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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
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson

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

OPTIONED: 10 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2 
Seiya Suzuki, OF
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 2
* Justin Steele, P  
Jameson Taillon, P 

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




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Game #73 Preview: Cubs (32-40) @ White Sox (37-34)

Submitted by Cubnut on

Back on June 13th, after Ted Lilly nearly no-hit the White Sox at Wrigley Field, the Sox' record was 28-34, and the Cubs stood at 28-35. The White Sox haven't lost since, and the Cubs have continued to stumble. They're now eight games under .500 and the same number of games behind the division-leading Cardinals.

On this, his 32nd birthday, Aramis Ramirez returns to the lineup after a stint on the DL with that nagging thumb problem, and Chad Tracy has been DFA'd. Tracy hit .250 (11-for-44) in 28 games for the Cubs.

In the big news of the day...

Steve Stone was on WSCR a little while ago and said that he and Lou Piniella had an agreeable meeting in the Cub clubhouse which included multiple handshakes. No back-patting or playful tousling of the hair was reported.

Cubs vs. Jake Peavy (6-5, 5.07; 4-2, 2.72 all-time vs. Cubs)
Fukudome 9, Colvin 7, Byrd 8, Lee 3, Ramirez 5, Soriano DH, Fontenot 6, Soto 2, Theriot 4

White Sox vs. Carlos Zambrano (3-5, 5.10; 5-3, 4.56 all-time vs. Sox)
Pierre 7, Vizquel 5, Rios 8, Konerko 3, Quentin 9, Kotsay DH, Pierzynski 2, Ramirez 6, Beckham 4

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Comments

Submitted by The Real Neal on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:12 pm

Only thing I might do differently with that lineup is swap Byrd and Colvin to break up the LH hitters. Hopefully Z will get it going versus the rival today. As bad as the season is and as bleak as our outlook is for 2011 - imagine what it would be like had we traded Cashner, Marhsall and Vitters for Jake Peavy.

Submitted by Ross_Barnes on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:30 pm

Has anyone seen Russ Canzler play? He is one of the few prospects in the system showing any kind of power from an infield corner (I see he is getting time at 3B in addition to 1B), and is now hitting .307/.390/.569. At 24, is he starting to put things together and becoming a legit prospect, or is this just a temporarily productive ~140 ABs?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:46 pm

Submitted by Ross_Barnes on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 1:30pm. Has anyone seen Russ Canzler play? He is one of the few prospects in the system showing any kind of power from an infield corner (I see he is getting time at 3B in addition to 1B), and is now hitting .307/.390/.569. At 24, is he starting to put things together and becoming a legit prospect, or is this just a temporarily productive ~140 ABs? ============================================ ROSS B: Russ Canzler is in his 7th season in the Cubs organization, and has never played above AA. He is also repeating AA. (This is known as the "Brandon Sing Syndrome"). Canzler will be a Rule 55 minor league free-agent (6YFA) post-2010, and will probably want to move to another organizational where he will at least get a shot at AAA. Canzler does have some HR power, and he can play corner IF-OF (although he is basically a 1B), but his ceiling is very limited.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:28 pm

great...now Z and dlee are fighting (verbal). water cooler knocked down...lou had to get in the middle of it. z went into the tunnel...still not back in the dugout. gorz. is warming up. think Z might be done... "this has been a dead ass team" - bob brenley

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Submitted by Jumbo on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 06:02 am

On the way home last night I heard in the postgame show that Zambrano said in his initial rant: We're playing like shit. This is a horse shit team (etc) On the video you can read Derrek Lee's lips: Shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck up! That's bullshit (repeated several times) When Zambrano hears Lee tell him to STFU, he wheels around and starts yelling directly at Lee, I can only assume telling him that he wasn't fielding his position properly. But who knows I say mad props to Lee for telling Zambrano he was out of line. I like Z's "fire," but this was a little much. Apparently the whole team must really hate Z if the mild mannered, lead by example, DLee has had enough. Everyone else on the team has probably been wishing he had done it a long time ago. Curious thought, what if Fontenot or say, Colvin had told Zambrano to STFU? Would he tear his head off immediately? Kick him into LF?

