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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Game 88 Thread / Cubs @ Cardinals (2 of 3)

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SP *Ted Lilly
SP
Kyle Lohse
  9-5, 4.56, 100 K, 38 BB, 106.2 IP

10-2, 3.67, 50 K, 26 BB, 105.1 IP
       
SS
Ryan Theriot SS
Brendan Ryan
RF
*Kosuke Fukudome CF
*Rick Ankiel
1B
Derrek Lee 1B
Albert Pujols
3B
Aramis Ramirez 3B
Troy Glaus
CF
*Jim Edmonds RF
Ryan Ludwick
C
Geovany Soto
C
Yadier Molina
LF
Mark DeRosa 2B
*Adam Kennedy
2B
*Mike Fontenot
P Kyle Lohse
P
*Ted Lilly LF *Skip Shumaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That sure was a much needed win as the Cubs now are assured of going home in first place. Zambrano looked as good as ever and the bullpen, minus a forgivable home run to Albert Pujols, was lights out.

Lou had earlier mentioned wanting to go with two lefties this series as the Cardinals had only managed something-like four wins against southpaws. Their overall splits though don't bear out much of an advantage, a collective .772 OPS vs righties and .776 vs lefties. Lou might be outhinking himself on this one.

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0 for last 27?! oops/ 0 for last 28. WTF?

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In reply to by navigator

Its called a slump. Ever heard of it? He also has a pretty big reason to have been, and to continue to be, distracted.

Wow... one of the Google ads on the left currently says this:
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Seriously? "Salute the Jap?" Wow.

Tough tough loss. I thought we were home free after Marmol got through the heart of the order. Woody couldn't get the job done. Of course if Edmonds would have scored on the sac fly its maybe a different game. Great throw by Ludwick but it looks like Edmonds just assumed he would get in. Get em tomorrow!

I always hate saying things like "the closer was due to blow one", but Wood did have an 0.96 ERA over the last month. He's been absolutely lights out lately. Can't have it everyday.

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In reply to by Wes

"Can't have it every day." I'm not sure Wood had it yesterday, when he tried to throw ball four twice to Troy Glaus leading off the ninth in a one-run game. The ump called two outside pitches strikes. If this is the way our closer performs in big games in St. Louis, that's good to know. Since Cotts and Marmol were already used, it would help if two bullpen spots weren't occupied by veterans Piniella would never bring in to pitch to Ankiel in that situation. I guess the Cubs will try to trade Wuertz and Eyre in the next three weeks. It can't be too soon.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

Eyre's on the DL, dude. If that's who you were referring to by "veterans Piniella would never bring in to pitch to Ankiel". Also, apparently the opponent has some effect on the quality of pitches that a pitcher throws. Does that have more or less of an effect than the catcher? If the catcher increases fastballs by 4-5 mph, do the Cardinals cause 6 inches less break on a slider? More? Less? EDIT - Furthermore, Wood has previously made two scoreless appearances against the Cardinals this season. I fail to see how this denotes some developing pattern.

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In reply to by Wes

My point about Eyre is that Piniella doesn't like to use him when the game is on the line, so the Cubs are always short one lefty. Of Eyre's 18 appearances this year, the Cubs were behind in 10 of those games at the time he appeared. Of the 8 remaining, in 4 of them they were ahead by 2, 3, 7 and 9 runs when Eyre was brought in. Of the four still remaining, in one of them he came in in the 13th inning of a tie game (5/24). In another (6/10 vs. Atlanta), he came into a close game in the 8th inning (Cubs up 6-5), after Howry had just given up 2 runs, Marmol had pitched the inning before, and Wood was unavailable. Eyre pitched to one batter, then Lieber took over in the 9th. On 5/25, he faced 1 batter in the 8th against Pittsburgh, Cubs up 5-4, and earned a hold. Finally, 6/18 was the game against Tampa where Eyre came in and let 3 of Marmol's runners and 3 of his own score. So these are the contortions a manager has to go through to use a guy like Eyre, who is on the roster because Hendry was feeling flush in late 2005. If Piniella could pick his own players, the Cubs might have had a lefty to face Ankiel in the 9th inning Saturday.

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

"If Piniella could pick his own players, the Cubs might have had a lefty to face Ankiel in the 9th inning Saturday." that's some pretty open ended blind faith you got there in a guy in a hypothetical role he's never been in. besides, wood is the closer. if lou cared that much about the splits with 2 outs he'd bring in pretty much any lefty he's got cuz ankiel is pretty solidly a guy who feasts on righties and struggles against lefties with his power at the very least. and very few if any managers get to pick their own players...

