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Re: 6/25: Orioles (Burres) vs Cubs (Lilly) 7:05pm CSN

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Z rocking the WBC shirt. Love it!

 

When I watch him pitched in the WBC in Orlando, I could not believe how big he is. Glad to see he kept the shirt. Z .v. Pujols in the WBC was the quietest I heard any baseball stadium, in my life.

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Matt Albers is starting for Baltimore tonight, a rightie, so I imagine Cedeno sits now. Patterson will probably be back in the lineup. Honestly I could see the same lineup as yesterday with maybe DeRosa sitting and Fontenot starting.

 

Albers? Baltimore seems determined to destroy his arm. Earlier this season, he started a game, then went into the bullpen for 2 weeks throwing 10-15 pitches per outing. At the end of that time, he threw 16 pitches one day, 18 pitches the next, then had 2 days rest, and then they let him throw 94 pitches in a game he started.

 

This time it's much less crazy. He threw 36 pitches on the 21st, so he's had 3 days rest. It will be interesting to see how long Baltimore throws him out there though. He is a high walk guy and is only a decent strikeout pitcher, so this is one pitcher the Cubs should absolutely take pitches against. There's a lot of reward and not that much risk.

Note that I'm not saying the Cubs should look at every first pitch. I would never recommend that for any pitcher. But he's exactly the type of pitcher you shouldn't be worried about getting into deeper counts with, so go up there on the first pitch acting like it's a 2-0 or 3-1 count and only swinging if the ball comes into one of your best hitting zones.

 

He's also a pretty good ground ball guy, so the Cubs need to be wary of that with runners on.

 

I do agree that the Cubs will probably go with a very similar lineup tonight as they did last night now unless Lou was very upset with Patterson's adventures out there.

 

Nice call

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