears Eric Patterson and Matt Murton will split left-field duties and Patterson is set to start tonight.

Comments

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:13 am

Random... but does anyone know where I can find the number of infield hits a player has? And yea... sucks to be Rich Hill.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:19 am

does anyone know where I can find the number of infield hits a player has? Never mind... I just looked at mlb.com's hitting charts.

Submitted by no on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:45 am

So Rich Hill is this year's Matt Clement, sans the goofy beard? Before I now head over to baseball-reference to see WEHT Clement, I'm going to predict TB Devil Rays.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:27 pm

Last night's homeplate umpire allows about a third of a run per game less (2/3rds if you add up both teams) less than the average ump. That's not really a lot, so unless he was particularly generous it sounds like both pitchers were pretty sharp.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:43 pm

Hmmm... so the Rich Hill pitched an excellent game and lost, which shows that what the Cubs need is better pitching? And Jason Kendall has experience hitting lead-off, so he should bat second?

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:45 pm

Well dave, I think he meant that without Soriano, if we get starts like Hill's nightly, that we won't miss Soriano's bat. And I think he's saying that if we have more starts like Hill's we'll win more than we lose.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:55 pm

Well chad, then he should have written that instead of saying:
Rich Hill gave Piniella almost everything necessary to save the bullpen while the offense was giving him nothing. That's what makes Monday night so exasperating, but it also makes clear the way the Cubs are going to have to win games in the next month: Better pitching.
What is clear is not that the Cubs need to pitch better. What is clear is that the Cubs need to score more runs than last night. And it is silly to say anything is "clear" based on one game against a pitcher who was on.

Submitted by Sheffield/Cornelia on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:59 pm

If Jim Hendry isn't on the phone with the Red Sox right now trying to get Wily Mo Pena (who just cleared waivers, plays right field and is hitting .281/.352/.453 vs. lefties this year), there's going to be bloody hell to pay... Why wouldn't Hendry have claimed him in the first place? And don't tell me that the just-over $2M on his contract for next year is keeping the Cubs from adding a helpful piece to a struggling baseball team, or that he's concerned about our outfield defense all of a sudden (where have you gone, Felix Pie?).

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:10 pm

I can't believe Pena cleared waivers. Where did you get that info from? I still prefer Murton, who can't even get into the lineup every day as it is.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:11 pm

The Cub Power Outage has gone beyond strange. It's the second week of August and Cub right fielders have managed to hit a grand total of "3" balls out of the park. CF'ers total "8". Really makes you wonder if everyone was on PED's. Meanwhile, at Iowa we have two or three guys who should be brought up NOW to see if they can kickstart our veterans. G. Soto 19 HR 1.054 OPS (if not now, why not now?) J. Kroeger 20 HR (including 9 in 114 AB's since being brought up to AAA) 1.017 OPS (we lost an outfielder, he's an outfielder) Not to mention J. Fox who also has 20 HR and an OPS since being brought up to AAA of .996 . Those three aren't kids, they're 24-25. Bring 'em up now. It's time.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:17 pm

rotoworld/Boston Globe had the Pena info... Pena having an awful year fwiw and a career 5:1 K to BB ratio. If he does make contact it goes a long way usually.

Submitted by Sheffield/Cornelia on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:19 pm

Rob G.-- That's why Pena would only work as strictly a platoon/pinch-hit-vs-lefties guy...but a very effective one nonetheless. And we're platooning people all over the outfield as it is.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:26 pm

Kroeger on the DL with an oblique injury... I wouldn't be upset if we got Pena, but it doesn't seem like that big of an upgrade to Murton who he'd likely be replacing. I'm certainly not surprised he cleared waivers. Guys who seem to be only able to hit lefties aren't highly valued, (see my boy Craig Wilson). if you put any stock in phitting numbers, Pena 190/229/342 for his career.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:29 pm

Hendry said he's not going shopping for outfielders. He's going to use "the kids." Why don't we believe him?

