06/18 LA/Anaheim (Kazmir) @ CUBS (Silva) 1:20 CDT, CSN TV

Fred Hornkohl · June 18, 2010

http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/5917.jpg Scott Kazmir (6-5) ERA = 5.27, WHIP = 1.53

vs.

http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/5056.jpg Carlos Silva (8-1) ERA = 2.89, WHIP = 1.08

Well, let's see..... CUBS win back to back games for the first time since 23-25 May...... Lou uses the identical lineup on consecutive days for only the 5th time this season..... and our stopper, Cy Silva, takes the mound on Friday...... yep, must be the first sign of the apocalypse !

Go CUBS !!

erik316wttn · June 18, 2010

Geez, what happened to Kazmir? I remember people crucifying the Mets for trading him to Tampa for Victor Zambrano, as many thought he was going to be the franchise pitcher. He had flashes in TB an hasn't shown' much in Anaheim... injuries, or is he just not that good?

sweetpeteman · June 18, 2010

Geez, what happened to Kazmir? I remember people crucifying the Mets for trading him to Tampa for Victor Zambrano, as many thought he was going to be the franchise pitcher. He had flashes in TB an hasn't shown' much in Anaheim... injuries, or is he just not that good?

He had 3 really good years for TB from 06-08, but was sidetracked with an injuries over that time. That and he is lacking in some control/is inefficient in his pitches. This year his numbers have been inflated by three starts where he gave up 6, 7, and 5 ER over a low amount of innings, but otherwise hasn't been horrible (still inefficient at times). In 3 starts in June he has been 3-0 with a 1.353 WHIP and 2.12 ERA, however he only pitched into the 7th once.

TB traded him mostly due to the fact that he is owed 8mil this year and 12 next year (13.5 in 2012 or a 2m buyout). They did get a pretty good pitching prospect in Torres back (9th overall in TB's system according to BA in 2010)

BigSlick · June 18, 2010

there should be no doubt in anyones mind that he'll shut down the cubs though

Fred Hornkohl · June 18, 2010

Greetings one and all from beautiful Rising Fawn, GA !!!

Worthless stats of the day for Friday.............

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CUBS are 4-6 on Fridays

CUBS are 6-8 in June

CUBS are 0-0 vs. LA/Anaheim

CUBS are 5-4 vs. Amer League

CUBS are 4-1 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 12-17 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 8-13 in games that start a series

CUBS are 5-5-0 in home series

CUBS have won 1 consecutive series

CUBS are 2-2 in series sweeps

CUBS are 15-18 in day games

CUBS are 17-16 at home

CUBS are 11-9 against lefties

CUBS are 23-18 when they get a quality start.... 7-18 when they don't

CUBS are 14-25 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 16-11 when they don't

CUBS are 23-10 when they score first in the game.... 7-26 when they don't

CUBS are 8-5 when they score in the first inning.... 22-31 when they don't

CUBS are 27-17 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 3-19 when they do

CUBS are 25-10 when they score 4 runs or more.... 5-26 when they don't

CUBS are 20-13 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 10-23 when they don't

CUBS are 18-16 when they outhit the opponent.... 9-17 when they get outhit.... 3-3 when the hits are even

CUBS are 6-7 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 24-29 when he doesn't

CUBS are 10-15 in one run games .... 3-7 in two runs games

CUBS are 14-18 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 16-18 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 26-19 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 4-17 when they don't

CUBS are 12-12 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 18-24 when they don't

CUBS are 21-14 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 9-22 when he doesn't

CUBS are 23-16 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 7-20 when he doesn't

CUBS are 24-30 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 6-6 when they wear alternate blues

CUBS are 15-11 when CSN broadcasts the game

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..74 wins                            84    97    85    66    79
.675 runs                           711   857   752   716   703
.152 home runs                      162   185   151   166   194
.523 walks                          597   638   500   395   419
1159 strike outs                   1192  1193  1054   928   920
..74 stolen bases                    55    87    87   121    64
.135 GIDPs                          135   136   128   135   129
.118 errors                         103    97    94   104   100
..52 hit batsmen                     58    50    37    41    50
4.17 runs per game                 4.39  5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.82 pitches per plate appearance  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
17.3 % of baserunners driven in    17.3  19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.340 runs per baserunner          0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
32.1 % of extra base hits          34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.259 batting average              0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.327 on base percentage           0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.404 slugging percentage          0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.730 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

CUBS are 21-20 when they get at least 8 hits .... 9-16 when they don't

CUBS are 28-27 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 2-9 when they don't

CUBS are 15-7 when they steal a base.... 15-29 when they don't

CUBS are 11-12 when they execute a sac bunt.... 19-24 when they don't

CUBS are 19-17 when they GIDP.... 11-19 when they don't

CUBS are 12-18 when they commit one or more errors.... 18-18 when they don't

CUBS are 26-30 when they hit at least one double.... 4-6 when they don't

CUBS are 7-4 when they hit at least one triple.... 23-32 when they don't

CUBS are 11-4 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 19-32 when they don't

