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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
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Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

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Yan Gomes

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Nico Hoerner
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Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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* Cody Bellinger 
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Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
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Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Rockies @ Cubs: Butler vs. Lester (Game 100 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

COL (43-55): RHP Eddie Butler (3-6, 4.77)

CHC (52-47): LHP Jon Lester (5-8, 3.32)

First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Blackmon* cf

Reyes# ss

Arenado 3b

Gonzalez* rf

Lemahieu 2b

Stubbs lf

Paulson* 1b

Hundley c

Butler p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Bryant 3b

Rizzo* 1b

Coghlan* rf

Russell ss

Ross c

Lester* p

Herrera# 2b


Lester gave up 2 ER in 7 innings against the Phillies for a no-decision last Friday. He pitched in Colorado in June 2010, giving up 1 ER and 6 hits and taking the loss in the 2-1 game. The Rockies are 11-59 against him (.186). Morneau is 7-22 (.318) with a HR.

Butler had a no decision (6 IP, 3 ER) against the Reds his last time out. He is 2-3 with a 3.89 ERA on the road and 2-1 with a 2.82 in day games. Only Montero (1-2) has faced him.

Ramirez (left ab soreness) returns to the DL and Beeler is back to AAA. To take their spots, Medina and RHP Ben Rowen are called up. For AA and AAA (BAL and CHC), Rowen was a combined 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA. The bigger news is that Castro and Soler sit and Schwarber gets his first start in LF. (I like it....discuss.)

So back to 5 over .500 we go, which means the Cubs have been playing .500 ball since April 28, when they went 12-7 after beating the Pirates.

For the series with the Brewers, we’ll see Nelson vs. Arrieta, Jungmann vs. Hammel, Garza (and his mouth) vs. Hendricks, and Lohse vs. Someone Who is not Named Beeler.

Go Cubs!

 

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Comments

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:20 am

It will be interesting to see what Rowen can do. I am not sure why Medina is back up, though he did do a noble job of eating innings on Sunday with 70 pitches.

Submitted by Carlito on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:24 am

I still hope Castro is getting traded. I know it's wishful thinking. It's a day game after a night game and he has been struggling. But two nights ago he had a good game ... so it's not out of the realm of possibility they are dealing him. And yes his value is low but he's gotta go. It's Russell time at SS. I think Soler resting is because of health precautions and pacing. Schwarber in LF is awesome - today it's because of Lester/Ross but this team will be much better with Montero and Schwarber in lineup if Montero regains full strength or anything close to it!

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:50 am

Yeah, no matter what happens the final two months, it has been great finally seeing some of this long term planning come to fruition. Fun to think that for five years or so we could have Schwarber, Rizzo, Baez (?), Russell, Bryant, and Soler. When you have 6-7 positions with young, club controlled guys entering their primes, good things will come. And Castro just seems like the odd man out at this point. They want paitent hitters who play good defense, etc. and Castro just doesn't fit the mold.

Submitted by jacos on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:57 pm

Sammy who? Rameriez ab strain due to sneeze.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:11 pm

everyone's running today. as of the 6th... cubs 0-2 rockies 3-1 lester would be pitching a gem of a scoreless game if he could actually hold a runner.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:41 pm

COL's 4th sb in the 8th gives lester 30sb given up in 21 games. he passed his career high many games ago. the sb's are cruddy, but the leads the runners are taking that never make it to the stat sheet probably hurt more. this is a guy who throws cy young ball who takes on extra ERA baggage because of his issue with controlling the base running game. man...

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:58 pm

in a world where we debate the pros/cons of having a "pitch framing catcher" getting an extra strike or 2 a game no one should care about the combo of lester giving up huge leads and being on a pace for 45+ steals given up a year? ...not to mention what happens when he loses a couple mph off his fastball or age takes away a few ticks of time from his speedy delivery. this isn't something huge like, "he needs to learn another pitch" or "he needs to change his arm slot or he's gonna get injured." he should have only given up 1er today.

