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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

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

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

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

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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A Homely Return Home: Cubs Lose to Florida, 4-2

Submitted by Cubnut on

The Cubs lost for the sixth time in seven tries as the Marlins scored three times in the 7th inning to overcome a 2-1 Cub lead and go on to win 4-2 at Wrigley Field.

You wouldn't think a team could pack so much failure into a simple 4-2 loss, but well...

The good:

  • Ted Lilly held Florida hitless into the sixth inning and wound up allowing 5 hits and no walks through seven innings
  • Alfonso Soriano raised his average to .340 with three more hits, including a double; he also drove in both Cub runs
  • Soriano gunned down Hanley Ramirez when Ramirez tried to score from second on a single by Jorge Cantu in the 8th inning
  • Geovany Soto reached base two more times, on a single and the 23rd walk he has accepted this year, and his OBP for the season remains around .500

The bad:

  • Though Florida starter Nate Robertson came into the game with an ERA a shade under 5.00, Cub hitters did little against him—just two runs and seven hits over Robertson's six innings—and they did nothing against three Marlins relievers after Robertson left
  • Starlin Castro made three errors; one led to Florida's first run and another saw him boot a ground ball hit by Hanley Ramirez, after which Castro lackadaisically retrieved the ball, allowing Ramirez to scamper all the way into second base
  • Lilly fell completely asleep twice (I mean that metaphorically, not in a Ken Griffey sort of way), allowing Chris Coghlan to take a running lead on his way to stealing third base in the 6th, and then again in the 7th, when Cody Ross got a running start off of third base before scoring on the front end of a perfectly executed double steal
  • Coghlan's double off of Lilly in the 6th inning, which ended Lilly's no-hitter and his shutout, was Coghlan's first extra-base hit in 105 at-bats this year
  • Aramis Ramirez struck out two more times and were it not for a wind-blown popup single, he would have gone 0-for-4...again; Ramirez is now hitting .163

The defeat leaves the Cubs a season-worst five games under .500 at 14-19. They're now 6 1/2 games behind the Cardinals and just 3 games ahead of the last-place and NL-worst Astros.

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Comments

Submitted by thedirtbag on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 05:13 pm

With 129 games remaining this year, the cubs are on pace for roughly 69 wins. The last few days has been a collection of an anemic offense, an immature bullpen, and shaky defense. In fact, the Cubs could put together instructional videos of how not to win baseball games. Granted, the chemistry may be better in the clubhouse, but the product on the field is not really looking much better. This team is obviously not "clicking" on all cylinders. Will it? Probably at some point, but will this team be good enough to start winning close baseball games? I do not think so. The offense is struggling and I do think they will start to score runs when Ramirez and Lee start hitting again the next 2 weeks. I do not however, think that the bullpen will turn things around. Hendry may be running out of rope to hang himself with.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 05:36 pm

This will go against everything everyone thinks, especially me since I'm used to Cubs teams being stupid and barely watchable. But... The season is still young. I see some things I like. Soto, for one. Alf looks a little better at times, too, as long as it's not a night game and his much needed contact lenses, which don't seem anywhere on the horizon, don't come into play. Castro is gonna be good. The kid can put it all over the field. Reminds me a little of Mark Grace. He'll be ok in the field -- too many scouts like him out there. Just some jitters I think. Nice booing, btw, Cubs fans. Morons. Really, the other day where Castro's error led to all those runs? The real game turner was Derek Lee squibbing that check swing into an out with the momentum on our side. We can't have 3/4 hitters doing what they are doing. If not for those two dudes we'd be having an okay season. I don't know what the answer is. They are the dudes. If they die, I guess the team goes down in flames. Although, if I was Lou, I'd be very tempted to put Soto in the 3 spot and see what happens. EDIT: by 3/4 I mean lee/Aram.

Submitted by Brick on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:36 am

I’m going to the game tonight. Even before the season began, this has been the least interested I’ve ever been in the Cubs. I just can’t muster up anything for them, it’s depressing. A horrible skid of losses, rain, temps in the 40s… Yeah, tonight should reignite the magic.