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In reply to by VirginiaPhil

If Piniella could pick his own players, the Cubs might have had a lefty to face Ankiel in the 9th inning Saturday. Wait a minute. So which is it? Does Lou control the rosters? Or Hendry? Because yesterday you said Lou controlled the rosters, and now today you say that Lou can't pick his own players. You cannot have it both ways. Further... I don't think there is a manager/team in baseball who would have pulled Wood in that situation. Hell... I don't think there are many relief pitchers in baseball that I would trust more than Woody in that situation. BTW... Kerry Wood has an .596 OPS allowed against RH hitters this year. But sure... go ahead and blame yesterday's game on Hendry because Scott Eyre is on the DL.

if Pinhead had not drawn in the corners guarding against a bunt with runners on 1st and 2nd and no outs Pinhead! Ha!! Mariotti, is that you? I know what we should all do.... call Ozzie Guillen the "Blizzard of Oz"!! "Blizzard of Oz"... get it? Funny shit! Nicknames rule!! High-fives and jagerbombs all around!!

Well it happens to the best of em and we all know Woody will bounce back strong. Nice to see Marmol get through fine. Let's take 'em tomorrow and make it look easy. No more of these nailbiters.

At least first place is safe (for now). If they get a win tomorrow (Earth to Wellemeyer: Come back to me!), they leave St. Louis in the condition I hoped they would. I hate it when the middle game of a series is a loss like this, but I like the idea of cutting Wood some slack and moving on.

Did anyone hear Paul Sullivan last night on WGN taking shots at Edmonds? Well, this is how he closed out his game recap today. I personally don't see anything wrong with Edmonds' comments, although it seems Sullivan is going out of his way to imply Edmonds doesn't give a shit about the loss. "Tough loss," Piniella said. But not as tough to some as it was to Piniella or Wood. "They're all tough, obviously," Edmonds said. "Good game. We just came up short. There's a long way to go. It's not the end of the world. We just have to come back [Sunday] and win the series. That's what it's all about." http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-080705-…

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In reply to by Little Nate Lewis

sullivan has a history of bitching about edmonds...even lately while a cub it's not stopped. he uses some very strong/public language about him to almost anyone that will listen that he doesn't prefer edmonds. i don't think he likes edmonds the man or edmonds the player. this is the kind of crap that keeps blyleven out of the HOF...not that edmonds has much of a shot or anything...but the whole reporters getting personal with the "people they work with" while being the spokesman to the public about these people. sometimes it makes for some great stories, though. sure makes for some great books.

The raging alcoholic also ripped Edmonds during the broadcast on WGN last night, saying he was a big hot dog and was still standing at home plate watching his home run. What a tool, there's hardly anyone left with talent at the Trib's sports department anymore.

Stupid effing umps missing check swings. I'm am increasingly unamused by the umpires ineptitude. Stupid Cardinals acting like this win was a big deal. Stupid Cub pitching allowing 3 runs in the ninth freeking inning. Stupid Cub batting not scoring 15 runs today. Stupid humanity for creating the game of baseball.

a bedard or burnett deal for cubs is a much better trade let some team unload 2 of there top three prospects bedard or burnett will cost less and be just as good. i have no problem with wood blowing it today if he converts 12 of 13 rest of year i am happy have fun at all star game kerry.

a bedard or burnett deal for cubs is a much better trade let some team unload 2 of there top three prospects bedard or burnett will cost less and be just as good. i have no problem with wood blowing it today if he converts 12 of 13 rest of year i am happy have fun at all star game kerry.

I'd actually prefer the Cubs go for some bullpen help. I mean, unless you get a guy like Sabathia who can dominate in the playoffs, any other starter is going to have minimal impact the rest of the way. If you trade for Burnett or Bedard in late July, they will get, what, about 10 starts the rest of the way? Even if they go 7-3, Gallagher or Marshall could probably go 5-5 or 6-4. For the price, it's a minimal upgrade. A couple of good bullpen arms, one from each side - Fuentes and a veteran righty maybe - could have a much bigger impact.

