08/13 CUBS (Marmol) @ Colorado (Kim) 2:05 CDT, WGN TV, XM188

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/461791.jpg Marmol (5-5) 5.09

 

vs.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/218294.jpg Kim (7-7) 4.57

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings from beautiful Algonquin, IL !!

 

Worthless stats of the day for Sunday......

 

CUBS are 9-9 on Sundays

CUBS are 0-2 vs. Colorado

CUBS are 6-18 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 4-6 when they've lost their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 29-39 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 14-23 in games that end a series

CUBS are 22-37 in day games

CUBS are 23-37 on the road

CUBS are 14-36 when WGN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 29-46 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above

CUBS are 35-22 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less..... 13-46 when they don't

CUBS are 13-35 when they throw more pitches than the opponent.... 21-13 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 14-20 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 15-17 when they average 3.4 P/PA or fewer.... 33-51 when they don't

CUBS are 38-24 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 10-45 when he doesn't

CUBS are on a pace to win 67 games this year..... compared to 79 last year

CUBS are on a pace to score 683 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year

CUBS are on a pace to hit 158 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year

CUBS are on a pace to draw 409 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year

CUBS are scoring 4.22 runs per game compared to 4.34 last year

CUBS are seeing 3.68 pitches per plate appearance compared to 3.61 last year

CUBS are drving in 19.4% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year

CUBS are scoring 0.355 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year

CUBS extra base hit ratio is 32.1% compared to 35.8% last year

CUBS have 14 GIDP's in their last 23 games.... 23 GIDP's in their last 41 games

CUBS have 26 SB in their last 30 games

CUBS have 19 sac bunts in their last 28 games...... 25 sac bunts in their last 50 games

CUBS have 69 home runs in their last 60 games..... 36 home runs in their last 26 games

CUBS have drawn 92 BBs in their last 31 games

CUBS have 12 sac flies in their last 51 games

CUBS have 6 errors in their last 19 games

CUBS have allowed 38 HR in their last 34 games

CUBS have hit 25 batters in their last 40 games

CUBS have 4 quality starts in theie last 22 games.... 13 quality starts in their last 34 games

CUBS have not had a triple in their last 13 games

CUBS have had 1 starting pitcher go more than 6.0 innings in their last 10 games...... the opponents have had 7 starters go 6.0 innings or more in their last 10 games.

 

CUBS are 6-5 when Marmol starts

Marmol is 4 of 11 in quality starts

Marmol's ERA pitching to Barrett is 5.18 ... pitching to Blanco it's 6.00

CUBS score 4.22 R/G overall.... 4.00 R/G when Marmol pitches

CUBS hit 0.97 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Marmol pitches

 

CUBS' offensive support of Marmol.....

 

04/03 - 08/12      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Marmol     379   44  105   20    6   11  170   43   23   69  0.277  0.321  0.449  0.770
CUBS overall     3937  489 1055  197   29  113 1649  464  293  620  0.268  0.321  0.419  0.740

 

Marmol's pitching lines (4-5).....

 

Marmol                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
06/11  vs. Cincy       6.0    2    1    1    3    7    1    99  4.50 10.50  1.50  0.83  1.50
06/17  vs. Detr        6.0    7    4    4    2    4    1    86  3.00  6.00  1.50  1.50  6.00
06/23  vs. Minn        5.7    6    7    7    4    3    1   106  6.35  4.76  1.59  1.76 11.12
06/28  vs. Milw        6.3    3    1    1    2    8    0    97  2.84 11.37  0.00  0.79  1.42
07/03  vs. Houst       4.3    5    4    4    7    1    2    90 14.54  2.08  4.15  2.77  8.31
07/08  vs. Milw        6.0    3    1    1    5    4    0   103  7.50  6.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
07/18  vs. Houst       6.0    4    1    1    6    6    0   110  9.00  9.00  0.00  1.67  1.50
07/23  vs. Wash        3.7    6    5    5    4    2    2    70  9.82  4.91  4.91  2.73 12.27
07/28  vs. St. L       5.3    3    3    2    7    5    0   111 11.81  8.44  0.00  1.88  3.38
08/03  vs. Ariz        5.0    7    7    7    3    2    1    97  5.40  3.60  1.80  2.00 12.60
08/08  vs. Milw        5.3    4    3    3    4    3    2    98  6.75  5.06  3.38  1.50  5.06

