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Adbert Alzolay 
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Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
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Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
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* Jordan Wicks

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Yan Gomes

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Garrett Cooper
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

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Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
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* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

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Seiya Suzuki, OF

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Game 11 Thread - Dempster vs. Johnson

Submitted by Rob G. on

After a day off, the Cubs head to Miami for their first series in their new ballpark and the return of Ozzie Guillen after a 5-game suspension, which should bring a healthy dose of national attention to the game.

Marlins Cubs
#Reyes, SS
 *Dejesus, RF
#Bonifacio, CF
 Barney, 2B
Ramirez, 3B
 Castro, SS
*Morrison, LF
 Soriano, LF
Infante, 2B
 *Stewart, 3B
Stanton, RF
 *Clevenger, C
Sanchez, 1B
 *LaHair, 1B
Buck, C Byrd, CF
*Johnson, P
 Dempster, P

 

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Always wise to bat three lefties in a row for the later innings. ~shrug~

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:05 pm

great article. it's a bit sweeping, though not much. there is a scrutiny of the pen that's missing in some respects. to keep it recent...brian wilson. sergio romo, by virtue of numbers and effectiveness, should be the 100% no-doubt defacto closer, but the guy's arm is a lot more fragile that people might suspect. him going 2-3 in a row too often is something SF is looking to avoid because they think his arm would fall off. it's kinda similar to how k.wood wasn't being considered to full-time close when there was a c.marmol scare in spring. overall it's right on...imo, people should be looking for the $5-$7m type closers rather than the $10m+ ones...even if you're a big spending team. there's plenty of guys who can fill that role effectively while $10m contracts are still being shelled out.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:34 pm

flies home for a cortisone injection in shoulder, said to be available by Friday.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:40 pm

Rusin starting for Iowa Beeler starting for Tennessee Hi- A Daytona: Szczur 8, Alcantara 6, Andreoli 7, Rohan 3, Jones 0, Bonne 9, Silva 4, Noble 2, Harrington 5, Simpson pitching Peoria: DeVoss 4, Darvill 6, Lopez 2, Cuneo 3, Easterling 9, Zapata 7, Hernandez DH, Zapenas 5, Chen 8, Francescon 1 #fb

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:09 pm

Iowa puts up a 3 spot to start, with a lineup of: Campana 7, Jackson 8, Valbuena 6, Rizzo 3, Cardenas 4, Lalli 2, Sappelt 9, Vitters 5, Rusin 1. Rusin already has given 2 back and the first isn't over vs. Albuquerque Daytona down 7-5 in 7th vs. Dunedin, nothing new to report. Peoria down 5-2 in 5th to Cedar Rapids, Francescon goes 3.2 IP, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K. Pin-Chieh Chen with a triple.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:06 pm

1: vs. Colts 2: @ Packers (Thurs) 3: vs. Rams 4: @Cowboys (Mon) 5: @Jaguars 6: Bye 7: vs. Lions (Mon) 8: vs. Panthers 9: @Titans 10: vs. Texans (Sunday night) 11: @49ers (Mon) 12: vs. Vikings 13: vs. Seahawks 14: @Vikings 15: vs. Packers 16: @Cardinals 17: @Lions

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:03 pm

this FLA feed is killing me (HD feed on EI)...it's been a 1 hour commercial inviting people to come out to the ballpark fighting with a 1 hour hour commercial for Fox Sports personalities + social media. in between it all they're occasionally talking about the game.

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Submitted by crunch on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:26 pm

FS Marlins annouce crew. you can tell this program direction is coming from "someone" in the booth guiding the direction. they're doing tons of social media stuff, pimping the park, interviews with workers, interviews with their own FS staff, reading tweets about fluff...they've missed a few ABs while "reporters" were doing stories on things like the Fox Sports Girls at the park and the team shop. the "guest" is the vice president of something or other from the team who was one of the people who helped design the stadium (not kidding). supposedly a fan wanted more info on this important cog of the 2012 marlins.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:12 pm

bounces into a productive out...seemed more luck than purposeful. 2nd/3rd with 0 outs and bounces a 3-2 pitch to the second baseman to score a run and advance Castro to 3rd.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:38 pm

paid off today... Dempster throws away one for the marlins first run, Josh Johnson running. 1-1 in the 5th