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In reply to by big_lowitzki

I'd be fine with both. I just don't want to put all of our "improvement" into a starting pitcher. I also think we need to think about what will get to the playoffs, vs. just assuming we already there. It's likely to be a close race between the three teams the entire way. Also, I just don't think Bedard is much of an upgrade, if any, over Lilly. Their statlines are similar, and Bedard has been injured more, and has pitched for last place teams his entire career. If you are looking for a pitcher to help in the playoffs, I would look for one with playoff experience. From a recent article by Jason Stark: "The last two starting pitchers acquired at midseason to win a World Series game were Jeff Weaver (picked off the scrap heap), for the 2006 Cardinals, and Mike Torrez (a relic of another era), for the 1977 Yankees. And the last two pitchers traded on Deadline Day (July 31) to win any kind of postseason game were Oliver Perez (a reclamation-project throw-in), for the 2006 Mets, and David Weathers (as a set-up reliever), for the 1996 Yankees." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page…

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

A couple of good bullpen arms, one from each side - Fuentes and a veteran righty maybe - could have a much bigger impact. I agree. If Hendry could get us Fuentes and a guy like Weathers, I think we would be set up very well. Bedard is intriguing, but you know the Mariners' asking price will be outrageous so they can save face on their winter deal. Relying on Harden would take us back to the days of hoping Wood/Prior can stay healthy. I want to like the Burnett option, but given how many times he has completely blown up over the last month (3 starts of 6+ earned runs), I'm not convinced the upgrade he will provide is nearly worth his price. Where does that leave us? I say bolster the pen and add a right-handed pinch hitter off the bench (Aurilia?). It's a damn shame something can't be worked out with the Tribe for C.C. He would have been nice.

lidge just got a 3yr/37.5m extension yes...lidge is "worth" 12.5m a year. kerry wood...you'll be missed. finish up solid, dude.

I personally think new ownership will pony up to keep Wood simply because they (whoever "they" end up being) won't want to take the PR hit with the fanbase. Obviously nothing more than pure speculation though.

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In reply to by Little Nate Lewis

yeah, its speculation on my part that they wont pony up the loot. cubs fans will give kerry wood a standing O for picking his nose it seems...especially early in the year. still...with the payroll load of 09/10 can the cubs add it? ...and at what point does spending "too much" become an issue of the cubs being another heartless yanks/bos organization where the wallet attempts to win it all? i know some don't care, but i'd find it hard to take seriously 162 games of a team designed via checkbook to stomp on teams with 1/2-1/3rd the payroll. wonder if DET wishes it hadnt opened up the pocketbook while emptying out their system...

NL Starters: C Soto, 1b Berkman, 2b Utley, SS Hanram, 3b Jones OF Soriano, Griffey Fukudome NL Players vote: C Martin, 1b Pujols, 2b Uggla, SS Tejada, OF Braun, Burrell, Holliday Other postion players: C McCann, 1b Gonzalez, 3b Wright, OF Ludwick and Mclouth NL pitchers Webb, Lincecum, Volquez, Cook, Hamels, Zambrano, Wood, Valverde, Lidge, Rauch NL Final vote options Billingsley, Dempster, Haren, Sanchez, Santana AL Starters: C Mauer, 1b Youklis, 2b Pedroia, SS Jeter, 3b Rodriguez, OF Manram, Hamilton, Ichiro, DH Bradley (Ortiz injury fill-in) AL player's vote: C Varitek, 1b Morneau, 2b Kinsler, SS Young, 3b Longoria, OF Dye, Sizemore, Damon, Drew (injury fill-in for Matsui as DH) AL other postion players: C Navarro, 1b Giambi, OF Quentin AL pitchers: Lee, Saunders, Halladay, Kazmir, Duchscherer, Mussina, Rodriguez, Rivera, Sherill, Soria AL final vote choices: Floyd, Harden, Lester, Papelbon, Sheilds

SEVEN Cubs All-Stars: Wood, Zambrano, Dempster, Soto, Soriano, Fukodome, Ramirez This is the most ever in Cubs history. In 1988 and in 1936 the Cubs had 6 players on the All-Star team.

Wood will be rewarded by the organization for his loyalty. But i guess giving him the money will just make us another heartless organization? Okkkk. It's about time the Cubs started using their resources to get the best talent and keep the best talent. For decades the Cubs have been the cash cow for anyone that owns them. Put a mediocre product on the field, enjoy the profits. That is what i call heartless. This organization, this fan base deserves atleast a decade of dominace and a few WS titles, and if it takes opening up the pocket book to achieve it, they better damn well do it. Because the last 100 years of trying to win on a budget sure worked out really well for us. Besides we can't draft players worth a damn, most of our best talent has come from salary dumps from other teams and high priced free agent pick-ups.

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In reply to by MikeC

"Wood will be rewarded by the organization for his loyalty. But i guess giving him the money will just make us another heartless organization? Okkkk." no giving a guy 12m to pitch 60-80 innings would be retarded, not heartless, but nonetheless 12m isnt going to make this team a money hole. 130m would be getting close, though. ...and he is going to be rewarded? really. didn't know that extension was on the table. thanks for the scoop. moving on to the real issue you're trying to get across...that you don't care if they spend a ton of money as long as they win. fine. got it.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

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  • crunch (view)

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  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.