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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 68 Thread - T. Wood vs. Peavy

Submitted by Rob G. on

The Cubs set did something odd yesterday other than the obvious win. They managed 5 HR's but no other XBH's and apparently they've only done that 10 times in their entire franchise history. In other rare statistical oddities, Soriano is the franchise leader at home runs and RBI's for a designated hitter with 4 and 10.

White Sox
 Cubs
*De Aza, CF
 *DeJesus, CF
Beckham, 2B
 Castro, SS
*Dunn, DH
 *LaHair, RF
Konerko, 1B
 Soriano, DH
Rios, RF
 *Clevenger, 1B
Viciedo, LF
 Barney, 2B
Ramirez, SS
 *Valbuena, 3B
Flowers, C
 Soto, C
#Hudson, 3B
 *Campana, LF

Go Cubs Go!

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Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 06:01 pm

Midwest League All-Star Game Hoilman starting, DeVoss and R. Lopez on the team (I think Lopez is injured though). On the pitching side, Kyler Burke went 0.2 IP, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, Goldstein is at the game and said he sat at 89 mph.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 06:35 pm

Awesome play by Castro on a pop-up. Tough play, back to the infield and had to twist to grab it, pops out of his glove but snags it with his barehand at full speed.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:07 am

Probably. If he stayed healthy, etc. Just roughly: He averaged 231 hits a year for his 27-28-29-30 year-old seasons. So if you give him 231 for his 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20 year-old seasons that puts him at 4,117 right now. That may not be realistic, but even giving him 4-5 years of 200+ hits prior to when he started in the majors would easily put him above Aaron for 3rd and sniffing 4K and at that point he would be close enough that you would assume he would stay around and teams would keep employing him to beat Cobb and Rose. Ichiro is certainly falling off quickly though. Last year he hit .272 with a .645 OPS. Right now he is sitting at .255 with a .645 OPS. At least last year he still swiped 40 bags. Right now he has only 9 and on pace for just over 20.

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Submitted by WISCGRAD on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:37 am

On another note, Jeter is just 7 hits away from Ripken and will probably end up passing Mays (11th at 3283) by the end of the season barring injury. Then let's say he puts up 3 more 170 hit seasons, which I don't think is out of the question at all. He'd then pass Cap Anson and be 6th next year, pass Tris Speaker in 2014, then pass Musial and Aaron in 2015 for 3rd place. But it would be about another 400 hits before Cobb, and another 50 or so to Rose. So I would guess he ends up finishing his career in 3rd place around 3,800 hits.

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 06:51 pm

other than that horrible wind-aided start vs. the Padres, Wood has been quite decent. Walks too many, but keeps you in games...4th/5th starter material for certain.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 06:32 pm

Josh Vitters hit his 10th HR of the season in a 3-6 loss to Round Rock. 1-5, .280 Rod Lopez taking up dead space in the Iowa Rotaton. Similarly Blake DeWitt is doing the same at 2B. Rizzo 1-5, single; .360 BJax 1-4 with 1 BB and 2K; .261

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 06:40 pm

We're only 10 games behind StL Unfortunately we're in an exact tie with the Padres and sadly they are losing to Texas 3-1 in the 5th and we just knocked the WSux out of 1st place with the Tigers only 1.5 games behind them. Can't beat listening to chicago sports talk with whiney (winey, with red noses) Sox fans calling in all night.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:18 am

"I don't mean any disrespect, but a team playing the way the Cubs have been playing, we have to beat those teams," said Peavy, who had won his previous five starts against them.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:24 am

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/13291128-573/alfonso-soria… Soriano trade talk w/o offering if anyone has even asked about him yet. So is it finally time to get over the $136 million contract that has made Soriano a lightning rod among Wrigley Field fans for more than five seasons? Teammates have been especially outspoken about the way fans continue to look at Soriano, who is as respected and popular a player as they have in the clubhouse. That has been especially true with the way he noticeably has improved his defense this season despite dealing with an injury to his left knee. maybe if he didn't suck so bad at the defense the last 2 years, everyone would be a little more forgiving.

