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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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A Game 87 Years in the Making

GAME 59 PREVIEW BOSTON RED SOX (32-27) at CHICAGO CUBS (31-27) Wrigley Field, 1:15pm CT, TV:WGN
SP Greg Maddux SP Bronson Arroyo
CF *Johnny Damon SS #Neifi Perez
SS Edgar Renteria CF *Corey Patterson
1B *David Ortiz 1B Derrek Lee
LF Manny Ramirez RF *Jeromy Burnitz
RF *Trot Nixon 3B Aramis Ramirez
C #Jason Varitek 2B *Todd Walker
3B #Bill Mueller LF *Todd Hollandsworth
2B #Mark Bellhorn C Michael Barrett
Pitcher's spot Pitcher's spot
Nothing like two of the more storied franchises meeting each other to get the national media on it's high horse. I'll let them try and still grasp for some sort of story line that still links the two clubs. If this series was last year, I'm not sure I could bear to watch the coverage, but with last year's improbable Red Sox championship run, we're all spared a bit of the melodrama. Now to more important matters and the actual game in hand. Maddog versus Cornrows, I mean Bronson Arroyo. (Does he still have that ridiculous hairdo?). Maddux so far has escaped the first two innings without allowing a baserunner while Arroyo has given up 2 homers to Burnitz and Holly and the Cubs lead 3-0 in the bottom of the second. Dusty stacked the lineup with lefties today as as they are hitting .295 versus Arroyo this year compared to righties hitting only .170. Seems to be working so far..... I'm going to go enjoy the game and hope some of that good fortune the Red Sox enjoyed last year, rubs off on the Cubbies before they leave town.

Comments

Ramirez was on for Holly's homer - it's 3-0 Cubs! Happy Day!

Thanks, I was typing instead of paying attention the game..fixed.

Well, crap - now it's 3-1. Still, the Cubs are winning. And my ex-wife's favorite team is losing.

Taking Arroyo out? Dang. Good to see Burnitz & Aramis hitting like that. Going to make pitcher think a little better about pitching junk to Lee. I think he'll start seeing some quality pitches. ryno

Go Dad!

They're really laying it on. Everyone's got a hit. Jacos - Wrong ryno. :)

Don't look now...but Barrett is hitting .305! And Ramirez is up to .280! He was hitting .226 on may 26th. This is the Cubs team that we were expecting.

Ok, everyone except Maddux has at least 2 hits now. They're really laying it on. That's good though, no lead is too big to have on Boston with their potent offense. Jacos- Wrong ryno.

infield of macias, perez, hairston, and wilson. wow thats scary

I hate to quibble during a win, but why are Wuertz and Ohman - our two best set up guys - working in a mop up game when Remmy or JoBo would do just fine?

I think its safe to say, the "guest conductor" program at Wrigley 'Stadium' either needs to stop or be retooled so actual cub fans are singing the stretch. Its one thing to have visiting team's broadcasters sign and say root-root-root for the road team - at least you can argue its still a tribute to harry - but having two bums from the NHL come in and do it is just insulting.

chelios is still loved in chicago and as for this series, it means nothing to me, i just want them to win.

Steve "Mongo" McMichael should sing in the stretch every game. That way we'll get all the umpire calls!

Chelios wasn't the problem... it was O'Callahan, who said "Root, root, root for the Red Sox." Chelios just laguhed and didn't say a thing... Absolutely pathetic. They need to think ahead - do they think a guy who went to college in Boston would be a Cubs fan? He came to the game wearing a Sox hat! Pathetic...

The best solution would be to let Ronny do the stretch... True blue Cubs fan, he'd get the fans fired up, and he'd NEVER call for rooting for the road team.

Hey guess what Cubs fans that live in Central Illinois. The Fox Network has decided that unless we live in Chicago, we are Cardinals fans, and thus this Saturday when everyone in Chicago will be watching Cubs vs Red Sox, the rest of us in Central Illinois will be treated to Cardinals vs Yankees. Why?? I have no clue, since St. Louis is in ANOTHER FRIGGIN STATE. Either way, if you live in the Central Illinois area and would like to complain about not being able to see Cubs vs Red Sox this Saturday at 2:15 PM, go here: http://wrsptv.com/contact.html

If you are in Illinois and they're going to show the Cardinal game tomorrow, Call your local FOX station. Fox stations pretty much get to pick the game they want to broadcast, based upon which they think will generate more sales revenue. But I'd act fast, since its Friday and most managers are probably on their way out the door already.

Who is the local Cubs affiliate in Champaign-Urbana? It's supposed to be 1460 in Rantoul, but they haven't been carrying the games lately. Emails to the station, and to the Cubs, have gone unanswered.

