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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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Back from the Dark Ages

I'm back to being connected to the Internet world, I'm not sure if that's good or bad. While I certainly do miss whatever brilliant, well-crafted snark is coming from the comments, it was kind of nice to be untethered from the digital world. 

As for the weekend, the Cubs pulled out 2 of 3 wins from the New York Mets - and with the Rockies getting swept  - sneak to 5.5 back in the Wild Card. Important thing to remember here is they managed to score one run versus Nelson Figueroa and couldn't sweep a team missing David Wright, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Johan Santana, Oliver Perez, John Maine, or J.J Putz. Zambrano, who seems to be getting advice from Alfonso Soriano on how to play with injuries and hurt your team, got lit up for 11 hits and 3 earned runs and couldn't make it out of the 4th against the Buffalo Bisons lineup. Color me unimpressed...

The Astros show up tonight and Michael Barrett's favorite ace takes the mound - Roy Oswalt. The Cubs counter with Rich Harden, who along with Aaron Heilman, did not get traded by today's deadline. I didn't really think the Twins would give up anything to grab Harden, they're just not a team to cough up prospects, but why Aaron Heilman is still wasting space is unfathomable.

Theriot, Bradley, Lee, Ramirez, Fukudome, Fox, Baker, Hill go tonight.

Some minor league and roster move info after the jump...

- Minor league post-season All-Star rosters are being announced. The Cubs didn't place anyone in Triple A, 1b Blake Lalli (787 OPS, 5 HR, 51 RBI...shrug) made the Double A Southern League roster, and C Robinson Chirinos (only played a little over half a season in Hi-A) and SS Starlin Castro made the Hi-A Florida State League team.

- The playoff push continues for the minor league affiliates. Iowa is tied for second with Nashville and they both trail Memphis by a half game. Iowa is riding a 5-game win streak and Nashville and Memphis square off for the next 3 games. The season ends next Monday. Tennessee and W. Tennessee remain tied and play the last 5 games of the year against each other (7 left total). Peoria has already clinched a playoff spot in the Midwest League and can clinch the division with a win tonight.

- Muskat says Iowa will have to win without Micah Hoffpauir, Justin Berg, and Andres Blanco, all of whom will get called up tomorrow when rosters expand. David Patton will join the team on Wednesday. Expect another 3-4 more call-ups as well before the month is over.

Comments

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In reply to by mannytrillo

If the Cub's actual baseball training hasn't failed Soto, then it was the training on what the organization expects of him in the off season and how to conduct himself outside of the baseball season that has failed him. I get the impression the Cubs have no kind of control over any of these guys. Is it inappropriate to ask these guys to stick to a training regimen and avoid drugs and excessive drinking in the off season or do any risky activities like softball or exiting a jacuzzi? I'm only half kidding, though. And for the record my feeling is the Zambrano-softball thing was blown out of proportion. Last I heard he was playing softball with some kid and it probably wasn't very physical.

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In reply to by crunch

No, I know that. It makes sense to you and me, but it's easy to forget that some of these ballplayers are mere kids and in many cases not even American. I vaguely remember my world view when I was 22 years old and there's no way I would have acted responsibly. Let's just say I probably would have spent an inordinate amount of time in Soto's apartment with a bag of Doritos.

Grabow has really been good. Too bad the rest of the team let him down since he signed up. Hope he winds up a type A guy, I wouldn't even mind having him back for another year (but not three years $12 million, Jim!).

I'm sure September will go much better...

So, to recap: The weather in Chicago in August sucked. The baseball in Chicago in August sucked. Not one interesting/exciting prospect on the horizon (Vitters hit .230 at Daytona, so spare me). What to watch in September-- can the Cubs finish over .500 for 3 straight years? Woo. I hope Hendry was watching the bottom of the 9th -- that's what a closer looks like. Comes in, kicks ass - game over.

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In reply to by Rob G.

