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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

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Game 4 Quick Recap - Wells Runs Dry for DBacks Offense

Box Score | HighlightsFangraphs WP chart

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
DBacks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   1 8 0
Cubs 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 x   4 8 1

The Gist: Wells didn't quite pitch as well as he did all spring and was uncharacterstically wild, but held the DBacks to just 6 hits, and only one of the extra base variety, that being a leadoff home run to Willie Bloomquist of all people. Geovany Soto showed off his healthy shoulder gunning down Justin Upton on a steal attempt and Miguel Montero on a wild pitch that didn't bounce very far away. The bullpen locked down the last 3 innings, even with Q-Ball and Kirk Gibson battling for over-Manager of the Year honors. First, the Cubs bring in Sean Marshall who is perfectly awesome versus lefties and righties to face Geraldo Parra. After getting him out, Gibson went to the righty Xavier Nady and Q-Ball countered for no good reason with Marcus Mateo and Gibson countered with lefty Juan Miranda who did single. Mateo retired the next batter and Q-Ball went to the pen again and John Grabow to get Kelly Johnson.

Soriano proved he can still hit a hanging breaking ball, breaking the 1-1 tie with his second home run in as many days. Starlin Castro showed that he can still make bad throws, by putting Kerry Wood in a jam in the 8th that Wood escaped after loadiing the bases with 1 out. Marmol shut the door in the 9th and the bullpen has thrown 10.1 IP so far, giving up 2 runs (both by Marmol yesterday), on 7 BB and 9 K's. Marmol and Wood both pitched their third straight games, so it'll be interesting to see if Q-Ball will push either of them for a fourth if the need arises Tuesday. And with Andrew Cashner on the mound, that could mean having to get through 4-5 innings with Grabow, Marshall, Samardzija, Mateo and Russell with Q-Ball iikely saving Marshall for the 9th.

Pena hurt this thumb in the 8th and is considered day to day...like the rest of us.

So far the team is exactly what we expected out of them, solid starting pitching, good bullpen, crappy defense especially on the infield and a mediocre at best offense. Project .500 remains on target...

Comments

I hereby start a "Byrd is Injured" Rumor to get him out of the lineup/#3 spot. I went onto gamecast yesterday in the fourth or fifth inning and see that the Cubs have four hits at this time. I made the mistake by using the handy "show field" option and select "home hits." I'm horrified to find that Baker and Byrd's hits were contained in the infield. So Marlon's 167/167/167/333 line is artificially enhanced by an infield single. Otherwise he would be 111/111/111/222. I realize it's early but this guy hitting third is horse shit. Get Soto or Ramirez in the 3 spot, and if not them use Colvin for God's sake. Looking forward to seeing Cashner pitch for real

Looking at Cots Assuming ARam gets bought out there is already 72MM committed to next season. If his option is picked up that figure would be 86MM. Garza gets arb, probably 8-9MM, call it 95MM. Fuk, Pena, Grabow, Shark all go away. Still have to give raises to Soto, Wells, DeWitt. Soto getting 3MM this year, so figure 4-5 for him, now up to even $100MM. I wonder what Wells is worth in arbitration?

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In reply to by John Beasley

“There's still going to be a few blips along the way. He just turned 21 a couple weeks ago. There are still some growing pains. Thinking back to my career and others, we just didn't get it overnight. But the sky's the limit. I know he's a good student. I saw him earlier today. I just had a quick conversation, and he thanked me. And that means a lot. It's something that even though I'm not there anymore, he'll be somebody I'll be following for the rest of his career. That's how much he means to me. He's a solid kid. But there's going to be some growing pains still." Alan Trammell

