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PITCHERS: 13
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

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

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

OPTIONED: 12 
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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

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




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Cubs vs. Brewers to the DEATH!

Submitted by Rob G. on

We have the big holiday weekend coming up and the big four-game series to go with it. The Milwaukee Brewers lead the NL Central by a game over the St. Louis Cardinals and 3.5 up on our Cubs. The Brewers are fourth in the NL in runs scored...the Cubs 15th. On the flip side, they are 10th in Runs Allowed and the Cubs are third. As the saying goes, something has to give...

As you'd expect, the pitching matchups favor the Cubs the entire weekend - Seth McClung versus Dempster tonight,  Suppan vs Zambrano tomorrow, Looper vs. Harden on Saturday and Mike Burns vs. Ted Lilly to close the series on Sunday. 

Soriano will sit again tonight, but will be back at the top of the lineup tomorrow. Reed Johnson and Aramis Ramirez start a rehab assignment in Peoria tomorrow and should be joined by Angel Guzman in rejoining the team on Monday.

Tonight's lineup: Fuld (LF), Theriot, Lee, Bradley, Fox, Fukudome, Soto, Fontenot and Dempster.

Go Cubs! 

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Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:13 pm

and the Brewers offense has been slumping.. After going more than two months without being shut out, the Milwaukee Brewers have been blanked twice in the last four days.

Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:14 pm

Yes I think this is do or die for this team, well maybe not they could kind of split the games before the all-star break and basically be in the same position they are now, but if they want to make a move upward NOW is the time. Of course it could all go terribly wrong if they lose 9 out of 11 or something.

Submitted by Fireball on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:32 pm

What's the sound of 200 pounds of shit hitting the fan? MCCLUNG. DLee and The Hammer have already crushed homers in the first, 4-0.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:23 pm

Just watched CSN-Lou press conference. I heard him (and THIS IS NOT A QUOTE REAL NEAL) not really commit to not having Fuld in the game tomorrow. Apparently Soriano will start, but Lou is enjoying Fuld's small sample size so far. Nice to have a leadoff guy get on base with a 9-pitch sequence (then scoring) and play excellent LF.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:41 pm

Cotts has TJ surgery?! Did anyone post this before? Anyway - I just noticed Cotts had surgery yesterday in Cinci with the famous Dr. Kremcheck...

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:33 pm

until Tuesday for those that seem to care way too much about that.

Submitted by Ryno on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 07:41 pm

THIS team, Chicago Cubs 2009 is currently 2.5 games out. Good god this division sucks. Take 3 or more from the Brewers and let's get this season put back together. Also, I was on the toilet flipping through my Fantasy Baseball Guide 2009 - Professional Edition magazine (please tell me nobody plays fantasy baseball professionally...) I got at the beginning of the fantasy season and decided to look some people up. Every player is listed with a little description. Kevin Gregg's entry was rather fun:
Lost the Marlins' closer job due to both injury and ineffectiveness, and given that he got it primarily due to circumstances rather than overwhelming ability, will probably have a difficult time getting another closing gig. That said, he has enough arm and history to take a stab at closing should the need arise. That make him (nice editing) worth an extra look come spring, anticipating the role slated to receive. WINICK PAN: Blew nearly 1 in 4 save opportunities in 2008 and now will be pitching in the high pressure environment of Wrigley Field with Carlos Marmol a ready replacement (you sure about that?). Destined to be the punchline of another Cubs' joke when Jose Ceda becomes a star. (Ouch!)

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 07:52 am

there is a pretty low chance hendry is running lou or dusty or baylor or anyone else's team and lineup. this ain't the yanks and this isn't that roll-over torre. hendry might have some pull over who's on the 25, but micromanaging a lineup from the GM chair is far from his style...and besides, i personally don't think lou would go for that crap. no matter how much torre glossed things over about "the boss" controlling his teams that is not the norm and not very respected by some.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 07:53 am

would be neat if Soriano could play 2b again...at least until Fuld comes back down to Earth.

Fuld, Bradley, Lee, Ramirez, Soto, Fukudome, Soriano, Theriot

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 07:15 am

"Now the torch has been passed to Jeff Baker, an infielder acquired from Colorado for Class-A right-hander Al Alburquerque, who was also acquired in the Freel-Gathright deal." That's Paul Sullivan explaining that Alburquerque has been a Cub for two months. Alburquerque has been pitching in the Cub organization since 2006. I do fact-checking before I post on this blog, but I guess the rules are looser at the Trib. Meaningless error, except that it tends to marginalize Alburquerque, who was enjoying something of a breakout year and had earned the promotion to AA that the Rockies gave him immediately.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 07:21 am

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 9:41pm.
Anyway - I just noticed Cotts had surgery yesterday in Cinci with the famous Dr. Kremcheck...

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E-MAN: Which means the Cubs will recall Cotts on 8/31 and immediately place him on the 15-day DL (just like they did with Rich Hill last year), making him (along with Chad Fox) a potential post-season roster exemption. (The Cubs won't put him on the 60-day DL unless their 40-man roster is full and they need his slot for another player). Then the Cubs will certainly non-tender Cotts on 12/12.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 07:28 am

Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 10:15am.
Alburquerque has been pitching in the Cub organization since 2006.

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COUSIN: Alberto Alburquerque was signed by the Cubs at the start of the International Signing Period in July 2003, and he has been pitching in the Cubs organization (off & on) since 2004 (he made his debut with the DSL Cubs in 2004, and missed the 2005 and 2008 seasons due to elbow and shoulder surgeries). In that way, he is a lot like Angel Guzman.

As I posted on a previous thread, Alburquerque was throwing mid-90's at Daytona, and was a candidate to get added to the Cubs 40-man roster post-2009. He projects similar to Marcos Mateo, the main difference being Mateo has a better slider, while Alburquerque has the better fastball.

Submitted by rokfish on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 07:52 am

For lous sake i hope soriano gets on base a couple of times or lou is not gonna like his post game presser. Personally i would have put fuld in center today.

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Submitted by big_lowitzki on Sat, 07/04/2009 - 07:37 am

My favorite incident was the ninth inning of game 1 of the 2006 ALDS when he "lost" the ball in the Metrodome roof and it fell for a triple. There is a sun in the metrodome? And Bradley is not the first, or last, person to lose a ball in the roof at the metrodome.

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