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Submitted by Pell Mell on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 06:18 am

Point well taken that this team and organization are a joke, but coming from Z it smacks more of a desire to show everybody up than a real intent to fire up the team or fix anything (least of all his own cruddy performance). He wants to pretend he's not part of the crapulence when, in fact, he is. Showing up Lee is particularly ridiculous. Everyone knows he's having an all-around down year, but he's saved this team's bacon defensively way, way more often than not over the years. It's not like he's Todd Walker or Theriot or some other brick-gloved chump. I usually reflexively defend Z even when he's an idiot, but no can do this time.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 06:41 am

Yeah, it would have been nice if Zambrano had done something like this, say, before the game, and then went out and threw lights out and kept being pumped up in an effort to energize the team. Or again, if there were 2 errors or something and he strikes out the side around them to save the inning and then comes back and yells. Etc. But at this point he has no standing. The team is a horseshit team in part because its alleged #1 starter pitched so poorly he was the 6th best on his team and relegated to the bullpen, where he also struggled. And the team was down 4-0 not because infielders did not dive and knock down balls, but because Zambrano was leaving everything up in the zone and balls were getting scalded.

Submitted by MikeC on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:16 pm

I hereby change my official stance, play Colvin and Castro, gut the entire franchise and every starting player besides those 2, hell pay the entire salaries of players so you can get good prospects back and just float a 15 million dollar payroll. Gut the front office and every coach and scout not named Ryne Sandberg. "Start Fresh" is my new theme, you ain't got to go home but you can't be a Chicago Cub anymore. This team sickens me.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:26 pm

Milton Bradley has ruined this team. --- Returning to the cell...an anniversary of sorts, when Lou sent MB home after calling him a POS. Hopefully Lou knows how to say POS in spanish. 6/26/09
...after Bradley threw his helmet and tossed a Gatorade cooler in the dugout following a bad at-bat.
Bradley had struck out in the first and the fourth innings, then flew out to left for the second out in the sixth. He threw a fit in the dugout, and Piniella decided to discipline the outfielder. "I told him to take his uniform off," Piniella said. "He threw his helmet and smashed the water cooler and there was water flying all over. I told him to take his uniform off and go home. "I followed him up to the clubhouse and we exchanged some words. I don't like when those things happen, but I was tired of watching it." Piniella said Bradley's actions have been a "common occurrence." "I've looked the other way a lot," Piniella said, "and I'm done with it."
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090626&content_id=5550086&vke…

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:40 pm

I'm getting to like the 2010 team philosophy...lose the first two games of each series. Based on that we're seriously overachieving as our win percentage is well above .333 (started the day at .444) So we've got quite a ways to go, downhill.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:48 pm

Lou postgame says Z's behavior is unacceptable, at the least he will need to apologize to the whole team and expects Hendry to take disciplinary action. Lou asked about why he's always having to send someone home from the cell. Ozzie laughs at Z, saying he's gonna have plenty of time to make dinner reservations.

Submitted by Rob G. on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:56 pm

DennisCulloton (Ricketts PR Guy) This wouldn't happen at the Friendly Confines. followed by Paul Sullivan Ricketts' spokesman blames the Cell for Z outburst: RT @DennisCulloton This wouldn't happen at the Friendly Confines. followed back by Culloton that was a joke Sully. Where's my gatorade? RT @PWSullivan: Ricketts' spokesman blames the Cell for Z outburst followed by bleedcubbieblue @DennisCulloton "Jokes" like that aren't funny, especially in situations like this.

Submitted by jacos on Fri, 06/25/2010 - 06:35 pm

At the game today. Blah Guessing Z still had hard feelings from lee s performance at wriglry when he pitched. 2 errors in 1 inning Guessing Rob G was right sharks vs jets going on inclubhouse. call hendry in clubhouse for team meeting and throw grenade in there and let god sort them out.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 06:32 am

In 2007 and 2008 Z was my favorite player. Old school - tough - offense and pitching. But man - he needs to get some professional help. I am assuming he will be doing it if he wants to pitch for the club anymore.

