Game 48 Thread - T. Wood vs. Suppan
The face of Joe Mather batting third will forever haunt my nightmares of the 2012 Cubs.
Padres | Cubs |
*Venable, CF |
*DeJesus, RF |
Denorfia, RF |
Castro, SS |
*Alonso, 1B |
Mather, CF |
Quentin, LF |
*LaHair, 1B |
#Headley, 3B |
Soriano, LF |
Hundley, C |
*Stewart, 3B |
#Cabrera, 2B |
Barney, 2B |
#Parrino, SS |
*Lalli, C |
Suppan, P |
Wood, P |
What's more amazing, that the Cubs have lost 12 straight or that even though they've lost 12 straight, they're only tied for the worst record in baseball with the Twins? On that note, the Padres are tied in the loss column with the Cubs, but they can legitamely blame a serious injury bug for their woes, one of which is back today in the name of Carlos Quentin. So it's a bit of an early season match-up for the dubious top spot in the draft, although there's way too much baseball left this season to put much meaning on it.
Fun facts: Cubs team record for losses in a row is 14, the modern day record is 23 by the 1961 Phillies, although a few pre-19th century teams beat that (I believe 26 is the actual record).
Theo and Jed spoke on the losing streak and other such matters.
“We’re also very open to making moves,” Hoyer said. “A lot of our conversations are what we can do to shake things up. What we can do to change the roster a little bit. We’ll keep looking at those things. We don’t have the most flexible roster in the world because of some players’ options and situations."
And the draft...
“We don’t have a ton of arms in the minor leagues,” Hoyer said. “I think the best organizations are the ones that are littered with power arms. Some guys will become starters, some guys relievers, but the best bullpens are built internally, and the more we can add arms through the draft, the better, and I think that will be the focus, not just in 2012 but in every year. “
Finally, Carlos Marmol has been activated from the disabled list and Rafael Dolis has been optioned, from closer to Triple A in the span of 2 days.
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