7/21 Cubs (Harden) @ D-Backs (Unit) 8:40 CT CSN

[rocket]

LET'S DO THIS.

[BCVM22]

Time to continue the payback for the indignity and injustice of 2007. We get Johnson, Owings and Davis against Harden, Marquis and Lilly.

 

Time to keep the snake sound effects quiet, time to keep the white towels down, time to keep every one of those fairweather D'back fans out there in their seats.

 

LET'S ROCK.

[Little Slide Rooter]

This...creature has tormented us long enough.

 

http://www.nndb.com/people/823/000047682/randy-johnson-1-sized.jpg

[CubColtPacer]

Thankfully Randy Johnson is not quite Randy Johnson anymore. Lee and Ramirez have had 39 official at-bats against Johnson. In those at-bats, they've struck out in 25 of them.

 

Johnson's still a high K guy, but he's much more hittable than he's used to be. And the biggest problem for him now is that he gives up a ton of HR's.

 

I know the Cubs won't do this, but this is one day I'd like to see Edmonds start. He has had decent success against Johnson during his career (of course, neither are the same players anymore). Since I don't really see Cedeno hitting Randy well, I'd be fine with Edmonds in center, Johnson in left, and DeRosa at 2nd.

[Omar]

Cubs Vs. Johnson

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Jim Edmonds          30    25   6  2  0  2   3   4   7  .240  .367  .560  .927 
Derrek Lee           24    22   4  0  0  0   0   1  13  .182  .250  .182  .432 
Aramis Ramirez       19    17   3  0  0  1   1   1  12  .176  .263  .353  .616 
Reed Johnson         18    12   5  1  0  0   0   2   5  .417  .611  .500 1.111 
Henry Blanco         15    14   4  0  0  1   1   1   3  .286  .333  .500  .833 
Mark DeRosa          10    10   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .100  .100  .100  .200 
Ryan Dempster         9     8   0  0  0  0   0   0   5  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Daryle Ward           4     4   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .250  .250  .250  .500 
Jason Marquis         3     2   0  0  0  0   1   0   1  .000  .000  .000  .000 
Carlos Zambrano       3     3   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .333  .333  .333  .666 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total               135   117  25  3  0  4   6   9  52  .214  .306  .342  .648 

Looks like Reed will get a start.

 

D'Backs Vs. Harden

                    **PA**  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Orlando Hudson        8     8   2  0  0  0   1   0   1  .250  .250  .250  .500 
Tony Clark            3     3   1  1  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .667 1.000 
+-----------------+-------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Total                11    11   3  1  0  0   1   0   2  .273  .273  .364  .637 

 

Yep, thats it.

[Little Slide Rooter]

D-Backs, meet Rich Harden. I have a feeling your not going to like him.

And tommorow will be a perfect opportunity to introduce the new bad ass facial hair.

[haubrich91]

Rich Harden. :D

 

Go Cubs!

[UMFan83]

There is rumblings that Soriano might be back tomorrow if he fares well in Mesa in the morning. Lou said it was 25/75, but hey I like our odds.

 

We need to come to play every day. With the Brewers/Cardinals playing the next 4 games, someone is ready to gain ground every game.

[RedFlash]

There is rumblings that Soriano might be back tomorrow if he fares well in Mesa in the morning. Lou said it was 25/75, but hey I like our odds.

 

We need to come to play every day. With the Brewers/Cardinals playing the next 4 games, someone is ready to gain ground every game.

 

I much rather Soriano get a game or two in the minors before being activated. I want Soriano back at 100%, not 85%.

[rawaction]

Thankfully Randy Johnson is not quite Randy Johnson anymore. Lee and Ramirez have had 39 official at-bats against Johnson. In those at-bats, they've struck out in 25 of them.

 

Johnson's still a high K guy, but he's much more hittable than he's used to be. And the biggest problem for him now is that he gives up a ton of HR's.

 

I know the Cubs won't do this, but this is one day I'd like to see Edmonds start. He has had decent success against Johnson during his career (of course, neither are the same players anymore). Since I don't really see Cedeno hitting Randy well, I'd be fine with Edmonds in center, Johnson in left, and DeRosa at 2nd.

