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PITCHERS: 14
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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* Justin Steele, P   

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs @ Brewers: Hammel vs. Jungmann (Game 102 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (54-47): RHP Jason Hammel (5-5, 3.20)

MIL (44-59): RHP Taylor Jungmann (5-2, 2.14)

First pitch: 7:10pmCT

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* c

Coghlan* lf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Soler rf

Castro ss

Hammel p

Russell 2b

  

Gennett* 2b

Lucroy c

Braun rf

Lind* 1b

Davis lf

Peterson* cf

Segura ss

Herrera 3b

Jungmann p

 

Hammel lost to the Phillies (3.2 IP, 6 ER) on Sunday. He’s only allowed more than 2 ERs only twice over his last 8 starts but has no victories to show for it. He’s 4-2 with a 2.21 in night games. The Brewers are 23-86 (.267) against him. Davis is 3-10 with a HR.

Jungmann had won his last three games before losing in Arizona (6 IP, 2 ER) his last time out. He’s 1-1 with a 1.59 ERA at home. None of the Cubs have faced him.


Today, the Cubs acquired Dan Haren and cash from Miami for Ivan Pineyro and Elliot Soto. Ben Rowan was DFA’d to make room on the roster. Haren just pitched, so we’re still in need of a starter for Sunday. The Cubs also traded Junior Lake to the Orioles for Tommy Hunter.

The big winners are: Dombrowski and the Tigers, for knowing when you’re going to fall short and having the stones to retool; the Mets for finally pulling the plug on something to shut up their fans; and the Padres, for being responsible for 70% of the chatter and 0% of the action. The big loser was me, for wasting an(other) entire afternoon on Twitter.
 

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 07:10 pm

enough time has passed that it's doubtful there's any late-coming "woah" trades left unreported. i'd rather have wada up than haren as the 5 starter, but at least there's now an injury replacement option between wada/haren if anyone else goes down. it opens up options and it cost nothing of high value. adding hunter to the pen is nice for his price. probably not a high impact addition, but he strongly upgrades the pen vs current available alternatives.

Submitted by jacos on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 07:12 pm

I'm thinking Dave Stewart is full of shit @Gambo987: Dave Stewart tells Burns and Gambo the Padres wanted Paul Goldschmidt from the Dbacks for closer Craig Kimbrell....WOW

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 07:53 pm

Cubs send OF Mike Baxter outright to Iowa.

As an Article XX-D player, Baxter has the right to elect free-agency immediately, or he can defer it to the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season (unless he gets added back to an MLB 40-man roster in the meantime). 

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 07:15 pm

future HOF'r m.olt hit a triple tonight in iowa...lulz. in case anyone's been missing it, he's on a hell of a tear after getting a slow start coming back from his hand issue.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 07:32 pm

3 in a row :D ...and SF lost. 1 game back of their 2nd WC slot.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 07:40 pm

Very nice "taking care of business" win tonight. Scored 3 against a good starting pitcher, and our pitchers held down their weakened lineup. More like that, please.

Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 07/31/2015 - 07:42 pm

Coming up schedule is gonna be very interesting with Bucs and Giants. Five years since August has been interesting... Keep it going Riz and Castro!

Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:45 am

Maybe now that the trade deadline is over Starlin is going to relax and be an OPB guy like Mallee wants him to be. Turns on sarcasm font.

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Submitted by Carlito on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:43 am

I actually do think he will relax and improve a little. I don't think this is the same as 2013 though. I think he's confusing himself right now ... I don't feel like an approach is being put on him, and Theo and Jed aren't idiots, they saw 2013 too. I just think he needs to chill out ... maybe it's just an adjustment to the pressure of games that matter. Nice defensive plays last two games too.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:57 am

BP article by Sahadev Sharma on Addison Russell's improvement since the All-Star Break, switching away from a toe-tap to a leg kick (article has some nice videos)...
"I just felt like I was getting tied up inside a little bit," Russell said when asked about his different look at the plate. "I felt like I wasn't seeing the ball well, but ever since I switched to the leg kick—which was right after the All-Star Break—it's working out tremendous. It quickly felt right. I was talking to (hitting coach) John Mallee and he said, 'That's you.'" Russell is slashing .308/.364/.425 in the 12 games since the break. It's not the type of hot stretch that many would take notice of, but it's not just the results that have Russell optimistic that the change is the right move. "I started switching it up a little bit, I'm seeing the ball fantastic, I'm barreling the ball up," Russell told me. "The thing is, I'm just missing them, I'm catching everything out in front, but it's definitely a step forward. I'm tapping into a little bit more power with the leg kick and also it's putting me in a better position to hit. I'm not getting my foot down early, I'm just doing what comes natural to me and it's working."
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=27099
Russell not only sought out a coach to discuss an adjustment he thought might work, but he worked hard with that coach to implement those adjustments, quickly worked it into gameplay, and has been steadily improving ever since. That's not just a good sign for Russell and the Cubs in 2015, but it could lead to the young infielder tapping into his elite talent, ensuring he reaches his high ceiling.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:28 pm

