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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
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* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
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Hayden Wesneski 
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Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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Christopher Morel
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Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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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 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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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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Game 118 Thread / Cardinals @ Cubs (3 of 3)

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SP Chris Carpenter
 SP Ryan Dempster
  0-0, 1.00, 4 K, 2 BB, 9 IP
   12-5, 2.93, 133 K, 59 BB, 150.2 IP
       
CF
 *Skip Schumaker
 LF
 Alfonso Soriano
LF
 Joe Mather
 RF
 *Kosuke Fukudome
1B
 Albert Pujols
 1B
 Derrek Lee
RF
 Ryan Ludwick
 3B
 Aramis Ramirez
3B Troy Glaus CF
 *Jim Edmonds
C
 Yadier Molina 2B
 Mark DeRosa
2B
 *Adam Kennedy C Geovany Soto
P
 Chris Carpenter
 SS
 Ronny Cedeno
SS #Cesar Izturis P Ryan Dempster


Amazing game, this baseball.

Just two days ago, we were aglow over the possibility that this weekend set could end with the Cardinals nine games behind the Cubs and all but out of the NL Central race. Then on Saturday the league's highest-scoring road team bludgeoned the Cubs' nominal pitching ace and suddenly, St. Louis has a chance to win this series and close to within five games of first place with the Brewers once again also breathing down the Cubs' necks.

The Sunday Night ESPN Game features a matchup between two members of the Tommy John Surgery Alumni Club, Chris Carpenter and Ryan Dempster.

Carpenter, 13 months removed from his procedure, makes his third start of the year tonight. He threw five shutout innings at the Dodgers last Tuesday, requiring just 51 pitches to to buzz through the 15 outs. He's 7-2, 3.07 in 13 career starts against the Cubs; at Wrigley, he's 5-1, 3.88.

Alfonso Soriano, who has never faced Carpenter as a member of the Cubs, is 10-for-25 (.400) lifetime against the righty, with a pair of homers. On the other hand, in a combined 72 lifetime ABs against Carpenter, Lee and Ramirez together have just 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Dempster, who underwent TJS in August of '03, was beaten by the Astros on Electrical Storm Night last Monday. He is making his first start against the Redbirds since back in April of '05, when he also got the nod for the Cubs against Carpenter and was on the wrong end of a 4-0 final score.

 

Records Following "Tommy John Surgery"
Pitcher
 G
 IP W-L
Chris Carpenter (2008—Current)
 2 9 0-0
Ryan Dempster (2004—Current)
250 405 21-25
Tommy John (1976-1989)
 405 2545 164-125

 

 

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 08:39 pm

52 pitches through 5 for Carpenter. I don't get the Cubs approach at all. You have a ghood pitcher who you know is on a pitch count...with a bad bullpen backing him up. Why in the heck are they not making him work? Why is Lee swinging 3-0? The offense is making me a bit nervous this homestand. Inconsistent and they seem to be less patient at the plate.

Submitted by Green Lantern on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 08:16 pm

big big win (like those big big donations that santo talks about). your ace pitches possibly the worst game of his life and you still win the series, and harden didn't throw. awesome. ahead by 4 and 7 games instead of 3 and 5 games. tremendous win, wood and marmol looked great and should be ready to switch roles back after the off day tomorrow. gotta win the series in ATL with the tough marlins series afterwards, although hopefully Z-Demp-Harden make it less tough. should really go 4-2, and i don't care how they do it. how bad is the carpenter contract? it was bad the moment it was signed, as someone that old with tommy john shouldn't get that many years. he might be out the rest of the season again as it's already mid august.

Submitted by John Beasley on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 08:34 pm

From ESPN game recap: "Cubs manager Lou Piniella wants more production from All-Star outfielder Kosuke Fukudome. If he doesn't start producing, the Cubs' right fielder and biggest offseason acquisition (four years, $48 million) could have his playing time reduced. "We need him to start hitting," Piniella said before Sunday's game. And if Fukudome doesn't get out of his slump, Piniella said he would have to start looking for other options. That could mean more playing time for Reed Johnson in right or for Mike Fontenot at second with DeRosa moving from second to right. Fukudome went 0-for-4 Sunday night and is in a 30-for-138 slump over his last 39 games." http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280810116 How is Fontenot in the lineup and DeRo in right in any way, shape or form better than Hoffpower looking ugly in right but looking pretty in the 5 or 6-hole?

