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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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Game 11 Recap - Cue the Banjo Music

Submitted by Rob G. on

Box Score | Highlights

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
Cubs 0 0
 0
 0
 0 0
 1
 0 1
   2
 11 3
Astros 3
 2
 0
 2
 0
 0 0 4
 x   11
 16
 1

The Gist: The odds were pretty low heading into the game that the Cubs could win it with the Astros best pitcher going and the Cubs going with a guy on a 45-50 pitch count limit. At least they didn't waste our time making it suspenseful. It started with the first batter for the Astros with Michael Bourne taking advantage of the lefty making his first major league start. Knowing that he's going to be falling off to the third base side of the mound and probably just worried about throwing strikes with that pitch count limit, Bourne executed a perfect bunt to the first basemen that Russell had no chance to get to the base in time. And then they did the exact same thing with the next batter. Give 'em some props for the smart baseball.

Then the little league defense, starting with Soriano's muffing a single and Barney missing a tag that gave the Astros another run. The Cubs made three errors on the night and really four although they gave Quintero a triple instead of Reed Johnson an error late in the game. Samardzija was asked to pitch three innings and he got his first four batters, but ran into trouble in the 4th giving up two runs. He got in more trouble in the 5th before Jeff Stevens bailed him out. I feel that whatever the team needs out of Samardzija, he'll always deliver one less. You need two innings out of him, he'll give you one good, one bad. You need two outs, he'll get you one. Anyway, Stevens, Marcus Mateo (struck out the side), Tyler Colvin and Marlon Byrd were about the only bright spots in the game.

Z vs. Wandy in the rubber match on Wednesday. The Cubs have an off day on Thursday so Q-Ball can probably push the bullpen a little tomorrow if needed with only Samardzija being unavailable. I wouldn't be too surprised if Russell or Stevens gets sent down in the next two days for a bullpen arm. The team won't need another 5th starter until Tuesday, April 19th next and I suppose I could see Ramon Ortiz getting that nod.

 

Hitter Results for April 12
Name Level Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS
Michael Burgess A+ RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Welington Castillo A+ DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Matthew Cerda                          
Ryan Flaherty                          
Reginald Golden                          
Brett Jackson                          
DJ LeMahieu                          
Marquez Smith AAA 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matthew Szczur A RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Vitters                          
Pitcher Results for April 12
Name Level IP R ER H 2B 3B HR SO BB
Christopher Carpenter                    
Jay Jackson                    
Austin Kirk                    
Kenneth McNutt                    
Christopher Rusin                    
Hayden Simpson A 5.0 5 3 8 0 0 0 2 1

Scores

Tennessee had the night off.

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Submitted by Mike Wellman on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:45 am

quick, elias - last time a team started a game w/ consecutive bunt hits...more errors than runs last night & now magic wandy against the starless team w/ the starry payroll...

Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:12 am

It's not really Q-Ball's fault. How could anyone have predicted that the Cubs would lose a starter or two and Casey Coleman and Russell wouldn't be effective? The music was playing too loud at the time, but I was sorely tempted to yell out "Bring in Silva!" as Q-Ball went out to pull Russell. I realize the talent is probably less, but this dipshit has soured me even more quickly than Baker and Pinhead did. Looked like about 10K actual at the game last night.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:28 pm

I think Coleman isn't going to pitch that poorly all season (his starts won't all be at Milwaukee after all). Grabow and Samardjiza have done a bit of good work this season, but counting on Grabow to be more than a middling reliever and Wide Outside to do anything more than mop-up duty is basically insane. It would help if the big three in the rotation could get their ERA's, I don't know, in the 4's maybe? The only good starts we've had are from the two guys who are hurt - and we're 11 games into the seson.

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Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:11 am

Outfield depth is questionable? Don't we have Colvin currently riding the bench a few days a week? Plus, Brett Jackson (and soon Brad Snyder) ready to come up and fill in for a time at least? Plus you've got the Tony Campana's and James Adducis of the world. I agree on the pitching depth, but I'm not sure what you're looking for if our outfield depth isn't enough for you. However, if we're criticizing the quality of our starting outfield, I could probably get on board with that.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:33 pm

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=13566 2 cubs mentioned: Jae-Hoon Ha, OF, Cubs (High-A Daytona): 3-for-4, 2B, R, RBI, CS. Four straight multi-hit games for 20-year-old Korean; has line-drive bat and the speed to stay in center field. Robert Whitenack, RHP, Cubs (High-A Daytona): 6 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 12 K. Arguably the best pitching line of the day; six-foot-five righty has solid velocity and plenty of deception.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:21 pm

Pierre being Pierre bunt single, then picked off first then single in 3B and picked off again reached on FC in 5th, see if he can not get himself out this time also an error in the game

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:47 pm

Castro SS, Barney 2B, Byrd CF, Ramirez 3B, Baker 1B, Soto C, Soriano LF, Colvin RF, Zambrano P

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:16 pm

#Rays Fuld joking he couldn't stop the rain: "This is me washing my planet."

