3/9ST: s/s Cubs @ TX & SD @ Cubs, 2:05CT, CSN Chicago

Omar · March 9, 2007

Why wasnt Bob Brenly doing the color?

Chocolate Milk · March 9, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

CubColtPacer · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3 so far-his OBP does lead the team though.

A New Era · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3 so far-his OBP does lead the team though.

Yeah I thought he was supposed to be Neifi #2. :roll: (not aimed at you).

TruffleShuffle · March 10, 2007

.455 average for E-Patt? Man he's unstoppable.

CubColtPacer · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3 so far-his OBP does lead the team though.

Yeah I thought he was supposed to be Neifi #2. :roll: (not aimed at you).

Well, I would wait until he puts some of these results up in the regular season before proclaiming anybody to be wrong on this, but these signs point to hope that Izturis can continue the path his development was on before the injury. He'll never be a big SLG guy, but I do think he can be a pretty good OBP guy (.330 to .350) especially working with Perry. That's where his OBP was the last year and a half before the injury anyway, and his already improving plate discipline should take another leap with Perry as his instructor.

Transmogrified Tiger · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3 so far-his OBP does lead the team though.

Yeah I thought he was supposed to be Neifi #2. :roll: (not aimed at you).

I agree. These 3 spring training walks show that he's seen the error of his previous 4600 professional plate appearances where he couldn't take a walk even when he didn't have a bat in his hands.

Chocolate Milk · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3

Oh.

CubColtPacer · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3

Oh.

I can understand the confusion-all the middle infielders have been doing a really good job of drawing walks so far in ST-Cedeno, DeRosa, and Izturis are 3 of the 5 top Cubs in walks so far (Izturis in fact has 3 walks and only 12 other AB's). With all the flux, it's pretty easy to mix those middle infielders together.

Shilzzz · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3 so far-his OBP does lead the team though.

Yeah I thought he was supposed to be Neifi #2. :roll: (not aimed at you).

I agree. These 3 spring training walks show that he's seen the error of his previous 4600 professional plate appearances where he couldn't take a walk even when he didn't have a bat in his hands.

he doesn't have a bat in his hands, it's a glove. gosh!

jjgman21 · March 10, 2007

Larry Rothschild Translation: Mark Prior lacks mental toughness and he's still scared of being injured

I think he's talking straight more right now that any other interview I've ever heard. quite critical, quite honest.

What is he saying?

got some other things going on right now. I have it TIVO'd and will try to give a recap tonight at the end of this thread.

on Hill---thought he was ok. has to get velocity up on high fastball to get it by the hitter, but overall good outting. a little bit stonger today because has been sick in previous appearances.

on split squads - wishes could see Cotts today (probably reconsidering that right now) but also wanted to see Hill

on the pen --- if get chance to use situationally will be real good. thinks they will be able to use situationally.

on Wood --- threw ball well. not only had strike three to get out of the inning, also had strike four because pitch before should have been a strike. bloop to lead off the inning (the much debated Izturis error), 0-2 on next hitter but, got under a slider resulting in a HBP. got in trouble trying to power fastball past Sledge. as long as healthy will do well, stuff is there.

on Prior --- Len "what do you need to see tomorrow?" Roth "I don't know what I need to see, I know I would like to see," him throwing the ball similar to 2 years ago, even if results not there. from there can fix everything. just a matter of getting arm strenght back and not being cautious. alot of pitchers wait for something to happen, eventually it doesn't, and then the pitcher starts to let it go.

Plesac likes to see the look in the eye/body language/pace/etc. Roth agrees. has told Prior results don't matter right now, want to see him throw ball the way he can because "we all know what's gonna happen when the stuff is back to where it should be."

on Dempster --- last outting kept ball down in zone, good extension (got him stiff, but that's what they want). when Demp misses has to miss down, need to get him throwing the ball downhill.

on Lilly/Marq --- been impressive, fun to work with, tough mentally, goals in mind. Marquis is all business, has something to prove, setting out to do so. worked with Roth, but alot of work on his own.

VanceJergins · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3

Oh.

How many walks does Murton have? He seems to be walking every other PA and he's beeng having a very solid spring so far. Is there a site that has ST stats?

CaliforniaRaisin · March 10, 2007

Padres game:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.azpc10103092239.padres_cubs_spring_baseball_azpc101.jpg

Tomas Perez!

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.azpc10303092248.padres_cubs_baseball_azpc103.jpg

Soriano

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.azpc10503092259.padres_cubs_spring_baseball_azpc105.jpg

Aramis scores because the Fathers' catcher can't catch

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.azpc10603092314.padres_cubs_spring_baseball_azpc106.jpg

More Soriano

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.azpc10703092319.padres_cubs_spring_baseball_azpc107.jpg

Z makes a funny, Sweet Lou laughs

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.azpc10803092330.padres_cubs_spring_baseball_azpc108.jpg

Uncle Larry and Sweet Lou

CubColtPacer · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3

Oh.

