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Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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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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Major League Playoffs to Begin; Cubs, Rays Hold Down Top Spots

You are traveling through another dimension...

Having shared baseball's best, regular-season record, the Cubs and the surprisingTampa Rays, making their first-ever trip to baseball's post-season, enter the 2008 playoffs assured of home-field advantage in the first two rounds.

In the NL, Lou Piniella's Cubs, reaching the post-season in consecutive years for the first time since 1908, when they also won their last World Championship, will hope to continue their superb play at Wrigley Field this season as they host their National League Division Series with the NL West champion, Arizona.

Florida, which won the NL East and left the division's prohibitive pre-season favorites, the Mets, in the dust, will host the Cardinals, the NL Wild Card winner and another unexpected participant in baseball's playoff derby.

...a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.

In the ALDS, Tampa will host the almost-as-surprising White Sox, while the Angels will host the Red Sox, the defending World Series champs and this year's AL Wild Card team.

A journey into a wondrous land of imagination.

It's impossible, at least for a Chicago baseball fan, to look at this year's post-season field and not imagine a Cubs-White Sox World Series match-up. If it comes to pass, it will be a replay of the 1906 series, in which the White Sox dumped the Cubs, four games to two.

The '06 White Sox were known as the "Hitless Wonders" for compiling a .230 team batting average, lowest in the AL. This year's edition of the team also won despite an often feeble offense that featured three regulars, Nick Swisher, Jim Thome, and Paul Konerko, whose averages were barely above .200.

Cubs manager Lou Piniella has announced that Carlos Zambrano will start the first game of the Cubs/Arizona series, with Ryan Dempster taking the mound to start Game 2.

The rest of the Cubs rotation remains undetermined.

Next stop, the Twilight Zone.

Comments

Bryan Roberts .262 .352 .417 28R 17RBI Cubs' 2B'ers .317 .400 .429 34R 31RBI Cubs are solid. JMHO but Hendry really wasted too much time on the big deal that never happened when anyone with eyes could see that CF was the problem he should have been fixing.

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In reply to by navigator

The only move I thought made sense that Hendry could've bothered looking into was signing Hiroki Kuroda as a free agent. Instead we got Lieber, who has been pretty good anyway. We looked set in CF with Pie and Patterson, as the only big bats available were Hunter and Andruw Jones, and, well, they don't really fit. The Cubs didn't have that much money to spend and really wanted a lefty slugger, not a righty. I definitely agree though that not getting Brian Roberts worked out pretty well.

anyone know what happened? from Rotoworld Troy Percival collapsed on the mound after striking out Brandon Boggs on Wednesday.

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In reply to by Rob G.

ah...Rotoworld just being retarded...can't even get the names right

Wheeler apparently injured himself after planting his left leg. He stood up and started limping around, but the Rays took him out of the game. It's unclear just how serious the injury is, but Dan Wheeler would likely assume the closing job if Percival misses time.

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In reply to by Rob G.

Rob... it was Percival who got hurt, at least according to Dave Pinto:
Troy Percival just struck out Boggs looking, but on the third strike pitch fell over. At first I thought he just threw the ball hard, but he stood up and started limping. The Rays took him out of the game, and Wheeler comes on to try to finish the game. Watching in slow motion, it's clear that his left leg gave way after he planted and delivered the pitch. The Rays may need to find a different closer for a while.

NL fans got it right at: C: Soto 1b: Berkman 3b: Chipper Got it wrong, but not badly at: 2b: Utley (Uggla) SS: Hanram (Furcal) Were really wrong: OF: Soriano, Fukudome, Griffey (should be McLouth, Holliday, Burrell) AL Fans are worse voters, they only got it right at: DH Ortiz SS Jeter Got it wrong, but not badly at: 1b Youkilis (Morneau) OF Manram/Ichiro (of the guys on the ballot these two are a tie for 3rd IMO, but Quentin deserves to go) 3b Arod (Crede, Does have the best numbers of the AL 3b with enough ab's to qualify for the batting crown but Arod will end the 1st half with better numbers anyways) Totally screwed up: C: Varitek (Mauer) 2b: Pedroia (Kinsler) OF Manram/Ichiro (Bradley) OF Vlad (Hamilton)

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In reply to by Rob G.

