4/19 - Cubs (Wells) @ Mets (Niese) 6:10 PM CSN+/ESPN/720

[Cubswin11]

First time ever starting a game thread, \:D/ , they say you never forget your first and hopefully the Cubs will make this one extra memorable. Let's get this 7 game roadtrip off to a good start!

 

Pitching for our very own Cubs is this guy

http://www.cubby-blue.com/.a/6a00d83451fe4669e20120a5bb4090970b-800wi

http://delusionalcubsfan.com/wp-admin/images/miscellaneous/randy-wells_60209.jpg

http://badnewscubs.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/3030589172_a7c0eae6ae.jpg

 

And for the Mets this schmuck

http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/0/5/5/2/New_York_Mets_764e.JPG?adImageId=2942934&imageId=5801945

http://www.crescent-news.com/images/cn_media/20090915/photos/CN91509JonNiese.jpg

 

 

Lets get a W

Edited April 19, 2010 by Cubswin11

[erik316wttn]

Losing 2 out of 3 to a terrible team at home? Not good.

 

Win, idiots. I hate you all.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Laredo, TX !!!

 

Is this an anomaly, or what ????

 

04/05 - 04/18       SB   CS
Theriot              4    0
Byrd                 1    0
Fukudome             1    0
D Lee                1    1
Soriano              1    0

CUBS                 8    1

 

 

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..68 wins                            84    97    85    66    79
.702 runs                           711   857   752   716   703
.216 home runs                      162   185   151   166   194
.500 walks                          597   638   500   395   419
1215 strike outs                   1192  1193  1054   928   920
.108 stolen bases                    55    87    87   121    64
..95 GIDPs                          135   136   128   135   129
.149 errors                         103    97    94   104   100
..54 hit batsmen                     58    50    37    41    50
4.33 runs per game                 4.39  5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.90 pitches per plate appearance  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
18.7 % of baserunners driven in    17.3  19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.371 runs per baserunner          0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
36.4 % of extra base hits          34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.250 batting average              0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.317 on base percentage           0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.424 slugging percentage          0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.742 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

 

 

 

 

Wells vs. NY Mets last year (0-1)............

 

Wells                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
09/06  vs. Mets        6.0    7    2    1    0    2    1    94    59  0.63  15.7   10    6  0.63    0    0  0.00  0.00  3.00  1.50  1.17  1.50

season totals        165.3  166   67   58   46  104   14  2543  1595  0.63  15.4  215  167  0.56    0    0  0.00  2.50  5.66  0.76  1.28  3.16

 

 

 

 

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

 

              Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed        Tues       Mon           Totals
             18 Apr     17 Apr     16 Apr     15 Apr     14 Apr     13 Apr     12 Apr
             vs Houst   vs Houst   vs Houst   vs Milw    vs Milw    no game    vs Milw 
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Berg                     2.0  39                          0.3   2                             2.3  41
Caridad                                                                                              
Grabow                              1.0  10    1.0  19                                        2.0  29
Marmol        1.3  25               1.0  14               1.0  15               1.0  10       4.3  64
Marshall      1.0  13    1.0  15               1.0  29                                        3.0  57
Russell                  1.0   6                          0.3   1               0.7  16       2.0  23
Samardzjia                                     2.0  35                          1.0  12       3.0  47
Gray                     2.0  28                          1.0  15                             3.0  43

Totals        2.3  38    6.0  88    2.0  24    4.0  83    2.7  33               2.7  38      19.7 304

 

 

 

 

CUBS season series vs. New York this year (0-0)..........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.13  Mon 04/19  @ New York      N    -    Wells           Niese         
.14  Tue 04/20  @ New York      N    -    Zambrano        Pelfrey       
.15  Wed 04/21  @ New York      N    -    Silva           Perez         
.16  Thu 04/22  @ New York      N    -    Gorzelanny      Santana       
135  Fri 09/03    New York           -    Gorzelanny      Parnell       
136  Sat 09/04    New York           -    Zambrano        Santana       
137  Sun 09/05    New York           -    Dempster        Maine         