How many walks does Murton have? He seems to be walking every other PA and he's beeng having a very solid spring so far. Is there a site that has ST stats?

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?c_id=chc

Murton's having a good spring-his OBP is 8th best on the team (I'm taking out both the two people with 1 AB and Koyie Hill with 5 AB's to get that figure) and he's 6th in SLG.

CaliforniaRaisin · March 10, 2007

Rangers game:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.aztg10603092357.cubs_rangers_spring_baseball_aztg106.jpg

Mark DeRosa

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070310/capt.aztg10903100024.cubs_rangers_baseball_aztg109.jpg

Neal Cotts

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070310/capt.aztg11203100039.cubs_rangers_spring_baseball_aztg112.jpg

Tyler Colvin looks on as Ronny Cedeño, center, congratulates Koyie Hill on his three-run home run.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.aztg10303092340.cubs_rangers_spring_baseball_aztg103.jpg

Sammy makes a funny, Felix and coach Mike Harkey laugh

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.aztg10203092331.cubs_rangers_spring_baseball_aztg102.jpg

Sammy beats out the throw, Mike Kinkade is the first baseman

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.aztg10103092329.cubs_rangers_spring_baseball_aztg101.jpg

Sammy singles off Cotts

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070309/capt.aztg10403092347.cubs_rangers_spring_baseball_aztg104.jpg

Sammy catches a deep fly ball off the bat off Brian Dopirak

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070310/capt.aztg10803100007.cubs_rangers_spring_baseball_aztg108.jpg

Sammy appears to be daydreaming

CaliforniaRaisin · March 10, 2007

CACTUS  FINAL
                      1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9   R  H  E
                      -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -
 SAN DIEGO            0  1  0   0  1  1   3  0  0   6 14  2
 CHICAGO CUBS         0  0  4   2  2  2   0  0  0  10 17  0   FINAL

                 WP - RICH HILL (1-1)
                 LP - JAKE PEAVY (0-1)

    HOME RUNS:  SDG - KEVIN KOUZMANOFF (1) OFF CARLOS MARMOL IN THE 6TH
                CHN - ARAMIS RAMIREZ (1) OFF AARON RAKERS IN THE 5TH

         TIME: 3:12                   ATT: 8,513

Box Score

SAN DIEGO (6) AT CHICAGO CUBS (10)

SAN DIEGO        AB  R  H BI  CHICAGO CUBS     AB  R  H BI
T Sledge rf       3  0  0  0  A Soriano cf      4  0  0  0
M Baxter rf       2  1  1  0  J Lansford 3b     2  0  1  0
T Walker 2b       3  0  1  0  C Izturis ss      2  2  1  0
C Stansberry 2b   1  0  1  1  C Walker pr-cf    2  1  1  0
M Cameron cf      3  0  0  0  D Lee 1b          4  2  2  0
Y Ramirez cf      2  0  0  0  H Blanco c        2  0  0  0
A Gonzalez 1b     3  0  0  0  A Ramirez 3b      3  2  2  4
M Antonelli 3b    0  0  0  1  A Pagan rf        2  0  0  0
K Kouzmanoff 3b   3  2  2  1  J Jones rf        2  0  0  0
H Bell p          0  0  0  0  S Eyre p          0  0  0  0
B Dowdy ph        1  0  0  0  E Patterson ph-2b 2  0  2  0
R Ring p          0  0  0  0  M Barrett c       4  1  2  2
P McAnulty lf     2  0  1  1  C Marmol p        0  0  0  0
A Rakers p        0  0  0  0  J Webb p          0  0  0  0
R Huffman ph-1b   2  0  2  0  A Mendez p        0  0  0  0
P LaForest c      2  1  1  0  W Ohman p         0  0  0  0
L Carlin ph-c     2  0  0  0  B Coats lf-rf     4  1  3  1
M Alexander ss    2  0  1  0  T Perez 2b-ss     4  0  3  1
J Ciriaco ss      2  1  1  0  D Johnston pr-ss  1  1  0  0
J Peavy p         1  0  1  0  R Hill p          1  0  0  0
K Cameron p       0  0  0  0  S Moore ph        0  0  0  0
M Venable lf      3  1  2  2  B Howry p         0  0  0  0
                              M Hoffpauir ph-1b 3  0  0  0
TOTALS           37  6 14  6  TOTALS           42 10 17  8