Home                  28.7   24   16   15   20   25    2   501  6.28  7.85  0.63  1.53  4.71
Road                  35.0   29   21   21   27   26    8   635  6.94  6.69  2.06  1.60  5.40

Day                   34.3   29   21   20   21   31    5   588  5.50  8.13  1.31  1.46  5.24
Nite                  29.3   24   16   16   26   20    5   548  7.98  6.14  1.53  1.70  4.91

season totals         63.7   53   37   36   47   51   10  1136  6.64  7.21  1.41  1.57  5.09

 

CUBS bullpen usage for the last weeek

 

              Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun           Totals
             12 Aug     11 Aug     10 Aug     09 Aug     08 Aug     07 Aug     06 Aug
             at Colo    at Colo    at Milw    at Milw    at Milw    no game    vs Pitts
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Dempster                                                  1.0  20               1.0  20       2.0  40
Eyre                     1.0  25               0.7  16          5                             1.7  46
Howry         1.0  25               1.0  13               1.0  10               1.0  23       4.0  71
Ohman         0.3   1               1.0  17               1.0   6                             2.3  24
Novoa                    2.0  38               1.3   9                                        3.3  47
Wuertz        1.7  22    0.3  12               0.3   5    0.3  12                             2.7  51
Aardsma       2.3  34               1.0  10    1.0  14    0.3   8                             4.7  66
Mateo                               2.0  30                                                   2.0  30

Totals        5.3  82    3.3  75    5.0  70    3.3  44    3.7  61               2.0  43      22.7 375

 

CUBS' season series vs. Colorado (0-2) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter
115  Fri 08/11  @ Colorado      N   2-10  Hill        
116  Sat 08/12  @ Colorado      N   4- 8  Guzman       
117  Sun 08/13  @ Colorado           -    Marmol        
160  Fri 09/29    Colorado           -             
161  Sat 09/30    Colorado           -             
162  Sun 10/01    Colorado           -             

 

CUBS hitters vs. Colorado this year.....

 

vs. Colo           AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Murton              4    1    3    0    0    1    6    2    0    0  0.750  0.750  1.500  2.250
Perez               2    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.500
Mabry               8    0    4    1    0    0    5    2    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.625  1.125
Pierre              9    0    4    0    0    0    4    0    1    0  0.444  0.500  0.444  0.944
Barrett             8    0    3    1    0    0    4    0    0    0  0.375  0.375  0.500  0.875
Jones               8    2    2    0    0    1    5    1    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.625  0.875
Izturis             8    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    2    0  0.250  0.400  0.375  0.775
Pagan               5    1    1    1    0    0    2    0    0    0  0.200  0.200  0.400  0.600
Cedeno              8    0    2    0    0    0    2    0    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500
Ramirez             8    2    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.125  0.125  0.125  0.250
Nevin               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000

totals vs. Colo    73    6   23    5    0    2   34    5    3    4  0.315  0.342  0.466  0.808

season totals    3937  489 1055  192   29  113 1644  454  292  618  0.268  0.321  0.418  0.739

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Colorado this year......