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In reply to by Jumbo

Submitted by Jumbo on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 3:50am. Looking at Cots Assuming ARam gets bought out there is already 72MM committed to next season. If his option is picked up that figure would be 86MM. Garza gets arb, probably 8-9MM, call it 95MM. Fuk, Pena, Grabow, Shark all go away. Still have to give raises to Soto, Wells, DeWitt. Soto getting 3MM this year, so figure 4-5 for him, now up to even $100MM. I wonder what Wells is worth in arbitration? ============================================================ JUMBO: Not counting a signing bonus unless all or part of it is actually paid in 2012, here is how I would project the Cubs payroll for 2012 (very much subject to change): MLB ARTICLE XX-B FREE-AGENTS POST-2011: Ryan Dempster (player option) John Grabow Reed Johnson Carlos Pena Aramis Ramirez (mutual option with club buy-out) Kerry Wood SIGNED BEYOND 2011: + Has NO TRADE rights + Alfonso Soriano - $18M + Carlos Zambrano - $18M + Aramis Ramirez - $16M mutual option or $2M club buy-out + Ryan Dempster - $15.5M player option (contract was restructured in 2011) Carlos Marmol - $7M Marlon Byrd - $6.5M Carlos Pena - $5M deferred from 2011 salary Sean Marshall - $3.1M + Jeff Samardzija - $3M club option (Cubs will almost certainly opt-out) Carlos Silva - $2M 2012 club buy-out to be paid post-2011 TOTAL: $91M (presuming Cubs opt-out of Samardzija contract, and Dempster and Ramirez return for 2012), or $77M if Cubs opt-out of Ramirez contract post-2011 PROJECTED ELIGIBLE FOR SALARY ARBITRATION POST-2011: Jeff Baker ($2M?) Blake DeWitt ($2M?) Kosuke Fukudome (see NOTE) Matt Garza ($9M?) Koyie Hill ($1M?) Geovany Soto ($7M?) Randy Wells ($3M?) NOTE: Kosuke Fukudome is technically eligible for salary arbitration post-2011, but he can demand his Outright Release if not signed to a 2012 contract by 11-15-2011. PROJECTED TOTAL: $24M? AUTO-RENEWAL (PRE-ARBITRATION) POST-2011: Darwin Barney Justin Berg Alberto Cabrera Esmailin Caridad Andrew Cashner Welington Castillo Starlin Castro Robert Coello Casey Coleman Tyler Colvin Thomas Diamond Rafael Dolis John Gaub Scott Maine Marcos Mateo Fernando Perez James Russell Jeff Samardzija (if 2012 club option declined) Kyle Smit Jeff Stevens TOTAL: $7M? (includes minor league splits for players on Optional Assignment) So that's about $112M (or $98M if Cubs opt-out of Ramirez contract post-2011). Also... If the Cubs opt-out of Samardzija contract post-2011 (almost a certainty) and he becomes an Auto-Renewal player in 2012, his salary cannot be cut more than 20% (to $2.5M). So it is far more likely that he would be either outrighted post-2011, or be non-tendered on 12/2. Other Fun Facts: The following players presently on the Cubs 40-man roster will be out of minor league options in 2012 (list includes only players who will have accrued less than five years of MLB Service Time through the 2011 season, since players with five or more years of MLB ST can decline Optional Assignment to minors): Jeff Baker Justin Berg Thomas Diamond Koyie Hill Fernando Perez Jeff Samardzija Geovany Soto Jeff Stevens NOTE: Blake DeWitt, Marcos Mateo, and Randy Wells will be out of minor league options in 2012 if any of them spend at least 20 days on Optional Assignment in 2011. Jim Hendry likes to trade or outright a guy who is out of minor league options during the off-season if the player is not believed to have a decent chance to claim a spot on the Cubs Opening Day 25-man roster. The following Cubs minor league players can be MLB RULE 55 Six-Year Minor League Free-Agents (6YFA) if not added to Cubs 40-man roster by the 4th day following the conclusion of the World Series: ELIGIBLE TO BE MLB RULE 55 MINOR LEAGUE FA POST-2011: Jim Adduci, OF Marco Carrillo, RHP Angel Guzman, RHP Dylan Johnston, RHP Bryan Lahair, 1B J. R. Mathes, LHP Mario Mercedes, C Lou Montanez, OF Scott Moore, INF Jonathan Mota, INF Jake Muyco, RHP Augie Ojeda, INF Max Ramirez, C-1B Chris Robinson, C Bobby Scales, INF Brad Snyder, OF Alvaro Sosa, RHP (ex-C) Polin Trinidad, LHP John Urick, 1B (player-coach) Brandon Watson, OF Todd Wellemeyer, RHP NOTE: Angel Guzman, Bryan Lahair, Scott Moore, Max Ramirez, and Brad Snyder are out of minor league options should they be added to the Cubs 40-man roster during the season or by the 4th day following the conclusion of the 2011 World Series, and Augie Ojeda and Todd Wellemeyer would be eligible to be MLB Article XX-B FA post-2011 if added to Cubs 40-man roster during the 2011 season (both Ojeda and Wellemeyer have more than five years of MLB ST). PREVIOUSLY RELEASED - CAN BE MINOR LEAGUE FA UNLESS SIGNED BEYOND 2011: Adrian Aviles, LHP (ex-OF) Austin Bibens-Dirkx, RHP Alvaro Ramirez, OF The fiollowing Cubs minor leaguers will be eligible for selection in the December 2011 MLB Rule 5 Draft if not added to the Cubs 40-man roster by 11-20-2011: ELIGIBLE FOR DECEMBER 2011 RULE 5 DRAFT: Jeffry Antigua, LHP Jeffrey Beliveau, LHP Michael Brenly, C Justin Bristow, RHP Ryan Buchter, LHP Michael Burgess, OF Kyler Burke, LHP (ex-OF) David Cales, RHP Matt Camp, IF-OF Tony Campana, OF Chris Carpenter, RHP Hung-Wen Chen, RHP Steve Clevenger, C-1B Manolin DeLeon, RHP Eduardo Figueroa, RHP Ryan Flaherty, IF-OF Luis Flores, C Marwin Gonzalez, IF-OF Yohan Gonzalez, RHP Jose Guevara, C Marcus Hatley, RHP Jay Jackson, RHP Junior Lake, INF Blake Lalli, C-1B Jordan Latham, RHP James Leverton, LHP David Macias, IF-OF-C Oswaldo Martinez, RHP Craig Muschko, RHP Jon Nagel, RHP Jake Opitz, INF Blake Parker, RHP Marcos Perez, LHP Nelson Perez, OF Ramon Reyes, RHP Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP Rebel Ridling, 1B Carlos Romero, C Nate Samson, INF Ryan Searle, RHP Marquez Smith, 3B Luke Sommer, LHP Matt Spencer, OF-1B Larry Suarez, RHP Matt Szczur, OF Jose Tineo, RHP Jose Valdez, OF Josh Vitters, 3B Ty Wright, OF