SAN DIEGO                 010 011 300 --  6
CHICAGO CUBS              004 222 00x -- 10

E--L Carlin, J Ciriaco. DP--CHICAGO CUBS 3.
LOB--SAN DIEGO 6, CHICAGO CUBS 15. 2B--D Lee, A
Ramirez, M Venable 2, T Walker, P LaForest, J
Ciriaco, R Huffman, J Peavy, K Kouzmanoff. HR--A
Ramirez 1 (1) (off A Rakers), K Kouzmanoff 1 (1)
(off C Marmol). SB--C Walker 1 (1). S--A Mendez.
SF--M Antonelli.
                                  IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
 SAN DIEGO
J Peavy (L,0-1)                2 2-3   5   4   4   2   3   0
K Cameron                        2-3   4   2   2   4   0   0
A Rakers                       1 2-3   3   2   2   0   0   1
H Bell                             1   3   2   0   0   2   0
R Ring                             2   2   0   0   0   2   0
 CHICAGO CUBS
R Hill (W,1-1)                     3   4   1   1   0   3   0
B Howry                            1   0   0   0   0   0   0
S Eyre                             1   2   1   1   0   1   0
C Marmol                           1   2   1   1   0   3   1
J Webb                           1-3   4   3   3   0   0   0
A Mendez                       1 2-3   1   0   0   0   2   0
W Ohman                            1   1   0   0   1   0   0

SO--SDG: M Cameron 2, T Sledge 2, L Carlin 2, P
LaForest, A Gonzalez, B Dowdy. CHN: H Blanco, D
Lee, J Jones, A Pagan, B Coats, R Hill, D
Johnston. BB--SDG: C Stansberry. CHN: C Izturis 2,
A Ramirez, B Coats, S Moore, J Jones. T--3:12.
A--8,513.

CaliforniaRaisin · March 10, 2007

CACTUS  FINAL
                      1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9   R  H  E
                      -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -
 CHICAGO CUBS         2  3  0   0  0  0   0  2  2   9 16  3
 TEXAS                0  4  0   4  0  0   0  3  x  11 15  1   FINAL

                 WP - BRUCE CHEN (1-0)
                 LP - BEN HOWARD (0-1)

    HOME RUNS:  CHN - MATT MURTON (2) OFF BRANDON MCCARTHY IN THE 1ST
                      KOYIE HILL (1) OFF BRANDON MCCARTHY IN THE 2ND
                      TYLER COLVIN (1) OFF C.J. WILSON IN THE 8TH
                TEX - MARLON BYRD (1) OFF BEN HOWARD IN THE 4TH

         TIME: 2:58                   ATT: 6,468

Box Score

CHICAGO CUBS (9) AT TEXAS (11)

CHICAGO CUBS     AB  R  H BI  TEXAS            AB  R  H BI
F Pie cf          4  0  1  0  I Kinsler 2b      4  2  2  3
S Fuld cf         1  0  1  0  D Meyer 2b        0  1  0  0
R Theriot 3b      3  1  2  0  M Byrd lf         4  2  3  2
C McGehee 3b      1  0  0  0  M Young ss        4  1  4  1
M Murton lf       2  1  1  2  D Relaford ss     1  0  1  1
V Pascucci rf     0  1  0  0  M Teixeira 1b     3  1  1  0
M Kinkade 1b      4  0  1  0  N Gold 1b         2  0  0  0
J Mota ph         1  0  0  0  S Sosa rf         3  1  2  0
M DeRosa 2b       4  0  2  0  V Diaz pr-rf      1  0  0  0
M Camp 2b         1  1  1  1  H Blalock 3b      3  0  1  1
T Colvin rf-lf    5  2  3  2  R Vazquez pr-3b   0  0  0  0
R Cedeno ss       5  2  3  0  J Botts dh        4  1  1  0
B Dopirak dh      4  0  0  0  F Guzman cf       4  1  0  0
K Hill c          2  1  1  3  M Ojeda c         3  0  0  0
G Soto c          0  0  0  1  S Manriquez c     1  1  0  0
TOTALS           37  9 16  9  TOTALS           37 11 15  8

CHICAGO CUBS              230 000 022 --  9
TEXAS                     040 400 03x -- 11

E--R Cedeno, R Wells, V Pascucci, D Relaford.
DP--CHICAGO CUBS 3, TEXAS 2. LOB--CHICAGO CUBS 7,
TEXAS 6. 2B--I Kinsler. 3B--M Camp. HR--K Hill 1
(1) (off B McCarthy), T Colvin 1 (1) (off C
Wilson), M Murton 1 (2) (off B McCarthy), M Byrd 1
(1) (off B Howard). SB--R Cedeno 1 (1), I Kinsler
1 (1). CS--F Pie, M Young. S--D Meyer. SF--G Soto.
                                  IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
 CHICAGO CUBS
N Cotts                            2   7   4   0   0   1   0
B Howard (L,0-1)               1 2-3   4   4   4   0   1   1
C Bailey                         1-3   1   0   0   1   0   0
R O'Malley                         2   1   0   0   0   2   0
C Rapada                           1   1   0   0   1   0   0
R Wells                            1   1   3   0   1   1   0
 TEXAS
B McCarthy                         2   7   5   5   1   1   2
J Vargas                           1   1   0   0   0   0   0
B Chen (W,1-0)                     3   4   0   0   2   0   0
A Otsuka                           1   0   0   0   0   1   0
C Wilson                           1   3   2   1   0   0   1
W Eyre                             1   1   2   2   1   1   0