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:50 am

this team is showing all the early earmarks of one that would dump its manager in mid-season if its manager wasn't a celebrity...last night they lost @ home in a battle of teams that had both dropped 5/6 coming in; castro booed in 1st game @ wrigley is ominous...know we're not as good as stl, but is it really possible that a $150 million club could fall by the wayside before memorial day!?

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Submitted by MikeC on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:33 am

What was Castro brought up to fix exactly? The hitting from SS? Uhhhh no Theriot was doing fine, and the Cubs were so impressed with Castro's hitting they put him in the #8 spot. His defense maybe? I know its early and all but he wasn't exactly polished in the minors. Range don't mean jack shit if you can't make the play once you get the ball. You bitch and whine about Theriots defense but your gonna give a pass to Castro? I find that a tad hypocritical. You either make the play or you don't and you face the consequences....anyone who has a 3 error game is going to get booed. This isn't baby pampering school. This is the major leagues.

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Submitted by Charlie on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:42 am

If the "you" here is general, then I agree that the organization and fans should realize based on Castro's minor league record so far that he's going to make a lot of errors early on. I'm not sure Castro was brought up for any direct production so much as to bring some excitement to the team and try to spark something. Smaller moves have been credited for significant changes (like Lou getting ejected in 2007), even though I personally am not superstitious enough to call it causal. If the "you" is me, I don't believe I've ever bitched or whined about Theriot's defense.

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:56 am

Last night's line up .331 .344 .211 .186 .163 .340 .342 .286 That is the definition of a shit sandwich. I know, it will be pointed out about the $ 3 million manager but he is in charge of the line up right? Maybe when they drop 10 out of 11 he will flip Lee and Xavier Nada.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:43 am

But remember, it had been 28 hours since Colvin had hit a HR to give the team a lead, so really, why wouldn't you play Nady? Colvin has to hit HR's to give us the lead during batting practice, during fielding drills, during the Sunday night Yankees or Red Sox broadcast and while Lou is dreaming to crack the lineup. Nady did look pretty good last night, though. Aramis looked like a guy who is totally lost. His batting was the equivalent of Castro's fielding. It's time that he gets a 5 day mental break and The Fountenaught gives us some more lineup balance.

Submitted by dleturno on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:25 am

Was it just me or did anyone else see Lilly mouth the word "fastball" like three times before Hanley Ramirez's first at-bat. Wouldn't have stuck me as odd (maybe he was talking to Geo), but he threw the first pitch right down the cock and Ramirez smoked it to left. Almost as if he knew what was coming...

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:50 am

if bobby d is right - not a very big 'if' as we speak - lilly will be swapped @ the deadline, lee will not be courted to return, cashner will be up [among others ?]& the greening of the team will commence in earnest simultaneous w/ the ongoing cleaning of the toilets @ tfc...still ticking is carlos zamBOMBo...

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Submitted by The Joe on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:00 pm

Jeff Passan is by far my least favorite sports 'writer'. "He was too skinny, too frail, too scrawny. Castro stood 5-foot-10 and weighed 140 pounds after a big meal. He required a dreamer." I want to pee on Jeff Passan...and not in a sexy way. [EDIT] "the Cubs are replenished with position players. It begins and ends, however, with Castro, on whom all the pressure falls, much like …" wtf does that mean?

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:16 pm

Guess who is .194/.279/.258 in 93 at-bats and is about to see a specialist?
"I'm starting to wonder if it's something physical. I mean, a slump can only last for so long," he said Monday. "It seems like ever since I hurt this thing it's been downhill."
A) Derrek Lee B) Aramis Ramirez C) Mark DeRosa D) Milton Bradley E) All of the above http://tinyurl.com/2en2uqf

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 05:23 pm

re: griffey napping in SEA "We don't think there are two players who said that (about Griffey sleeping)," said Mike Sweeney, who spoke out in support of Griffey. "I challenged everyone in that room - if they said that to stand up and fight me. No one stood up." o_O

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    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

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