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PITCHERS: 14
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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Kevin Alcantara, OF 
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   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




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Braves @ Cubs: Foltynewicz vs. Arrieta (Game 119 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

ATL (53-67): RHP Mike Foltynewicz (4-4, 5.61)
CHC (67-51): RHP Jake Arrieta (14-6, 2.39)
First pitch: 7:05pmCT

Markakis* rf

Maybin cf
Freeman* 1b

Pierzynski* c
Garcia 3b

Peterson* 2b
Simmons ss
Bourn* lf

Foltynewicz p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Coghlan* 2b

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Soler rf

Arrieta p

Russell ss

 

Mercifully, Arrieta is pitching today--to put an end to this losing business. He is 3-0 with an 0.84 ERA in his 3 August starts, including his win against the White Sox on Saturday (6.2, 2 ER). The Braves, whom he beat in July (7 IP, 0 ER), are 12-69 (.174) against him. Pierzynski is 7-11 with 2 HR.

Foltynewicz lost to AZ his last time out (4.2 IP, 6 ER). He had been working in relief last year, and this is the 14th career start. The 23y/o Illinois native will have some family in the stands, and they will probably get too much air time. None of the Cubs have faced him.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 08:33 pm

it's been 2 weeks since schwarb got a start at C. he's destined for heavy LF use anyway. with his decent arm and good mobility he should be a damn good one once his tracking/routes get better (not like they're fowler bad or something).

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 08:57 pm

folty isn't going to have a long career as a starter if he's going to throw a 96-98mph fastball without much movement almost all the time...barely saw anything but the heater tonight, and it wasn't working well for him.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 08/21/2015 - 08:21 am

I had a tough time sorting out who I should be rooting for in the Pitt-SF series. Ultimately the Pirates. Putting SF away and locking in a playoff spot is more important than getting the 1st wildcard spot. Pitt winning (and Stl having an off day) puts the Pirates 4.5 games behind Stl. So I'm oddly rooting for the Pirates to win the division (If the Cubs don't than anyone is better than StL winning the division) and giving the Cubs a shot at StL in the wild card game. Knocking the Cards out in a one game series would be awesome/historic stuff. ...returning the daydream control settings back to reality.

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Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 08/21/2015 - 08:46 am

I'm with you -- it would be great to have a nice cushion over SF before the Cubs head west. They have quite a few games left with the Pirates, so they will have their shot at them. But, for me, locking in a playoff spot (Pirates beat SF) outweighs putting that spot at risk for a chance at a slightly better playoff position (SF beats Pirates). Now, I just need to find the controls to make that happen. Oh, and the Cubs need to keep winning.

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Submitted by johann on Fri, 08/21/2015 - 08:23 pm

I can't stand Bryce Harper and love Rizzo and wouldn't swap them for the world but if anyone but Harper got it at this point would be stupid. Team shouldn't have to get to the playoffs for a player to win MVP especially for a player having the type of year Harper is.

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