4/22-Cubs (Gorzelanny) @ Mets (Johan) 6:10 PM CT WCIU XM186

[Sammy Sofa]

So whats the over/under on Chad Tracys release date? He sure as hell isnt hitting the ball, and the main reason for having him was to spell Ramirez and Lee every now and then. If He isnt doing either, theres really no purpose to keeping him around, and as a minor league invite, we dont stand to lose anything. May as well bring up Barney, Hoffpauir, Fuld, Snyder, or whoever.

 

OK, Hoff makes some sense, but why the [expletive] would you replace him with Barney, Fuld or Snyder?

 

Snyder makes some sense. Former 1st round pick, had a good season in Iowa last year who is having a hot start this year. Barney contributes so little until Fontenot shows he cannot handle backup SS. Hoffpauir isn't really an option as he has started just like he played all of last year and Fuld is redundant and off to a bad start.

 

Granted, I don't know a ton about Snyder, but isn't he an OFer? Has he played the corners at all in the minors? I know it's not rocket science, but that's one of the reasons Tracy is here.

 

As for Tracy, I know he's looked bad. It's only been 8 at-bats though. If there was somebody really knocking on that roster spot it would be one thing but right now there's no real need to not wait a little longer.

 

Agreed. WSR is just doing his usual bit of jumping all over someone way too early for being great or being terrible. Tracy's a long shot to have a great year, but we've seen way too little of him to know he'll stay this bad. It's not surprising that they're not using him tonight when he's having trouble getting going since it's supremely unlikely that he'll break out against a guy like Santana.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Milwaukee     20
Pittsburgh     0  F

Los Angeles    0
Cincinnati     0  6:10

Florida        0
Houston        0  7:05

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot            AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        39    6    9    1    0    0    0    3    8  0.231  0.286  0.256  0.542  0.290  4.26    2.9  0.055  0.000
Early (1-3)        24    1    4    0    0    0    0    2    4  0.167  0.231  0.167  0.397  0.200  3.69    0.9  0.064  0.000
0 outs             30    3    4    0    0    0    0    2    7  0.133  0.188  0.133  0.321  0.174  4.09    0.8  0.054  0.000
Game tied          21    2    4    0    0    0    2    3    4  0.190  0.280  0.190  0.470  0.235  3.68    1.1  0.090  0.222
This series         8    2    3    0    0    0    1    2    3  0.375  0.500  0.375  0.875  0.600  4.00    1.5  0.125  0.200
last 10 games      39    8   12    1    0    0    4    5    7  0.308  0.386  0.333  0.720  0.375  3.95    5.0  0.079  0.235
Road               31    5    7    0    0    0    2    4   10  0.226  0.306  0.226  0.531  0.333  4.03    2.1  0.080  0.182
Nite               20    3    5    0    0    0    2    2    6  0.250  0.304  0.250  0.554  0.357  4.04    1.5  0.054  0.200
vs Left            14    4    3    0    0    0    2    2    3  0.214  0.313  0.214  0.527  0.273  3.00    0.9  0.098  0.167

season totals      59   10   15    1    0    0    5    5   12  0.254  0.308  0.271  0.579  0.319  3.95    4.9  0.053  0.217

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot struck out swinging

[Little Slide Rooter]

 

Agreed. WSR is just doing his usual bit of jumping all over someone way too early for being great or being terrible. Tracy's a long shot to have a great year, but we've seen way too little of him to know he'll stay this bad. It's not surprising that they're not using him tonight when he's having trouble getting going since it's supremely unlikely that he'll break out against a guy like Santana.