Agreed. Utley belongs there. Uggla and Utley's numbers are pretty similar right now, but Utley is the better defender. Soriano and Fukudome don't look like they belong in the All-Star game right now, though Fuki is doing everything anyone should've expected him to (he just doesn't have the pop to contend with other potential All-Stars). Of the Cubs, guys who should be shoe-ins are Zambrano, Marmol, and Soto. Guys who should probably back up the starters are A-Ram and Lee (though neither will probably make it, since Jones and Wright will likely be the 3B guys and Berkman and Pujols will man 1B). Theriot in at 4th? Really? Hanley, Rollins, Furcal, Tejada, Reyes, Drew... I mean, I like Theriot and all, he's a good, cheap player who hustles and is having a good year with the bat so far, but he beat out all but three of those guys?

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In reply to by Chad

Then why not just pick him in 2000, he was the manager that year too? It also seems that Torre was not biased towards his own guys in this regard. I went back to the early 1990s and couldn't find a single instance of a non-starter or non-closer being selected to the All-Star game until Torre took Texas' Jeff Zimmerman in 1999. Bruce Bochy selected Scott Williamson that same year, but this is a borderline case since him and Danny Grave split closing duties that year. There were no set-up men selected in 2000, but in 2001 Torre took THREE - Jeff Nelson, Mike Stanton, and Paul Quantrill. Mike Remlinger made the NL team in 2002, Brendan Donnelly made the AL team in 2003, Tom Gordon was an AL member in 2004, and Justin Duchscherer made the 2005 team. None made it in 2006, but Hideki Okajami was selected in 2007 (via fan vote - note that Pat Neshek was also on the ballot).

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In reply to by Charlie

and for me that is the tiebreaker. The fact is if Uggla was a household name and Utley was having a breakout year on the least popular team in MLB their voting results would also switch. The problem with the voting is that Home-field advantage in the WS is on the line and the average fan is either filling out a homer ballot (looking at you Bahston, Houston, and BCB type Cub Fans) or just voting for the people they hear about on Sports Center. If Selig wants to keep the "this time it counts" theme then the balloting for starters should be divided into a third between Fans, Players, and Media like the NFL does for the Pro bowl. Then let the manager pick the bench and pitchers.

I did an all-star ballot just now but the question i have to ask is why does MLB allow you to vote 25 times? I find that dumb, but oh well. Chipper, Berkman, Utely/Uggla are pretty much no brainers to vote for. OF is really wide open so I gave votes to Fuku, McClouth, and Dunn. Someone from the Pirates (and the Reds) needs to go and its a hard decision between McClouth, Bay and Nady. Just an outstanding productive OF.

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In reply to by MikeC

Because they figure that even if you don't want them to spam your email account you'll probably forget to uncheck the boxes that give them that right at least once if you vote 25 times. It's all about marketing, not baseball.
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Uhhhh cuz if you choose either one (You can vote 25 times!) you really can't go wrong. Both having outstanding seasons. Is that so hard to understand? Or. Do. You. Want. Me. To. Slow. It. Down. For. You?

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In reply to by MikeC

A no-brainer would mean that there is only one choice. But you gave two choices. It isn't too difficult to understand - you even gave two good examples of no-brainers along with your bad one. Chipper Jones and Lance Berkman are currently obvious choices to be starting in the all-star game at their respective positions. Neither Uggla or Utley are obvious choices to be starting, because they have each other to compete against. But maybe if you slow down a little more it will allow me to show you even more how you cannot have a "no-brainer" decision if two choices are equal.

I just can't believe anyone would think picking Utley over Uggla would be in any way "wrong." Obviously Uggla is doing extremely well, but Utley's the best 2B in baseball.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

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    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
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  • crunch (view)

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