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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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Game 107 Thread / Cubs @ Brewers (2 of 4)

Submitted by Rob G. on

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SP Carlos Zambrano
 SP
Ben Sheets
  11-4, 2.96, 87 K, 44 BB, 133.2 IP
10-3, 2.87, 115 K, 31 BB, 135 IP
       
LF Alfonso Soriano
 2B #Ray Durham
SS Ryan Theriot SS J.J. Hardy
1B
 Derrek Lee LF
 Ryan Braun
3B
 Aramis Ramirez 1B
 *Prince Fielder
CF
 *Kosuke Fukudome RF Corey Hart
RF Mark DeRosa 3B *Russ Branyan
2B
 *Mike Fontenot
 CF Mike Cameron
C
 Geovany Soto C Jason Kendall
P
 #Carlos Zambrano
 P Ben Sheets

My apologies for lack of a game thread last night, I was out on a 3-day weekend celebrating seven years of marriage with the Angelfan wife. Many ask what our secret is (okay, no one does), and the answer? Marry a girl who likes baseball and doesn't mind if you check the scores on your cellphone during a sunset dinner at the beach. Lucky in love I am...

I might be a day late, but I'll pony up a few extra bucks. A comparison of the two teams heading into tonight's game:

Category
Cubs
Brewers
Runs Scored
 555
498
Runs Allowed
443
470
Strength of Schedule
.492
.499
Team Defensive Efficiency .715
.705
Batting Average .278
.256 
On-Base Perncentage
.355 
.326
Slugging Percentage
.441 
 .443
Home Runs
121 140 
Stolen Bases
58
 74
Starters' ERA
3.80
4.01
Relievers' ERA
3.98
4.05
Walks Allowed
361
 360
Strikeouts
 798
713

Pretty close, but the Cubs definitely look like the better team on paper. A paper you can light on fire because it's not going to mean much with two games separating the clubs and a raucous crowd filling Miller.

As for the lineup, Edmonds sits again which makes me believe the knee injury is worse than what's been reported. Of course, a career .697 OPS against Sheets in 54 AB's might be another reason, along with Fontenot's hot-hitting of late.  

Zambrano vs Sheets, it doesn't get much more fun that.

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Carlos Zambrano

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 07:22 pm

great...i just got a raging case of the cooties reading your 1st paragraph. i knew i shouldnt have skipped the shot this year. hopefully WGN can sell me a pill to get rid of this. i could go kayaking or something afterward. maybe high-five some people.

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Submitted by demale on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 07:12 am

Hey I got you one better cootiemeister- marry a gal who knows nothing about baseball, but turn her into such a fan that not only does she follow the Cubs, but on a pleasant Tuesday evening she suggests we go down to PNC to watch the Pirates play the Rockies. No promotional give-aways, no fireworks, just plain baseball. Usually it's amusing baseball too ("How they gonna blow it tonight?") The $4 grandstand ticket price (not kidding) helps this decision. But last night we were rewarded with the 26th come from behind win out of 50 victories. And my darling wife of 24 years is scoreboard watching the Cubs-Brewers game for updates.

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 07:57 pm

I was at the bar off 1 in Malibu where Mel Gibson got busted for DUI. Good Blue Moon beer and beautiful sunset. Thinking about going to Santa Barbara for 10th anniversary...don't know where wife will go. HIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! GO Cubs!!! Great game take any spirit out of those Brewer bastards and stomp in the ground like an old Pal Mal.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 07:06 pm

Great to see Rammy and Kosuke clubbing the ball -- Kosuke's 2B vs. Shouse was a beauty. I would love to see Soto hit one ball to right-center. It looked like Z was firing on all cylanders tonight -- pumped up to go against Sheets, but also in control of himself. Very solid baseball by the Cubs so far -- hitting, pitching, fielding, base-running. Keep it up, boys!

Submitted by nohit on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 07:12 pm

Go go gadget run differential. +118. Seriously. Next closest in the NL is Philly at +70. Best in the AL is Boston at +89. For what it's worth (admittedly not much), MKE is at +22 and STL is at +28.

Submitted by rokfish on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 07:28 pm

well i like the way the cubs have produced all series ,good to see rami come thru, starters have been good. nice to see braun run around in outfield missing everything. will cubs make any trades? i would consider cedeno the last positon player on team is it worth the upgrade? eyre to the east coast? for a minor leaguer ?

Submitted by Cubster on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 07:42 am

looks like Edmonds has an arthritic knee...his previous knee scope included some microfracture work which means he's missing some articular cartilage and they try to stimulate some formation of scar tissue to fill the defect...so expect it to be cranky from here on out. The cortisone can calm things down for awhile though. from the Sun-Times: Cubs center fielder Jim Edmonds, who got a cortisone shot in his sore left knee after the game Sunday against the Florida Marlins, said he was ready to play Tuesday but was kept out of the lineup for one more day. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/1081060,CST-SPT-cubnt30.ar…

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Submitted by Chifan on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 07:19 am