Submitted by Eric S on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 06:42 am

Brett Jackson hit by a pitch and removed from Daytona's game yesterday. Injury described in the game writeup as a triceps contusion - apparently was hit intentionally in retaliation for Junior Lake's first dinger of the season right before him.

Submitted by MikeC on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 06:27 pm

Z still has a ton of value. A guy with a season ERA never above 4.00 and age 29? Yeah teams will come a calling, but what the Cubs do best is destroy trade value, they won't be offering much. He isn't a player on his last legs, he is a player that probably needs a whole new organization, a change of scenery. Zambrano and Zambrano alone has the potential to bring back better talent than anyone else. He is the single best trading chip on the roster.

Recent comments

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    So, let’s do a little war gaming. Taillon is back for tonight’s game. He pitched two rehab games, just a few innings each, and not especially sharp. Let’s face it, he hasn’t been lights out since the Cubs gave him the big contract. In other words, as flat out bad as Hendricks has been, the chances of Taillon being the savior don’t look exactly promising.

    If Taillon is equally ineffective or perhaps even worse, what’s the next move? Winning teams can often find a way to work around a dud fifth starter - kinda. Two dud starters make things much more difficult.

    I believe the biggest reason for the recent bullpen moves was dissatisfaction with the recent blowing of big leads and the recognition that the bullpen wasn’t all it was thought to be. In other words, they are exploring alternate options and configurations. If similar juggling becomes necessary (even more so than it already is), what kind of reasonable maneuvering do we think could be explored?

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Cubdom needs to prepare themselves for Wicks to be sent to Iowa for Taillon to come up.
    Ben Brown has 4 appearances. Wicks has 4 appearances.
    Ben has 16.1 IP.  Wicks has 17 IP
    Ben was a 1.1 WHIP.  Wicks has a 1.7 WHIP. Wicks does have significantly more SOs. 
    Ben has been better, though.
    I love Wicks. I think he's a fighter and his stuff has improved.
    But, Jed isn't ditching Hendricks just yet. He should. But he won't.
    Hendricks should go to the IL and Taillon-Imanaga-Assad-Wicks-Brown should be the rotation.
    Wont' happen though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    AZ Phil,
    Did you agree with the demotion of Luke Little? He'd been pretty good up until the AZ/wild pitch appearance. I know that can't jettison Smyly (just yet) so they didn't need another LHRP. Especially with Leiter effectively being a LHRP. I still thought he deserved to stay. It's not permanent. He'll be back. Lots of moves to come with Taillon, Steele and other guys coming and going.

    Also, do you see Hodge being able to "control/command" his stuff to get a chance this year?
    Is Arias better than Hodge?   Thanks

  • crunch (view)

    just waiting to hear patrick wisdom and masterboney are spotted at the airport going in opposite directions...

    aj puk going for the marlins (lefty)...gotta imagine we'll see wisdom in the lineup.

    someone has to make room for taillon, too.

  • crunch (view)

    he's a low-level cubs star in the modern history of the cubs (c.zambrano, k.wood, r.dempster, etc), but that star has dimmed...and has been dimming since 2021.

    2024 has been ugly the whole way and we're only in mid-april.  homers aside (even though there's been 7 in 17ip) he gave up 29 hits in 20 spring innings and 31 in 17 regular season innings.

    he's pretty much only got 2 pitches at this point in his career and the mix isn't fooling anyone.  he threw a noticable amount more curves in his last start to add to the mix and it didn't help his issues.  he don't have many moves left to break out.

  • Eric S (view)

    Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)

  • Eric S (view)

    Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts.  Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season.  Ouch.  

  • crunch (view)

    m.busch had 0hr and 2 doubles when he was last at wrigley.

    we'll probably see a few more of his jerseys in the seats when they return tomorrow.

    wonder who will go down for taillon.  hey hendricks, you got a hangnail or something?

  • Eric S (view)

    Nice work by Wesneski with some solid defense behind him and the late tack on runs were welcome. Gladly take a 5-4 West Coast swing, particularly down two key starting pitchers … Now just don’t get swept by the Marlins for Pete’s sake. 

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