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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Mets @ Cubs: Lugo vs Tseng (Game 146)

NYM (63-82): RHP Seth Lugo (6-4, 4.64)
CHC (79-66): RHP Jen-ho Tseng (0-0, —)
First pitch: 7:05pmCST

Tseng—not even AZ Phil saw this one coming!—went 13-4 with a 2.54 ERA in a combined 24 starts for Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa. 

Even the worst-case scenario can’t be worse than the alternative, Montgomery, who gave up 4 ER 2+ innings against the Brewers on Saturday. At least this will be interesting. None of the Mets have faced him. Even the Cubs might not be able to pick him out of a crowd.

Lugo beat the Reds his last time out (6 IP, 0 ER, 4 K, 1 BB). He’s 4-3 with a  5.74 on the road this season. Overall, the Cubs are 3-12 against him. Martin is 1-2 with a HR.

Martinez (11-10) and the Cardinals are in for another weekend of division baseball starting tomorrow at 1:20pmCST. Lackey (11-11) gets the start. Let’s not get swept.

Go Tseng! Welcome to the Show, kid.

Comments

"Let’s not get swept." Can we get the marketing department to work on a better slogan?

tseng is the youngest cub starter making a debut since sergio meattray in 2003 hopefully he can do better than 3.2ip 10h 3bb 0k, 8r/er

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In reply to by crunch

Strange how your memory works, but I remember Mitre's debut. He had a bunch of family there, it was on the road and and it was very ugly. I think he got sent back down immediately after the game. My lasting memory was a quote from someone in the Cubs organization who basically said his stuff isn't very good but he competes out there.

a.russell ran bases and hit in the cage today without issue...could rejoin the club next week at some point.

I don't get it: Albert has 6 RBI. Against a righty. Yet singles-slashing Jon Jay, who has been sinkng for the last six weeks gets the start. Nice.

A little shaky -- leadoff BB, fielding error, HBP -- but he only gives up one run. But, the no-htter is still intact. OK, kid. Deep breath and go get 'em.

t.davis isn't known to be a great catcher with the glove or arm, but tseng has a slight pause in his delivery that pretty much gives the runner an extra step or 2. doesn't seem like he pitches from the stretch much different than how he pitches with none on.

new rule: when every game counts let's not have AAA exhibition night in september

cubs tie! i almost forgot the cubs were playing the mets. woo.

I'm really beginning to dislike Maddon, sorry. There's a lot of Dusty in this dude.

Just like last night, Baez can score a run if he can just put his bat on the ball. Just like last night, he can't.

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In reply to by Jackstraw

On second thought....Javy Baez has the talent to be the best player in baseball. He can be Michael Jordan...both the best offensive player and best defensive player. And, just from the eye test, he is currently a poor situational hitter. He could have added two RBI to his impressive totals of the last two games with a different approach. I hope over the next few years he learns how to do that. And I really really hope he does all of it as a Cub. Whether he was 5 for 9 or 0 for 9 doesn't change any of what I said about his situational hitting abilities at present. Nor does the Cubs position in the standings.

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In reply to by Jackstraw

I think he has made a lot of progress this year -- going up the middle and to the opposite field a lot more. His first hit last night was a solid line drive to right-center field. We are beginning to see how good he can be -- since the A-S break, in 53 games (roughly 1/3 of a season) -- .296 BA, .345 OBP, 12 HR and 36 RBI, plus 6 SB. Translates to 36 HR and 108 RBI over a full season. Still too many bad strikeouts, but I think playing every day has really made him a much better hitter.

Hey, I had the best idea ever. Bryant with runners not in scoring position = MVP Bryant with runners in scoring position = Scrub (tonight not included) Kris Bryant = Cubs 2018 lead off man.

Cubs versus Brewers = 3 runs in 27 innings Cubs versus Mets = 33 runs in 21+ innings Cubs versus Cardinals = 2 runs in 27 innings

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In reply to by crunch

"the home crowd is playoff quality hype. crazy stuff." When they make a documentary 20 years from now about what happened if there was no rain delay in Game 7 2016, and the Indians walked off to win the WS....they'll use footage from that fan celebration today.

