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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 3
Julian Merryweather, P
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

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Cubs @ Marlins: Lester vs Urena (Game 1!)

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CHC (0-0): LHP Jon Lester (0-0, -.--)
MIA (0-0): RHP José Ureña (0-0, -.--)
First pitch: 11:40amCST

Opening morning baseball!

Lester (13-8, 4.33 in 2017) is the first out of the gate for a strong Cubs rotation. He’s looking to improve on what we hope was just a down year and not the new normal or the beginning of a decline. He went 6-5 with a 4.41 on the road in 2017. Equally meh. Prado is 7-16 against him. Realmuto is 3-8 with a HR.

Urena (14-7, 3.82) went 2-0 with a 2.45 against the Cubs last year. Overall, they are 10-38 (.263) against him. Our new lead-off man, Happ, is 3-5 with a HR. That’d be a nice way to start the season.

Tomorrow is Hendricks and Smith at 6:10pmCST.

Go Cubs!
 

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Submitted by Charlie on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:23 am

Have fun with your live feeds, everyone else. I'll be watching this one after the work day. Looking forward to the Lester vs. Gordon matchups.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:42 am

happ/bryant/rizzo/contreras/schwarber/russell/heyward/baez/lester

pretty much as-expected...

marlins lineup... who/huh/castro/bour/umm/uhh/okay/what/urena

Submitted by Hagsag on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:50 am

Patrick Mooney posted on Twitter that Chris Coghlan has signed a minor league contract and is in Extended S.T.. Al Yellon was right!

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:57 am

cards sign g.holland 1/14

he's supposedly in game shape and shouldn't take too long to join them.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:55 pm

Nice to see Schwarber has improved his OF defense.  Nearly kills himself crashing into the wall, then plays a routine sinlge into a triple. Sheesh.

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Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 03/30/2018 - 03:23 am

I can't think of any MLB player who ever spent an offseason working to improve outfield defense (when they hadn't played outfield prior to the major leagues) who noticeably improved. I think you either have speed and a lot of reps or you don't.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:51 pm

Not seconding. Did you see the Schwarber inning? It made him pitch another 10-15 pitches cause doofus is out of position and crashes into a wall, then makes a terrible play on a single that goes to the wall. Also in the inning, a slow roller has to be barehanded, and a ground ball dribbler splits Ss and 2nd with the inf pulled in causing a run to score. Its his first outing and inside he is fucking SEETHING inside his head about why he has to have All-Thumbs in LF for his defense today. He is still a beast. But not the Ace of this staff for sure.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:50 pm

Don't want to speak for E-Man but I would say opening day can be more of an honor of past accomplishments than a reflection of who the current ace of the staff is. Usually it is one and the same but doesn't have to be. In the grand scheme of 162 games, who starts day one versus day 4 is rather insignificant. We already saw last post season when Hendricks started Game 1 of the playoffs over Lester that Lester is no longer the "ace" of the staff. If Lester has another strong season and continues to be a team leader I could see him starting opening day next year while not being the staff ace.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:33 pm

Going back to the “triple”, someone on the Cubs bench had him playing WAY too short considering the dude is a solid power hitter. Its not like he’s Jim Fucking Edmonds. 

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:02 pm

cubs win the opener vs some AAA team. 2 more vs that embarrassment of a team before they go play real baseball.

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:10 pm

oh good. special torture. i mean, easy wins are neat (even if the cubs end up losing some), but that crap they're fielding in MIA is an insult to the game.

Submitted by Eric S on Thu, 03/29/2018 - 03:22 pm

Crap opponent, Lester pitching & Schwarb defensive struggles aside -- thoroughly enjoyed the opener!

Rizzo going yard satisfying on many levels. And how about the bullpen locking it down - schweet!

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  • crunch (view)

    suzuki says he injured his oblique running to 1st, not swinging.  okay.  it's gonna be that kind of 2024 cubs year, huh?

    i would say that's good news compared to screwing it up swinging, but i'm not familiar with the recovery time of people screwing up their oblique by running.

    right side is at least different from his left side oblique injury last year.

  • crunch (view)

    5 IN A ROW!

    hack wilson, ryne sandberg, sammy sosa, christopher morel, and michael busch.

  • Cubster (view)

    A bit more Jewish take on one of my favorite Cubs, Kenny Holtzman. His 9-0 season while serving in the National Guard and being available to pitch on weekends was one of my coolest teen recollections. 

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388554

  • Cubster (view)

    Suzuki out with oblique strain. Canario indeed is called up. No word on Morel so that might be a red herring (or a red digit).

    AZ lineup is posted but Counsell is always late to post his lineup.

  • crunch (view)

    You have to C it! (tm)

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Best hitter: IL with oblique strain

    Second best hitter: hasn’t looked the same since jamming his right hand during a swing

    Third best hitter: playing through a sore hammy

    Best pitcher: IL after one start 

    Second best RP: IL after 1.5 weeks

    Noice 

  • crunch (view)

    suzuki 10d IL.

    right oblique strain.  ow.  that's generally more than a 10d thing.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Seiya on IL with an oblique strain

  • crunch (view)

    cooper and morel are on the field doing pre-game stuff so it's not them...

  • George Altman (view)

    I'll always remember his 3-0 No-hitter against the Braves when Aaron's HR was blown back into the LF well and BIlly Williams made the catch with his back against the ivy.

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