CUBS are 12-10 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 18-26 when they don't

CUBS are 15-10 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 15-26 when they don't

CUBS are 12-11 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 18-25 when they don't

CUBS are 9-21 when the opponent steals a base.... 21-15 when they don't

CUBS are 7-16 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 23-20 when they don't

CUBS are 18-17 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 12-19 when they don't

CUBS are 19-17 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 11-19 when they don't

CUBS are 6-7 when the opponent triples.... 24-29 when they don't

CUBS are 3-11 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 27-25 when they don't

CUBS are 4-7 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 26-29 when they don't

CUBS are 8-11 when they hit an opposing batter.... 22-25 when they don't

CUBS have drawn at least 2 BBs in 45 of their last 53 games

CUBS have Kd more than 9 times five times in their last 58 games

CUBS have stolen 16 bases in their last 28 games

CUBS have been caught stealing 8 times in their last 18 games

CUBS opponents have committed 26 errors in their last 31 games

CUBS have scored first in 16 of their last 27 games

CUBS pitchers have hit 8 batters in their last 9 games

CUBS have used 52 lineups in 66 games

CUBS have used identical lineups in consecutive games 5 times

CUBS most frequent lineup has been used 6 times

CUBS are 1-5 with their most frequent lineup.....

CUBS home attendance

                  2010          2009          2008          2007          2006
# Dates             33            33            33            33            33
Attendance     1265523       1313049       1326387       1292807       1309976
Capacity         41210         41210         41210         41118         41118
% Capacity      0.9306        0.9655        0.9753        0.9528        0.9654
Average          38349         39789         40194         39176         39696
High             41353         41509         41686         41637         41698
Low              33868         37956         37812         32126         36608
Std Dev         2093.1         954.0         939.3        2274.5        1277.3
Sellouts             2             2            12             8             4

33001 - 34000        1
34001 - 35000        2
35001 - 36000        2
36001 - 37000        4
37001 - 38000        5
38001 - 39000        5
39001 - 40000        4
40001 - 41000        6
more than 41000      4

CUBS' starting rotation......

                     Team                                                                      Run
Pitcher       GS   Record   Q/S    Q/S %       IP    # Pit    P/IP  IP/GS     P/GS     ERA   Suppt

Zambrano       7     2- 5     3    0.429     34.7      674    19.4    5.0     96.3    6.23    4.29
Dempster      14     5- 9     9    0.643     95.7     1502    15.7    6.8    107.3    3.67    4.07
Wells         14     7- 7     7    0.500     78.7     1272    16.2    5.6     90.9    4.92    4.14
Silva         12    10- 2     9    0.750     74.7     1110    14.9    6.2     92.5    2.77    6.00
Gorzelanny     9     2- 7     5    0.556     51.7      876    17.0    5.7     97.3    3.66    3.78
Lilly         10     4- 6     8    0.800     68.3      982    14.4    6.8     98.2    2.77    2.40

CUBS          66    30-36    41    0.621    403.7     6416    15.9    6.1     97.2    3.81    4.17

CUBS' pitching staff this year compared to the last 4 years........

         2006    2007    2008    2009    2010

ERA     4.781   4.041   3.919   3.854   3.945
IP     1430.7  1447.7  1460.7  1445.3   584.0
H        1396    1340    1337    1331     550
R         834     690     678     672     288
ER        760     650     636     619     256
BB        687     573     556     586     210
K        1250    1211    1271    1272     500
HR        210     165     162     156      59
BB/9     4.32    3.56    3.43    3.65    3.24
K/9      7.86    7.53    7.83    7.92    7.71
HR/9     1.32    1.03    1.00    0.97    0.91
WHIP     1.46    1.32    1.30    1.33    1.30
# Pit   24619   23515   24105   24097    9510
#P/IP    17.2    16.2    16.5    16.7    16.3

CUBS are 10-2 when Silva starts

Silva is 9 of 12 (0.750) in quality starts

Silva has 3 consecutive quality start(s)

CUBS score 4.17 R/G overall.... 6.00 R/G when Silva pitches

CUBS hit 0.94 HR/G overall.... 0.67 HR/G when Silva pitches

CUBS have scored first in 9 of Silva's 12 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning in 3 of Silva's 12 starts

Silva has given up run(s) in the first inning of 2 (2 runs total) of his 12 starts

CUBS' offensive support of Silva.....

04/05 - 06/17      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Silva      411   72  124   23    7    8  185   71   61   87  0.302  0.394  0.450  0.844
CUBS oveerall    2224  275  576  110   13   62  898  268  213  472  0.259  0.327  0.404  0.730

Composite scoring in games started by Silva.........