 

 

 

 

CUBS season series vs. New York last year (3-3)...........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
126  Fri 08/28    New York          5- 2  Lilly           Misch         
127  Sat 08/29    New York         11- 4  Dempster        Parnell       
128  Sun 08/30    New York          1- 4  Zambrano        Figueroa      
133  Fri 09/04  @ New York      N   2- 6  Zambrano        Parnell       
134  Sat 09/05  @ New York          5- 3  Harden          Figueroa      
135  Sun 09/06  @ New York          2- 4  Wells           Pelfrey       

 

 

 

 

CUBS did not face Niese last year. CUBS hitters vs NY Mets last year.......

 

vs. Mets           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Soriano             3    1    3    0    0    1    3    1    0  1.000  1.000  2.000  3.000  1.000  3.25    6.0  0.000  1.000
Bradley            22    6   10    4    0    0    2    3    4  0.455  0.538  0.636  1.175  0.556  4.00    7.5  0.084  0.500
Baker              13    3    6    1    0    0    1    3    0  0.462  0.563  0.538  1.101  0.462  3.88    3.9  0.101  0.500
D Lee              20    3    7    0    0    2    4    1    4  0.350  0.381  0.650  1.031  0.357  4.38    5.0  0.031  0.143
Blanco              3    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.667  1.000  0.333  3.33    0.7  0.000  0.000
Scales              7    0    2    1    0    0    0    1    0  0.286  0.375  0.429  0.804  0.286  3.00    1.1  0.089  0.000
Fox                10    2    2    1    0    1    5    0    5  0.200  0.200  0.600  0.800  0.250  3.40    1.2  0.000  0.364
Fuld               12    1    3    1    0    0    0    3    2  0.250  0.400  0.333  0.733  0.300  3.93    1.6  0.150  0.000
Soto               14    0    3    2    0    0    2    2    2  0.214  0.313  0.357  0.670  0.250  3.25    1.6  0.098  0.200
K. Hill             8    0    2    1    0    0    1    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.375  0.625  0.333  3.63    0.8  0.000  0.167
Fontenot            7    1    2    0    0    0    2    0    2  0.286  0.333  0.286  0.619  0.400  4.11    0.7  0.048  0.333
Ramirez            25    3    5    1    0    1    6    0    5  0.200  0.200  0.360  0.560  0.211  3.60    1.8  0.000  0.313
Fukudome           18    4    4    0    0    0    0    2    5  0.222  0.300  0.222  0.522  0.308  4.15    1.2  0.078  0.000
Theriot            22    1    4    0    0    0    0    0    7  0.182  0.182  0.182  0.364  0.267  3.95    0.7  0.000  0.000
Miles               1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.00    0.0  0.000  0.000
Hoffpauir           5    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  3.40    0.0  0.000  0.000

vs. Mets           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
vs Stokes          15    6    7    2    0    1    6    2    1  0.467  0.529  0.800  1.329  0.462  3.41    6.4  0.063  0.417
vs Dressens         6    1    1    0    0    1    1    1    1  0.167  0.286  0.667  0.952  0.000  3.57    1.1  0.119  0.000
vs Broadway        10    2    4    1    0    0    2    1    3  0.400  0.417  0.500  0.917  0.571  3.92    2.1  0.017  0.333
vs Parnell         48    8   14    3    0    1    8    5    9  0.292  0.358  0.417  0.775  0.342  4.11    7.2  0.067  0.226
vs Feliciano        4    0    1    1    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.750  0.333  3.00    0.5  0.000  0.000
vs Takahashi        5    1    1    1    0    0    1    0    0  0.200  0.333  0.400  0.733  0.200  3.67    0.7  0.133  0.500
vs Figueroa        50    5   13    1    0    2    5    4   18  0.260  0.327  0.400  0.727  0.367  4.07    6.5  0.067  0.167
vs Rodriguez       10    1    2    1    0    0    1    1    3  0.200  0.273  0.300  0.573  0.286  3.45    0.8  0.073  0.091
vs Misch           26    1    6    1    0    0    1    2    2  0.231  0.286  0.269  0.555  0.250  3.50    2.0  0.055  0.111
vs Pelfrey         29    1    5    2    0    0    1    1    5  0.172  0.200  0.241  0.441  0.208  3.50    1.4  0.028  0.077