 

As bad as Johnson has been in recent years, lefties still haven't figured him out. But with the Cubs current roster, either Fukudome or Edmonds has to start tomorrow night. I'd think Edmonds has a much better shot to hit Johnson. I think you will see Edmonds in CF, Johnson in LF, but I also think you see Derosa in RF and Cedeno at 2B. My guess is Soriano comes off the DL a day early on Wednesday and is back in the lineup vs. lefty, Doug Davis.

[Andy]

There is rumblings that Soriano might be back tomorrow if he fares well in Mesa in the morning. Lou said it was 25/75, but hey I like our odds.

 

We need to come to play every day. With the Brewers/Cardinals playing the next 4 games, someone is ready to gain ground every game.

 

I much rather Soriano get a game or two in the minors before being activated. I want Soriano back at 100%, not 85%.

If Fonzie's at 85 I want him back. What I don't want is the utter disaster that he was when he came back in early May from his first injury.

[CubbieBum]

There is rumblings that Soriano might be back tomorrow if he fares well in Mesa in the morning. Lou said it was 25/75, but hey I like our odds.

 

We need to come to play every day. With the Brewers/Cardinals playing the next 4 games, someone is ready to gain ground every game.

 

I much rather Soriano get a game or two in the minors before being activated. I want Soriano back at 100%, not 85%.

If Fonzie's at 85 I want him back. What I don't want is the utter disaster that he was when he came back in early May from his first injury.

 

If Sori hits a homer or gets a couple hits in Mesa then you mine-as-well call him up because he is going to perform any better than that with an extra game or two.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Worthless stats of the day for Monday.............

 

CUBS are 7-2 on Mondays

CUBS are 8-7 in July

CUBS are 3-0 vs. Arizona

CUBS are 22-8 vs. the NLW Division

CUBS are 12-12 when they've lost their last 1 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 24-16 when they've lost their previous game

CUBS are 19-13 in games that start a series

CUBS are 4-9-3 in road series

CUBS have lost 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 8-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 27-14 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are 28-22 at night

CUBS are 21-28 on the road

CUBS are 17-10 against lefties

CUBS are 37-13 when they get a quality start.... 21-27 when they don't

CUBS are 16-26 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 42-14 when they don't

CUBS are 40-14 when they score first in the game.... 18-26 when they don't

CUBS are 22-6 when they score in the first inning.... 36-34 when they don't

CUBS are 46-27 when they don't allow any runs in the first inning.... 12-13 when they do

CUBS are 46-10 when they score at least 4 runs.... 11-30 when they don't

CUBS are 35-7 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 23-33 when they don't

CUBS are 50-6 when they outhit the opponents.... 4-25 when they get outhit.... and 4-9 when the hits are even

CUBS are 24-6 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 34-34 when he doesn't

CUBS are 15-15 in one run games.... 10-11 in two run games

CUBS are 23-24 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 35-16 when it's less than 70 degrees

CUBS are 32-14 when their starter throws more pitches than the opponent.... 23-25 when they throw fewer pitches than the opponent.... 3-1 when the pitch counts are even.

CUBS are 47-22 when the opponent's starter pitches 6-1/3 inning or less.... 11-18 when he doesn't

CUBS have won 23 of their last 36 games against left handed starters

CUBS have allowed 2 sac bunts in their last 30 games

CUBS have only thrown out 9 runners trying to steal in 43 attempts during their last 65 games

CUBS are 27-1 when they get 12 hits or more..... 2-14 when they get less than 7 hits

CUBS have stolen 1 base in 3 attempts during their last 13 games.

CUBS have allowed 4 triples in their last 4 games

CUBS pitchers have 12 quality starts in their last 17 games

CUBS have homered in 11 of their last 12 games

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 18 games

CUBS have scored first in 9 out of their last 12 games

CUBS are 3-1 over the last 5 weeks in games with a score of 2-1

 

CUBS are 1-0 when Harden starts

Harden is 0 of 1 in quality starts

Harden has 1 consecutive non-quality start(s)

Harden's ERA pitching to Soto is 0.00.... to Blanco it's N/A

CUBS score 5.29 R/G overall.... 8.00 R/G when Harden pitches

CUBS hit 1.12 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Harden pitches

CUBS have scored first in 1 of Harden's 1 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Harden.....

 

03/31 - 07/20      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Harden      44    8   14    1    1    1   20    8    8   10  0.318  0.434  0.455  0.889
CUBS overall     3422  518  959  198   12  110 1511  489  385  723  0.280  0.357  0.442  0.798

 

Composite scoring in games started by Harden.........