 

vs. Colo             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Novoa               2.0    1    0    0    2    1    0    38  9.00  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
Howry               1.0    2    0    0    1    2    0    25  9.00 18.00  0.00  3.00  0.00
Ohman               0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     1  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Aardsma             2.3    3    1    1    1    2    0    34  3.86  7.71  0.00  1.71  3.86
Wuertz              2.0    3    1    1    1    1    0    34  4.50  4.50  0.00  2.00  4.50
Hill                4.7    6    6    6    5    2    1    96  9.64  3.86  1.93  2.36 11.57
Guzman              2.7    9    7    7    2    1    1    68  6.75  3.38  3.38  4.13 23.63
Eyre                1.0    3    3    3    0    0    2    25  0.00  0.00 18.00  3.00 27.00

totals vs. Colo    16.0   27   18   18   12    9    4   321  6.75  5.06  2.25  2.44 10.13

season totals    1018.3 1002  607  557  493  860  154 17435  4.36  7.60  1.36  1.47  4.92

 

CUBS' hitters during the last 7 games......

 

08/05 - 08/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Theriot             4    2    3    0    0    0    3    0    0    1  0.750  0.750  0.750  1.500
Blanco              4    1    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    1  0.250  0.250  1.000  1.250
Murton             10    2    4    0    0    1    7    2    2    0  0.400  0.500  0.700  1.200
Ramirez            23    7    8    2    0    2   16    7    1    2  0.348  0.385  0.696  1.080
Mabry              16    2    5    1    0    1    9    4    1    2  0.313  0.353  0.563  0.915
Izturis            20    1    6    1    0    0    7    1    4    2  0.300  0.417  0.350  0.767
Pierre             26    3    9    1    0    0   10    0    1    0  0.346  0.370  0.385  0.755
Pagan              13    2    4    2    0    0    6    1    0    1  0.308  0.286  0.462  0.747
Perez               5    0    1    1    0    0    2    0    1    1  0.200  0.333  0.400  0.733
Jones              22    3    4    0    0    2   10    4    2    6  0.182  0.250  0.455  0.705
Barrett            21    2    5    3    0    0    8    1    0    0  0.238  0.273  0.381  0.654
Cedeno             19    2    4    0    0    1    7    3    0    2  0.211  0.211  0.368  0.579
Nevin              10    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    7  0.100  0.100  0.100  0.200

7 game totals     204   27   56   12    0    8   92   26   13   28  0.275  0.321  0.451  0.772

season totals    3937  489 1055  192   29  113 1644  454  292  618  0.268  0.321  0.418  0.739

 

CUBS' pitchers during the last 7 games......

 

08/05 - 08/12        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Novoa               3.3    1    0    0    2    2    0    47  5.40  5.40  0.00  0.90  0.00
Dempster            3.0    2    0    0    1    3    0    52  3.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Ohman               2.7    1    0    0    0    3    0    29  0.00 10.13  0.00  0.38  0.00
Mateo               2.0    2    2    0    2    1    0    30  9.00  4.50  0.00  2.00  0.00
Howry               5.0    5    1    1    2    6    0    84  3.60 10.80  0.00  1.40  1.80
Aardsma             4.7    5    1    1    1    4    0    66  1.93  7.71  0.00  1.29  1.93
Wuertz              3.3    4    1    1    2    2    0    58  5.40  5.40  0.00  1.80  2.70
Marmol              5.3    4    3    3    4    3    2    98  6.75  5.06  3.38  1.50  5.06
Hill               11.7   11    7    7    7   11    2   199  5.40  8.49  1.54  1.54  5.40
Prior               8.7    9    9    7    7    6    1   161  7.27  6.23  1.04  1.85  7.27
Zambrano            4.7    5    6    4    4    4    1   109  7.71  7.71  1.93  1.93  7.71
Eyre                2.0    5    4    4    2    1    3    50  9.00  4.50 13.50  3.50 18.00
Guzman              2.7    9    7    7    2    1    1    68  6.75  3.38  3.38  4.13 23.63

7 game totals      59.0   63   41   35   36   47   10  1051  5.49  7.17  1.53  1.68  5.34

season totals    1018.3 1002  607  557  493  860  154 17435  4.36  7.60  1.36  1.47  4.92

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in

 

04/03 - 08/12      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Restovich            1    2  0.333
Blanco              20   51  0.282
Walker              34  105  0.245
Ramirez             49  168  0.226
Murton              32  112  0.222
Perez               22   79  0.218
Barrett             32  118  0.213
Jones               38  147  0.205
Theriot              1    4  0.200
Mabry               13   58  0.183
Nevin               13   68  0.160
Pagan                6   32  0.158
Lee                 10   58  0.147
Pierre              21  126  0.143
Izturis              2   12  0.143
Bynum                4   25  0.138
Cedeno              25  163  0.133
Hairston             4   27  0.129

CUBS               341 1463  0.189

 

Go CUBS !!