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Submitted by SheffieldCornelia on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:32 am

This is why I'm frustrated with Soriano. If he cares about the game and winning so much, why didn't he start trying to improve himself on defense when he was first moved to LF? Why did we have to sit for multiple years and watch him fumble around in the outfield and not care about how he defended out there, when everyone has known it was a major weakness? I like Soriano as a clubhouse leader and occasionally as a hitter, but it just boggles my mind that he has just now decided to start trying to improve himself in the field.

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Submitted by Ryno on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:01 am

That's what professionals are supposed to say. I'm not necessarily saying he's a bad person or uncoachable, I'm just saying we can't know with the given information. My take on Soriano is a variation of my take on many of the Jim Hendry signings- a player is given more money than he's worth with the expectation that he will "play up" to his contract. These players often did not play up to the contract and were seen as a failure because of it.

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:29 am

Midwest League K. Burke 0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K Hoilman 0/2 DeVoss 0/1 (played RF) Mid WEST lost 18-2. Southern League J. Bour lost in the finals of the HR derby Adduci 2/2 with a 2B and an RBI Bour 1/3 with a BB Rhoderick 1 IP, 1 BB, rest 0's A. Cabrera 0.1 IP/1 BB, rest 0's Batista 0.2 IP/all 0's North lost 6-2

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Submitted by Jumbo on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:54 am

I'm reading the BP book "Everything you know is wrong" and just got into the chapter on 4-man rotations. It's not right next to me, but I seemed to recall a 100 pitch limit rather than 75. I would like to see it work for the Rockies so that some other teams try to copy it. In a perfect world the old closer would come back and work 3 innings for a save instead of just the ninth every day. This is related to the leverage concept and not saving your closer for the ninth, but using them when you actually need out of a jamb.

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:22 pm

Wed, 06/20/2012 - 10:54am — Jumbo I'm reading the BP book "Everything you know is wrong" and just got into the chapter on 4-man rotations. It's not right next to me, but I seemed to recall a 100 pitch limit rather than 75. I would like to see it work for the Rockies so that some other teams try to copy it. In a perfect world the old closer would come back and work 3 innings for a save instead of just the ninth every day. This is related to the leverage concept and not saving your closer for the ninth, but using them when you actually need out of a jamb. ================================ JUMBO: Back in the 1950's and 1960's when the concept of the bullpen "fireman" was developed, the team's best reliever entered the game in high-risk situations in the 7th, 8th, or 9th inning and then stayed in the game and finished the game. It was not unusual for the firemen to get an AB. Teams were able to utiliyze their #1 reliever ("fireman") this way because a starter was not removed from a game pre-emptively because of pitch counts or just because it was the 9th inning and you're supposed to use your closer in save situations because "that's what they are paid to do." As long as the starter was throwing OK, he stayed in the game and the fireman was not used in that game. The best clubs had two "firemen" (a go-to #1 guy and a second fall-back option) so that one could be used for multiple innings one day and then the other one could be used the next day if the situation warranted it. The idea of the one-inning closer and pre-emptively pulling a starter did not become the norm until the 1980's. I remember the first time I heard the term "pitch count"and that was when KC's Steve Busby was returning from shoulder surgery in the 1970's and he was restricted to a certain number of pitches per outing. Pitch count limits weren't used to prevent injuries (because obviously they don't), but rather as part of an Rx for pitchers returning from a shoulder or elbow injury. BTW, the Cubs aren't doing it, but several organizations are now using a six-man rotation in the lower levels of the minors, with increased per-game pitch count limits so that the starter can pitch deeper into games. The idea is to replicate college ball, where starters normally work once a week (in college baseball the #1 guy is the so-called "Friday starter"), while at the same time holding-down a young pitcher's overall high-stress game workload (IP) for the season because the pitcher doesn't pitch in games as often. The extra off-day between starts is used for more-relaxed side-sessions ("bullpens") and/or "live" BP outings where the pitcher can work on mechanics and/or a pitch that needs work, with the pitcher throwing (in a relaxed environment) twice between starts instead of just once (which is the norm with a five-man rotation). The idea is for a pitcher never to go two days without throwing (either in a game, or in a bullpen side-session or "live" BP), and to build up the endurance needed to go deeper into games (and possibly even pitch a Complete Game). Whether that change can be integrated into a new general strategy to use a team's best reliever for multiple innings (but only when necessary) instead of pitching one inning just because it's the 9th inning and it's a "Save" situation remains to be seen, but it possibly could be.

