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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

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Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

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Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

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

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Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

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Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Giants @ Cubs: Peavy vs. Arrieta (Game 110 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

SF (59-51): RHP Jake Peavy (2-4, 3.77)

CHC (61-48): RHP Jake Arrieta (12-6, 2.50)

First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Aoki* lf

Blanco* cf

Duffy 3b

Posey c

Pence rf

Belt* 1b

Crawford* ss

Adrianza# 2b

Peavy p        

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Coghlan* 2b

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Soler rf

Montero* c

Arrieta p

Russell ss


Arrieta did what Arrieta does on Tuesday: 7 IP and 0 ER to beat the Pirates. He lost in SF last May (6 IP, 4 ER). The Giants are 5-21 (.238) against him. Pagan is 2-3, Pence is 2-4.

Peavy was on the shelf (back) for a good part of the start of the season but has been effective since his return, going 2-2 with a 2.84 in July. He had a no-decision against ATL his last time out (6 IP, 1 ER). The Cubs are 21-86 (.244) against him. Coghlan is 4-10, Montero is 6-23 (.261) with a HR.

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:32 am

Boston Globe, Nick Cafardo's Sunday baseball article...Cub related stuff:
Apropos of Nothing: 1. Cubs catcher David Ross says Jon Lester has developed a “frontdoor two-seamer” he did not have while with the Red Sox. “It’s been a great pitch for him,” Ross said. “He’s really pitching well. He’s been outstanding on and off the field as the leader of our staff. He’s pitched a lot better than the record [7-8] has indicated.” And when Lester pitches well, his throwing yips to first base don’t show up.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/08/08/suggestions-how-fix-red-so…

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:37 am

from the twitterverse: Screenshot from yesterday... 4 Cub rookies vs SF, this series: Bryant 3-9, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 3BB, 3R Schwarber 5-12, HR, 2B, 6 RBI, 5R, BB Soler 5-10, 2B, 4 RBI, 2R, 2BB Russell 5-12, 2 2B, RBI, 3R Combined: .419 batting average, 2 HR, 14 RBI

Submitted by Cubster on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:40 am

As CT Steve showed above, lineup today vs Peavy is unchanged (except for Arrieta). Don't fix what isn't broken.

Submitted by The E-Man on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:36 am

Did you pooh-pooh pitcher batting 8th? Interesting from Bleachernation: Meanwhile, Cubs No. 9 hitters are slashing .235/.291/.350/.640 this season. That slash line is better than what American League ninth-place hitters average (.224/.274/.326/.600) and is easily significantly better than what with the average NL nine-hitter is working with (.181/.225/.250/.475). Interesting to note that the .640 OPS posted by Cubs ninth-place hitters is better than 12 of 15 American League teams. The 43 runs scored by Cubs No. 9 hitters is seventh most in baseball and more than 9 of 15 AL teams. http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/08/09/anecdotally-re-visiting-pitche…

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:15 pm

seeing as there's stupid lineup magic involved in that lineup shift that mentally allows maddon to treat the 2 slot like a real hitter should be there, i can live with swapping the 2 worst hitting slots on the team at the end of the lineup. it's stung more than once with the 8/9 swap, but having the 1-2-3 in the lineup constructed like they currently are has most likely paid off way more than that 8/9 swap has hurt.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:49 pm

1 run in and 38 pitches thrown by peavy in the 1st. fowler had a 12 pitch ab (for a K).

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:36 pm

coghlan the emergency/spot-start 2nd...good enough, great luxury. coghlan the everyday 2nd...naw.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:50 pm

j.arrieta is gonna cost some serious loot pretty soon. he's an ace that baseball fans/media/etc on whole aren't treating like an ace (yet). 2016+2017 are locked in for the cubs without negotiating on contract length, though. phew.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:36 pm

cubs win. that was way too dramatic, but so damn sweet after loading the bases with 0 out. unf. SWEEP!

Submitted by johann on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:00 pm

Not only bases loaded no outs but last two batters with full counts and that last one with 3 or 4 fouls. My god Rondon earned that save today and wow that was an amazing sweep. Cubs bats were just relentless everytime the Giants came back.

Submitted by jacos on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:01 pm

How sweep it is /the great one // for o&b and anyone old enuff to remember

Submitted by John Beasley on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:59 pm

Bloody NL Central DeathMatch Fangraphs' sim is predicting an almost 88% chance that the Wild Card game is going to feature 2 NL Central teams. Pirates 77% Cubs 76.9% Cardinals 22% Giants 11.5% Mets 5% Nationals 4.6% Dodgers 2% Diamondbacks 0.3% Padres 0.2%

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:38 pm

Continuing the Almora Watch -- 2 more hits and a BB tonight. Last 5 games: 12 hits and 5 BBs. C'mon kid! Oh, and Wilson Contreras leads the Southern League in batting average and OBP, and is second in OPS. He has been raking all year -- wonder why he hasn't been moved up?

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 08:39 pm

Except for "core" prospects, it's hard to advance in the organization mid-season any more. Iowa already has two catchers--Luke Carlin, age 34, and Taylor Teagarden, age 31--who have major-league experience and have to be ready for a call-up in an emergency. At Tennessee, Contreras can play every day. Maybe the Cubs will call him up in September. As a devoted minor-league box-score watcher, I don't recall seeing a Tennessee box score this year in which Contreras had a zero in the hit column. Looking at his last ten games, sure enough there have been 21 hits total, and no zeroes. He looks like the Cubs' best minor-league hitter right now, with Gleyber and Chesny Young in pursuit.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 08:26 pm

Dodgers led Pirates 5-3 in the 7th...Pirates scored 9 in the inning. Once that game is done, the top 3 NL records will be Cards, Pirates and Cubs. What a division....

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