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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* 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: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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Game 50 Thread - Dempster vs. Bass

Submitted by Rob G. on

The Cubs go for the sweep and Dempster hopes to be awarded his first win of the season.

Padres Cubs
*Venable, CF
 *DeJesus, RF
#Cabrera, SS Castro, SS
*Alonso, 1B
 Mather, CF
Quentin, LF
 *LaHair, 1B
#Headley, 3B
 Soriano, LF
Denorfia, RF
 *Stewart, 3B
Hundley, C
 Barney, 2B
*Amarista, 2B
 *Clevenger, C
Bass, P
 Dempster, P

Fun facts: If Dempster does not win today, it'll be his 18th straight start without a win, a feat not done by a Cub pitcher since 1991-1992.

wait for it...

Danny Jackson.

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Comments

Submitted by Ross_Barnes on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:40 pm

I have to say, Shark has really impressed. I notice he's 16th in MLB in pVORP. I'm especially surprised by his consistency - after those two tough starts in mid-April he has had seven excellent starts in a row, six of them quality starts.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:06 pm

Bud Black goofiness... Barney steals on an 0-2 count (ended up being a wild pitch so he would have taken 2nd anyway). 1-2 count on Clevenger and decides to go after him instead of intentional walk. Clevenger singles in the run.

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Submitted by Childersb3 on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:00 pm

Rob G. it should be Mather at 3B and Campana in CF. Sveum is right when he says try someone who can provide a little slugging, but he's replaced the wrong player. Campana wasn't the problem. LaHair was figured out, Stewart's bat slowed down, Castro forced everything, and we didn't have a catcher. Mather did deserve a shot at sometime. His at bats were impressive. So, put him at 3B for a while. He looks pretty comfortable over there. Better than Baker. That would have taken away a lefty bat in the lineup. We still would have had DeJesus, LaHair, and Campana instead of Stewart or Baker. Not like this would make the lineup .500 worthy, but it sounds better to me.

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:39 pm

Stewart isn't the problem either, he has an .800 OPS in May which is what people should be expecting. There's no great options or anything, but Campana had slowed down significantly since his hot start, worst OPS among the regulars. His OBP wasn't too great either if you want to discount his slugging entirely. 267/323/333 in May with 14 K in 60 AB's, 6 R, 5 BB Stewart 238/333/463 in May with 13 K, 11 R, 8 BB in 67 AB's Campana's nifty when he gets on-base and is getting lucky, but crying over him starting is silly. The team sucked with him and they suck without him in the lineup. His future is the bench, might as well get use to it. Not that I'm advocating Mather either, cause his future is even dimmer. But neither is worth caring about who starts.

Submitted by Childersb3 on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:39 pm

My friend in Columbus, GA said that the sports radio guys down there are all talking about Dempster to the Braves. Food for thought.

Submitted by QuietMan on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:45 pm

Jim Callis‏@jimcallisBA Heard that #Cubs are working out Correa and Fried today. Not sure Correa makes it to them

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Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:03 pm

from what little I know of these players, my current hope is Zimmer magically falls to them at #6 and they take Giolito with a supplemental pick and pay the tax since they saved some major league payroll money this year. Obviously w/o paying him too much or the rest of their first 10 round picks that it would cost them a draft pick.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:30 pm

I know it's trendy to trash on former Cubs prospects once they leave the system, but Cashner has the most hittable 100mph fastball since Billy Koch.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:40 pm

he doesn't have a real out pitch. he doesn't throw his fastball for an out pitch. it's kinda hard to set up a 90mph "circle change" with nothing but a fastball even if it is 100mph when they both don't have much movement on them.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:50 pm

- C. Denorfia in right field - W. Venable in right field - W. Venable in right field - C. Maybin in center field - C. Denorfia in left field - A. Amarista at third - A. Parrino at second - D. Thayer relieved A. Cashner lulz, gameday.

Submitted by JoePepitone on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:13 pm

Did anybody notice that the same guy who caught Quentin's first home run and chucked it back on the field also caught Barney's walk-off dinger? He was in the first row of the left-center field bleachers, wearing a red long sleeved shirt (with a fielder's glove) and there was a girl in a red-and-white striped "Where's Waldo" shirt sitting immediately to his left. Caught both taters on the fly. What a great day at the ball park for him!

Recent comments

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Have to admit I was initially disappointed the Cubs traded away the upside of Jackson Ferris but Busch is making a believer out of me.  If I still lived in midwest guessing we would have invented some drink special named a Busch Bomb at the local drinking establishment to celebrate his homers.  

  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

    i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

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  • Cubster (view)

    A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

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  • Cubster (view)

    Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

    AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

  • crunch (view)

    You have to C it! (tm)

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

    Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

    Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

    Best pitcher: IL after one start 

    Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

    Noice 

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki 10d IL.

    right oblique strain.  ow.  that's generally more than a 10d thing.

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