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In reply to by blockhead25

I happened to be in Cleveland on business on the night of Game 7 last year (the meeting was planned months in advance). I wore a Cubs sweatshirt to the airport the following day -- and at least 10 Cleveland fans came up to me and said they were so happy for the Cubs, and that if Cleveland couldn't win, they were happy the Cubs did. Several actually shook my hand and congratulated me. My brother-in-law took his 9-year old son to game 7, dressed in Cubs gear, and said the Indians fans around them could not have been nicer. So -- if the Cubs don't repeat, I'm all in on the Indians. Between the Indians and the Browns droughts, Cleveland fans deserve a champion. I know LeBron and the Cavs won, but winning a World Series or Super Bowl is so much bigger than winning an NBA (or NHL) championship.

heyward finally hits HR #10. this mets pitching sure is something. 9 run cubs lead on 14 runs total in the bottom 6th.

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In reply to by RichK

i buy a lot of things direct from china and one of the best parts is the instruction manuals. it still amazes me that in the internet age where finding talent and moving money is easy, a lot of product producers don't spend a few bucks to outsource their technical writing for a final "clean up" of the language.

Wow! Heyward just crushing Mets pitching! I hate the Mets. Not as much as the Cards, but thrilled we can beat their asses for a bit.

Cubs averaged 1 run per game against the Brewers and 13 against the Mets. What say we take the average -- 7 per game -- and apply it to the Cardinal series? I have watched a lot of baseball over the years -- don't know that I've ever seen an MLB team as bad as these Mets. My goodness.

Cubs take care of business against the Mets, while the Brewers and Cards both drop one to inferior teams. In a September pennant race, "winning series" doesn't cut it -- every game is precious. Cubs add a game to their lead, and now are 0.5 up on Colorado.

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In reply to by billybucks

Still don't see any possibility that the Cubs lose 3 games in the division, but remain ahead of the two other teams for the WC. I suppose either the Brewers or Cards could win out while the other team AND colorado falters, but seems highly unlikely. Division champ or bust.

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In reply to by blockhead25

You touched on the basic idea. Let's say St. Louis goes 13-2 the rest of the way and the Cubs only go 9-7. It's nice to know they still have a shot if the Rockies happen to go 9-7 or worse over the same stretch. Not that a one-game do-or-die road trip to Arizona is a great blessing, but the Cubs have officially reached the "survive and advance" portion of the season.

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In reply to by John Beasley

I think the more likely (but still unlikely) math is that the Brewers finish strong (13-3 or 12-4)-- they have an easy schedule, particularly given this weekend's gift of playing Miami at home rather than on the road. The Cubs could split 2-2 with them while going 8-8 or 9-7 and finish behind MIL but ahead of COL. Given that the Cubs still play the Cards 7 times, if the Cards finish 13-3 or 12-4, that would most likely come at the Cubs' expense. Hopefully, this is merely an academic exercise.

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In reply to by billybucks

At this point, whichever of the 3 teams that wins the most remaining games has a good chance for either winning the division or grabbing the wild card away from the Rockies, but the Cubs 3 game cushion is huge with only 2.5 weeks left. Also, as for both teams being able to pass the Cubs (if they falter in head to head matchups), the Cards and Brewers still play a 3 game series to end their season. So one of those 2 teams will lose at least 2 of their last 3 to end the season, while the Cubs are playing the Reds. I just can't see the Cubs laying down and getting swept by either those teams (none of them are just that good). So even if they lose 3 of 4 that's still only a 2 game swing. If they split the series, that's a huge win for the Cubs.

Mets are truly a cautionary tale about not taking the good times for granted. In the World Series in 2105, wild card team in 2016, and now look at them. Enjoy this year!

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In reply to by Rob Richardson

One of the downsides of this approach - the biggest - is you need really deep pockets to afford multiple FA stud or very servicable pitchers. I wish the Cubs had pulled the trigger on a Pomerantz trade, however. Red Sox beat them to it/ EDIT: Adding to this - I just looked at the FA starting pitcher list for 2017-2018. It is not good. Of the pitchers not tied to vetting club options, Jake may be the best available.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.