Also, the Cubs have at least 3 interesting SS prospects at the A-Ball level (Castro, DJ LeM, and Hak Ju Lee), but they are all far from the majors. The interesting pitching prospects are similarly distant. The Cubs are interesting at the A-Ball level and generally less so at AAA and, to some degree, AA. Which, hopefully, means that in a year or two, they'll be interesting at the AAA and AA levels, and then that we'll get a major leaguer or two out of the deal.

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In reply to by dcf

Funny you should mention those 2 in regards to the Cubs apparent draft strategy. Tyler Colvin 13th overall in 2006.......Travis Snider #14 overall. Josh Vitters 3rd overall in 2007........Matt Weiters #5 overall But at least we got compensation picks for Wood and 3 can't miss prospects from Cleveland in the DeRosa deal!!!

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

Oh Oh... Can I Play?? Mark Pawelek 20th overall in 2005......Colby Rasmus #28 overall. **To be fair to Wilken he has only been Director since the 2006 draft.***

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In reply to by mannytrillo

Colvin and Vitters were consesus picks for where the cubs drafted them? I missed that. I could have sworn that Weiters was the #1 overall prospect, and that Colvin was thought of as a 3rd round talent? But they are aggressive.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

Wake me up when Weiters has earned his signing bonus. Colvin was expected to go around 50, though some people had him moving up on their boards as the draft approached.

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In reply to by billybucks

Several guys tearing it up at Peoria, which is why they lead the league in HRs and BA. LeMahieu and B. Jackson look like they're on a fast track. You also have Flaherty, a tall skinny 2B/SS with 20 HRs and 79 RBI. At Daytona, Guyer tearing it up. Castro hitting .287 at AA. He's still not 19 and a half. Colvin tearing it up (.375/.421/.683/1.104) if you just want to talk about August. It will be interesting to watch how Castro and Colvin do in the 5-game battle for first place that begins in West Tenn on Thursday.

Someone needs to start an Aaron Miles watch. I don't think he's been in a game for 10 days. Maybe Lou took him out for some Italian food and he disappeared.

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In reply to by Ryno

Neifi Perez as a Chicago Cub:
Year   G    AB   R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI  SB  CS   AVG  OBP  SLG
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2004   23   62   12   23   5    0    2    6   1   0  .371 .400 .548
2005  154  572   59  157  33    1    9   54   8   4  .274 .298 .383
2006   87  236   27   60  13    1    2   24   0   1  .254 .266 .343
And Aaron Miles:
Year   G    AB   R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI  SB  CS   AVG  OBP  SLG
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2009   62  148   16   26   7    1    0    5   3   0  .176 .218 .236
AAA    21   87    8   22   4    0    0    8   1   2  .253 .267 .299
The lesson? Aaron Miles: ALMOST as good in AAA as Neifi Perez was on the Chicago Cubs.

Tenn/W. Tenn both lose and stay tied in Double A. Iowa loses, Nashville beats Memphis to take over first place by a half game, Iowa now down a game and in third place. Peoria wins to clinch the division.

Rob maybe Marmol got some advice from Soriano or vice versa on how to be discreet when it comes to affairs.

Somebody from Manny's club has been 'editing' the Wikipedia entry for Jim Hendry. Earlier today, it read, "Jim Hendry (born July 27, 1955, Dunedin, Florida) is not worthy of having a wikipedia page, but they gave one to the bastard anyway. He is also the retarded Vice President/General Manager of the Chicago Cubs." http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:xemuauhCxKkJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… The page now reads a much more boring "Jim Hendry (born July 27, 1955, Dunedin, Florida) is the Vice President/General Manager of the Chicago Cubs." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hendry Evidently, someone put the "bastard" and "retarded" comments in on Saturday afternoon at 1:52 pm until they were 'undone' this evening at 10:51 pm (if I'm calculating the time correctly -- I presume the times are listed as Greenwich Mean Time, as the revision states it was done on Sept. 1, 2009 @ 03:51). Geez, and the Cubs were riding the wave of a one-game winning streak at the time, too.

