3/23ST Cubs (Z!) vs. Giants (Lowry) 3:05 CT MLB Webcast

[craig]

Do you think at some point that Prior will be moved to a 5-day schedule? Seems he's been pitching every 6th day: If I recall, he got kicked by KC on a Saturday, pitched a minor league game on a Friday, pitched yesterday on Thursday, next outing on Wednesday. Coincidence? Or mght he just stick on a 6-day routine for a while?

[Fred Hornkohl]

DeRosa doubled down the left field line

[98navigator]

just so everyone knows prior is set to start on wed. I think this start by him could determine whether or not he will be in the starting rotation. I hope he pitches really well. By the way, great game by the cubs today.

 

welcome to the board!

[98navigator]

Do you think at some point that Prior will be moved to a 5-day schedule? Seems he's been pitching every 6th day: If I recall, he got kicked by KC on a Saturday, pitched a minor league game on a Friday, pitched yesterday on Thursday, next outing on Wednesday. Coincidence? Or mght he just stick on a 6-day routine for a while?

 

I guess they are being extra cautious. Eventually, he will have to get on a regular schedule if he pitches in the rotation.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Cedeno grounded out to first, unassisted, DeRosa to third

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pagan walked

[98navigator]

"This turn around the rotation will be the most important for our pitchers," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said Friday. "We look for our pitchers to throw about 100 pitches this juncture, starting with Zambrano today, then [Ted] Lilly, [Jason] Marquis and [Rich] Hill. The last time out, we'll shorten everybody up to 60, 65 pitches so they're fresh for the season."

 

I wonder if Z threw close to 100 pitches in his 6 innings?

 

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Do you think at some point that Prior will be moved to a 5-day schedule? Seems he's been pitching every 6th day: If I recall, he got kicked by KC on a Saturday, pitched a minor league game on a Friday, pitched yesterday on Thursday, next outing on Wednesday. Coincidence? Or mght he just stick on a 6-day routine for a while?

 

The interesting question is: why would an extra off day benefit Prior?

 

All the research shows that for the majority of MLB pitchers, there's no discernible health or performance benefit from pitching on four days rest instead of three days rest. I'm sure the same would hold true for five days rest vs. four days rest.

 

Physically small guys like Pedro Martinez or older pitchers might be exceptions to the above.

 

A lot of managers, Dusty Baker included, seem to believe that giving a guy an extra day off after having him throw too many pitches in a start makes up for the high pitch count. In the earlier part of this decade, Boston used to give Pedro extra days off and then trot him out for 130+ pitches. That was stupid.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Soriano stuck out swinging, Pagan stole second base, DeRosa holding third

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING

 

Sanchez in to pitch for San Francisco

DeRosa doubled down the left field line

Cedeno grounded out to first, unassisted, DeRosa to third

Pagan walked

Soriano stuck out swinging, Pagan stole second base, DeRosa holding third

Murton flied out to center field

 

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 2 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R  H E
San Francisco 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1      2  7 1 
CUBS          0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0      6 10 1 

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Cedeno, Ramirez

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lowry      5.0  7  5  5  3  2  1  00
Hennessey  2.0  2  1  1  0  1  1  00 
Sanchez    1.0  1  0  0  1  0  0  00 

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   6.0  4  1  1  1  5  0  00
Wood       1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  00
Howry      1.0  2  1  1  0  0  0  00 

[98navigator]

This guy is getting in subtle digs about the Cubs' futility. :?

 

Dempster coming in

[Fred Hornkohl]

Dempster in to pitch, Pie in at cf for the CUBS

[Fred Hornkohl]

This guy is getting in subtle digs about the Cubs' futility. :?

 

....'bout as suttle as a Sherman Tank, I'd say.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Frandsen grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ellison grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

[Mizzou]

How'd Woody look today?

[98navigator]

How'd Woody look today?

 

Audio only but he sounded sharp. 1 IP, 1 H

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Dempster in to pitch, Pie in at cf for the CUBS

Frandsen grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Ellison grounded out to the pitcher, 1-3

Sweeney struck out swinging

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R  H E
San Francisco 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0    2  7 1 
CUBS          0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 x    6 10 1 

 

CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !!

 

W: Zambrano

S: none

L: Lowry

 

T: 2:26

A: 12,752

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Cedeno, Ramirez

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lowry      5.0  7  5  5  3  2  1  00
Hennessey  2.0  2  1  1  0  1  1  00 
Sanchez    1.0  1  0  0  1  0  0  00 

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Zambrano   6.0  4  1  1  1  5  0  00
Wood       1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  00
Howry      1.0  2  1  1  0  0  0  00 
Dempster   1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  00 

[E.J.]

How'd Woody look today?

 

Don't know how he looked. There was no tv broadcast today, and the radio announcers didn't say much. He gave up one hit, but didn't give up any runs.

[98navigator]

Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win!

[Fred Hornkohl]

How'd Woody look today?

 

On the radio he looked like this........

 

TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING

 

Wood in to pitch for the CUBS

Frandsen popped out to shortstop

Ellisopn doubled to right field

Sweeney grounded out to first, 3-1

Winn grounded out to first, 3-1

 

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base

[Mizzou]

Thanks guys.

[98navigator]

Do you think at some point that Prior will be moved to a 5-day schedule? Seems he's been pitching every 6th day: If I recall, he got kicked by KC on a Saturday, pitched a minor league game on a Friday, pitched yesterday on Thursday, next outing on Wednesday. Coincidence? Or mght he just stick on a 6-day routine for a while?

 

The interesting question is: why would an extra off day benefit Prior?

 

All the research shows that for the majority of MLB pitchers, there's no discernible health or performance benefit from pitching on four days rest instead of three days rest. I'm sure the same would hold true for five days rest vs. four days rest.

 

Physically small guys like Pedro Martinez or older pitchers might be exceptions to the above.

 

A lot of managers, Dusty Baker included, seem to believe that giving a guy an extra day off after having him throw too many pitches in a start makes up for the high pitch count. In the earlier part of this decade, Boston used to give Pedro extra days off and then trot him out for 130+ pitches. That was stupid.

 

I'm sure you can add pitchers with a history of arm/shoulder/achilles injuries to the exception list. They are being overly cautious; there's no reason to rush, from the team's perspective, because they have other options. Lou has said as

much.

 

"He looked nice and comfortable and confident on the mound," Piniella said. "That's just one time. Let's see what happens here the next time. One thing that we've done with Mark, and I think it's really helped him, is that we haven't set any timetable, we haven't rushed him, we've given him all the time and it's working. Why all of a sudden go into rush mode and risk a setback? Let's see what happens next week."