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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Mad Dog 5-0

GAME 21 REVIEW
CUBS 6 BREWERS 2 W: Greg Maddux (5-0) L: Dave Bush (2-2) Recap | Box Score | Play-by-play
Greg Maddux goes to a MLB-leading 5-0 and wins the 323rd game of his career, leaving him just one win behind Nolan Ryan and Don Sutton for 13th on the all-time win list, as the Cubs (13-8) beat the Brewers (12-11) 6-2 at Wrigley Field Friday afternoon. With Wood, Prior, and Miller out until... whenever, having Greg Maddux get off to what is probably the best start of his career really hits the spot. And I'll have another one, thank you. I guess it wasn't the best Greg Maddux performance you'll ever see, as he struggled with his command at times. But still, Maddux at less than his best is better than Glendon Rusch (who was skipped to allow Maddux to get the start), so it was plenty good enough for me and I'm happy. It was nice to see Jacque Jones do what he does best, and that is crush RHP. An RBI double and a solo HR (his 4th of the season) to left-center plus a single thrown in for good measure equals a 3-4 day for Jonesy. He also got his batting average up to a more respectable .231. Ronny Cedeno had three more hits, including a two-run home run and a bunt single, and Matt Murton contributed an RBI double. Juan Pierre had two hits and scored two runs, and Todd Walker was on base three times. And even Henry Blanco got a hit. Almost lost in the glow of Maddux's 5th victory of the season and career win number 323 were the three no-hit shutout innings (1 HBP, 1 BB, and 6 K) by the Cub bullpen (Howry to Eyre to Williamson), with Eyre striking out the side in the 8th and Williamson striking out the side in the 9th. The Cubs bullpen is pretty good. MLB ALL-TIME WINS: 1. Cy Young - 511 2. Walter Johnson - 417 3T. Grover Cleveland Alexander - 373 3T. Christy Mathewson - 373 5. Warren Spahn - 363 6. Pud Galvin - 361 7. Kid Nichols - 360 8T. Tim Keefe - 341 8T. Roger Clemens - 341 10. Steve Carlton - 329 11. John Clarkson - 327 12. Eddie Plank - 326 13T. Nolan Ryan - 324 13T. Don Sutton - 324 15. Greg Maddux - 323

Comments

Uh, I think it is only career win #323.

Man, the weather looks terrible for the weekend. I live in Lincoln, NE and it's been raining all frieking day and is supposed to continue through the entire weekend. I'm no expert, but it looks to me like this is heading towards Chicago. I guess an off-day is a good thing if it would somehow not be rescheduled until much later in the year.

Rusch was not skipped, he flipped with Maddux and will start tomorrow. I doubt this will actually result in an extra Maddux start anytime soon. I plot these are a far out as I can and the only way this will result in his getting an extras tart for now is if they skip someone again and have Maddux pitch against the Nationals and NOT the White Sox which I doubt. However it does "break up" our big two of Maddux and Z. Having your only reliable guys going back to back can cause problems Anyway Rusch tomorrow like it or not

We've struggled the last two years against both Davis and Capuano, I will be EXTREMELY satisfied with a weekend split. If the Cubs can keep taking 2/3 in these series with five (5!) players on the DL and a sixth (Barrett) banged up, they can stay close enough to StL and Houston until the ASB. Prediction: Tony Clark is in a Cub uniform by the end of the weekend, Jerome Williams and a low-A prospect should do the trick. It is time for Dusty to Just Say No to Neifi, and Clark would allow Walker to move back over to 2B full-time. At least Cedeno keeps playing great, so there's no chance Dusty sits him for Neifury.

Nice victory for Maddux today. He didn't have his best stuff but still was able to get the victory and only give up two runs. 5-0 in five starts? 5-0 in April? If you had predicted that a month ago I would have said you needed to be piss-tested for hallucinogens. A part of me is glad we don't have Wood, Prior, and Z winning games in April. Having so many key injuries allows us to fly below the radar for a while. If we can remain within an arm's reach of contention through the all-star break, the second half may come chock full of blazaminated pitching, a healthy DLee, and maybe we go on a serious run without all of the our-fans-are-all-drunk-and-miserable because-we-fell-apart-at-the-end pressure. Ah well, "ifs" are like steam; they seems so real only to disappear into thin air. Plus they open the pores and are a good way to cook vegetables without losing all the vitamins.

#6 of 6: By Eric the Great (April 28, 2006 06:06 PM) Prediction: Tony Clark is in a Cub uniform by the end of the weekend, Jerome Williams and a low-A prospect should do the trick. It is time for Dusty to Just Say No to Neifi, and Clark would allow Walker to move back over to 2B full-time. At least Cedeno keeps playing great, so there's no chance Dusty sits him for Neifury. ERIC THE GREAT: Tony Clark would be a tremendous addition for the Cubs, especially if such a trade would mean Todd Walker plays 2B. I really don't think the D'backs would trade Clark for Jerome Williams and a low-level prospect, though. They're going to want something like Rich Hill and Will Ohman. And I would make that deal, BTW. When D-Lee returns, and presuming he is 100%, Clark would provide thunder off the bench. He is an excellent PH. He has a lot more power hitting left-handed, but he's a good right-handed hitter, too. Pierre, CF Cedeno, SS Walker, 2B Ramirez, 3B Clark, 1B Barrett, C Murton, LF Jones, RF would be a pretty good lineup. And Tony Clark is the ONLY first-baseman (among those likely to be available in a trade) I would consider acquiring in a trade right now. I would consider Craig Wilson, too, except he is no longer available. It's got to be somebody who can hit off the bench after Lee returns. Otherwise, I'd just go with things as they now stand until Lee returns.

