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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
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* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
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Yan Gomes

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Christopher Morel
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Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
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Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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* Justin Steele, P   

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Julian Merryweather, P

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Marlins @ Cubs: Cosart vs. Richard (Game 79 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

MIA (35-46): RHP Jarred Cosart (1-3, 4.12)

CHC (42-36): LHP Clayton Richard (4-2, 2.09 for AAA-Indianapolis)

First pitch: 6:15pmCT

Gordon* 2b

Yelich* lf

Hechavarria ss

Baker 1b

Realmuto c

Rojas 3b

Ozuna cf

Gillespie rf

Cosart p

 

Fowler# cf

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Castro ss

Coghlan* lf

Denorfia rf

Richard* p

Russell 2b

Drafted by the White Sox in 2005, Richard (31y/o) was sent to SD as part of the Jake Peavy deal in 2009. He signed minor league deals with AZ and PIT before being acquired for cash by the Cubs yesterday. The trade was prompted by the upward mobility clause in Richard’s contract. (I gotta get me one of those.) A 72-hour clock started on Tuesday, which permitted clubs to inquire about him. The Cubs swiped right, and the Pirates elected to trade him go rather than bring him up.

Richard last pitched in the majors in 2013, when he went 2-5 with a 7.01 ERA and led the league in strange diseases. The Marlins are 17-63 (.270) against him. Suzuki is 6-20 (.300). The good news is that his name is Clayton.

Cosart has made one relief appearance (4 IP, 2 ER) since returning from the DL for “vertigo-like symptoms.” Giving up 11 ER in 14.2 in three consecutive starts will do that. Only Montero (2-3) has faced him.

Roach was passed back to Iowa to make room for Richard on the roster. Soler (2-13 with 4 Ks and 4 BBs in 4 games for Iowa) is MIA. Speaking of Iowa, Schwarber is 15-40 (.375/.419/.625) with 1 HR, 5 2Bs, 7 RBI, 13 Ks, and 3 BBs.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 07:47 pm

Bring 'em up!! I don't know who, exactly. Just somebody.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 07:15 pm

David Ross to the 7-day DL (that's the relatively-new MLB DL that was created just for players with concussions) retroactive to 7/2, and Cubs have selected the contract of veteran MLB catcher Taylor Teagarden from Iowa. NOTE: Ross can be reinstated as soon as next Thursday. 

If a player is not ready to play after the seven days are up, he can be placed back on the concussion DL for another 7 days. Then if he isn't ready to play, he is automatically transferred to the club's 15-day DL. 

Adding LHP Clayton Richard and Teagarden to the 25-man roster and 40-man roster will mean the Cubs will need to open up two slots on the 40.

One slot will be opened by simply transferring Tommy LaStella from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL (days spent on the 15-day DL are automatically applied toward the number of days required to be spent on the 60-day DL before a player can be reinstated, and LaStella was placed on the 15-day DL retro to 4/11).

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 07:45 pm

Andreoli playing RF for I-Cubs tonight in New Orleans. Saving Soler for day game?

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 07:00 pm

BRYANT GRAND SLAM? YEAH. BRYANT 2ND HOMER OF THE GAME IN THE 2nd? YEAH. CUBS UP 7-0 WITH 2 OUTS IN THE BOTTOM 2nd? YEAH. 'MURICA!

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 07:05 pm

Here's to ERIC S who likes Bryant for his "reputation as a glove only 3b" guy so far.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 07:15 am

I can't speak for him but I think that comment was in jest. There was a broadcaster who said that as a joke - that Bryant was all glove after he made a nice play. Fun stuff. The surprising thing to me is that he has already adjusted his throws and they've stopped sailing and he looks like he can actually be a pretty decent fielding third baseman. Yesterday he made a bit of a rookie mistake but otherwise I like how he looks out there.

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Submitted by Eric S on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 07:10 pm

Meant in jest, thought it was self-evident. Perhaps there is a piece out there touting Bryant's D over his bat - maybe in cyrillic? I've been impressed by Bryant's D this season too. Bryant's June slash-line of 267/359/446 (and only 1 error) - mid-400's slugging better than I anticipated. Fowler (240/286/356), Castro (245/284/343) and Russell (221/309/291) not so great. Bryant 34K/16BB, Russell 26K/9BB and Fowler 25K/7BB - Castro with 13K/4BB. Coughlan (317/434/451) led with 15 BB. David Ross in 34 June ABs: 206/270/294, 3BB/15K

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Submitted by johann on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 07:41 pm

Oh misread your post. He is at -.1 dWAR which isn't good though I'm not sure how accurate DWar is. Either way he's not a great fielder but he's better than I thought he would be and good enough for his bat which has been very good. Hopefully overtime the defense will improve too.

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 07:57 pm

His first few weeks I was pretty sure he was a left fielder waiting to happen. His throws sailed a lot, even when Rizzo was able to do his rubberman routine and nab them. That seems to have stopped. I haven't been watching every game, but I didn't need to see every game to notice the problem early on. That's a fast correction. I wonder why they couldn't correct it in Iowa. My assumption was that, surely, they tried, and it just didn't happen, and so left field it is. He isn't gonna be Brooks Robinson out there, but he makes the plays and sometimes makes some nice ones, and has good baseball instincts overall. In order for Cult of Olt to get any life breathed back into it, the Cubs will have to make a conscious decision to put Bryant in the outfield for a spell and hope Olt can go gangbusters enough to build himself some trade value.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 07:02 pm

Thanks Johann. I was just guessing. I just checked and Bryant is ranked 8th in the NL, behind notables such as old man Uribe, and Todd Frazier (who is gone for the year for almost a month now). But ahead of Matt Carpenter, FWIW (I take solace in my "guys" being ranked in anything higher than a Cardinal). So, not terrible by any stretch. BUT, Bryant has more total chances than any other NL regular 3b other than Nolan Arenado - 175. A-Ram and Martin Prado, for example have 30 less TC's than Bryant and "ranked" higher - but the -.01dWAR actually is tied for 3rd in the NL (Uribe) behind a guy who has been gone for a month Frazier, and two with less than 30+ chances than he (Uribe and Prado). All-in-all, I was right on with my guess that he is not only "league average" so far in the NL, but in the top 5 dWar based on those qualified and on Total Chances. Any way you slice it - for a rookie, it is impressive and should get better as O&B states...

Submitted by crunch on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 07:45 pm

c.richard 6.1ip 8h 1bb 4k, 2r/er he never looked sharp, but he never looked bad while getting in trouble...got the game into the 7th, though. pretty much a boring end-rotation guy performance.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 07:53 pm

It seems as if they have 3 pitchers like you describe. Interesting to see how long Clayton can "hang" as an MLB starter again. He had some nice success with the Pads at one time when they had a formidable staff.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

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