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In reply to by garsky

Submitted by garsky on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 2:31pm. To me there's 4 on that list who seem to be locks to be added to the 40: Carpenter, Jackson, Szczur & Vitters. Maybe Lake too? Anyone else, AZP? With 2 spots on the 40 open already, and Samninja and Reed Johnson probably gone, looks like the Cubs will need one more spot. Pena will probably be that guy, but if the Cubs sign Fielder/Pujols (fingers crossed) it's a wash. ================================== GARSKY: As things stand right now, I would say: VIRTUAL LOCKS: Josh Vitters Jay Jackson Chris Carpenter Matt Szczur LIKELY: Max Ramirez (otherwise he is a minor league FA) ON THE BUBBLE: Ryan Flaherty Marquez Smith Steve Clevenger Tony Campana Marwin Gonzalez Jeff Beliveau David Cales There also are a number of candidates to get added to the Cubs 40-man roster during the season (especially after September 1st), including guys like Scott Moore, Bobby Scales, and Augie Ojeda, but if any of them are added they would probably be outrighted after the season to make room on the 40 for long-term investments like Vitters, J. Jackson, Carpenter, and Szczur, who would need to be added to the 40 by November 20th. And there is always the possibility that somebody will push their way onto the 40-man roster and get called up to Chicago during the season and a year ahead of schedule (as happened with Castro and Cashner last year), such as Brett Jackson, Trey McNutt, D. J. Lemahieu, Chris Rusin, or Brooks Raley.

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In reply to by The Real Neal

You actually read the article? Frankly, I'm having a hard time with it. For example, can you explain where Kahrl is coming from when she writes, .
"I would argue that the more basic problem wasn't his first innings. Wells' problem was that he's pitching much worse than he had in his rookie season in 2009. The first-inning “issue” may have, at best, become the poster child for a pitcher who fundamentally wasn't pitching as well as he had.
Statistically speaking, there were plenty of symptoms: his walk rate went up by almost a full percentage point, and his ground-ball rate dropped. As a young pitcher whose fastball rarely touches 90 mph, that means he'd been leaving a lot balls up in the zone and giving up a lot more extra base hits. "
"he's pitching much worse than he had in his rookie season in 2009" --- and yet his FIP was about the same, his xFIP better, his WAR went from 3.1 to 3.3, and his SO/9 increased by 1 full strike out per game. Maybe the fact that the defense behind him was really awful (e.g. team fielding % of .896) compared to the year before had something to do with the perception that Wells was "pitching much worse." "his walk rate went up by almost a full percentage point"--- Eh what? Is Kahrl claiming Wells' walk rate went up almost 1% or something else. It actually went from 2.50 to 2.92/9IP (17%). On the other hand his SO/9 rate also went up .... from 5.6 to 6.7/9IP and as a result of that his SO/BB was about the same 2.26<--->-2.29 That doesn't look like a negative to me. "His ground ball rate dropped".....it went from 47.9% to 46.9% which must be some kind of statistical portent of DOOM that I just don't understand . "As a young pitcher whose fastball rarely touches 90 mph, that means he'd been leaving a lot balls up in the zone and giving up a lot more extra base hits." ---except that his ground ball rate only dropped significantly on PLANET KAHRL..... and wouldn't PitchF/X be a better way to see if he was actually leaving pitches up in the zone rather than pretending to deduce it from pseudo-analysis? signed, Perplexed in Paradise

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In reply to by Rob G.

I think it was the lack of her statistical chops that helped her jump at the ESPN gig. She was a bit of an ugly duckling over at BP. I really don't like her writing style, it screams "I try to hard" to me. I talked about this a couple weeks ago, the difference between his '09 and '10 seasons was mainly that he had the misfortune of letting singles getting strung together more often last year, and a worse defense certainly contributes a bit to that. It doesn't surprise me that Karl didn't actually look at SIERA or xFIP when writing her article, I am not sure she really gets them. Last year his BABIP with runners on was .328, in 2009 it was .252. Mystery explained. Worse defense, worse luck, higher ERA. Yesterday he was a bit lucky, so let's hope that trend continues throughout the year.

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  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...

  • crunch (view)

    wow.  what a blown call.  go cubs, i guess.