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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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Submitted by Rob G. on
GAME 8 REVIEW
REDS 8 CUBS 3
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W: Eric Milton (2-0) L: Carlos Zambrano (0-1)

The first piece of good news is we don't face the Reds again until the end of May. The second piece of good news is we're off to play the Pirates next and they've struggled mightily out of the gate. The third piece of good news is Matt Murton broke out of his mini-slump with 2 RBI's, 2 Hits and a Home Run. The final piece of good news is I saved a bunch of money on my car insurance.

What I really took from this game was the importance of on-field leadership. Without Henry Blanco catching and Neifi manning the hot corner, we could really see the calming influence they both had on Carlos Zambrano as he really settled down after gettting into some tough jams early. Oh wait, no he didn't, he tried to pick off Eric Milton from first for no apparent good reason and then he tried to pick off Eric Milton later in the game from third base for no apparent good reason. And I believe at one point I actually saw steam coming from his ears. At least Barrett's all well and rested. Hopefully his bat won't cool off with the rest.

What's there to say? The Cubs stunk up the joint today, Baker should of forgotten about getting the scrubs some starts today and put some better bats in the lineup, waiting until we were a bit closer to full strength (or at least until Aramis came back). Walker hits lefties just fine and Milton just fine as well, same goes for Barrett. Off for a nine game road trip from Pittsburgh to LA to St. Louis. Let's get them tomorrow Sean Marshall!!!

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Submitted by CUBBY on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:45 pm

you just know the botched pick-off attempt allowed our fearless ace to ruffle himSELF once again leading to the plunking, assuming it was accidental, and even if it wasnt, its still due to his being frazzled by his own blunder. and that attempt to pick milton off 3rd? why? like, why try to steal 3rd w/ barrett up? just stupid. the 10M arm and the 10 cent head is right boy.

Submitted by CUBBY on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:48 pm

oh, and did i mention that body-condom wearing pinch-whiffer bynum sucks? thats the one cub i dont like so far. he just waves at shit! how does he even manage to foul stuff off? talk about a wasted roster spot.

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:48 pm

Jody Gerut has been put on the minor league restricted list (no pay) after undergoing knee surgery that the Pirates felt was unnecessary....

Submitted by chifan3887 on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:53 pm

I just put this on the last thread about Eddie Munster's piece today: "Matt Morris, A.J. Burnett, Kevin Millwood, Jarrod Washburn, Jeff Weaver and angry old man Kenny Rogers, none of whom would have won the Cy Young Award but any of whom would have helped." Lets look at these guys: Matt Morris- Hates the Cubs would not come here. AJ Burnett- While I love his stuff he is to big of an injurry risk to pay 10 mil for. Kevin Millwood- See AJ Burnett with less upside. Jarrod Washburn- Rusch - 50 pounds Jeff Weaver- I like him, but everbody else on this board did not want to touch him with a 10 foot pole. So those you said that and now want him are hippocrits. Kenny Rogers- Rusch- 20 pounds + temper of a madman. So all in all not good options. The best thing would have been for JH to not give Florida Dontrelle 2.0 and give them one-pitch Hill instead.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:23 pm

Who's Dontrelle 2.0? It's impossible that Zambrano can stink up the joint with Henry Blanco catching. Henry Blanco never calls for 'Gopher Ball' like Michael Barrett does. Maybe they should let whoever is catching Maddux catch some more, since he is the only catcher who seems to realize BB's and HR's are bad.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:29 pm

Chifan, 'What is the one off-season move you wish the Cubs made? (Be specific) [The Real Neal] Jeff Weaver' TCR 4/2 - And several times throughout the off-season.

Submitted by chifan3887 on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:35 pm

Real neal, The answer would be Nolasco. Yes its probably a little over the top to compare him to the D-train, but I always thought of him as our best pitching prospect. I just hope Pierre starts hitting so we didnt give him for nothing. Also hope if he does we re-up him so we dont lose him for a one-year rental.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:53 pm

Another interesting outing for LHP Luke Hagerty tonight at Daytona: 1.1 IP 1 H 3 R 1 ER 4 BB 2 K 2 HBP Left game with bases loaded and one out in the 2nd, but Chris Shaver (who will probably soon be replacing Hagerty in the Daytona Cubs rotation) pitched 4.2 IP of no-hit no-run ball, with 8 K. On a positive note, Hagerty's ERA went down (was 21.60, now is 15.00).

Submitted by mannytrillo on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:22 pm

Rob G.: "Baker should of forgotten about getting the scrubs some starts today and put some better bats in the lineup," It's funny many White Sox fans said the same thing last year about Ozzie resting starters. I think they did ok last year.

Submitted by chifan3887 on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:26 pm

Real Neal, I know you wanted Weaver. But we were the only that did my comments about Weaver were directed at guys who didn't want Weaver and then after they see Rusch's outings are lambasting Hendry for not signing him.

Submitted by cublogger on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:26 pm

Chi fan, Milwood was either 1 or 2 in the AL in ERA last year, sounds like upside to me

Submitted by cublogger on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:30 pm

There were a couple other starters floating around that could have been had. at one point, the white sox had too many starters and I believe they got rid of el duque There was also the dude who used to be on the Dbacks but got traded somewhere back east. Sorry, horrible with names and its late.