Submitted by Horatio on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:32 pm

It's not Rich Hill getting shafted, it's the Cubs. Just because the vagaries of the official scorer failed to hang a W or L on the guy, that doesn't change the fact that he pitched well. And with that in mind, I can't see how it's not equally disappointing to everyone on the team that they had the opportunity to win the game and didn't.

Submitted by Sheffield/Cornelia on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:34 pm

I like Murton as much as anyone else here, but he's just not providing the power numbers we need, and Lou doesn't trust Murton at all. We need someone who has shown he can hit lefties consistently this season and who Lou is not afraid to insert into the lineup against them, and I believe Pena much better fits those criteria than Murton at this point.

Submitted by The Joe on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:35 pm

Horatio, we're the ones talking about it, not the Cubs. I'm sure they ARE equally upset over the loss. It merely sucks for Hill, because 1) it might cause him to doubt the ability of his team to score runs for him which might cause him to press to0 hard and 2) it affects his numbers which are directly related to his personal career and thus his paycheck.

Submitted by BillyBucks on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:38 pm

Fun with stats: NL ERA ranking for qualified starters: 11. Zambrano 12. Lillly 13. Hill 3 of the top 13 in ERA -- who'd a thunk it?

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:39 pm

I like Murton as much as anyone else here, but he’s just not providing the power numbers we need How do you know? He has had 14 (16 plate appearances) at-bats since being recalled from the minors. That is not exactly enough time to say he isn't providing power, is it?

Submitted by Sheffield/Cornelia on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:44 pm

dave, That's why I said the other part of the problem is that Lou doesn't appear to be ok inserting him in the lineup. Even if he did start hitting for power, he might never get a chance to contribute because he won't be playing that often.

Submitted by Newport on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:45 pm

Woody Williams leads the MLB in HRs allowed, whats the over/under on Cubs dingers tonight? I say one, I just hope it's a 3 run job.

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:35 pm

Willy Mo Peña will not be a Cub. 1. Hendry already said he wasn't going after a bat (of course!) 2. We could have just claimed him off waivers when we had a chance Color me VERY annoyed.

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:40 pm

oh, and Sutcliffe pitched very well for the Cubs. Yes he was injured and miss a lot of time in 85, 90 and 91 but 84, 87, 88 and 89 he pitched great.

Submitted by Ted Lilly Fan Club on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:40 pm

Another interesting tidbit on Lil' Richie... Roughly 140 IP for both pitchers, check this.. Pitcher A 8.28 K/9 3.07 BB/9 3.54 ERA 1.47 HR/9 Pitcher B 7.37 K/9 2.23 BB/9 3.53 ERA 1.11 HR/9 Pretty much the same pitcher, better control for B? Certainly not that different that the W/L would be that far off? Think again. A - Ted Lilly's Intern, Rich Hill (6-6) B- Ted Lilly (12-5) Stupid run support.

Submitted by Rory on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:49 pm

Anyone think that the Cubs should have signed Carlos Lee rather than Alfonso. Regardless of the injury Lee is an RBI machine and he certainly would look good in this Cub lineup.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:58 pm

it's not widely known Chad, rotoworld will sometimes pick-up on somebody that's been mentioned in a paper.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:06 pm

if you put a claim in on a player, you have something like 48 hours to make a deal, not to mention you could be on the hook for the rest of that player's contract. So you better be damn sure you want the player. Cubs seem more interested in some other players, WSCR report yesterday was about Monroe, Conine, Stairs and Adam Dunn(?). ESPN1000 report being mentioned on NSBB that Gallagher has been called up, Ohman sent down.

Submitted by Carlos Rubi on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:10 pm

Someone in the AP Wire Service has a crush on Byrnes: "Byrnes has become a fan favorite because of his offbeat, California surfer personality and full-tilt play on the field, which results in a constantly dirty uniform and, when he takes of his cap, a disheveled mess of blond hair."

Submitted by Wes on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:16 pm

I didn't even know Ohman had options left. Well, maybe he can figure something out down there. He hasn't been nearly as god awful against right in his career as he has in 2007. If we're going to make it to the playoffs, we're going to need him to pitch well in a situation like he was in on Sunday. If you need to flip a switch-hitter around to his bad side (R), then face a good righty, then face a masher lefty, you'd really like to not go through 3 pitchers to get that done.