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              0   1   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      8
Opponents         0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      7

 

Harden's starts this year (0-0)

 

Harden                  IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
07/12  vs. S.F.        5.3    5    0    0    3   10    0    96  5.06 16.88  0.00  1.50  0.00

 

CUBS' bullpen load during the last week.....

 

              Sun        Sat        Fri        Thurs      Wed        Tues       Mon           Totals
             20 Jul     19 Jul     18 Jul     17 Jul     16 Jul     15 Jul     14 Jul
             @ Houst    @ Houst    @ Houst    no game    no game    no game    no game 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Hart                                                                                                 
Howry                               0.3  10                                                   0.3  10
Lieber                                                                                               
Marmol        1.0   8                                                                         1.0   8
Wood                                                                                                 
Wuertz                                                                                               
Cotts                               0.7   8                                                   0.7   8
Gaudin                   1.7  23                                                              1.7  23
Marshall                                                                                             

Totals        1.0   8    1.7  23    1.0  18                                                   3.7  49

 

CUBS' season series vs. Arizona this year (3-0) .......

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.35  Fri 05/09    Arizona           3- 1  Lilly           Haren         
.36  Sat 05/10    Arizona           7- 2  Dempster        Scherzer      
.37  Sun 05/11    Arizona           6- 4  Gallagher       Gonzalez      
.99  Mon 07/21  @ Arizona       N    -    Harden          Johnson       
100  Tue 07/22  @ Arizona       N    -    Marquis         Owings        
101  Wed 07/23  @ Arizona       N    -    Lilly           Davis         

 

CUBS' season series vs. Arizona in 2007 (2-4).....

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.95  Fri 07/20    Arizona           6- 2  Marquis         Webb          
.96  Sat 07/21    Arizona           2- 3  Hill            Owings        
.97  Sun 07/22    Arizona           0- 3  Marshall        Petit         
127  Fri 08/24  @ Arizona       N   6- 2  Marshall        Owings        
128  Sat 08/25  @ Arizona           1- 3  Lilly           Davis         
129  Sun 08/26  @ Arizona           4- 5  Marquis         Petit         

 

Composite scoring vs. Arizona this year.....

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              0   1   2   0   2   0   8   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      16
Opponents         2   0   0   0   3   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0       7

 

CUBS hitters vs. Arizona this year.....

 

vs. Ariz           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Ward                2    0    2    1    0    0    3    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.500  2.500  1.000  2.50  0.000  1.000
Soriano             9    2    5    2    0    0    2    1    0  0.556  0.600  0.778  1.378  0.556  3.00  0.044  0.500
Fukudome           10    2    4    0    0    1    2    2    3  0.400  0.500  0.700  1.200  0.500  4.08  0.100  0.250
DeRosa              9    3    4    1    0    0    0    2    3  0.444  0.545  0.556  1.101  0.667  4.18  0.101  0.000
D Lee              12    2    3    0    0    2    2    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.750  1.000  0.125  3.42  0.000  0.000
Johnson             9    2    2    0    0    1    2    1    3  0.222  0.417  0.556  0.972  0.200  4.46  0.194  0.125
Ramirez            10    2    3    1    0    0    1    2    2  0.300  0.417  0.400  0.817  0.375  4.25  0.117  0.500
Pie                 3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.500  4.00  0.000  0.000
Theriot            11    1    3    0    0    0    1    1    2  0.273  0.385  0.273  0.657  0.333  3.85  0.112  0.200
Fontenot            2    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    0  0.000  0.333  0.000  0.333  0.000  3.33  0.333  0.000
Soto               11    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.000  0.083  0.000  0.083  0.000  4.17  0.083  0.000
Cedeno              1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.00  0.000  0.000

vs Qualls           4    4    4    1    0    0    3    0    0  1.000  1.000  1.250  2.250  1.000  4.00  0.000  1.000
vs Medders          4    2    2    0    0    1    3    0    0  0.500  0.500  1.250  1.750  0.333  4.25  0.000  0.667
vs Cruz            10    3    3    0    0    2    3    5    6  0.300  0.533  0.900  1.433  0.500  4.80  0.233  0.143
vs Pena             7    2    3    1    0    0    2    1    0  0.429  0.500  0.571  1.071  0.429  2.88  0.071  0.222
vs Gonzalez        18    2    5    0    0    1    1    2    3  0.278  0.350  0.444  0.794  0.286  4.14  0.072  0.000
vs Slaten           4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650  0.333  2.60  0.150  0.000
vs Scherzer        20    1    5    1    0    0    0    1    6  0.250  0.348  0.300  0.648  0.357  3.42  0.098  0.000
vs Haren           26    2    5    2    0    0    2    2    5  0.192  0.250  0.269  0.519  0.238  3.93  0.058  0.200

