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Is That A Threat?
In Rotoworld.com's Strike Zone Archives, you'll find a quick rundown of next year's free agents and a guess by the author of who they'll end up signing with. It goes position by position and even gives a sneak peek of the top free agents for the following year as well.
Here's who they think will sign with the Cubs and their reasoning:
Don’t Be Fooled
Now is not the time for irrational exuberance. The win last night raised the Cubs' post-season chances from 1.10% to 1.72%. The optimist in me points out that the Cubs improved their chances by 56%, while the pessimist in me wonders how there can possibly be an optimist in me after 30 years of following the Cubs.
Tonight our creaky warrior, Carlos Zambrano, takes on Houston's little giant, Roy Oswalt, who is six feet tall in the same way I resemble Brad Pitt.
Rooting Interests
GAME 120 IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
CHICAGO CUBS (57-62) @ HOUSTON ASTROS (64-54)
MINUTE MAID PARK, 7:05 pm CDT, TV: WGN, Fox Sports SouthWest
| Andy Pettitte LHP 10-8, 2.62 ERA 116/31 K/BB, 11 HR in 154.2 IP |
Greg Maddux, RHP 9-9, 4.54 ERA RuschedGlendon Rusch has this split in his time with the Cubs...
Cure for the Common OffenseGAME 119 IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD [PARACHAT]
CHICAGO CUBS (57-61) @ HOUSTON ASTROS (63-54)
MINUTE MAID PARK, 7:05 pm CDT, TV: CSN, Fox Sports SouthWest
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Cubster (view)
On top of all that…Wicks scratched for Sunday due to “forearm soreness.” Bullpen day again starting with Mervis or Wisdom (or Wesn).
crunch (view)
"Morel told reporters after the game that he felt alright, just a little banged up — specifically noting his right hip and both elbows. He did say that he was optimistic about his ability to play on Sunday, though manager Craig Counsell may have other plans."
crunch (view)
rsox putting pablo reyes up to pitch...an infielder...cranking 70+mph stuff.
...and of course he gets out of it with no runs scored...that kind of day for the cubs.
crunch (view)
...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.
busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.
wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.
crunch (view)
matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.
cubs run differential getting destroyed.
crunch (view)
matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.
he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.
through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs. no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.
on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count. ha.
crunch (view)
he's hugging canario in the dugout cuz morel will shrivel up and die if he doesn't hug at least a dozen people a day.
crunch (view)
and morel is injured...nice.
morel trying to play LF from 3rd...runs into canario while leaping and comes down ribs/arm-first.
hopefully he sticks around to finish this terrible game, or at least is going to avoid the IL.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Amen to that last point!
crunch (view)
jeez...
0.2ip 3h 1bb 1k, 2 HBP, 1 WP...5 r/er