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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

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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Samardzija May Get First Start

Submitted by Rob G. on

UPDATE: Looks like Lou made up his mind after the first game and it will be Sean Marshall getting the start on Sunday versus the Marlins.

Just a little scheduling note, that Lou has tabbed either Jeff Samardzija or Sean Marshall for Sunday's start against the Marlins due to today's doubleheader. That is if Marquis cannot go on short rest.

"I can't bring Harden back on short rest, but I can bring Marquis back possibly," Piniella said Wednesday. "By him pitching the day game, it gives him a little longer time. If not, we'll either pitch Samardzija or pitch [Sean] Marshall."
Other than possibly using Marquis on short rest, there was another reason Harden will pitch tonight's nightcap.
"I know he's told us his preference would be to pitch at night and in cooler weather," Piniella said  

As always, blame Canada.

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Comments

Submitted by Green Lantern on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:30 pm

i HATE these freaking braves, but apparently not as much as they hate soriano. i really hope this doesn't get into a ridiculous situation the last two games. the braves are out of it and really don't care what they do in terms of suspensions, ejections, etc. remember the insanity of that sunday night game with renteria hitting fontenot, lilly getting ejected for no real reason. all that after soriano hit three homers friday night and then got hit to start saturday. lilly pitching tomorrow, could be a dangerous situation if bobby cox has a bug up his ass which i'm sure he will. just chill out, no suspensions needed for this team right now.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:51 pm

Anybody see the pitch to Sori? How bad was it? I thought Renteria's play last year was one of the cheapest shots I have ever seen. Nice to see Geo's bat back in action, and with some pop. Your turn, Kosuke.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:08 pm

soriano's habit of looking at his shots smiling like a 5 year old in awe of himself. that said...soriano smiles like a 5 year old pretty much full-time. reminds me of "classic pedro martinez"...the guy that was in a perma-good mood that took things and rolled with them. the pitch at his head was probably supposed to be destined for his ribs, but soriano took it REALLY well. he just stepped back and...well, he smiled like a 5 year old. soriano probably knew what it was about and didn't freak out about it "missing a little high"...very classy/cool stuff you (well, at I do) wanna see outta one of your star power hitters in a pennant chase.

Submitted by Dmac on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:01 pm

Yeah, but as we mentioned in the chat, Fonzie deserved it (not to the head, though) - he basically posed on a ball that turned out to be a single, then was making movements towards stealing 2nd after the game was way out of reach. Don't pull an Ozzie, Lou.

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:09 pm

How 'bout that Samardzija? Wasn't that long ago that he was having all kinds of problems at the AA level. Very early yet, but he has been a great boost.

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Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:37 pm

numbers and stats tend to have a hard time showing a physical progression of talent except in hindsight. he's had a crazy break since he "got his shit together". i'm a little concerned about how much he uses his fastballs, but when he's got one that's mid90s with that kind of movement...wow. that's one hell of a starting point to build a pitching career around.

Submitted by Dmac on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:11 pm

I'd much rather see a reliever somehow fall off the mound and throw a beaner at Cox's head; he may be a great manager, but he's also a world - class d-ckhead.

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Submitted by dbt on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:35 pm

Are you saying he's an [censored]hole? I wouldn't mind seeing someone pull a Pedro to his Popeye at this point. It's getting re[censored]ulous. (At the same time, I'd much rather he run more and showboat less, he almost [censored]ed up a double a couple weeks ago against the brewers because he thought it was out. HE didn't start running until he saw the donut at first base pointing the outfield throw to second.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:26 pm

A. Soriano lf R. Theriot ss D. Lee 1b A. Ramirez 3b J. Edmonds cf M. DeRosa 2b K. Fukudome rf H. Blanco c

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Submitted by blockhead25 on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:49 pm

Braves have nothing to lose by fucking with the Cubs. Cubs have everything to lose by fucking with the Braves. There is NOTHING to be gained by going head hunting for Chipper (or anyone else for that matter). All that does is risk injury to a Cub if they retaliate, and can put a key pitcher on the bench for a week, with the Brewers (yes, that "terrible team" of yours that is about to win their 8th in a row) right behind the Cubs. That's the type of shit that was the beginning of the Cubs collapse in 2004 when the Astros got in Barrett's head.

Submitted by Dmac on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:47 pm

As Ozzie would say, "ey, you gotta play de games, and I don' know, but we steel gotta play da Royals plenty more times, so we'll see, Okayee?" Like Desi Arnez as Ricky Riccardo, but without all that pesky baggage of intelligence.

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