haha... garland to LA confirmed...ARZ and LA are playing each other right now. 3-3 tie. garland found out he was traded and sent to the clubhouse. when justin upton hit a homer to tie the game garland came back up from the clubhouse to high 5 everyone. happ told him he should probably get back to the clubhouse and not do that after giving upton a high-5.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-01-cubs-brite-ch… Bradley was stalking the Cubs last september? --- Remember, it was Bradley who desperately wanted to play for the Cubs last winter, basically ignoring other interested teams. "As much as we courted him, I've never seen a player court us like he did," Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney said at the Cubs Convention. "He was scouting us in the third game of the World Series, sitting in Los Angeles trying to figure out where he would play in our lineup, and he left himself, basically, with no escape clause. He was negotiating with us and really didn't have a safety net. "This is a guy who chose Chicago, and the pressure, and the limelight."

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In reply to by Newport

Milton Bradley: OK Jim, I want to come to Chicago. How about 1 year 5 million. Hendry: No can do Milton. How about 4 years 50 mil Milton: I don't want to be tied up that long. How bout 2/14 Hendry: Listen 3/30 full No trade clause, and a night with my wife. Milton: Uhhhhhhh....... How bout just the 3/30?

Wittenmeyer says Scales, Samaramadingdong (after his next Iowa start) and Stevens will be called up too --- The Cubs plan to recall outfielder Micah Hoffpauir and right-hander Justin Berg from Class AAA Iowa and reinstate infielder Andres Blanco from the disabled list when rosters expand today. Right-hander David Patton is expected to rejoin the active roster from the DL on Wednesday, and four more I-Cubs are to be recalled as the Class AAA season winds down: infielder Bobby Scales and right-handed pitchers Jeff Samardzija, Jeff Stevens and Esmailin Caridad. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/1746014,CST-SPT-cubnt01.ar…

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Basically, if we assume that Hubbs was "really" a .260 hitter, meaning that this is an accurate measure of his ability, then in 566 at-bats in 1963 we would expect 147 hits and 419 outs - not the 133/433 he actually had. A Chi2 test can tell us if that difference is statistically significant or just a result of chance. You would use this type of test, for example, to analyze whether dice were fair. When we perform this test on Hubbs we find that the Chi2 is 1.801 (1 degree of freedom) and the p-value on a two-tailed test is .1796. All this means is that difference is not statistically significant. In layman's terms: Hubbs could have been that same .260 hitter in 1963 and still just come up with 14 less hits by chance. This is not all that surprising to anyone watching baseball, because you know that some seasons you have more fall in than others or hit the ball right at people a lot. Our conclusion might be that he was unlucky in 1963. The problem of course is that he could also be the .235 hitter he was in 1963. If we perform the same test on his 1962 season based on the .235 average, we find that the difference is not statistically significant either! This would mean that he was just very lucky in 1962 and was really a .235 hitter. The main problem with all of this is simple - endogeneity. We know mathematically the expected outcomes for dice, but we are basing our expected outcomes for player performance based on that same performance which is a no-no. It might work if we had a track record of a player, say an average season over a 10-year career, and we could then see if his sub-par 11th season was just unlucky or if he was slipping due to age. But the sad reality with Hubbs is that his career and life were cut too short to be able to say with any certainty how good of a player he really was and how is career would have panned out.

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

The chi-square takes the marginal (pooled) results as the expected, which I think is legitimate. For large samples, it's pretty close to exact comparisons of two binomials. If course, a player's performance could have extra-binomial variability, essentially "streakiness". But the chi-square does give a reasonable answer to the question "Could these results come from the same distribution?" and in Hubb's case, the answer is clearly yes.

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

"We know mathematically the expected outcomes for dice, but we are basing our expected outcomes for player performance based on that same performance which is a no-no." That's what the "huh?" meant. You can't apply statistic evaluation in that method and call it meaningful. Statistics are great for things like die rolls and molecular movement. Trying to apply them to a single baseball player over two seasons is such a meaningless endeavor that it was better to keep the book closed.

At what point do the Cubs think about just shutting Soriano down for the year? We got another 5 years with this clown, and at least we need him healthy (to play or try to trade him). I say give the team through the weekend to cut into the WC lead. IMO, if we are still 6 games back with 4 teams in front of us, just pull the plug on his season.