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Submitted by johann on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:20 pm

While it's a glaring issue that really needs to be addressed I've been going under the assumption they'll probably do so in the offseason. Seems like most of these kinds of things aren't really dealt with during the season, especially as it seems Lester has also has maybe had a few more control issues than normal and is on a team. I think everyone at this point knows it's an issue but I'm not really seeig It being worked on right now. Lot of things I think this off season that will hopefully get worked on to make this a better team, like Soler with breaking balls. Have him hit breaking all after breaking ball in the cage till he can see the spin in his sleep.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:30 pm

i hope to see him do something different with the running game later this season or next season. he doesn't even have to become some ace pickoff artist. the mere threat of him being able to pick off someone knocks the breath out of a lot of baserunning issues...not just the SB threat or the huge-lead threat.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 07/30/2015 - 07:10 am

the SBs seem to be minor compared to the crazy leads...the blown double play opportunities, guys going 1st/3rd or 2nd/home on what should be a station-to-station hit, etc. there's too many advantages lost solely because there is no threat to the runner unless it's coming from the catcher. obviously, the SBs have caused runs, but the leads have cost outs and caused runs.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:24 pm

lester with 3 sac bunts today...8th of his career. it took until mid-june for the team's 1st pitcher sac bunt.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:00 pm

cubs win! rondon with a painless save.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:32 pm

OK boys -- how about a few easy wins?? Can't remember the last one of those. Bryant's day/night splits are more brutal than Soler -- KB is now under .200 during day games. Get to bed early boys -- you can party all winter. Scharber with another good day - love young guys who can take a walk.

Submitted by JoePepitone on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:35 pm

Off topic -- I'm sitting here in my office at Olivet Nazarene and there's a bunch of football journalists in the next room frantically typing up their Bears' Camp stories on their tablets and laptops. It's in a room called the "Fishbowl" -- the interior walls are all glass. Most are sitting at separate tables -- maybe so nobody can look over their shoulder and see what they are writing?

Submitted by QuietMan on Thu, 07/30/2015 - 07:05 am

I wonder if this takes them out of future competitive balance draft lotteries? Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale The #STLCards will now even be more dangerous with new 15 year TV extension worth in excess of $1.5 billion and potentially worth much more

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  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

  • crunch (view)

    myself, i make a good amount of outrageously unrealistic comments that are sometimes "violent"...like my recent suggestion of "pulling the bandaid off" by having hendricks throw every inning of every game until he's on the IL.

    i would hope any athlete that cares about what is written on the internet realizes how casual fans can be about treating their lives like scripted TV characters that don't have real lives.  it's not an excuse to do it, but there's a lot of it out there.

    but yeah, in real life i'm rooting for guys to have long and healthy careers even if i'm not happy with current performances...except for some guys...and i'm pretty sure i don't leave grey area for those comments...and almost all of them are not good humans whether they're playing baseball or not...

    hendricks was getting a good amount of boos in his last game.  i would bet a million that he will get a standing O every time he visits wrigley in his post-playing days, or a return with a new team should his career continue...or if he comes back and puts in an oldschool good performance.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    What are the chances we can back off on gloating over other people’s misfortune?  One of the things I appreciate about the TCR community is that the remarks are more productive and add to how I like to follow the game.  

    Lately, however, I’m reading comments that are just mean.  If I were an MLB player, I would hate to get a back or finger injury and have someone write ‘hurrah!  I hope we never see him again!’  Especially when it is someone we were praising not long ago.  I’m not saying ‘don’t express how you feel’ but some comments lately seem downright mean spirited.  Stuff I expect from other communities but don’t often see here.  The TCR community has always spoken the truth but never with such a dark tone.

    Just my two cents.  I hope Hendricks comes back and is the professor we all know. He can pitch for the Cubs as long as he wants in my book.  

  • crunch (view)

    happ is back (and starting), mervis DH, tauchman gets RF.

    morel 5th in the lineup.  hoerner continues to lead off, even vs a righty.

  • George Altman (view)

    I don't care to see Hendricks or Smyly on the 26-man Roster the rest of the season. Both, stupid signings and option pick up by Jed. 

  • crunch (view)

    i know the cubs are paying the guys, but for the sake of the win/loss column this is some great news.

    woo!  people getting injured!  kick ass!

    sportsball is cruel.

    would have liked to keep cooper, but it looks like they're gonna go with wisdom if they have to pick a righty who's gonna K 1/3rd of his PA's.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Edwards would be my guess, or maybe they’re hoping Sanders or R Thompson can finally figure it out 

  • Cubster (view)

    So it’s Mervis, Wesn and Little for Cooper, Hendricks and Smyly. Count me in. Starting rotation for now: Taillon, Imanaga, Wicks, Assad and Brown-Wesn. Eventually Steele. 

    Lineup

    Hoerner, Happ, Bellinger, Busch, Morel, Swanson, Tauchman, Mervis, Amaya.

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