Submitted by BryGuyMcFly on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:37 pm

Can we please trade for Adam Dunn? I don't care where he plays or who we'd have to give up to get him. I'm just sick of watching him destroy Cub pitching. How many HRs has he hit against the Cubs in the past say, 3 seasons? Anyone? The guy is just sick.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 04:06 pm

HIGHLIGHTS & LOWLIGHTS FROM DOWN ON THE FARM THURSDAY: Besides Luke Hagerty's wild night at Daytona (see previous post), LHP Carlos Perez (one of the two players the Cubs got from BAL for C-Pat) got racked up again (also at Daytona), and Mike Billek (the Cubs 2005 Rule 4 Draft compensation pick for losing Matt Clement to BOS) got hit hard again at Peoria. On the bright side, LHP Chris Shaver threw 4.2 innings of perfect relief, striking out 8. Look for Shaver to replace Hagerty in Daytona's starting rotation, and don't be surprised if the Cubs just go ahead and release Luke Hagerty, and Carlos Perez may not be far behind. Shaver is a big dude (6'7 235), and is one of many former and current Cubs prospects signed by Virginia-area scout Billy Swope. Some of you may have noticed the disproportionate number of players from Virginia the Cubs have signed in recent years, like Sean Marshall, Jason Dubois, Brendan Harris, Justin Jones, Nic Jackson, Clay Rapada, Matt Craig, Mike Mallory, Matt Avery, Scott Taylor, and Peter Farina, just to name a few. Well, that's all thanks to Mr. Swope. Back to the Daytona game... Ryan Harvey hit two HR and threw out two baserunners (one at 3B and one at home) from RF. He also struck out twice and grounded into a DP. A prototypical Ryan Harvey night of extremes. In other games, starters LHP Raul Valdes (Iowa) and RHP Randy Wells (West Tenn) each had their second strong outing in a row. -- BATTING (ALL LEVELS): IOWA: Felix Pie, CF: 1-4, K (.344 BA & .389 OBP, 1 HR & 11 RBI, 3 for 3 SB, 3 BB & 5 K in 32 PA) Ryan Theriot, 2B: 1-4, R (.355 & .404 OBP) Casey McGehee, 3B: 0-3 (.231) Geovany Soto, C: 1-1 (.304) Michael Restovich, RF: 3-4, RBI, 3B (.259) Brandon Sing 0-4, 1B: K (.192, 0 HR & 0 RBI, 2 BB & 8 K in 28 PA) Jamal Strong, LF: 0-4, 2 K (.133) Augie Ojeda, SS: 2-3, 2B (.500) Casey Kopitzke, C: 0-2, BB, GIDP, OCS (.000) Jeff Deardorff, PH-3B: 2-2, PH-2B, SOLO HR (.263) WEST TENN: Chris Walker, CF: 1-3, BB, SB, CS (.303 BA & .344 OBP, 3 SB & 1 CS) Eric Patterson, 2B: 0-4, 2 K (.258 BA & .314 OBP, 5 for 5 SB) Scott Moore, 3B: 1-4 (.233, 0 HR & 0 RBI) Richard Lewis, 1B: 0-3, R, BB, 2 K (.296) Micah Hoffpauir, LF: 1-4, SOLO HR, GIDP (.222) Adam Greenberg, RF: 1-3, R (.192 BA & .222 OBP) Tony Richie, C: 1-3, 2 RBI, OSB (.273) Carlos Rojas, SS: 0-3, 2 K (.100) Gary Cates, PH: 0-1 (.154) DAYTONA: Jemel Spearman, 3B: 2-4, R, 2B, SB, HBP, PICKED-OFF, E (.206) Sam Fuld, CF: 2-5, SB (.242) Ryan Harvey, RF: 2-5, TWO HR (3 RBI), 2 K, GIDP, THREW OUT TWO BASERUNNERS (.318, 2 HR & RBI, 10 K in 23 PA) Nic Jackson, DH: 1-5, 2 K, SB (.206) Jake Fox, C: 1-3, R, 2B, BB, HBP (.250, 0 HR & 0 RBI) Matt Craig, 1B: 1-4, RBI, 2 K (.148 Jeff Culpepper, LF: 1-4 (.111) Joe Simokaitis, SS: 0-2, BB, HBP, E (.304) Nate Spears, 2B: 0-3 (.143) Issmael Salas, 2B: 0-1 (.333) PEORIA: Robinson Chirinos, 2B: 0-4, R, BB, 2 K Dylan Johnston, SS: 1-4, R, 2B, BB, 2 K, E Brandon Taylor, 3B: 1-4, 2 R, RBI, BB Ryan Norwood, 1B: 1-3, BB, K Jesus Valdez, RF: 1-4, RBI Alberto Garcia, DH: 0-4, 3 K Johnny Defendis, LF: 1-3, BB, E Mark Reed, C: 1-4, 2 K, 2 OSB, 1 OCS Davy Gregg, CF: 1-4, K -- PITCHING (ALL LEVELS): IOWA: Raul Valdes: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K - 95 pitches Brandon Emanuel: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K Mark Watson: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K Roberto Novoa: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K (W 1-0) TO Raul Valdes: 10 IP, 11 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 5 K (1-0 0.90 ERA) Roberto Novoa: 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 3 K (1-0 2.70 ERA) WEST TENN: Randy Wells: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 4 K (W 1-1) Clay Rapada: .2 IP, 0 H 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K Thomas Atlee: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (SV 1) TO Randy Wells: 11.2 IP, 9 H, 2 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 9 K (1-1 1.54 ERA) Clay Rapada: 6.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 6 K (0-1 0.00 ERA 4 SV) DAYTONA: Luke Hagerty: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R (1 ER), 4 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP (L 0-2) Chris Shaver: 4.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R 0 BB, 8 K Carlos Perez: 2 IP, 7 H, 4 R (4 ER), 2 BB, 1 K Carlos Vasquez: 1 IP, 0 H 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K TO Luke Hagerty: 3 IP, 4 H, 7 R (5 ER), 9 BB, 4 K (0-2 15.00 ERA) Chris Shaver: 8.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K (0-0 0.00 ERA) Carlos Perez: 3 IP, 12 H, 11 R (11 ER), 6 BB, 3 K (0-0 33.00 ERA) PEORIA: Mike Billek: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, HBP (L 0-2) Matt Avery: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Jesse Estrada: 1 IP, 5 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 0 K HBP TO Mike Billek: 8.2 IP, 14 H, 11 R (5 ER), 2 BB, 6 K (0-2 5.19)