[beersoakedivy]

Maybe Dusty will finally put Murton and his .298 avg/.365 obp in the number two hole in the lineup. :roll:

[otis89]

Maybe Dusty will finally put Murton and his .298 avg/.365 obp in the number two hole in the lineup. :roll:

 

What?! And take Izturis and his .250 AVG/.310 OBP out of the two hole? Blasphemy!

[otis89]

Rockies: 462

Cubs: -3

[Big Fergie J]

Cue in the "Rocky Mountain High" music.....Cubs lose again.

[beersoakedivy]

Maybe Dusty will finally put Murton and his .298 avg/.365 obp in the number two hole in the lineup. :roll:

 

What?! And take Izturis and his .250 AVG/.310 OBP out of the two hole? Blasphemy!

 

It just kills me that Dusty really thinks speed equals OBP...I mean is he really this stupid or is he just very stubborn? Seriously what is it with this guy...

[beersoakedivy]

It's a mute point anyway because Murton will sit today. He had a good game yesterday therefor he will be rewarded with the bench.

[beersoakedivy]

How many BB's will Marmol have today????

[Shavo]

Maybe 3?

 

I predict somebody hits a triple in todays game.

[beersoakedivy]

Maybe 3?

 

I predict somebody hits a triple in todays game.

 

 

Good odds on the triple at Coors...

[Transmogrified Tiger]

How many BB's will Marmol have today????

 

28

[Ding Dong Johnson]

It's a mute point anyway because Murton will sit today. He had a good game yesterday therefor he will be rewarded with the bench.

 

It's also moot. :wink:

[Fred Hornkohl]

How many BB's will Marmol have today????

 

28

 

That would be about right if Marmol goes 36 innings, no?

[otis89]

It's a mute point anyway because Murton will sit today. He had a good game yesterday therefor he will be rewarded with the bench.

 

Surprise! Surprise! Murton's starting today! Jones is hitting 3rd though for some odd reason.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Starting lineips.........

 

CUBS

 

Pierre, cf

Izturis, ss

Jones, rf

Ramirez, 3b

Mabry, 1b

Barrett, c

Murton, lf

Perez, 2b

Marmol, p

 

 

Colorado

 

Caroll, 2b

Helton, 1b

Atkins, 3b

Holliday, lf

Hawpe, rf

Spilborghs, cf

Torrealba, c

Barmes, ss

Kim, p

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Pierre, cf

Izturis, ss

Jones, rf

Ramirez, 3b

Mabry, 1b

Barrett, c

Murton, lf

Perez, 2b

Marmol, p

 

Makes perfect sense. Take one of the best offensive players in the league and drop him in the 6th spot right behind JOHN MABRY!?!? Thank Jebus Izturis is still in the 2 spot.

[Fred Hornkohl]

It's a mute point anyway because Murton will sit today. He had a good game yesterday therefor he will be rewarded with the bench.

 

Surprise! Surprise! Murton's starting today! Jones is hitting 3rd though for some odd reason.

 

This lineup is a real head-scratcher. Look at these guys' production over the last 10 games.........