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In reply to by mannytrillo

Don't you think there should be some judgement call on whether or not continuing to play will endanger his 2010 season? Why not recommend shutting down all the starters?

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In reply to by The Real Neal

At what point do the Cubs think about just shutting Soriano down for the year? Only when there is value to shutting him down early, they should do it. Don't you think there should be some judgement call on whether or not continuing to play will endanger his 2010 season? Exactly, I would hope someone made a judgement call and took it seriously.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Do all the starters have bum knees and going to get MRI's done? Do we have 5 years and $90 million more invested in them? If Soriano is hurt and we are playing meaningless games, why not shut him down, get his knee scoped, don't cause more damage to it and make sure he is 100% ready to go for 2010 season.

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In reply to by mannytrillo

Soriano already said the he was going to get the knee scoped if the cortisone shot doesn't work.

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In reply to by navigator

I can care less what Soriano says. The Cubs are the ones paying him. While they can't make him have a medical procedure. They sure can shut him down.

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In reply to by jacos

Soriano told the Nationals he had no interest in moving from 2nd to LF and they dealt for him anyways and then decided to move him to LF despite their promise not to. Geee how would you feel? It was an asshole move by a what we know now an organization with some fucked up morals. I think it took Brooks Robinson in calm reasoning way to explain the situation. And it all worked out. One thing Soriano is, is a reasonable person. If you make your case to him about how it might benefit the team he will tend to go along with it. After all he played SS for Yanks then played the OF then they told him to play 2nd base all without a peep. Besides if we listened to the fans Derrek Lee would have been released by now and replaced by Micah Hoffpauir.

OMG. Are all the starters nursing knee injuries that are clearly affecting their performance?

The Rockies acquired Jose Contreras, salary $10 mil, from the White Sox yesterday. QUESTION: If the Rockies claimed Contreras, why wouldn't they claim the younger, better, and cheaper Harden? AZ Phil or someone, help me out with this, there must a good reason, right? Maybe they didn't think the Cubs would deal with them?

Soriano already said the he was going to get the knee scoped if the cortisone shot doesn't work. --- he should get his knee scoped even if the cortisone shot helps (but after the season or at least after they are mathematically eliminated from the wild card ...after the season is OK as the rehab after a scope isn't that long that it makes a difference to get it 6 weeks from now)

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In reply to by MikeC

yes. almost every coach does in many systems. you need a load balance on the arm...and the towel lets you see a path in your throwing motion. wonder what some of you would think about resistance training with a rubber band on a fence...also a semi-common one. not everything in baseball requires a 10 thousand dollar machine.

Soto is apparently using the Jerome Walton model on being a Cub ROY. Come back for your second full season nice and fattened up. Slide quickly to the bench and, in a few years, out of the game completely.

But Hendry has no plan for 2010. "I haven't even thought about next year yet," said general manager Jim Hendry, who pointed out a seasonlong team slump has put every flaw under a microscope -- Aug 19

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In reply to by navigator

Firstly, let's hope he doesn't need to think about it as he gets canned. If he does come back, he likely won't have a too much to do as he is stuck with a huge amount of players and contracts with NTC, so what you see is pretty much what you get (unless Ricketts give him another $20MM or so to throw away).

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In reply to by navigator

wow...dusty-hate-ism... take 1 comment, blow it out of proportion, and call it a fact. yes, it is very safe to assume hendry has no plans or idea about 2010 from that quote. hell, it's "technically true" so it must be a fact. yeah, that makes perfect sense. bravo.

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In reply to by crunch

The question Hendry was answering related to Lou Piniella's oblique criticism of the way Hendry built the team--- a lack of athleticism in the outfield that hurts them defensively in big ball parks like San Diego where they have trouble running down balls hit to the gaps and a lack of speed on the basepaths that hurts their ability to score runs without hitting home runs. As Piniella pointed out, the Cubs are last in the league in stolen bases. Actually it's worse than that. They are last in major league baseball in stealing bases (45) and last in the majors in SB% at 62%. Hendry was asked if he was going to address those concerns this year and into next season. Reread his answer. Does that sound like a guy with a plan for 2010? Nope, Hendry isn't a planner, he's a reacter. So when he tells you he hasn't thought about next year yet, believe him.