vs. Mets           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
vs. starters      153   15   38    7    0    3   15   12   34  0.248  0.307  0.353  0.660  0.302  3.89   16.6  0.059  0.169
vs. relievers      50   11   16    6    0    2   11    5    9  0.320  0.386  0.560  0.946  0.359  3.54   10.8  0.066  0.265

vs Left            35    2    8    3    0    0    2    2    3  0.229  0.289  0.314  0.604  0.250  3.47    3.2  0.061  0.167
vs Right          168   24   46   10    0    5   24   15   40  0.274  0.335  0.423  0.758  0.333  3.86   23.8  0.061  0.204

Home               98   17   30    6    0    2   17    9   19  0.306  0.373  0.429  0.801  0.364  3.92   15.7  0.067  0.283
Road              105    9   24    7    0    3    9    8   24  0.229  0.283  0.381  0.664  0.269  3.68   11.3  0.055  0.115

Day               166   24   45   11    0    5   24   13   34  0.271  0.330  0.428  0.757  0.315  3.84   23.4  0.059  0.247
Nite               37    2    9    2    0    0    2    4    9  0.243  0.317  0.297  0.614  0.321  3.63    3.5  0.074  0.071

Leading off        50    8   13    3    0    1    1    2   12  0.260  0.288  0.380  0.668  0.324  3.62    5.5  0.028  0.000
Pinch hitting       8    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.125  0.222  0.125  0.347  0.200  3.56    0.2  0.097  0.000
bases loaded        8    1    1    0    0    1    5    0    4  0.125  0.125  0.500  0.625  0.000  3.50    0.5  0.000  0.182
bases empty       114   15   32    7    0    1    1   12   26  0.281  0.354  0.368  0.723  0.356  3.98   14.9  0.074  0.000
runners on         89   11   22    6    0    4   25    5   17  0.247  0.292  0.449  0.741  0.265  3.56   11.7  0.044  0.200
RISP               43    5   10    1    0    2   16    3   10  0.233  0.277  0.395  0.672  0.258  3.64    4.7  0.044  0.219

Game tied          69    8   18    2    0    3   12    7   13  0.261  0.329  0.420  0.749  0.283  3.66    9.5  0.068  0.265
CUBS leading       41    4    9    4    0    1    4    2   12  0.220  0.267  0.390  0.657  0.286  3.89    4.3  0.047  0.158
CUBS trailing      93   14   27    7    0    1   10    8   18  0.290  0.353  0.398  0.751  0.351  3.86   13.1  0.063  0.173
Close score       185   22   47   11    0    5   22   15   39  0.254  0.313  0.395  0.708  0.298  3.80   22.9  0.059  0.193

Early (1-3)        69    5   17    3    0    0    5    6   19  0.246  0.307  0.290  0.597  0.340  3.84    6.1  0.060  0.156
Middle (4-6)       70   11   18    3    0    3   11    4   13  0.257  0.316  0.429  0.744  0.278  3.75    9.5  0.059  0.258
Late (7th on)      64   10   19    7    0    2   10    7   11  0.297  0.361  0.500  0.861  0.333  3.81   11.6  0.064  0.190
Extra Innings       0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.00    0.0  0.000  0.000

vs. Mets           AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
totals vs Mets    203   26   54   13    0    5   26   17   43  0.266  0.327  0.404  0.731  0.316  3.80   26.8  0.061  0.200
season totals    5486  707 1397  292   29  161  678  592 1185  0.255  0.331  0.406  0.738  0.299  3.82  738.8  0.077  0.172

 

 

 

 

CUBS pitchers vs NY Mets last year............

