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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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Game Preview: Cubs (48-67) @ Cardinals (64-49)

Submitted by Rob G. on

Derrek Lee is back, Hoffpauir gets sent back down...okay, why not?

With Soto on the DL, Aramis still out, Colvin in the penalty box and Soriano incapable of moving spots in the batting order without the Earth's magnetic fields being reversed, we get to witness the following lineup featuring Blake DeWitt batting 5th.

Fukudome, Castro, Lee, Byrd, DeWitt, Soriano, Barney, Hill, Diamond

vs.

F. Lopez, J. Jay, Pujols, Holliday, Rasmus, Molina, Schumaker, Westbrook, Ryan

In happier news, Castro is just 17 plate appearances short of qualifying for the batting title race, in which he'd currently be third, just two points behind Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies.

Cubs get to play the role spoilers this weekend or more likely the role of roadkill. Happy weekend everyone!

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Submitted by Bud on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 08:41 pm

Does anyone see any rationale for DeWitt 5th and Soriano 6th? Ay Caramba! A batting title for Castro would help my morale a bit.

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 08:55 am

5th pick in the draft is here, and we're making our run to go higher. The biggest plus is we've got the most negative velocity of any team (2-8) going into the final 6 weeks! Looks like we have a definite shot at the 2nd pick given how much better the O's and M's and even DB's are playing after manager changes. And we have the dreaded Pirates for 3 more games, so I'm thinking...we can go for the first pick as long as Lou and Trammell don't both take bereavement leaves at the same time, forcing Hendry to call up Sandberg. MLB Standings, Draft Standings...8/14/10 Pittsburgh 39-76...last 10 (3-7) Baltimore 41-75...last 10 (8-2) Seattle 45-71...last 10 (6-4) Arizona 46-71...last 10 (6-4 Chicago (NL), 3 way tie at 48-68...last 10 (2-8) KC 48-68...last 10 (3-7) Cleveland 48-68...last 10 (3-7)

Submitted by Old and Blue on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 08:17 am

Ah yes. One of my favorite times of the year. A weekend series against the Cardinals. The drama! The excitement! Two arch rivals fighting like the Cullens and the Blacks. Clear your schedule everybody!!!!

Submitted by MikeC on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 08:19 pm

Only the Cubs would be a day late and a dollar short trying for the #1 pick after Strasburg and Harper the last 2 years. But hey we draft really well in the 1st round, we should get a sweet backup infielder or 5th OFer in 3-4 years.

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Submitted by Tony S. on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 08:00 pm

TRN: FWIW, Peter Gammons disagrees: "In a wood-bat league, the 220-pound Harper hit .443 with 31 homers and 98 RBIs. There have been five previous high school-age position players taken as the first pick in the country in the last 25 years. Three -- Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez and Justin Upton -- were All-Stars by the age of 21. Chipper Jones was an All-Star at 23, a rise delayed by injury. Josh Hamilton is the one exception because of his detailed personal struggles, but he now can make the case to being the best player in the sport." So at the very least, he's in company with those 5 dudes? Let's see, 3 sure-fire HOF'ers, one 5-tool stud and Justin Upton... not bad company... And on a semi-related note: How can you realistically say that the #1 overall pick is "not all that great a prospect. He's good but..." Fuck seriously?

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Submitted by springs on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 08:20 pm

Dunston was drafted more than 25 years ago (the stat was "in the last 25 years") (though there are other counterexamples you could have cited). But the fact is that you are discounting Harper based on, approximately, nothing. Prospects can only be valued and graded at their projected level and graded strengths and there are few prospects ever who have been graded as high as Harper. This value is based on rather amazing stats. For example, he more than doubled the previous home run record at his school. And this record was set with aluminum bats and he did it with wood. And he did it during should have been his junior year in high school. He would be a higher rated prospect that every player the Cubs have drafted (at the time they were drafted) other than Mark Prior since the draft was instituted. But he is not a great prospect? You have pretty high standards for great.

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Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 08:44 am

25 years was an arbitrary number, there have been plenty of other high school position players drafted first during the last 30 years that haven't gone on to HoF careers. "That great a prospect" - as in not as great as Strasburg, he'll probably be the #1 prospect on most lists headed into 2010, but Korey Patterson was the #1 prospect on some people's lists at one point as well. As to the numbers he put up - he did them in JUCO as essentially a professional baseball player. If Ken Griffey Jr. Shawon Dunston and Arod played in the same league, blew off their classes and concentrated on baseball 24/7, I am going to go ahead and speculate they would have put up some pretty good numbers too.