CCO says that Clayton Richard will be called up to start Sunday's game vs Brewers Junior Lake went to AAA Norfolk (Orioles).

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Submitted by crunch on Sat, 08/01/2015 - 08:14 pm

all of this is 100% legit. DFA wada. seriously, i know the guy isn't going to throw 120 pitches a game, but i'd be willing to bet he can do a better job over 5-6 innings than beeler/clayton. btw, wada is getting his 11th AAA "rehab" start tonight (12th counting his single AA rehab start).

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  • crunch (view)

    “I respect his track record of what he’s accomplished,” Counsell said on Sunday morning. “And you go through these. He’s gone through -- maybe not this particular stretch -- but stretches where you’re not pitching the way you want to and struggling. And you figure it out.” -- Counsell on Hendricks

    fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

    i respect his track record of no longer being in the rotation.  in 2016 he threw 2 innings out of the pen, his only work out of the pen.  the cubs won the world series that year.  let's repeat that magic.  the formula is obvious.  stats don't lie.  etc etc whatever...

    small sample size and all, but how about this craziness...

    "Entering Sunday, Hendricks had allowed an .843 OPS against hitters in their initial plate appearance, followed by a 1.056 OPS in a second meeting and a 2.449 OPS when seeing batters for a third time."

  • Finwe Noldaran (view)

    Phil: Great to see what Rosario is doing!

    Do you think having Rosario may have influenced/impacted the front office's decision on including Hope in the trade for Busch at all?

  • crunch (view)

    it's so crazy we got a new "barnstorming" harlem globetrotters-type baseball product that was introduced less than 5 years ago and is wildly popular all over the nation.

    a notion left long in the past, unearthed, polished for modern audiences and popular as ever.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    No question right now Alfonsin Rosario is one of the Cubs Top 20 prospects (probably Top 15). Rosario is to the Cubs what Zyhir Hope is to the Dodgers.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Savannah Bananas will be playing the Party Animals at Sloan Park in Mesa this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The games are sold out (15,000+ each night), and berm tickets are going for well over $100. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    RAISIN: In the game versus the A's at Fitch Park last Friday, Mule threw half FB and half SL (16/16), and one CH (which coincidentally was the only hard-hit ball off him -- a near HR line-drive double off the LF fence). FB was 91-94 and the SL (really more of a "slurve") was 80-82, and he got three swing & miss on each pitch (six swing & miss total out of his 20 strikes). So I think it is safe to say that right now, Mule is strictly a two-pitch pitcher (FB/SL), 

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Recalled it was sampled in a Nas song.  Did a little sleuthing.  It was a Nas song called "Hate Me Now" that featured Puff Daddy.  Imploring the crowd to hate somebody seems a bit overly dramatic for a keyboardist but perhaps there is some other connection to the song. 

     

    In general there has been a weird overuse of Carmina Burana's O Fortuna in sports and commercials in past decade or so.  Maybe it is a fallback choice if there isn't anything else.   

     

    Sidenote, while the O Fortuna part has become a bit pop-culture cliched; the overall piece is very interesting and rather expansive in scope. I played percussion in a production of it while in college.  There is a rather jovial movement set in a tavern.  In the score it calls for the clinking of beer steins.  Let's just say we did a lot of research to determine the best sounding beer steins. 

  • crunch (view)

    ooof...this is just as likely as anything.  professional organists are weird humans.

  • SheffieldCornelia (view)

    Maybe it is only played when the hitter thus far in the game is "oh for two"-na at the plate?

  • crunch (view)

    who was AB when it was being played?  it could be something as corny as playing it for nick fortes because fortes/fortuna...fortes...marlins...fish...tuna...sigh.

    while the cubs organ player isn't a frequent groaner weaponizing the organ song selection, they all dabble in it.

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