 

vs. Mets             IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%   IR  IRS  IRS%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Marmol              2.3    0    0    0    2    4    0    49    31  0.63  21.0    0    3  0.00    2    0  0.00  7.71 15.43  0.00  0.86  0.00
Marshall            4.3    3    0    0    0    5    0    57    40  0.70  13.2    7    1  0.88    2    0  0.00  0.00 10.38  0.00  0.69  0.00
Gorzelanny          2.7    0    0    0    1    1    0    31    18  0.58  11.6    5    2  0.71    3    0  0.00  3.38  3.38  0.00  0.38  0.00
Berg                1.0    0    0    0    0    1    0     6     6  1.00   6.0    2    0  1.00    1    0  0.00  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Guzman              2.0    0    0    0    0    2    0    27    20  0.74  13.5    1    3  0.25    0    0  0.00  0.00  9.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Wells               6.0    7    2    1    0    2    1    94    59  0.63  15.7   10    6  0.63    0    0  0.00  0.00  3.00  1.50  1.17  1.50
Harden              5.0    7    2    1    1   10    1   102    73  0.72  20.4    3    2  0.60    0    0  0.00  1.80 18.00  1.80  1.60  1.80
Lilly               7.3    6    2    2    2    2    0    98    67  0.68  13.4   14    6  0.70    0    0  0.00  2.45  2.45  0.00  1.09  2.45
Heilman             2.7    3    1    1    0    2    0    43    25  0.58  16.1    2    4  0.33    0    0  0.00  0.00  6.75  0.00  1.13  3.38
Zambrano            9.3   14    5    4    3   10    1   171   112  0.65  18.3   11    6  0.65    0    0  0.00  2.89  9.64  0.96  1.82  3.86
Dempster            6.0    8    4    4    2    7    0   106    65  0.61  17.7    7    3  0.70    0    0  0.00  3.00 10.50  0.00  1.67  6.00
Grabow              2.0    5    3    3    2    1    0    45    24  0.53  22.5    2    3  0.40    3    2  0.67  9.00  4.50  0.00  3.50 13.50
Gregg               1.3    6    4    4    1    2    0    45    28  0.62  33.8    1    0  1.00    2    1  0.50  6.75 13.50  0.00  5.25 27.00

tot vs. Mets       52.0   59   23   20   14   49    3   874   568  0.65  16.8   65   39  0.63   13    3  0.23  2.42  8.48  0.52  1.40  3.46
season totals    1446.3 1331  672  619  586 1272  168 24093 15515  0.64  16.7 1542 1445  0.52  218   60  0.28  3.65  7.92  1.05  1.33  3.85

 

 

 

 

CUBS' percentage of baserunners driven in..............

 

04/05 - 04/18      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fukudome             5   10  0.333
D Lee                5   13  0.278
Byrd                 6   20  0.231
Theriot              4   14  0.222
Nady                 3   12  0.200
Ramirez              5   23  0.179
Soriano              2   10  0.167
Fontenot             1    5  0.167
Tracy                1    5  0.167
Soto                 1    6  0.143
Baker                1    7  0.125
K Hill               0    8  0.000
Colvin               0    9  0.000

CUBS                35  152  0.187

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS!!

 

 

 

 

© 2010, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Cubswin11]

Ike Davis called up by Mets

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5110029

[jersey cubs fan]

I will be there, and I will hopefully be drunk by the 3rd inning.

[BigbadB1679666149]

I will be there, and I will hopefully be drunk by the 3rd inning.

 

Punch some random Mets fan in the face for me, please.

[jersey cubs fan]

I will be there, and I will hopefully be drunk by the 3rd inning.

 

Punch some random Mets fan in the face for me, please.

 

Nah, I'm gonna puke on 'em.

[Southpaw191679666239]

Ike Davis called up by Mets

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5110029

 

Not so fast...

 

Mets prospect Ike Davis is batting fourth and playing first base for Triple-A Buffalo on Monday afternoon.

If he's going to be called up, it probably won't happen for another few days. The Mets are worried that the hype will outweigh Davis' performance once he reaches the big leagues and haven't officially decided whether to promote him this week. He's batting .364 through 10 games at Triple-A.