Submitted by Bogey on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 04:00 am

AZ Phil never count out a Ball State Cardinal...oh wait Bullington hasn't worked out very well either...but Brad Snyder will be the real deal!

Submitted by shawndgoldman on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 04:24 am

I thought split squad games were for March. Oh, well. How did we do in our oth---WHA? That was our starting lineup today? Eegads! Hey, if you were to tell me we'd be 8 games into the season, with Wood, Prior, and Miller on the DL and Ramirez and Jones hurt and out the last two games, i'd take 3-5 and be happy, much less 5-3. Then again, if you told me Barrett was leading the league in RBI's, Cedeno was hitting for average, Murton had porgressed enough to move into the cleanup spot already... i'd expect at least 5-3... All in all, if we take this series from the Bucs we're in good shape. 7-4 heading into week 3 with the injuries we've been dealt is a good place to be (please stop me if this is sounding like 2K4 or 2K5...)

Submitted by Newport/Racine on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 04:25 am

Can we please trade for Adam Dunn? I don't care where he plays or who we'd have to give up to get him. I'm just sick of watching him destroy Cub pitching. How many HRs has he hit against the Cubs in the past say, 3 seasons? Anyone? The guy is just sick. Dunn has hit 25 HRs in 72 games vs the Cubs in about 4.5 years.

Submitted by shawndgoldman on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 04:25 am

I thought split squad games were for March. Oh, well. How did we do in our oth---WHA? That was our starting lineup today? Eegads! Hey, if you were to tell me we'd be 8 games into the season, with Wood, Prior, and Miller on the DL and Ramirez and Jones hurt and out the last two games, i'd take 3-5 and be happy, much less 5-3. Then again, if you told me Barrett was leading the league in RBI's, Cedeno was hitting for average, Murton had porgressed enough to move into the cleanup spot already... i'd expect at least 5-3... All in all, if we take this series from the Bucs we're in good shape. 7-4 heading into week 3 with the injuries we've been dealt is a good place to be (please stop me if this is sounding like 2K4 or 2K5...)

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Submitted by Ryno on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 04:57 am

shawndgoldman: All in all, if we take this series from the Bucs we're in good shape. 7-4 heading into week 3 with the injuries we've been dealt is a good place to be (please stop me if this is sounding like 2K4 or 2K5...) We should not be assuming the Cubbies will be taking the series from the Bucs. They'll be facing Santos, Duke, and Snell. Despite rough starts for all 3 of them, they are all very good pitchers and capable of getting it done. Check out this post from yesterday: Fred Garver: Uh-Oh. on closer look at the Bucs starters for the series, Santos, Duke, and Snell: Santos is 3-3 with a 2.74 ERA in eight career starts against the Cubs. In two starts last season against the Cubs, Duke was 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA. In eight innings of relief against the Cubs in 2005, Snell gave up just one run. Exactly. The Pirates are not all that impressive, but the thing that's failed them this year has been pitching and they do have good pitching. Santos pitched a Reds/Pirates game and held the Cincinatti Cub Killers to 2 runs into the 6th inning.

Submitted by Dave_in_Pittsburgh on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 04:20 am

Local vibe is pretty down on Pirate's pitching as very, very crumbly. Youth, inexperience, etc as Ron Cook says, there is no shortage of excuses but they still suck. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06104/682092-87.stm Of course, jumping on that "Lets Shell Them" bandwagon is a good way to jinx this series and end up with some pitching gems (but don't bet on it)

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  • 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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