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Submitted by Tony S. on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 08:15 am

TRN, you're married to your idea here, and that's fine, I get like that sometimes too. The point was that, even taking your explanation into account, there's a pretty big difference between "not all that great a prospect" (comment 13) and "not as great as Strasburg" (comment 77). As you also pointed out, Van Poppel was considered a better 'prospect' than Jones... goes to show that being a great 'prospect' does not always equate with a great career. But back to the discussion at hand. 25 years is an arbitrary number that Gammons picked to back his point--agree, numbers can often be skewed to prove one side or other in a debate. But let's state it differently; "Over the course of the last 25 years, teams have been much more reluctant to spend the first overall picks on high school players unless the team is fairly certain that player is a lock to have a solid career; Harper falls into this category." I didn't say anything there that Gammons didn't state or imply, I just said it differently, and the numbers Gammons provides back up my statement. And so did you. So if I put Jr, Arod and Dunston in Harper's JUCO league, they'd have put up some pretty good numbers? Agree. Are 66% of your examples going to be in Cooperstown, probably all 66% on the first ballot? Yes, unequivocally (the first ballot part for Arod is the only debate). Would they have put up the numbers he did at AGE SEVENTEEN, with the physical attributes of a 17 y/o? Hard to say, but the point is that Harper has accomplished quite a bit in his young life, whether or not he's a complete ass (and that could be blamed on the 'roids, just sayin'). No offense dude, but here's your entire comment: #13 Re: Game Preview: Cubs (48-67) @ Cardinals (64-49) Submitted by The Real Neal on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 3:11pm. Harper's not all that great a prospect. He's good but not on the Strasburg level - like comparing Ken Griffey Jr to Shawon Dunstan. * reply and the fact is, none of that statement is true, for several reasons and from several different angles, and I called you out on it. If you thought I was rude, my sincerest apologies, none of this is personal. But it is what it is. *edit And coincidentally re #71, I think "high school-age" (and I'm sure Gammons as well, although I shouldn't speak for a Hall of Fame baseball writer) is, approximately, THE AGE PEOPLE NORMALLY ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL. Not sure where the confusion is...anyone? "Born October 16th, 1992 (1992!!) Bryce Harper is a 17 year old left-handed hitting catcher currently playing for Southern Nevada Community College." (February, http://mopupduty.com/index.php/bryce-harper-bio/) "Bryce Aron Max Harper[1] (born October 16, 1992, in Las Vegas, Nevada) was selected by the Washington Nationals as the first pick of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.[1] ...Harper earned his GED after his sophomore year in December 2009, making him eligible for the June 2010 amateur draft in order to begin his professional baseball career earlier.[4][5] For the 2010 college season, Harper enrolled at the College of Southern Nevada of the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC), a league that uses wood bats in conference play. In 66 games, he hit 31 home runs, 98 RBI, hitting .443/.526/.987 (AVG/OBP/SLG).[6] His 31 home runs broke the school's previous record of 12." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Harper) And just in case... "In the United States a high school is an upper secondary school which educates children from grade nine or ten through grade twelve[4], in other words, from the age of 14 or 15 to 17 or 18...Students will generally graduate from high school in the year of their 18th birthday if they were born between January 1 and August 31, but this varies by state depending on the kindergarten cut-off date, which ranges from August 1 in Missouri to January 1 in Connecticut and December 1 in California[7]...As a practical matter, while laws in most states mandate school attendance at least until graduation or age 16, many require attendance until age 17 or 18 (unless the student earns a diploma earlier, usually around age 16)." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school) So that's probably what the hell us two "think is "high school aged"". Questions? Concerns? Comments?

Submitted by Cubster on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 08:55 pm

9th inning cubbery... Leadoff error on horrible throw by aramis, miles (no less) gets to 2nd KHill misses a popup on a slide catch, then triumphs on a 2nd popup, this time in front of the plate Inf popup for 2nd out vs Marmol Then K's Craig. Attaboy Carlos. 20 saves.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 08:51 pm

It was a nice game today. I was talking to my friend on the phone about it, and we were talking about how 2-3 years ago, when Z was on the mound against the Cardinals you just assume the Cubs were going to win. Z could have blown up in the 6th when AramRam's shoddy fielding got him into some trouble, but he kept it cool. It was sort of odd to behold.

Submitted by WISCGRAD on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 08:17 am

Sun Times: Piniella said he and pitching coach Larry Rothschild have discussed putting rookie Casey Coleman in the rotation in place of rookie Thomas Diamond (0-3, 8.31) next time through, but a decision won't be made until at least today. ''I was impressed with Coleman [Friday] night,'' Piniella said of the right-hander's two innings of score

Submitted by O.Julius on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 08:51 pm

That was a fun half-inning to watch (top 4th). Cubs bat around, Cards' MacDougal (and even better, Molina) looked like they wanted to cry and go home. Was that the Cubs' 2010 highlight right there?

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 08:53 pm

seen tyler colvin walking around the dugout for a 2nd time this game with gum hanging out bunched up on the end of his tongue. looks like he's walking around chewing on a red condom.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 08:32 pm

phew...draft pick milton "ty cobb" bradley...i mean bryce harper...got a bit of lip from stephen strasberg (both have the same agent, btw) “if he doesn’t want to play here, then we don’t want him here.”

Submitted by carlosrubi on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 08:14 pm

"What can we say about Miguel Cairo? This guy has been a savior for us," Baker said. "He's been great. He stays ready all the time. I'd hate to think where we'd be without him."
Rings a bell?

Submitted by jacos on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 08:37 pm

steve stone did sox game solo yesterday,hawk had hemroids, he did a pretty good job.

Submitted by JoePepitone on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 08:01 pm

Randall Simon (Cubs 2003) is now playing independent minor league ball with the Gary, IN Railcats. I went to see their game Saturday night (the band I play in provided pre-game entertainment). Man, does he have a vicious swing. Brought back memories. He nailed a two-run HR and really didn't even get all of it.

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

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