Off-topic but for those who think Hendry is a bad GM be glad your not a Texans Fan: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5552412 As for the game it was nice to see the team be able to consistintely get hits today. I dont know what all the fuss about Neifi starting today is. It was only his second start since Lee has been out. I dont want Clark he cant play another position expect 1b and since Dusty likes a 5 man bench that is a wasted spot to have a guy who can only play the position your best player does. If Hendry wants a short term 1b he should be looking at Hillenbrand.

This is wierd but 4 OUT OF THE BEST 6 TEAMS IN ALL OF BASEBALL ARE IN OUR DIVISION. WOnder how long that will last and who will be the drop offs? I say Cincy, Houston, and CHi all drop off with us coming storming back when we get healthy.

Tony Clark only being able to play 1B might force dusty to stop doing stupid double-switches and just have him PH instead.

I'm glad Dusty got Williamson back out on the mound quickly after that last outing. No one wants a bad outing to fester for days and days.

NCFAN: I say Cincy, Houston, and CHi all drop off with us coming storming back when we get healthy. I agree with you 100% on Cincy. The homerun team is nice, but pitching is what carries a team.

Steve Howe dies. What a waste of talent.

I have to admit, I am not sure what you all are on about. There's only one reasonable response to 5 and 0 and a league leading ERA. :') Soak it in.

That didn't look quite right. Can someone run Maddux's ERA with Barrett as a catcher and Blanco as a catcher this year? I think it's time that Hank White be re-nicknamed Henry 'Boom Boom' Blanco, as everytime he tries to call a game, 'Boom Boom' go the opposition's bats. Miguel Baretta for MVP!

If we can remain within an arm's reach of contention and the punster emeritus mr. whipple strikes again. would that "arm" belong to prior, or wood, or miller, or d lee? and who'd a thunk ohman, aardsma, and marshall would each have more victories in april than zambrano? yep, me neither. here's hoping the cubs get at least one of the weekend games played; weatherman is kind of hedging his bets about rain/no rain. maybe it will rain on my lawn, and leave wrigley alone...

Amazing that with just 7 wins he could go from 15th to 10th all time.

Great point DC, we are 13 - 8 and Zambrano still hasn't won a game.

No kidding--how can the Cubs be 5 games over .500 and have Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and Carlos Zambrano 0-for-April? Bodes well for the 2nd half, if the team can just hang in there until everyone returns. At this point, sure looks like Wood will be the first one back. Mid-May, that would be cool. He'd still get 25 starts for the year.

So how many more wins will Maddux rack up in his career? Looking at that list, it seems almost certain he'll pass Lefty and crack the top ten. Passing Clemens is a possibility if he goes another year. Lots of real estate between 7th and 8th place, though; it would require a 15+ win year this year plus nearly two more on top of that -- unlikely enough that I'll say it ain't gonna happen. But it would be sweet. :-)

Funny article in the Tribune today about Dusty giving Michael Barrett a hard time about being too forthcoming with the media about his finger injury. http://tinyurl.com/h4hjp "I showed him a couple of books I have about strategy and war and different things. He said, 'Oh, I have that book.' And I said, 'Well, maybe you need to read it.'" Obviously, these books don't cover the double switch...

It's nutty -- Prior, Wood and CZ haven't won a game yet, and Lee has been out for over a week. Yet somehow we have the 6th best record in baseball with one of the toughest schedules to date. Oh yeah, and we are on pace to win 100 games. Funny how the addition of a solid bullpen can completely change a team. The most underrated aspect of it is taking the pressure off the rookie starters -- they know they don't have to go 7 or 8 innings to help the team. They can just pitch and see what happens.

Jeff Weaver vs. Glendon Rusch watch: (Just for fun) Weaver: 27.2 IP, 5 GS, 5 HR, 7 BB, 20 K, 1.59 WHIP, .314 BAA, 7.48 ERA Rusch: 19.2 IP, 4 GS, 7 HR, 8 BB, 14 K, 1.32 WHIP, .250 BAA, 6.41 ERA oh by the way, the Cubs have the best team defensive efficiency in baseball right now, ahead of the Tigers (shocker), Cardinals, Mets and Brewers.

according to the same people who reported the imminent Todd Walker to O's trade: http://blogs.baltimoresun.com/sports_custom_roch/2006/04/your_52_final… they claim the Cubs approached the O's about Conine and were shot down by the O's Korey has had 2 nice games in a row..why did we trade him? WHY???? He does have 6 SB and 0 CS; where the hell was that last year? And don't say anything about being on-base cause his OBP so far is .293.

another note on Korey, he has droppped his pitches seen per plate appearance to an amazing low 2.64 from his career number of 3.39 (3.37 last year)

Oh yeah, Mad Dog will crack the top ten all right. He will do that this year, easily, and at the rate he is going, he will have a chance to crack the top ten by the all star break. As far as Clemens goes, Greg will, without a doubt, pass Clemens if Clemens retires now. Hands down Greg passes Clemens in that situation. If Greg wins 20 this year, he would pass Clemens by early next year and there is no doubt in my mind that Greg is coming back next year, at least somewhere. He did not get himself in shape to bow out right away. He easily could pitch another two years after this one. But my guess is that Clemens is not gonna stay retired. And it would not surprise me at all if Greg's fast start has caught Rocket's eye. I doubt that Rocket wants to see Greg pass him by. So look for Rocket to come back by sometime in June. But, you know, even if Rocket pitches this year, stating in June, and then retires, Greg will still pass him eventually if Greg pitches two more years. Anyway, Greg is clearly the ace of the Cubs' staff. In the last two years, even before this season, he had more wins that Prior and Wood COMBINED. Those guys are fine and all and we hear lots of talk but Greg is the guy who walks the walk. Same thing goes for Zambrano.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.