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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

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
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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* Justin Steele, P   

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Cubs @ Reds: Hammel vs. Iglesias (Game 92 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

CHC (49-42): RHP Jason Hammel (5-4, 2.86)

CIN (41-49): RHP Raisel Iglesias (1-2, 5.90)

First pitch: 6:10pmCT

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* c

Bryant 3b

Rizzo* 1b

Soler rf

Coghlan* lf

Castro ss

Hammel p

Russell 2b

 

Phillips 2b

Votto* 1b

Frazier 3b

Bruce* rf

Pena# c

Byrd cf

Suarez ss

Schumaker* lf

Iglesias p

Hammel (left hamstring tightness) departed after an inning against St. Louis before the break but didn't miss a start. He pitched a side-session on Saturday, which went off without a hitch. He gave up 2 ER in 5 innings against Cinci at Wrigley in June for a no decision. He is 4-3 with a 3.46 on the road this year. Righties are batting .194 against him this season. Bruce is 3-10 with a HR.

Iglesias lost in Miami (4.1 IP, 5 ER) before the break. Lefties have been crushing him (.354 v. 226 for righties). None of the Cubs have faced him.

Even with last night’s loss, the Cubs have taken 7 of 10 from the Reds so far this season. We’ll see Hendricks vs. Leake and Beeler vs. Cingrani in the twin bill tomorrow before heading home to (hopefully) beat up on the Phillies and Rockies.

Go Cubs!

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Comments

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:00 pm

Can't have Fowler,Castro,Russell in same lineup anymore. Too many outs with pitcher too

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:45 pm

schwarb needs to see some time in LF if for no other reason than to keep him up once montero gets back... dat bat...

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:47 pm

Bryant.....man, you gotta at least get that run home. We need Bryant and Rizzo to get going -- leaving way too many runs out there.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:50 pm

Bryant now 2-19 since the break -- I really wish he had't been at the HR Derby or the game -- I think he could really have used a lengthy break.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:26 pm

Great call by Joe to give Coghlan the green light on 3-0. Watching Castro at the plate is a very painful thing.

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:50 pm

Quit f'ing around start hitting grounder to Schwarb at third and move KB to Lf

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:19 pm

bases loaded and taylor fucking teagarden pinch hitting. herrera/teagarden/ross being bench players...wow. ...and that's the end of that inning.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:22 pm

My grandmother can swing the bat better than that -- oh my god. Teagarden just waving a mediocre fastballs. They didn't even waste a pitch on 0-2. Just threw another fastball down the middle. With the bases loaded. In a tie game. Wow. Bullpens should be interesting for tomorrow's DH.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:45 pm

on to the 13th... double header tomorrow. that should be a fun bullpen crunch. they might have to send teagarden down simply to bring an extra arm up if this goes on much longer.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:51 pm

well, that's official. this is the "schwarber game" tie in the 9th on a HR...lead in the 13th on a HR...also a single and a double.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:05 pm

cubs win! schwarb catches all 13 innings. it'll be interesting to see if he starts either game tomorrow. he's a young kid, it's possible. NYM won...SF is up by 9 in the 7th and most likely on the way to a win. PIT lost.

Submitted by Carlito on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:05 pm

Schwarber. Simply. Schwarber. I'll say it one last time. Schwarber.

Submitted by billybucks on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:20 pm

Oh. My. Goodness. How can you take him out of the lineup when Miggy comes back? By the way -- um, Dexter? Two hands out there. Awfully nonchalant on that last out. I think only Ramirez and Soriano (two names from our past) didn't pitch tonight -- although Strop, Russell and Grimm didn't throw many pitches. Fortunately, we have an off day Thursday. FYI -- Jason Motte now 7-1.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 07:37 pm

Factoid from the Comcast postgame with Kaplan/Hollandsworth: Only 4 Cubs have 2 HR's in in a game from the 9th inning and later: Sandberg 1984, Dawson 1990, Sosa 1993, Schwarber 2015. KS, welcome to legendary Cub company

Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:34 am

Killer win! How awesome that we have all been interested in this team finally, this year. These kids, man... I am still however concerned about the team's leader who is stuck in a downward spiral this month, and went 0-6 last night. Maybe pitchers have found a hole, or just are content to walk (or hit) him. Or he's fatigued? Hopefully he starts taking better swings soon. Could you imagine Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarb, all firing at the samet time?!

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Submitted by Old and Blue on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 07:00 am

I think Rizzo is swinging at some stuff he normally doesn't swing at down and low out of the zone. That and they seem to have given up trying to pitch to his zone inside, which makes sense. I would only throw stuff down and away at him, but the Cubs are filling up their lineup with guys who sort of dictate that. It's why we see such insane pitch counts from opposing hitters. For me, the strategy doesn't have to be club the ball in the early innings. Tire out these starters and eventually someone will get to him. It's worked pretty well all season and adding Schwarber into the lineup changes things a bit until/if they can find a hole. I mean, against Cinci, we are seeing pitch counts into the triple digits in the late middle innings. I would prefer they wouldn't leave guys stranded on second, third, etc., but this is a young team and they are teaching them to hunt for their pitch. I actually think it's an outstanding approach, and it requires some patience on our part. Schwarber seems to already know how to wait for his pitch, but I'm sure there's a hole there somewhere. I haven't been able to guess what it is. He seems to hit everything so far.

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

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