vs. starters       64    5   15    3    0    1    3    5   14  0.234  0.310  0.328  0.638  0.286  3.82  0.075  0.074
vs. relievers      29   11   13    2    0    3   11    6    7  0.448  0.556  0.828  1.383  0.526  3.92  0.107  0.320

vs Left             4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650  0.333  2.60  0.150  0.000
vs Right           89   16   27    5    0    4   14   11   20  0.303  0.392  0.494  0.887  0.354  3.91  0.089  0.204

Leading off        23    2    6    1    0    0    0    0    8  0.261  0.292  0.304  0.596  0.400  4.46  0.031  0.000
Pinch hitting       4    0    2    1    0    0    3    1    0  0.500  0.600  0.750  1.350  0.500  2.60  0.100  0.600
bases empty        50   10   14    2    0    2    3    6   15  0.280  0.379  0.440  0.819  0.364  4.22  0.099  1.000
runners on         43    6   14    3    0    2   11    5    6  0.326  0.408  0.535  0.943  0.343  3.44  0.083  0.176
scoring pos        23    3    7    3    0    0    7    3    3  0.304  0.407  0.435  0.842  0.350  3.29  0.103  0.194

totals vs. Ariz    93   16   28    5    0    4   14   11   21  0.301  0.393  0.484  0.876  0.353  3.85  0.091  0.192
season totals    3420  518  959  198   12  110  487  385  723  0.280  0.357  0.442  0.799  0.328  3.90  0.077  0.191

 

CUBS pitchers vs. Arizona this year......

 

vs. Ariz             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              3.0    1    0    0    1    4    0    43  3.00 12.00  0.00  0.67  0.00
Wood                2.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    18  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.00  0.00
Fox                 1.7    0    0    0    3    0    0    45 16.20  0.00  0.00  1.80  0.00
Eyre                1.0    1    0    0    0    1    0    17  0.00  9.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Howry               1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0    12  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Wuertz              1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     4  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Lilly               7.0    3    1    1    2   10    1   104  2.57 12.86  1.29  0.71  1.29
Dempster            6.0    3    2    2    3    7    0   118  4.50 10.50  0.00  1.00  3.00
Gallagher           4.3    5    4    4    3    6    0    83  6.23 12.46  0.00  1.85  8.31

totals vs. Ariz    27.0   13    7    7   12   30    1   444  4.00 10.00  0.33  0.93  2.33
season totals     884.0  821  407  377  329  725   99 14450  3.35  7.38  1.01  1.30  3.84

 

CUBS' last 7 games (3-4)..............

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.92  Thu 07/10    Cincinnati        7-12  Lilly           Arroyo        
.93  Fri 07/11    San Francisco     3- 1  Marquis         Cain          
.94  Sat 07/12    San Francisco     8- 7  Harden          Correia       
.95  Sun 07/13    San Francisco     2- 4  Dempster        Lincecum      
.96  Fri 07/18  @ Houston       N   1- 2  Lilly           Moehler       
.97  Sat 07/19  @ Houston       N   1- 4  Zambrano        Rodriguez     
.98  Sun 07/20  @ Houston           9- 0  Dempster        Backe         

 

Composite scoring during the last 7 games.........

 

                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16    Total

CUBS              3   3   2   7   2   2   2   3   6   0   1   0   0   0   0   0      31
Opponents         0   2   8   4   1   1   4   2   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      30

 

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

 