Because of Edmonds's injury issues, Levine is reporting that Jimbo is looking for lefty bat for the OF. Personally I think they need a switch hitter because if they add another lefty they will have issues with LHP. He also confirms Eyre can be had for a reasonable price. He didnt mention any names of the lefty bat, but here is a list of quality CF and Corner of who can play defense enough for Lou "just catch the damn ball" Pinella to play in RF: AL West Milton Bradley AL Central: David DeJesus Mark Teahan AL East: Luke Scott Brad Wilkerson NL West: Randy Winn Dave Roberts Jody Gerut Brian Giles NL Central: Ken Griffey Jr. NL East: Mark Kotsay I would doubt Bradley, Dejesus, Giles, or Scott because of the high price to get them. Griffey is also unlikely as the CIN ownership wont deal him to a NL Central team and I would put Winn that category due to his 09 salary. I think of the remaning guys the top 5 candidates could be 1. Kotsay 2. Teahan 3. Roberts 4. Wilkerson 5. Gerut.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 08:08 am

More important here is the thought that how an outfielder 'looks' or the routes he takes to a ball has an bearing on how good a fielder he is. That's a common misconception. What is important is if he catches balls, how quickly he gets to the ones he doesn't catch, and when he throws are the throws quick, accurate and strong. Soriano screws up some balls out there, this year actually seems worse than last year, but he makes a lot of catches in the gap that the Carlos Lee's and Manny Ramirez's of the world have to pick up from the warning track.

Submitted by Indiana JJ on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 07:39 am

I got tickets to Friday's game for my son for a b-day present (will be his first time at Wrigley). My plan was to drive (from Ft. Wayne) to Chesterton IN and get on the South Shore Line and get off at the Van Buren station then walk to the Red Line station @ State & Jackson and take that to Wrigley. It just dawned on me today that Lolla starts Friday and the Metra stop I'm planning to use is right next to Grant Park. Is this going to be a big headache for us? Especially on the way home after the game? Also, about how long is the Red Line trip from Jackson up to Addison?

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Submitted by Doug Dascenzo on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 07:27 am

I'd suggest picking up the Brown Line at Washington & Wells or Quincy and taking that North up to Fullerton or Belmont and transferring to the Red Line. I find that the Red Line is almost unbearable on Cubs' game days, while the Brown line is mostly work commuters. Between the Cubs and Lolla, the Red line is going to be a zoo. A 95 degree, no seat, people crammed everywhere zoo. The trip should take 35-40 minutes.

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Submitted by Brick on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 07:45 pm

I usually just take the Brown Line to Belmont and walk 4 blocks north. Don't bother with the Red. For one thing, the Red Line will be crammed with people, especially closer to Wrigley. Further, and more aesthetically, there's a nice sense of anticipation walking up Sheffield into thickening street crowds, hearing, then smelling, then seeing Wrigley loom up in the distance. My 2¢.

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  • azbobbop (view)

    Neris reminds me of Don “Full Pack” Stanhouse.

  • Eric S (view)

    Happ, Busch, Dansby and Madrigal have a combined 25 runners left on base through 7 innings, with Busch accounting for 9 of those.  Seems like a lot. 

  • crunch (view)

    PCA finally gets a hit!  2r HR!!!

  • Charlie (view)

    They certainly could be coupled. It could also be the case that a team needs good players at the heart of the team and if they are not coming from one source (development) they have to be sought out elsewhere. I don't see the evidence needed to infer the cause. 

  • crunch (view)

    bases loaded for the cubs, 0 out...and no runs score.

    cubbery.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Walker was a complimentary piece who was well past his prime. Edmonds, Holliday, Ozzie Smith and a few others were good trades. Notably, they have almost always been quiet in the free agent market. But the fundamental workings of the organization were always based primarily upon the constant output of a well oiled minor league organization. That organization has ground to a halt. And when did that hard stop start to happen? Right at the beginning of the Goldschmidt/Arenado era, perpetuated by the Contreras signing, followed by the rotation purchases during the last offseason. The timing is undeniable and, in my mind, not coincidental.

    Again, we are all saying that player development became deemphasized. I’m just linking it directly to the recent trades and involvement in the free agent market. I don’t see how the two concepts can be decoupled.

  • Charlie (view)

    The Cards also traded for both Jim Edmonds and Larry Walker. It's the developing part that has fallen off. Of course, it could also be the case that there are no more Matt Carpenters left to pull out of the hat. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cubs sign 28 yr old RHRP Daniel Missaki. He was in MiLB from his 17yr old to 19yr old years and did pretty well.
    He's been in Mexico and Japan the last four years and has done well also.
    He's supposedly Japanese and Brazilian.
    Interesting sign. We obviously need to RP in the system
    Injuries are mounting everywhere!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Sure, they made generally short term trades for established players to enhance what they already had or traded for players early enough in their careers that they were essentially Cardinals from the start. What they never did was to try to use the more established players as foundational cornerstones.

    Essentially we’re saying the same thing. They have given up on player development to the point that even their prospects that make it to the bigs flop so that they have to do things like buy most of their rotation and hope for the best.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I don’t buy that. They had been doing that for years.

    They did it with Matt Holliday. They did it with John Lackey. They did it with Mark Mulder. They did it with Jason Heyward, who had a great year for them. I’m sure there’s more but those come to mind immediately.

    I attribute it more to a breakdown in what they’re doing in terms of development than a culture thing.

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