 

Your not getting my point. Im not even really jumping on Tracy. The whole point of Tracy being here was an established major leaguer who can backup Lee at 1st or Aramis at 3rd when they needed time off. Well, this is that occasion when Tracy could be given a shot. If hes ever going to be of value at all, hes going to need to be given some kind of opportunity, and this would be a good time to give him a shot. Hes just been given a few pinch hitn appearences here and there, and thats no way to make a decision on a player. Granted, I dont see him hitting Johan, but I dont see Fontenot hitting him either. Has Tracy even played an inning of defense this season?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Baker              AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        15    4    5    0    0    1    1    1    3  0.333  0.375  0.533  0.908  0.364  3.38    3.0  0.042  0.000
Early (1-3)         9    2    3    0    0    1    2    1    1  0.333  0.400  0.667  1.067  0.286  4.90    2.4  0.067  0.333
1 out              15    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.133  0.133  0.133  0.267  0.154  3.67    0.3  0.000  0.000
Game tied           9    2    2    0    0    1    1    2    1  0.222  0.364  0.556  0.919  0.143  4.09    1.8  0.141  0.000
This series        15    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.133  0.133  0.133  0.267  0.167  4.53    0.3  0.000  0.000
last 10 games      26    5    6    0    0    1    2    2    3  0.231  0.286  0.346  0.632  0.227  4.14    2.6  0.055  0.043
Road               20    2    3    0    0    1    1    0    5  0.150  0.150  0.300  0.450  0.143  4.30    0.9  0.000  0.000
Nite               19    1    2    0    0    0    0    0    5  0.105  0.105  0.105  0.211  0.143  4.37    0.2  0.000  0.000
vs Left            14    4    5    0    0    1    1    2    0  0.357  0.438  0.571  1.009  0.308  4.19    3.5  0.080  0.000

season totals      31    6    7    0    0    2    3    2    5  0.226  0.273  0.419  0.692  0.208  4.06    3.5  0.047  0.040

[Fred Hornkohl]

Baker flied out to center field

[Fred Hornkohl]

D Lee              AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        26    3    5    0    0    2    2    5    8  0.192  0.344  0.423  0.767  0.188  4.78    3.8  0.151  0.000
Early (1-3)        18    4    4    0    0    1    1    4    7  0.222  0.391  0.389  0.780  0.300  5.17    2.7  0.169  0.000
2 outs             22    3    6    0    0    2    7    5    8  0.273  0.407  0.545  0.953  0.333  5.78    4.9  0.135  0.357
Game tied          16    3    5    0    0    0    1    5    6  0.313  0.500  0.313  0.813  0.500  4.82    2.5  0.188  0.200
This series        10    0    1    0    0    0    1    5    4  0.100  0.400  0.100  0.500  0.167  4.33    0.4  0.300  0.125
last 10 games      33    5    7    1    0    2    7    7   11  0.212  0.350  0.424  0.774  0.250  4.93    4.9  0.138  0.227
Road               29    3    7    0    0    1    4   11    9  0.241  0.463  0.345  0.808  0.316  4.44    4.6  0.222  0.188
Nite               20    2    5    0    0    1    3    7    6  0.250  0.464  0.400  0.864  0.308  4.43    3.7  0.214  0.200
vs Left             9    0    1    0    0    0    1    2    4  0.111  0.273  0.111  0.384  0.200  4.73    0.3  0.162  0.111

season totals      49    8   12    1    0    3    9   11   15  0.245  0.393  0.449  0.842  0.290  4.82    8.7  0.149  0.231

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Theriot struck out swinging

Baker flied out to center field

D Lee flied out to right field

 

0 runs 0 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0                              0  0  0
NY Mets                                        0  0  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

NY Mets: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Gorzelanny    0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0

 

NY Mets        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Santana       1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  15

[Fred Hornkohl]

Milwaukee     20
Pittsburgh     0  F

Los Angeles    2
Cincinnati     0  1

Florida        0
Houston        0  7:05

[Fred Hornkohl]

Reyes grounded out to short, 6-3

[Fred Hornkohl]

Castillo grounded out to short, 6-3

[Schwarber Fan]

Milwaukee won 20-0 :shock:

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING

 

Reyes grounded out to short, 6-3

Castillo grounded out to short, 6-3

Wright 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
CUBS            0                              0  0  0
NY Mets         0                              0  0  0