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:45 pm

DeJesus shows off his arm with a weak ass throw that can't nail the pitcher trying to score from 2nd. Do get Bonifacio in a rundown to end inning though. 2-1 Marlins after 5.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 04:48 am

Well, to be fair, that was just bad luck. The ball hit the dirt and kicked away and you are taught to take off on those. The chances of the catcher recovering and throwing you out, especially if you go right away when you see the pitch headed for the dirt are very low. 19 times out of 20 Dejesus is safe. This one hit someones foot or something and bounced straight up the in air and Buck caught it standing up all ready to throw. Lucky bounce is all.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:17 pm

it's like a team of Ryan Theriot's. LaHair almost picked off, then tries to steal before Johnson even lifts his leg and he just steps off and throws him out.

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:23 pm

know it's a night game but is marlyn wearing his shades @ the plate? he should change his name to ray Charles or Stevie wonder... 059 ain't bad for a blind man!

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Submitted by johann on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 04:00 pm

Ugh stupid error. I guess though as bad as this is to watch I never had great expectations for this season and support the rebuild so I've been able to find more positives than some people. We got some very good starting pitching, good hitting at spots and what looks like some good hitting coming up to take over spots where we need help. Bullpen help can be found, imo, easier than a lot of other stuff so as bad as it is for us it doesn't seem like a long time worry if we do well at other places.

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  • Childersb3 (view)

    Mastrobuoni can't come back, yet

    Wisdom does have an option left. He can hide in Iowa if Jed DFA's someone else

    Does Brennan Davis get shown the door? I know it's too early for that, but these injuries are crunching the roster of a 12-7 team playoff demands and BDavis isn't going to help anytime soon.

    Someone has to go to add Peralta. And Canario isn't going to get to play everyday regardless of RHers or LHers. Neither is Tauchman. Also don't see PCA getting a chance over Peralta.

    If Jed does those moves:

    4 OF: Belli, Peralta, Canny, Tauch

    2 C: Gomes and Amaya

    2 DH: Cooper and Mervis

    5 INF: Busch, Nico, Dansby, Morel, Madrigal

    Little short on OF depth but two injuries will do that  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I have had the pleasure of watching some of the young A's pitchers lately (first Joe Boyle the last day of Minor League Spring Training in March, and more recently Luis Morales last week and Steven Echavarria yesterday at Extended Spring Training), and it reminds me of the Miami Marlins a couple of years ago. A really nice collection of young pitchers. It will be interesting to see what the A's will get for two years of ex-Cub Paul Blackburn at the Trade Deadline (there should be a robust market for Blackburn). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Good deal

    MB needs some talent infusion!

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Very possible. Suriel, too. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: if a pitcher is recalled to be the 27th man for a doubleheader and then is optioned back to the minors the next day, the 15-day "clock" does NOT reset. The one day call-up for the doubleheader is treated like it never happened with respect to a pitcher having to spend at least 15 days on optional assignment before he can be recalled. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Probably the only reason David Peralta is still in the organization (he is at AAA Iowa) is to be available in case anything bad were to happen to Ian Happ (which it just did). So if Happ needs to go on the IL, the Cubs can select Peralta to play LF, DFA Wisdom (and hope he and what remains of his $2.725M salary gets claimed off waivers), and recall Mervis to platoon at DH with Cooper (with Canario / Tauchman sharing RF), at least until Suzuki and Happ are back...

     

  • crunch (view)

    i'd just like to take a moment to express to the world i'm still pissed willson contreras is not a cub when the pricetag was 5/87m (17.5m/yr).

    it would be nice to have a legacy-type player to stick around, especially one with his leadership and the respect he gets from his peers.  cubs fans deserved more than 1 season of contreras + morel...that was gold.

  • crunch (view)

    happ, right hamstring tightness, day-to-day (hopefully 0 days).

    he will be reevaluated tomorrow.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    I guess I'm not looking for that type of AB 

    Just a difference of opinion

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I don’t see Tauchman as a weak link in any position. He simply adds his value in a different way.

    I don’t know that we gain much by putting him in the outfield - Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and Tauchman all field their positions well. If you’re looking for Taucnman’s kind of AB in a particular game I don’t see why it can’t come from DH.

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