Submitted by Carlos Rubi on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:16 pm

I guess they wanted a true long reliever in case Marshall can only go three innings again.

Submitted by Virginia Phil on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:17 pm

I don't feel like doing the legwork, but my impression is that Hill has been giving up his runs early. If you want to be a winning pitcher, it's a good idea to put up five goose eggs. Then you can relax a little. First- and second-inning runs are a problem.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:25 pm

according to BR.com Runs by inning: Rich Hill: 1-3: 24 Runs 4-6: 30 7-9: 3 Zambrano 1-3: 23 4-6: 27 7+: 8 Lilly: 1-3: 32 4-6: 21 7+: 7 Please apologize to Rich Hill. :)

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:28 pm

same article Wes linked to confirms Theriot will be leading off and the outfield will be a grab bag of Lou's liking. And gives a reason on why E-pat over Felix: The Cubs did consider recalling outfielder Felix Pie, who had been with the big-league team earlier. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry consulted with the Iowa coaching staff as well as the roving Minor League coaches. "We're trying to bring up the guys who are hot and can fill the need we have," Hendry said. "If we need somebody for pure defense, it would be Felix. We kicked it around a lot of different ways, but in the end, you listen to your people. There were no negatives about Felix."

Submitted by BillyBucks on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:28 pm

Ohman has an ERA of over 5.00, and has never been reliable. If you're going to be a LOOGY, you'd better be an awfully good one to justify taking up a bullpen spot. Ohman isn't, and he is a disaster against RH batters.. Lou gave him a chance to prove he could get MLB hitters out, and he failed. I think Lou relaizes that Hill and Marshall are piling up the innings to the point where young pitchers begin to tire, and he feels he needs relievers who can pitch to more than one batter.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:41 pm

Anyone think that the Cubs should have signed Carlos Lee rather than Alfonso. No. Ohman has an ERA of over 5.00, and has never been reliable. Yes he has, when facing lefties.

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:57 pm

"If you need to flip a switch-hitter around to his bad side (R), then face a good righty, then face a masher lefty, you’d really like to not go through 3 pitchers to get that done." This is what a guy like Kerry Wood is supposed to do. Get out batters from either side of the plate.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:04 pm

hey, I've been a pretty staunch Ohman supporter for the most part, definitely see how he can be useful, but he had one helluva awful week. And it had nothing to do with his usage. And with AZ phil's discovery that we had a week to option him, this isn't a bad move. I'm sure he'll be back by September if not sooner.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:07 pm

And it had nothing to do with his usage. Wasn't it pretty much all against righties?

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:09 pm

That is ... other than Delgado, who golfed a pitch that was a few inches above the dirt.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:24 pm

well against the Phils he faced 2 switch-hitters, Roberson and Nunez to start off the inning. That hit Roberson got was his first and only of the year off a lefty. I don't recall the Phils game completely and I don't see any lefties coming up, but a bunch of switch-hitters. But every major league pitcher should be able to get Roberson and Nunez out. The Mets game, I'm with Wes. Castillo was already knocking around the ball from the left side and his right side is his weaker side. You can't go through 2-3 guys in a 2-run game. And if he can't get righites out, he has to get the lefty. Whatever though, the dude had a rough week, plain and simple and it was there last chance to option him. I'm sure he'll be back by September. The pen won't miss him.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:28 pm

This week for Ohman... In his first bad game (against Philly), he did not face one lefty. In his second bad game (against New York), he faced three lefties. He retired two (a strikeout and a flyout) and gave up the double to Delgado on a pitch that was nowhere near the strike zone. So yea... I do think it had to do with usage.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:32 pm

And yea... some of those righties are switch hitters, but they obviously hit from the right side against Ohman.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 08:24 pm

might want to check that Mets game, he only got one out. Oops... my bad - I skipped right over when Wuertz came in.

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