07/10 - 07/20      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
Fontenot           21    6    8    3    0    2    6    4    6  0.381  0.480  0.810  1.290  0.462  4.12  0.099  0.500
Edmonds            19    5    7    3    0    2    7    1    3  0.368  0.400  0.842  1.242  0.357  3.60  0.032  0.417
Theriot            30    4   15    2    0    0    4    3    1  0.500  0.545  0.567  1.112  0.517  4.00  0.045  0.500
D Lee              30    3    9    3    0    0    5    2    6  0.300  0.344  0.400  0.744  0.375  3.72  0.044  0.417
DeRosa             23    6    5    1    1    0    1    5    6  0.217  0.357  0.348  0.705  0.294  4.54  0.140  0.083
Johnson            12    0    3    0    0    0    1    0    5  0.250  0.308  0.250  0.558  0.429  3.69  0.058  0.143
Cedeno              4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.250  2.25  0.000  0.000
Ramirez            26    1    2    0    0    1    3    4    5  0.077  0.250  0.192  0.442  0.050  3.78  0.173  0.143
Fukudome           25    2    4    2    0    0    0    0    8  0.160  0.160  0.240  0.400  0.235  3.69  0.000  0.000
Soto               27    3    5    0    0    0    1    1    8  0.185  0.214  0.185  0.399  0.263  3.86  0.029  0.071
Ward                8    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    3  0.125  0.125  0.250  0.375  0.200  3.25  0.000  0.000
Blanco              3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.33  0.000  0.000

last 7 games      246   31   62   15    1    6   29   20   59  0.252  0.316  0.394  0.710  0.309  3.80  0.064  0.193
season totals    3420  518  959  198   12  110  487  385  723  0.280  0.357  0.442  0.799  0.328  3.90  0.077  0.191

 

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

 

07/10 - 07/20        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marquis             7.0    3    0    0    2    4    0    81  2.57  5.14  0.00  0.71  0.00
Harden              5.3    5    0    0    3   10    0    96  5.06 16.88  0.00  1.50  0.00
Marshall            2.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    20  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Gaudin              6.3    3    1    1    0    4    1    77  0.00  5.68  1.42  0.47  1.42
Dempster           14.7   13    4    4    4   13    0   222  2.45  7.98  0.00  1.16  2.45
Howry               3.0    2    1    1    0    1    0    29  0.00  3.00  0.00  0.67  3.00
Cotts               2.3    3    1    1    0    0    1    37  0.00  0.00  3.86  1.29  3.86
Lilly               9.7   12    5    5    4    9    3   167  3.72  8.38  2.79  1.66  4.66
Zambrano            6.3    6    4    4    6    3    0   108  8.53  4.26  0.00  1.89  5.68
Wood                1.0    2    1    1    1    1    0    22  9.00  9.00  0.00  3.00  9.00
Lieber              2.0    3    2    2    0    2    2    30  0.00  9.00  9.00  1.50  9.00
Marmol              2.0    5    5    4    1    0    0    44  4.50  0.00  0.00  3.00 18.00
Hart                1.0    3    2    2    0    0    0    19  0.00  0.00  0.00  3.00 18.00
Wuertz              1.3    4    4    4    1    1    1    39  6.75  6.75  6.75  3.75 27.00

last 7 games       64.0   64   30   29   22   50    8   991  3.09  7.03  1.13  1.34  4.08
season totals     884.0  821  407  377  329  725   99 14450  3.35  7.38  1.01  1.30  3.84

 

Patience is a virtue.........

 

03/31 - 07/20        P   PA  P/PA
Ward               284   64  4.44
Fukudome          1738  399  4.36
Edmonds            686  164  4.18
Fontenot           720  177  4.07
Ramirez           1610  397  4.06
D Lee             1755  441  3.98
Soto              1479  375  3.94
DeRosa            1462  373  3.92
Cedeno             574  148  3.88
Johnson            913  239  3.82
Theriot           1520  405  3.75
E Patterson        161   44  3.66
Pie                253   70  3.61
Soriano            816  232  3.52
Murton             144   41  3.51
Blanco             234   67  3.49
Hoffpauir          128   37  3.46

CUBS             15236 3911  3.90

 

Percentage of baserunners driven in........

 

03/31 - 07/20      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Johnson             29   84  0.257
Soriano             25   75  0.250
Edmonds             21   64  0.247
E Patterson          6   19  0.240
Ramirez             48  154  0.238
D Lee               44  164  0.212
Cedeno              19   76  0.200
DeRosa              39  167  0.189
Soto                40  181  0.181
Theriot             25  120  0.172
Murton               6   29  0.171
Ward                 7   34  0.171
Fontenot            16   79  0.168
Fukudome            29  144  0.168
Pie                  6   44  0.120
Hoffpauir            1    9  0.100
Blanco               4   41  0.089

CUBS               377 1600  0.191

 

CUBS' magic numbers:

 

St. Louis      62
Milwaukee      62
Cincinnati     53
Houston        53
Pittsburgh     51

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

 

 

 

© 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

[RedFlash]

There is rumblings that Soriano might be back tomorrow if he fares well in Mesa in the morning. Lou said it was 25/75, but hey I like our odds.