~ Mike Harrington on Twitter

[Roast]

Yeah, let's not suck at baseball anymore please.

 

Winning > losing.

[98navigator]

FYI, this game is on CSN Plus (the Bulls are on CSN tonight).

[Cubswin11]

FYI, this game is on CSN Plus (the Bulls are on CSN tonight).

Fixed the thread title, thanks

[Cubswin11]

Ike Davis called up by Mets

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5110029

 

Not so fast...

 

Mets prospect Ike Davis is batting fourth and playing first base for Triple-A Buffalo on Monday afternoon.

If he's going to be called up, it probably won't happen for another few days. The Mets are worried that the hype will outweigh Davis' performance once he reaches the big leagues and haven't officially decided whether to promote him this week. He's batting .364 through 10 games at Triple-A.

~ Mike Harrington on Twitter

Just got a text message from ESPN saying he did get called. Must have been some miscommunication and mismanagement between the Mets FO and media, not surprising...

[Rusch33]

Mets Lineup tonight

 

Pagan CF

Castillo 2b

Wright 3b

Bay LF

Francoeur RF

Davis 1b

Barajas C

Cora SS

Niese P

 

 

Haven't seen the Cubs one yet and when I see it, I'll throw it up.

[Rusch33]

Cubs Lineup Tonight

 

byrd cf

baker 2b

lee 1b

nady RF

ramirez 3b

soriano lf

soto C

theriot 2b

wells p

[Sammy Sofa]

Hot damn, that is a stupid lineup.

[MWV]

Hot damn, that is a stupid lineup.

Piniella said he was going to tinker a bit against left-handed pitchers to try to get the offense going after it scored just five runs in the final two games against the Astros, both losses.

 

According to Piniella, Marlon Byrd will move to the leadoff spot, Jeff Baker will hit second and Ryan Theriot, who had been hitting leadoff, will hit eighth, moving Geovany Soto up a slot to seventh. There's even the chance he'll move Xavier Nady into the cleanup spot. Get used to it because the Cubs also face Oliver Perez and Johan Santana in this series.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_04_19_chnmlb_nynmlb_1&mode=preview

[Schwarber Fan]

Byrd leading off makes no sense

 

edit: almost as little sense as having two second basemen

[Sammy Sofa]

Hot damn, that is a stupid lineup.

Piniella said he was going to tinker a bit against left-handed pitchers to try to get the offense going after it scored just five runs in the final two games against the Astros, both losses.

 

According to Piniella, Marlon Byrd will move to the leadoff spot, Jeff Baker will hit second and Ryan Theriot, who had been hitting leadoff, will hit eighth, moving Geovany Soto up a slot to seventh. There's even the chance he'll move Xavier Nady into the cleanup spot. Get used to it because the Cubs also face Oliver Perez and Johan Santana in this series.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_04_19_chnmlb_nynmlb_1&mode=preview

 

Yes, I know why. That just makes it even more stupid.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm failing to see the stupid.

[Sammy Sofa]

That's unfortunate.

[Guest]

The lineup makes perfect sense if baseball was invented last month.

[jersey cubs fan]

Seriously, a really crappy hitter was moved to the 8 spot. Big freaking deal. It's the same 8 guys you'd expect to be in there and nobody is batting is some crazy spot in the order that makes no sense.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm a little weirded out that you like this.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm a little weirded out that you like this.

 

Who said I like it? I have had a problem with the Cubs lineup for a while, but that's most about roster construction than order. It's a meaningless change and it makes absolutely no sense that people are so pissed off that Ryan Theriot is batting 8th. Of all the stupid crap Lou pulls, this doesn't even register.

[Guest]

Byrd might be the worst hitter in the lineup against LHP(not a bad thing with these 8), and he just got moved up to leadoff. Ramirez is hitting behind Nady. Soto is 7th, below Nady and Soriano. Because everyone is good at hitting LHP it's not going to kill them, but it's poorly put together, and endemic of the rash, small sample thinking that Lou's using.