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Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
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Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

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Yan Gomes

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Garrett Cooper
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Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

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* Mike Tauchman 

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Michael Arias, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
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Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Patrick Wisdom, INF 

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Julian Merryweather, P
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Jameson Taillon, P 

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Caleb Kilian, P 

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Game 86 Thread / Cubs @ Giants (4 of 4)

Submitted by Rob G. on

Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview

SP Sean Gallagher
 SP
Tim Lincecum
  3-3, 4.36, 47 K, 20 BB, 53.2 IP
9-1, 2.38, 114 K, 43 BB, 109.2
       
LF
 Reed Johnson
 LF
 *Fred Lewis
RF
 *Kosuke Fukudome 2B
 #Ray Durham
1B
 Derrek Lee RF
#Randy Winn
3B
 Aramis Ramirez C
 Bengie Molina
CF
 *Jim Edmonds CF
 Aaron Rowand
C
 Geovany Soto
 1B
 *John Bowker
2B
 Mark DeRosa 3B
 Jose Castillo
SS
 Ryan Theriot SS #Omar Vizquel
P
 Sean Gallagher P Tim Lincecum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In roster moves, Reed Johnson was activated today with Eric Patterson getting sent down. Matt Murton thanks you Eric Patterson for your defensive ineptitude. Proud papa Aramis Ramirez is back in the lineup as well.

As for the game, the Cubs will try to derail Tim Lincecum's bid to start the All-Star game, while Sean Gallagher tries to stay in the starting rotation with Carlos Zambrano due back tomorrow. A look at their photos on cubs.com makes me think I'm looking at the Baby Looney Tunes version of what should be the actual pitching matchup.

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Go Cubs! (obligatory text to get the image to not overlap everything)

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Comments

Submitted by Chifan on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:45 pm

thanks to their awful bullpen. It is nice to know were not going to lose a game to them today, because they get to feast on the underbelly of a bad Pittsburgh staff why we are dealing with the Cards.

Submitted by blockhead25 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:00 pm

I stopped looking at the Brewers score in the 8th. oops. They need to go away. If this is a two team race I can deal, especially when the loser seems destined for the wildcard. A 3 team race mucks everything up.

Submitted by Dmac on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:19 pm

My god, Marmol just looked lost out there - that pitch was absolutely crushed, a belt - high meatball serving. Something's not right with his head, his stuff looked fine at the beginning.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:21 pm

Perhaps Marmol should join Rich Hill in AZ. This is ridiculous -- can't ever remember a guy going from lights out to a total disaster so fast. So, the bullpen is now Howry and Wood? Yikes.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:32 pm

- Bummer for Gallagher -- only gave up 4 hits, but they were all in the same inning. - Why replace Ascanio with Marmol? Odd move. - Is the plan to have Soto catch every game for the rest of the year?

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:02 pm

Mets up 9-0 -- LaRussa leaving Boggs in to take the beating. One way to save your bullpen, I guess. Update on Superman -- Jay Bruce down to .286 (although he did go yard twice yesterday).

Submitted by Jeff_Pico on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:11 pm

For the first time all season I'm starting to wonder a little. We really don't have any kind of a bullpen without Marmol at his best. I had already considered him 'cured' in the Baltimore series but these are 3 psychologically bad outings in a row. If we can just take one in St. Louis, it won't be a disaster and we'd still be in first, with 6 home games with the Reds and Giants coming up.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:13 pm

Good thing the Brewers blew today's game. The have played 9 more road games than home, and tomorrow start a 10-game homestand against the Pirates, Rockies and Reds. Uh-oh.

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 07:19 pm

Gallagher pitched pretty well... again. Even in his bad inning, he didn't get hit that hard other than Lewis' triple. Oh... and ESPN is reporting that the Indians are scouting the Brewers AA team in connection to a possibly Sabathia trade...

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Submitted by dB on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 07:28 pm

You can argue the stupidity of the trade either way. I think the Brewers should be apprehensive to trade LaPorta considering they're almost certain to lose Scott Boras client P.Fielder in 2 years. Although I suppose they could groom Mat Gamel as a 1B since he's Ryan Braun redux defensively at 3B. Then from the other side you can argue it's one giant push for a title and with them in all likelyhood losing Sheets and Sabathia and getting 5 Supplemental picks in the '09 draft. Or possibly 6 if Gagne can turn his season around so they could reload rather quickly. Either way, and even with Sabathia the Brewers free swinging offense can either light it up or easily go 2007 Cubs vs Dbacks non-existent so even with Sabathia I don't see them as a lock to usurp the Cubs even if Hendry does nothing at the deadline. However, it could lead to Hendry overpaying for Burnett or Harden. If Sabathia comes to the Brewers, I see Burnett in Cubbie blue. Reportedly JP is itching for a ML ready SS and I think we have one of those to spare.

Submitted by Thisistheyear on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 07:11 am

I was at the game today and they just seemed off. From Soto dropping a routine pop fly in the infield to Edmonds taking a horrible path to Lewis' triple to Marmol continuing to look lost, the Cubs just seemed as if they had already departed to St. Louis. Gallagher looked great, however. The inning he struggled was not as bad as it looked. DLee could have easily stabbed Rowand's hard hit liner and the only other hard hit ball was Freddie Lewis' triple. Two hard hit balls (and one that could have been an out) is not deserving of four runs. Why Lou took Gallagher out before the 6th, when the pitchers spot was due up first in the 7th for the Cubs is a mystery to me. How the game would have been different if Gallagher would have shut them down in the 6th and then Wuertz in the 7th (as he did in the 6th). Hopefully St. Louis is better.