WP--C Bailey, B Chen. HBP--R Theriot by B
McCarthy. SO--CHN: M DeRosa, R Cedeno, B Dopirak.
TEX: M Ojeda 3, V Diaz, N Gold. BB--CHN: M Murton
2, K Hill, V Pascucci. TEX: S Sosa, M Byrd, H
Blalock. T--2:58. A--6,468.

Chocolate Milk · March 10, 2007

Larry Rothschild Translation: Mark Prior lacks mental toughness and he's still scared of being injured

I think he's talking straight more right now that any other interview I've ever heard. quite critical, quite honest.

What is he saying?

got some other things going on right now. I have it TIVO'd and will try to give a recap tonight at the end of this thread.

on Hill---thought he was ok. has to get velocity up on high fastball to get it by the hitter, but overall good outting. a little bit stonger today because has been sick in previous appearances.

on split squads - wishes could see Cotts today (probably reconsidering that right now) but also wanted to see Hill

on the pen --- if get chance to use situationally will be real good. thinks they will be able to use situationally.

on Wood --- threw ball well. not only had strike three to get out of the inning, also had strike four because pitch before should have been a strike. bloop to lead off the inning (the much debated Izturis error), 0-2 on next hitter but, got under a slider resulting in a HBP. got in trouble trying to power fastball past Sledge. as long as healthy will do well, stuff is there.

on Prior --- Len "what do you need to see tomorrow?" Roth "I don't know what I need to see, I know I would like to see," him throwing the ball similar to 2 years ago, even if results not there. from there can fix everything. just a matter of getting arm strenght back and not being cautious. alot of pitchers wait for something to happen, eventually it doesn't, and then the pitcher starts to let it go.

Plesac likes to see the look in the eye/body language/pace/etc. Roth agrees. has told Prior results don't matter right now, want to see him throw ball the way he can because "we all know what's gonna happen when the stuff is back to where it should be."

on Dempster --- last outting kept ball down in zone, good extension (got him stiff, but that's what they want). when Demp misses has to miss down, need to get him throwing the ball downhill.

on Lilly/Marq --- been impressive, fun to work with, tough mentally, goals in mind. Marquis is all business, has something to prove, setting out to do so. worked with Roth, but alot of work on his own.

Good stuff. Thanks for the update.

A New Era · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3 so far-his OBP does lead the team though.

Yeah I thought he was supposed to be Neifi #2. :roll: (not aimed at you).

I agree. These 3 spring training walks show that he's seen the error of his previous 4600 professional plate appearances where he couldn't take a walk even when he didn't have a bat in his hands.

Point was. Neifi wouldn't have even taken 1 walk. :lol:

VanceJergins · March 10, 2007

How many walks does Izturis have this spring? Seems like a lot.

Murton dominated today.

Just 3

Oh.

How many walks does Murton have? He seems to be walking every other PA and he's beeng having a very solid spring so far. Is there a site that has ST stats?

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?c_id=chc

Murton's having a good spring-his OBP is 8th best on the team (I'm taking out both the two people with 1 AB and Koyie Hill with 5 AB's to get that figure) and he's 6th in SLG.

Thanks for the info. It seems like most of the people ahead of Murton are just on a hot streak. I can see Murton having similar numbers through the season. I know thats biased because Murton is my favorite player, but he's had a really good approach so far - good IsoD, good SLG

soccer10k · March 10, 2007

CUBS WIN!!!... and lose

CaliforniaRaisin · March 10, 2007

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070310/capt.aztg11303100104.cubs_rangers_spring_baseball_aztg113.jpg

Sammy vs. Cotts

3Dog · March 10, 2007

Is the J. Lansford that played 3B related to former Athletic Carney Lansford (an all-time favorite of mine, b.t.w.)?

CaliforniaRaisin · March 10, 2007

Is the J. Lansford that played 3B related to former Athletic Carney Lansford (an all-time favorite of mine, b.t.w.)?

Yes, he's Carney's son. Josh Lansford was the Cubs' 6th round pick last season.

vance_the_cubs_fan · March 10, 2007

Is the J. Lansford that played 3B related to former Athletic Carney Lansford (an all-time favorite of mine, b.t.w.)?

Yes, he's Carney's son. Josh Lansford was the Cubs' 6th round pick last season.

Wilken says that Josh is "cat-like" around the bag.

3/9ST: s/s Cubs @ TX & SD @ Cubs, 2:05CT, CSN Chicago

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