Submitted by Chifan on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 08:48 pm

Kosuke needs to be in their for his defense alone. His numbers are likely better than average out of the 7 or 8 hole in the NL and he handles the toughest defensive postion (RF in Wrigley) flawlessly. If it aint broke dont fix it.

Submitted by 10man on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 08:59 pm

I definitely have no complaints about Fukudome's defense. It's been well above average in RF. And he's gotten quite a bit of days off from Lou since the All-Star break so I don't think it's fatigue. Maybe he misses his wife and the new baby? Are they here or in Japan? Whatever, he really needs to adjust soon to how the pitchers have adjusted to him or I'd have to go with Lou's threat of less playing time...

Submitted by JoePepitone on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 08:04 am

Posted the following in the previous thread in the wake of Hoffpauir's four(?!) home run performance on Saturday night -- & responding to a post of Mister Whipple: "I've seen Hoffpauir up and down this years in the bigs with a good eye and nice consistency but I don't know much about how he projects long term at a major league level. Bypassing the question of whether he could become a valuable addition prior to September 1, does he have much long term potential? I know he's pretty old to suddenly be an impactful major leaguer (how common is it for a 28 year old to suddenly find his own in the majors?)" --------------------- Well, Ryan Ludwick turned 30 this July and had no regular Major League playing time until May of last year ('07). He spent 5 1/2 years in AAA, batting .285, .303, .271, .191, .266 from 2002 - 2006 before finally putting up a .340/8/36 line for the first 29 games in 2007 (including oba & slg of .380/.642), earning a call up to the Cards in May, 2007. He bats .267/14/52 (oba & slg of .339/.479) in 2/3-time duty in 2007 (303 abs in 120 games). Then he hits like a crazy man this year (.307/.385/.614 with 29 HR & 84 RBI in 109 games). Don't know if Ludwick has arrived or if it is his version of Jim Hickman's 1970 season -- but it has to give hope to someone like Hoffpauir. It also gives us something to think about for spelling Kosuke in right field.

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Submitted by John Beasley on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 08:13 am

My point exactly, Neal. You can downgrade in right and upgrade the batting order, or you can downgrade slightly less in right, downgrade again at second and have a wash of the batting order. Can Hoffpower really be THAT bad? And there's always Kosuke and ReJo for late-game subs. Maybe after three weeks of the defensive horror show I'll be ready to change my mind but for now I think it's worth a shot. But he keeps playing 1B at Iowa, so I know it's another pipe dream. I love Lou's love of versatility but there's a fine line between that and misuse of talent. Just because you Can put DeRo in right doesn't mean he should start there more often than not. All I know is if Hoffpower is going to be the new Wardosaurus next year he'd better at least be able to hack it out there.

Submitted by Romero on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 08:40 am

Was there a scoring change made retroactively that has lowered Marmol's ERA? Or am I going crazy?

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Submitted by JoePepitone on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 08:02 am

Actually, YES -- there was a retroactive (rectal-active in Santo-speak) official scorer's ruling in one of Marmot's early July outings that lowered his ERA. I just read this somewhere on the interwebs in the last few days but can't recall where -- and I'm too tired to look it up at this time of the night. Sorry. Maybe tomorrow if no one else has done so by then.

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Submitted by Pell Mell on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 08:33 am

According to Friday's Tribune, the scoring of the July 12 game vs. SF has been changed to give Marmol an error in the ninth inning. Therefore, according to the Trib, "instead of giving up four unearned runs in the five-run ninth, Marmol was charged with only one unearned run." They must mean earned runs, right? But anyway, you get the point.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 08:02 pm

Since he's not signed to a long term deal, I would guess it wasn't the Cubs' idea. However it may have been that Marmol complained as soon as he realized the call (next day?) and it just took a while to go through the rigamorale.

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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.
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  • 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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