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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

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Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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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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Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Mets @ Cubs: Lugo vs Tseng (Game 146)

Submitted by CTSteve on

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.

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Submitted by Rob Richardson on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:33 am

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

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:17 pm

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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Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:26 pm

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.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:48 pm

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

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:08 pm

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.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:23 pm

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.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:38 pm

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.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:43 pm

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

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:55 pm

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

Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:09 pm

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

Submitted by Jackstraw on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:18 pm

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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Submitted by Jackstraw on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 09:15 am

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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Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 09:30 am

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.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:37 pm

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.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:40 pm

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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Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:44 pm

"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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Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:27 pm

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.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:34 pm

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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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 09:09 am

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.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:38 pm

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.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:14 pm

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.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:17 pm

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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Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 09:15 pm

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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Submitted by John Beasley on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 09:13 am

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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Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 09:00 pm

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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Submitted by Lester's rattl… on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 09:44 pm

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.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 09:34 am

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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Submitted by The E-Man on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 09:22 am

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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  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    That’s just kinda how it works though, for every team. No team plays their best guys all the time. No team is comprising of their best 26 even removing injuries.

    When baseball became a business, like REALLY a business, it became important to keep some of the vets happy, which in turn keeps agents happy and keeps the team with a good reputation among players and agents. No one wants to play for a team that has a bad reputation in the same way no one wants to work for a company that has a bad rep.

    Don’t get me wrong, I hate it too. But there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

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    Of course, McKinstry runs circles around $25 million man Javier Baez on that Tigers team. Guess who gets more playing time?

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  • Sonicwind75 (view)

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  • crunch (view)

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

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  • crunch (view)

    booooooooooo

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  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Tonight’s game postponed. Split games on Saturday.

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    cubs getting crazy good at not having player moves leak.

    taillon we 100% know is pitching tonight.  who he's replacing and any additional moves are unknown as far as i can tell.

    p.wisdom was not in today's lineup in iowa (rained out) and he was removed from the game last night mid-game, but not for injury.  good bet he's with the team in the bigs, too.

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