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Submitted by The E-Man on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:50 pm

PHIL: In looking at Phil Regan's stats (one of the few pre-1970 Cubs I remember as a "Fireman"), in 1968 he had 28 PAs, to go along with 24 "saves" (they were not called that). In 1969 - that "Special Year", the Vulture was down to 18 PAs and 17 saves. But if September was better that year for them, and the Playoffs, he could have padded both totals. In contrast, Lee Smith in 1982 had also 18 PAs and 18 saves for the Cubs - and 117IP. But, by the '90's in his great StL days, he had like zero or just a couple PA's per season.

Submitted by TJ on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:49 am

My take on Soriano is that he has always had holes in his game and we paid way too much over too long a period. However, when we signed him he was coming off a 40/40 season and thought he could put us over the top. About a month into his first Cub season he pulled up lame and has never been the same. That is no ones fault. I never liked the lack of hustle, jump when he caught the ball, afraid of wall, etc. Take away the bad contract and it would not be as bad as it is now percieved. He seems to be a good guy in the club house and always has a poitive out look. He has certainly contributed to his lackadasical image, but the injury was a key factor in his less than expected Cubs career.

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Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:10 am

It was too much money and years from day 1 in exchange for a 40/40 season that was past and meant almost nothing. Everyone already knew the problems with Soriano before he got here--he was aging (Hendry said he thought he would age well, but when you have to go out and say that, you know it's already a concern), he was a poor defender, he had very little concept of the strike zone, and he could neither hit nor lay off of a bouncing breaking ball from a right-handed pitcher. These are almost all of the same problems he has today, except now he can't steal bases either, which no one really should've expected him to be able to do at this point in his career. I'm not saying anyone should've expected him to be as bad as he is. But even if he were doing a bit better, he'd still be nowhere near worth the contract they gave him.

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Submitted by big_lowitzki on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:38 am

But even if he were doing a bit better, he'd still be nowhere near worth the contract they gave him. Not so sure that is true. So far (including this year), Soriano will have been paid $92M. According to Fangraphs, he has been worth $73.6M, and that includes a partial year this year, but a full year of salary. So if we took off $9M (half of this 2012 salary), he would have been paid $83M and produced $73.6M in value. And that includes his terrible 2009 of 0 WAR. So it wouldn't have taken much improvement to come with 2 more WAR over 6.5 years. Now, that doesn't include the $36M he is still owed for the next two years. Which are really the problematic years of the contract. But overall Soriano hasn't actually been as bad advertised. And this year he has been pretty great.

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Submitted by big_lowitzki on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:53 am

I actually have said in the past that Soriano gets a bad rap for his defense. I think that early with the Cubs he was actually quite solid (based on both my own eyes and the numbers), though he did significantly regress after his first couple of years (and the numbers back this up). Sure, he'd make a bad play here or there, but he was actually pretty good early on. And had one of the best LF arms in baseball. His arm was awesome - no one could run on him those first couple of years. He has definitely regressed on his defense to the point that he has been pretty awful over the last couple of years, but I don't think that the defensive numbers are that far off.

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Submitted by johann on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:47 pm

Actually 2010 and 2012 OPS+ have both been in line with career averages. 2006 was a clear outlier and yet further warning never to offer contracts based off one good year (or reject a player based on one bad year), but he's not been a bad player. I never supported signing him and still wish we hadn't, but he does get some bad rap from fans. Though, yes, this is partially do to so much money sunk into a player on a team that can't compete during this player's good years.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:10 pm

irony... "According to WXII12.com, Reds' prospect shortstop Billy Hamilton was the victim of an armed robbery Tuesday while in Winston Salem, North Carolina for the California League-Carolina League All-Star game."

Submitted by Rob G. on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 06:21 pm

Archer gives up double to Lombardozzi and RBI single to Harper to start off his career. Not throwing strikes as you'd expect. Got it up to 96 though.

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