 

We need to come to play every day. With the Brewers/Cardinals playing the next 4 games, someone is ready to gain ground every game.

 

I much rather Soriano get a game or two in the minors before being activated. I want Soriano back at 100%, not 85%.

If Fonzie's at 85 I want him back. What I don't want is the utter disaster that he was when he came back in early May from his first injury.

 

If Sori hits a homer or gets a couple hits in Mesa then you mine-as-well call him up because he is going to perform any better than that with an extra game or two.

 

You have to be careful about making that suggestion. Just because he goes 2-3 against 1st or 2nd yr minor leaguers, doesn't mean he's ready to rejoin the club, nor does going 0-3 with 3 k's mean he isn't ready to come back.

 

It will come down to Soriano and how he is feeling. I'm hoping he'll be honest with Lou. If he truly believes he's ready to come back, then so be it, but if he is rushing back because of the struggles of the team, then this is where the Cubs need to protect Alf from himself.

[Amie]

There is rumblings that Soriano might be back tomorrow if he fares well in Mesa in the morning. Lou said it was 25/75, but hey I like our odds.

 

We need to come to play every day. With the Brewers/Cardinals playing the next 4 games, someone is ready to gain ground every game.

 

I much rather Soriano get a game or two in the minors before being activated. I want Soriano back at 100%, not 85%.

If Fonzie's at 85 I want him back. What I don't want is the utter disaster that he was when he came back in early May from his first injury.

 

If Sori hits a homer or gets a couple hits in Mesa then you mine-as-well call him up because he is going to perform any better than that with an extra game or two.

 

You have to be careful about making that suggestion. Just because he goes 2-3 against 1st or 2nd yr minor leaguers, doesn't mean he's ready to rejoin the club, nor does going 0-3 with 3 k's mean he isn't ready to come back.

 

It will come down to Soriano and how he is feeling. I'm hoping he'll be honest with Lou. If he truly believes he's ready to come back, then so be it, but if he is rushing back because of the struggles of the team, then this is where the Cubs need to protect Alf from himself.

 

 

With the problems scoring runs lately, I have a feeling Sori is going to want to get back. I would imagine is even makes the idea easier for Lou to swallow. So if that happens we can just hope he's truly ready.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

wow, Fukudome at 400 in his last 7 games. I'm no expert, but I could probably come close to that

[Little Slide Rooter]

There is rumblings that Soriano might be back tomorrow if he fares well in Mesa in the morning. Lou said it was 25/75, but hey I like our odds.

 

We need to come to play every day. With the Brewers/Cardinals playing the next 4 games, someone is ready to gain ground every game.

 

I'm pretty sure that no matter what happens, he'll play at least 1 game in Iowa, probably 2. He needs to get some of those Patteronesque 3 pitch strike out and dropped routine flys out of his system.

[Mizzou]

wow, Fukudome at 400 in his last 7 games. I'm no expert, but I could probably come close to that

And 500 in his last 8. Still crap obviously, just pointing out how big of a difference one game can make.

[CubmanPi]

(Harden) ... (Unit)

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[UMFan83]

wow, Fukudome at 400 in his last 7 games. I'm no expert, but I could probably come close to that

And 500 in his last 8. Still crap obviously, just pointing out how big of a difference one game can make.

 

.500 what? OPS?

[C.C.]

Time to start a streak and go on a little run here.

[UMFan83]

Ramirez last 17 games: .145/.233/.355/.588

DeRosa last 15 games: .204/.295/.370/.655

Soto last 10 games: .205/.220/.385/.605

Fukudome last 18 games: .179/.247/.269/.516

[UMFan83]

Lee last 30 games: .361/.437/.504/.941

Theriot last 10 games: .477/.511/.523/1.034

Edmonds last 22 games: .254/.398/.634/1.032

Fontenot last 16 games: .370/.473/.804/1.277

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Should be some fun numbers when it's time to look at July splits. Fontenot has done a great job of replicating hot Soriano.

[UMFan83]

Should be some fun numbers when it's time to look at July splits. Fontenot has done a great job of replicating hot Soriano.

 

Psh, his HRs don't go nearly as far!