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PITCHERS: 13
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

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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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Comments

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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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

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