Trade front is warming up.... 2B Junior Spivey to Nationals P Tomo Ohka to Breweres Brewers also picked up Ryan Drese off waivers from Texas Odd trade for the Nationals, I know Vidro is injured but I didn't think he would be out much longer. I assume this opens up a spot for Rickie Weeks

Just got back from the game. A good time all around. Afterwards, Cubs and Red Sox fans joined voices in a "Yankees Suck!" chant. Kind of heartwarming.

ohka and frank robinson had problems, ohka wouldnt hand the ball to robinson when he took him out.

I guess the Boston fans wouldn't have been open to the customary "SOX SUCK" chant.

#17 - I thought he said Red Wings. I guess I don't know which team he doesn't play for. Also, Arroyo about facing Maddux says something abou thow he wanted to watch Maddux over harder throwers and because his stuff wasn't as good. Maybe the cornrows made him stupid. Or inarticulate. Did anyone else see this?

Uhhhhhh, the Chicago Bandits either. The first Cubs-Sox game, they said "Root, Root for Chicago." I don't care, if it's at Wrigley, it's for the Cubbies. And don't jinx the team by saying "Let's Get Some Runs" even if they are winning. Harry ONLY said that if they were losing.

How about "root root root for the CHAMPS?" Remember that one! Damn you Bernie Mac Damn you!!!!!!!!

Good for a laugh? Check out the stats so far this year for Sammy Sosa and Jerry Hairston Jr.

So who has the highest team batting average in the National League? Believe it or not, it's the Cubs (.276)!! The Cubs also lead in Slugging, Total Bases, and Homeruns (77) But, probably because they are dead last in walks, they rank only 7th in scoring. Not good.

So which pitching staff in the National League has given up the fewest hits? Has the best WHIP? The lowest OBA? Cubs, Cubs, Cubs

Who, against all odds, is in the lead for the wild card race?

.... Philly?

Dominance Because infield flies are caught 97% of the time, they are just about as certain an out as a strikeout. So I've created a stat that I call Dominance, which measures how often a pitcher induces either a strikeout or infield fly as a percent of batters faced. Here are the Dominance Leaders: Player Team IP ERA K IFFly Dom Martinez P. NYN 79.0 2.62 92 11 0.354 Santana J. MIN 83.3 3.67 105 8 0.348 Burnett A. FLA 68.0 2.91 64 21 0.309 Escobar K. LAA 36.3 2.97 43 3 0.305 Myers B. PHI 74.3 2.06 76 9 0.294 Prior M. CHN 58.3 2.93 62 7 0.292 Peavy J. SD 76.0 2.37 78 6 0.287 Vazquez J. ARI 74.0 3.65 67 19 0.282 Harang A. CIN 66.7 2.97 57 17 0.280 Clemens R. HOU 76.0 1.30 76 6 0.279 Fossum C. TB 40.7 3.54 40 9 0.275 Zambrano C. CHN 72.7 3.22 68 12 0.275 Sheets B. MIL 37.3 4.34 39 4 0.274 Perez O. PIT 53.3 6.92 51 15 0.266 Schmidt J. SF 51.3 5.08 49 14 0.265

haha, I LOVE having DirecTV Extra Innings, so the only games I miss are on that stupid WCIU station, and that only happens about 5 times year :D

Fye Fye Foto - Interesting group of pitchers produced by the dominance equation, made more enjoyable at least here that it excludes Randy Johnson. and I guess throw "Matty Mo" in there as well, hockey beard and all. Just back from the game myself and that's what I call fun at the old ballyard. We were in the left field bleachers and had a great view of the strikezone. If the Cubs get to a playoff series this season I want Doggie on the mound and no one else. He controlled that game like the old ninja master he is.

and also, it's been a husker's age since I've seen the ivy given such a workout..

*and* that's if the Cubs get to a 7th game of a playoff series this season... many beers at the game and two whiskeys on the southwest flight home....

Another solid outing by Jerome Williams for Iowa last night: 6.1 IP 7 H 2 R (1 ER) 0 BB 6 K 2 WP Gotta love those "no walks"!

Going to today's game.... Yesterday was AWESOME!!!!!!! Holly, Maddux!!!! In Dusty We Trusty!!!!!!!

Wow did the Cubs do a job on Friday kicking butt big time

Wow did The Cubs give Boston a but kicking on Friday

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    There are two clear "logjams" in the Cubs minor league pipeline at the present time, namely AA outfielders (K. Alcantara, C. Franklin, Roederer, Pagan, Pinango, Beesley, and Nwogu) and Hi-A infielders (J. Rojas, P. Ramirez, Howard, R. Morel, Pertuz, R. Garcia, and Spence, although Morel has been getting a lot of reps in the outfield in addition to infield). So it is possible that you might see a trade involving one of the extra outfielders at AA and/or one of the extra infielders at Hi-A in the next few days. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • 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...