 

08/03 - 08/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Pierre             42    6   14    2    0    0   16    0    2    1  0.333  0.378  0.381  0.759
Izturis            33    2    7    1    0    0    8    2    5    3  0.212  0.316  0.242  0.558
Jones              29    3    6    0    0    2   12    4    4    8  0.207  0.303  0.414  0.717
Ramirez            36    9   11    3    0    2   20    7    4    5  0.306  0.381  0.556  0.937
Mabry              22    2    5    1    0    1    9    4    2    4  0.227  0.292  0.409  0.701
Barrett            32    2    9    3    0    0   12    3    1    1  0.281  0.343  0.375  0.718
Murton             21    3   10    4    0    2   20    9    3    0  0.476  0.542  0.952  1.494
Perez              10    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    1    1  0.200  0.273  0.300  0.573
Marmol              4    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250

Totals            229   27   66   16    0    7  103   29   22   23  0.288  0.359  0.450  0.809

[soccer10k]

Izturis, Perez and Mabry in the lineup. Dare I even watch this game?

[soccer10k]

It's a mute point anyway because Murton will sit today. He had a good game yesterday therefor he will be rewarded with the bench.

 

Surprise! Surprise! Murton's starting today! Jones is hitting 3rd though for some odd reason.

 

This lineup is a real head-scratcher. Look at these guys' production over the last 10 games.........

 

08/03 - 08/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Marmol              4    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    0    0  0.500  0.500  0.750  1.250

 

The only solution is to bat him fourth.

[CubColtPacer]

The only thing I can think of is Kim's splits.

Against right: .271/.306/.398

Against left: .313/.408/.497

 

Of course that doesn't explain Neifi very well-even though he can bat left handed, he's been pretty terrible from the left side of the plate this year. It may explain the way the order is structured though-although it is still a head scratcher.

[Fred Hornkohl]

The only thing I can think of is Kim's splits.

Against right: .271/.306/.398

Against left: .313/.408/.497

 

Of course that doesn't explain Neifi very well-even though he can bat left handed, he's been pretty terrible from the left side of the plate this year. It may explain the way the order is structured though-although it is still a head scratcher.

 

What is there to choose from ?? ............

 

04/03 - 08/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Cedeno            386   35   96   10    5    4  128   29   12   76  0.249  0.274  0.332  0.605
Perez             217   25   55   12    1    2   75   24    5   21  0.253  0.267  0.346  0.612

[CubColtPacer]

The only thing I can think of is Kim's splits.

Against right: .271/.306/.398

Against left: .313/.408/.497

 

Of course that doesn't explain Neifi very well-even though he can bat left handed, he's been pretty terrible from the left side of the plate this year. It may explain the way the order is structured though-although it is still a head scratcher.

 

What is there to choose from ?? ............

 

04/03 - 08/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Cedeno            386   35   96   10    5    4  128   29   12   76  0.249  0.274  0.332  0.605
Perez             217   25   55   12    1    2   75   24    5   21  0.253  0.267  0.346  0.612

 

Oh, definitely-it's not as there is a much better option on the roster. If they are all terrible though, I'd prefer Cedeno or Theriot to get the start at this point. It's not something that I'm worried about whatsoever-it's not like one start a week is going to be the difference between those two players developing or not though.

[dew1679666265]

The only thing I can think of is Kim's splits.

Against right: .271/.306/.398

Against left: .313/.408/.497

 

Of course that doesn't explain Neifi very well-even though he can bat left handed, he's been pretty terrible from the left side of the plate this year. It may explain the way the order is structured though-although it is still a head scratcher.

 

What is there to choose from ?? ............

 

04/03 - 08/12      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Cedeno            386   35   96   10    5    4  128   29   12   76  0.249  0.274  0.332  0.605
Perez             217   25   55   12    1    2   75   24    5   21  0.253  0.267  0.346  0.612

 

Oh, definitely-it's not as there is a much better option on the roster. If they are all terrible though, I'd prefer Cedeno or Theriot to get the start at this point. It's not something that I'm worried about whatsoever-it's not like one start a week is going to be the difference between those two players developing or not though.

 

Could it be that Dusty is helping out Cedeno and Theriot by sitting them against a submariner who is very tough against righties? I'd much rather see Cedeno or Theriot any day but maybe it's better if they're going to sit, that they sit today.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre grounded out to second, 4-3