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And Now for Something Completely Different...
We had fun, we had laughs, we had Mark Prior's shoulder, Dusty Baker's lineup card, Mike Quade's awful nicknames and now we shall have goodbye's.
Where's the Beefy?
The Cubs version of Fluffy will no longer exist as the Cubs have traded "catcher" Welington Castillo to the Seattle Mariners for relief pitcher Yoervis Medina. Before I dig into the new guy, let's eulogize Beefy for a bit.
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Cubs @ Brewers - Hammel vs. Nelson; Game 28 Thread
And we move to Wrigley North...
Jason Hammel vs. Jimmy Nelson
Cubs @ Cardinals - Lester vs. Lynn; Game 26 Thread
Another day, another bullpen implosion...
Jon Lester vs. Lance Lynn
Cubs @ Cardinals - Hendricks vs. Lyons; Game 25 Thread
If you have nothing good to say...
Kyle Hendricks vs. Tyler Lyons
Cubs @ Cardinals - Wood vs. Martinez; Game 24 Thread
So much for that break in the schedule...
Travis Wood vs. Carlos Martinez
Brewers @ Cubs - Peralta vs. Lester; Game 21 Thread
The Cubs finally get a bit of a break in the schedule as the depleted Brewers limp into town.
Wily Peralta vs. Jon Lester
Pirates @ Cubs - Cole vs. Hendricks; Game 20 Thread
Same scenario as last night, a Cubs win and a Cardinals loss and the Cubs are in first place.
Gerrit Cole vs. Kyle Hendricks. Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!
Pirates @ Cubs - Locke vs. Wood; Game 19 Thread
Cubs need a win and a Cardinals loss..granted, to the Phillies...to head back into first place.
Jeff Locke vs. Travis Wood
Pirates @ Cubs - Worley vs. Hammel; Game 18 Thread
The battle for 2nd place rages on...
Vance Worley vs. Jason Hammel
Cubs @ Reds - Lester vs. Leake; Game 16 Thread
Jon Lester vs. Mike Leake
Cubs @ Pirates - Hendricks vs Locke; Game 15 Thread
There was snow, there were home runs, but there was no victory. Cubs try to secure the series win with the roster leftovers this afternoon.
Kyle Hendricks vs. Jeff Locke
Cubs @ Pirates - Hammel vs. Worley; Game 14 Thread
Well last night was fun...I had my KANG!!! headline all set to go before the 9th inning comeback.
Jason Hammel vs. Vance Worley tonight.
Cubs @ Pirates - Wood vs. Liriano; Game 13 Thread
We're just an Albert Almora and Kyle Schwarber away from a full deck of prospects.
Cubs @ Pirates - Arrieta vs. Burnett; Game 12 Thread
I really didn't think they were going to play this game. Hopefully the rain stays away...
Jake Arrieta vs. A.J. Burnett
Recent comments
Arizona Phil (view)
Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous.
As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much.
Childersb3 (view)
Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.
Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.
They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.
Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!
Childersb3 (view)
25 in Attendance!!!
Phil, is that a backfield record?
Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.
crunch (view)
cubs sign dan straily...for some reason. minor league deal.
welcome back.
zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too. junior lake is his teammate. shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.
fullykräusened (view)
The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does anybody else remind me of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.
crunch (view)
STL traded away a lot of minor league talent that went on to do nothing in the arenado + goldschmidt trades. neither guy blocked any of their minor league talent in the pipeline, too. that's ideal places to add talent.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
Natural cycle of baseball. Pitching makes adjustments in approach to counter a hot young rookie. Now it’s time for Busch and his coaches to counter those adjustments. Busch is very good and will figure it out, I think sooner than later.
TarzanJoeWallis (view)
In 2020, the pandemic year and the year before they acquired Arenado, the Cardinals finished second and were a playoff team. Of the 12 batters with 100 plate appearances, 8 of them were home grown. Every member of the starting rotation (if you include Wainwright) and all but one of the significant relievers were home grown. While there have been a relative handful of very good trades interspersed which have been mentioned, player development had been their predominant pattern for decades - ever since I became an aware fan in the ‘70’s
The Arenado deal was not a deal made out of dire need or desperation. It was a splashy, headline making deal for a perennial playoff team intended to be the one piece that brought the Cardinals from a very good team to a World Series contender. They have continued to wheel and deal and have been in a slide ever since. I stand by my supposition that that deal marked a notable turning point within the organization. They broke what had been a very successful formula for a very long time.