Submitted by Brick on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 07:36 am

So, the Cubs have won 3 of their last 7? Formerly reliable players stumbling? Rivals looking more tenacious? Looking to improve their rosters? Time to start dreaming of next year? I hate Chicken-Littling, but it's in my blood. I cannot deny who I am. *cracks open some Ripple* *ripples open some crack*

Submitted by Wes on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 07:28 am

Jeffy was hitting 234/287/374 this year. He's headed to the AA Mississippi Braves until at least the All-Star Break.

Submitted by Dmac on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 07:00 am

OK, say the Brewcrew gets CC - I don't think that shifts the balance of power definitely, and their BP still sucks (much worse tha ours, even at this moment). I still like our chances, and the season's not even half over. Many things can transpire over the next few months, let's try to keep it all in perspective.

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Submitted by navigator on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 07:39 pm

Me neither and I'll tell you why. Len & Bob dropped this anecdote about Ryan Dempster the other day. Dempster said he started listening to everything Greg Maddux told him after Maddog showed him how to analyze and learn things from watching video. Dempster said he had no idea what he was looking at before then. It was just tv. Now isn't that what you'd expect your pitching coach, or someone else in the system to be teaching to your pitching staff?

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 07:59 pm

Reds SP Adam Harang will miss his saturday start because of forearm soreness. I wonder if he'll be ready for his next start which should be Thursday vs the Cubs at Wrigley. Norris Hopper gets Tommy John surgery Joe Borowski again on the scrap heap...gets DFA from the Indians after pooching a game this week vs WSux. Carlos, can you get him a job in the Mexican league again?

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    ...and he takes a comebacker off the knee on pitch 7.  out made, run scored.

    pitch 9 is a 3 run homer.  amazing.

  • crunch (view)

    wade miley (MIL) loads the bases on 5 pitches in the 1st.  that's a special kind of talent.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    While the Chapman trade helped to cement a championship I honestly think that trade was made in a different era. Nobody trades their best prospects for rentals anymore.

    The Quintana trade was a stinker from day one. It seemed to be a product of Theo’s unshakable faith in his 2016 “core” and the consistent and mistaken idea that they were always just one guy away from a return to WS glory. The mistake was repeated several times and I think that realization along with a general evolution in baseball thinking has helped to shape Jed and the way he operates today.

  • Bill (view)

    I had mixed emotions when I heard of the trade, as I have with most trades that involve high potential prospects.  But that is because I hate to trade a high potential prospect for a veteran with only a few years control, and with a much lower potential than the prospects give away.  I hated the trade of Cease and Jiminez for Quinta, because I viewed Quintana as a decent, but not top pitcher, being traded for two very high-potential prospects.  I disliked the trade for Chapman, because a high-potential prospect was traded for a rental, although in this case, the fact that the rental was a top player greatly softened the blow.  The trade of Ferris and Hope for Busch seemed even at the time, to be a good one, even though they gave up one of my favorite prospects.  The return was a high-potential prospect with 6 years of control, at a time when he could be a difference maker on the team.

    13 games hardly proves that it was a good trade, but at least it was a reasonable one, no matter how it turns out.  So far, so good.

  • crunch (view)

    i was strongly happy about the deal, but words can barely describe how quickly zyhir hope went from "interesting youngster" to "high end prospect" when he showed up in arizona post-draft.

    it may not have shown up in the team prospect numbered rankings, but the dodgers had their eyes on such a low level guy for a reason and the cubs knew what they gave up.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I have to disagree. They got not just A triple A stud but THE AAA stud of the entire PCL for a position player who hadn’t played above the AZL level and a pitcher who was rather mediocre in his first taste of pro ball at low A. I’m not saying the guys they traded haven’t shown great promise but they have a very long way to go and a whole lot to prove before they make the bigs. Especially since Busch filled a defined need (whether it had been at third or first) I take this trade any day of the week and don’t bother looking back.

  • crunch (view)

    matt shaw (AA) has a .381/.552/.905 line through 7 games...3 homers and a triple.  6 games at 3rd, 1 game DH (5 PO, 7 A, 0 E).

    that's somewhat fun news.

  • crunch (view)

    i was blown away confused/pissed when it was announced the cubs were trading for y.almonte.

    i was thrilled when m.busch was announced as part of the trade.

    it's really weird to have the "you gotta take this payroll guy, too" (1.9m) part of the trade leak before the main piece.

    the cubs didn't get a deal given what they gave up, but i was very happy to have a guy like busch in the fold with so much club control.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Have to admit I was initially disappointed the Cubs traded away the upside of Jackson Ferris but Busch is making a believer out of me.  If I still lived in midwest guessing we would have invented some drink special named a Busch Bomb at the local drinking establishment to celebrate his homers.  

  • Cubster (view)

    per Tribune: Suzuki MRI results pending from yesterday so we should get a timetable for return later today.

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