 

Home runs:

CUBS: none

NY Mets: none

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Gorzelanny    1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  15

 

NY Mets        IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Santana       1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  15

[Fred Hornkohl]

              CUBS     NY Mets
P/PA          5.00        5.00

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
bases empty        33    5    9    4    0    1    1    2    6  0.273  0.333  0.485  0.818  0.308  3.53    5.3  0.061  0.000
Early (1-3)        19    2    5    0    0    1    6    0    4  0.263  0.250  0.421  0.671  0.286  3.20    2.0 -0.013  0.417
0 outs             19    2    4    2    0    0    0    2    3  0.211  0.286  0.316  0.602  0.250  3.81    1.7  0.075  0.000
Game tied          20    2    7    1    0    1    5    0    2  0.350  0.350  0.550  0.900  0.353  3.10    3.9  0.000  0.364
This series        12    2    5    1    0    0    4    1    2  0.417  0.467  0.500  0.967  0.500  3.80    2.8  0.050  0.667
last 10 games      42    5   14    5    0    1    9    1    6  0.333  0.356  0.524  0.879  0.371  3.62    7.8  0.022  0.320
Road               31    4    7    1    0    2    8    2    5  0.226  0.286  0.452  0.737  0.208  3.51    4.0  0.060  0.286
Nite               20    3    6    1    0    1    5    2    3  0.300  0.375  0.500  0.875  0.313  3.88    3.8  0.075  0.400
vs Left            14    1    8    4    0    0    6    0    1  0.571  0.533  0.857  1.390  0.615  2.60    6.4 -0.038  0.857

season totals      57    7   16    5    0    3   13    2    8  0.281  0.311  0.526  0.838  0.283  3.54    9.3  0.031  0.313

[Fred Hornkohl]

Byrd doubled to down the left field line

[Fred Hornkohl]

Nady               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
RISP                6    1    2    0    0    1    4    2    1  0.333  0.500  0.833  1.333  0.250  4.13    2.5  0.167  0.214
Early (1-3)         6    1    2    0    0    1    4    1    1  0.333  0.429  0.833  1.262  0.250  3.86    2.1  0.095  0.375
0 outs              4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.250  0.500  0.250  0.750  0.333  3.00    0.5  0.250  0.000
Game tied          10    1    3    0    0    1    4    0    2  0.300  0.300  0.600  0.900  0.286  2.80    1.8  0.000  0.214
This series         4    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    1  0.250  0.400  0.250  0.650  0.333  3.40    0.4  0.150  0.000
last 10 games      17    1    4    0    0    1    3    1    4  0.235  0.316  0.412  0.728  0.250  3.42    2.2  0.080  0.118
Road                7    0    2    0    0    0    1    2    2  0.286  0.545  0.286  0.831  0.400  3.91    1.1  0.260  0.167
Nite                6    0    2    0    0    0    1    2    2  0.333  0.600  0.333  0.933  0.500  3.80    1.2  0.267  0.167
vs Left            10    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.100  0.182  0.100  0.282  0.143  3.73    0.2  0.082  0.000

season totals      20    1    5    0    0    1    4    2    5  0.250  0.400  0.400  0.800  0.286  3.64    3.2  0.150  0.158

[Old Style]

I love me some Marlon Byrd.

[Yeti]

howdy fred,

 

hows the weather in algonquin?

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS have hit at least 1 double in each of their last 11 games.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Careless]

Milwaukee won 20-0 :shock:

Pittsburgh has been outscored by 57 runs. They've only scored 54 runs. They're a game ahead of us in the standings.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Milwaukee won 20-0 :shock:

 

 

Led by one Jim Edmonds who went 4-6 with a 3 run HR, and finished the last couple innings playing 1b !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

howdy fred,

 

hows the weather in algonquin?

 

about as close to perfect as it gets, eh? :wink:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Nady grounded out to third, 5-3 , Byrd holding second