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:43 pm

Levine criticizes Silva for not accepting the minor league demotion for the Cubs, apparently not realizing that Silva didn't know what 29 clubs thought they had at the time the decision was made. He makes no mention of Hendry, keeping 3 useless guys in the major league bullpen so he could do his de-facto cut of Carlos Silva, who he probably would have kept had he known Wells and Cashner were going to be hurt. Ass kissing and hypocrisy - the keys to Chicago sports writing.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:46 pm

why does silva matter anyway? he needed to go. you can put all the off-field stuff aside and just point to his horrible performances this spring. you can even take those numbers away and point at his lack of velocity and perhaps more importantly...his lack of movement on his pitches. it would have been nice if silva accepted his minor league assignment, but it seems that was a non-issue once both sides decided to trash each other.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:51 pm

From the handy-dandy game notes the Cubs send out: "Since the start of the 2010 season, Geovany Soto, Jeff Baker and Marlon Byrd rank 1-2-3 in the National League in batting average against left-handed pitching. Soto leads the league with a .370 batting average (44-for-119), followed closely by Baker (.361, 56-for-155) and Byrd (.353, 65-for-184). Soto's .469 on-base percentage vs. lefties since the start of last season is the best in the majors."
Also: "Carlos Zambrano has 14 career wins against the Houston Astros, by far the most of any active pitcher in all of baseball. Bronson Arroyo and Aaron Harang are next closest with 11 wins apiece against the Astros.
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/5469

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:58 pm

Iowa: Bibens-Dirx P Smokies: Jackson 8, Samson 4, LeMahieu 5, Spencer 9, Vitters 3, Clevenger 2, Ridling 7, Lalli 0, Ma. Gonzalez 6 Rusin P Daytona: Watkins SS, Cerda 3B, Ha CF, Bour 1B, Castillo DH, Burgess LF, Perez RF, Brenly C, Opitz 2B P-Struck Peoria: LePage 4, Silva 8, Rohan 3, Borges 9, Fitzgerald 7, Giansanti 5,Burruel 2,Soto DH,Alcantara 6, Kirk 1

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Submitted by Rick- Houston TX on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 04:46 pm

I attended the game on Tuesday night. Here are my observations: Colvin had trouble tracking fly balls during the first two innings. The roof was open, the sun was shining and the lights were on. The double by Quintero was a routine fly ball that Colvin couldn't track properly. Colvin also had trouble tracking Myer's base hit down the right field line. When Russel was removed in the second inning, Colvin walked over to centerfield and talked to Byrd about his trouble tracking the ball. Ramirez waived at a double play ball that went past him one step to his left. Russell needs to work on covering first base. He was not running parallel to the first base line. It cost him two outs. Russell also needs to work on holding runners. Bourn stole second and third in the first inning. When Samardzija replaced Russell in the second inning with the score 5-0, I think he was told to throw nothing but fastballs in hope that he could throw several innings. In the fifth inning, the pitching coach made an appearance on the mound and then Samardzija starting mixing in some breaking balls. I think he could have been more effective mixing pitches, but I think Quade's main objective was for Samardzija to throw three innings. Reed Johnson (CF) and DeWitt (3B) were horrible defensive replacements. Johnson made several belly flops without making a catch. The triple by Quintero was a double that was misplayed by Johnson. Still, Quintero would have been out at third, but DeWitt dropped the ball. Subsequently, DeWitt muffed a double play ball and didn't even get one out. Later, be bounced a throw to Pena. Russel was victimized by bad defense by himself, Colvin and Ramirez. Grabow was victimized by bad defense by Reed Johnson and DeWitt. Stevens and Mateo had good relief appearances. The positive news is that nobody got hurt and Marmol, Wood and Marshall did not have to make meaningless appearances.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 04:07 am

If it had been a fastball, do you think they would have thrown him out? He was safe by a mile--not because he guessed right, but because Russell doesn't have a good move so runners know when he is throwing home and his delivery to home, with the high leg-kick, is abysmally slow, especially for a lefty. Same thing on the steal of third, Russell gave him one look, turned, and then immediately went into his slow delivery home. Easy steals for a guy like Bourn.

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