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In reply to by Dr. aaron b

There's a difference between plan and execution, Doc. The plan was to add left-handed hitting. The execution mainly involved Fontenot (.227) and Bradley (.243, with 20 XBH's lefty and 27 overall). One day the Cubs will have a few decent lefty hitters and then we'll see what happens.

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In reply to by navigator

"Hendry isn't a planner, he's a reacter. So when he tells you he hasn't thought about next year yet, believe him." that's ignorant as hell. i would explain why, but you already know. yes, you know.

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In reply to by navigator

The biggest problem with Hendry is that he doesn't have a crystal ball - how could he know that Soto would regress so badly, Fontenot would be a complete bust as a "starter", Ramirez would miss 2+ months with injury and Soriano, Zambrano and others would fall so short of their career norms? In my mind, given all of these factors and that our top 4 starters spent significant time on the DL, it is a minor miracle we are even in sniffing distance of the wildcard race on September 1st. Yes, Hendry tries to overfix things sometimes and has tied the hands of the organization with some of the contracts he has given out. And of course in 20/20 retrospect he has made some dumb moves - every GM has. In my mind though, the Lee and Ramirez (and even the Harden) deals were rapes in our favor and I for one was very happy when we landed Soriano at the time, as he was by far the best free agent position player on the market that year. We have made the playoffs 2 years in a row, which I can't say has ever happened before in my 37-year lifetime, so I consider Hendry's tenure to have been a successful one. I'd love to win it all too and it is tough when we don't, but that don't make it a failure (in my opinion). It's a bitch what expectations will do for you...

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In reply to by navigator

So getting rid of Pie to open a spot for Gathright was Hendry's idea? Have you got any bridges for sale? Here's a crazy idea way out of left field - Maybe Lou says stuff so that he doesn't come out like a dipshit? But you can watch Lou's in game and lineup management and realize that he is a disphit, no matter what he says.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

Case in point "I didn't say I wanted to get a more lefthanded lineup" but he refuses to stack Fukudome and Bradley 1-2 at the top of the lineup. Why is that? Because he does want to try to balance the lefthanders in the lineup.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

We could definitely use some fresh perspective from the managerial position. Lou looks like he has aged about 10 years in the past year. Once again, at the time he was hired by Hendry, Lou was the best manager available with the most credentials but he just seems old nowadays...

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In reply to by Ahone Ahtwo Ahthree

I disagree. Lou may have had the best credentials as a manager, but I have to think that Girardi would've been a better choice, maybe Brenly too--as in they are probably better managers than Lou. Of course, I have no idea what it's like to be in a dugout or clubhouse with these guys. [And by "best credentials" I mostly mean longest history. In contrast, Girardi didn't have worse credentials, he had almost no credentials--no history as a manager.]

btw...for the soto weight-watchers. the guy showed up in great shape and gained most of his weight in april/may/june eatting off the meal money and clubhouse spread, fwiw. when pitchers/catchers reported and before-hand in the WBC people were gushing about his off-season work habits. now all of a sudden he's a lazy pot smoking guy who can't figure out how to handle his poor Dominican self with new-found money. okay, sure. i dunno if his weight gain is even the proper route to seek blame, but if it is i dunno if winter is to blame.

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In reply to by crunch

Regardless, the top reasons for our digression this year are Soto, Fontenot, and the injury to A-Ram, period. But Soto is exhibit A. We have no choice but to hope this season was the fluke and not last season, roll him out there, and hope for the best. Cubs.com did point out that his BABIP is nearly 100 points lower this year, which is probably good luck/bad luck. I would be happy if he hit .250/.320/.450 next year.

lenandbob: Check that...Soriano must have talked his way into the lineup. He's in for Fox.

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    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
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    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
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    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
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    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
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    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
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    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...

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    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.