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

CUBS              6   7   8  10   8   3  12  10   7   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      72
Opponents         2   1   3   8   7   1   5   6   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      37

Silva's starts this year (8-1)

Silva                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/09  vs. Cincy       6.0    3    1    1    0    3    0    71    48  0.68  11.8    7    8  0.47  0.00  4.50  0.00  0.50  1.50
04/16  vs. Houst       7.0    5    2    0    0    5    0    91    65  0.71  13.0    7    9  0.44  0.00  6.43  0.00  0.71  0.00
04/21  vs. Mets        6.0    2    1    1    2    4    1    87    58  0.67  14.5    4    8  0.33  3.00  6.00  1.50  0.67  1.50
04/26  vs. Wash        7.0    7    3    3    1    3    0    90    62  0.69  12.9   10    8  0.56  1.29  3.86  0.00  1.14  3.86
05/01  vs. Ariz        5.0    8    5    5    3    6    3    96    57  0.59  19.2    4    4  0.50  5.40 10.80  5.40  2.20  9.00
05/07  vs. Cincy       5.0   10    4    4    1    3    1    92    61  0.66  18.4    7    5  0.58  1.80  5.40  1.80  2.20  7.20
05/12  vs. Flor        6.3    7    2    2    2    2    0    92    67  0.73  14.5   11    6  0.65  2.84  2.84  0.00  1.42  2.84
05/18  vs. Colo        6.0    6    2    2    1    4    1    85    58  0.68  14.2   11    3  0.79  1.50  6.00  1.50  1.17  3.00
05/23  vs. Texas       5.3    6    3    3    1    1    1    81    50  0.62  15.2   10    4  0.71  1.69  1.69  1.69  1.31  5.06
05/29  vs. St. L       7.0    2    0    0    0   11    0   100    67  0.67  14.3    7    3  0.70  0.00 14.14  0.00  0.29  0.00
06/07  vs. Pitts       7.0    4    1    1    1    5    0   102    75  0.74  14.6    9    7  0.56  1.29  6.43  0.00  0.71  1.29
06/12  vs. CWS         7.0    7    2    2    2    6    0   123    81  0.66  17.6    9    6  0.60  2.57  7.71  0.00  1.29  2.57

Silva                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home                  45.3   42   16   14    9   37    4   677   457  0.68  14.9   59   39  0.60  1.79  7.35  0.79  1.13  2.78
Road                  29.3   25   10   10    5   16    3   433   292  0.67  14.8   37   32  0.54  1.53  4.91  0.92  1.02  3.07

Day                   44.7   39   15   13    9   36    4   685   462  0.67  15.3   57   39  0.59  1.81  7.25  0.81  1.07  2.62
Nite                  30.0   28   11   11    5   17    3   425   287  0.68  14.2   39   32  0.55  1.50  5.10  0.90  1.10  3.30

Home  Day             32.3   29   11    9    7   30    3   502   337  0.67  15.5   38   28  0.58  1.95  8.35  0.84  1.11  2.51

April                 26.0   17    7    5    3   15    1   339   233  0.69  13.0   28   33  0.46  1.04  5.19  0.35  0.77  1.73
May                   34.7   39   16   16    8   27    6   546   360  0.66  15.8   50   25  0.67  2.08  7.01  1.56  1.36  4.15
June                  14.0   11    3    3    3   11    0   225   156  0.69  16.1   18   13  0.58  1.93  7.07  0.00  1.00  1.93

Season total          74.7   67   26   24   14   53    7  1110   749  0.67  14.9   96   71  0.57  1.69  6.39  0.84  1.08  2.89

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

              Thur       Wed        Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri           Totals
             17 Jun     16 Jun     15 Jun     14 Jun     13 Jun     12 Jun     11 Jun
             vs Oakl   vs Oakl   vs Oakl   no game    vs sox     vs sox     vs sox  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Cashner       1.3  14                                                1.0  17                  2.3  31
Gorzelanny                                                                      1.0  19       1.0  19
Grabow                              1.0  10                                                   1.0  10
Howry                                                                           1.0  17       1.0  17
Marmol        0.7   8    1.0   8                          1.0  18    1.0  18                  3.7  52
Marshall                 1.3  14    1.0  12                                                   2.3  26
Russell                                                                         0.0  17       0.0  17
Stevens                             1.0  22                                     2.0  25       3.0  47

Totals        2.0  22    2.3  22    3.0  44               1.0  18    2.0  35    4.0  78      14.3 219

CUBS' season series vs. LA/Anaheim this year (0-0) .......

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.67  Fri 06/18    LA Angels          -    Silva           Kazmir        
.68  Sat 06/19    LA Angels          -    Lilly           Weaver        
.69  Sun 06/20    LA Angels          -    Zambrano        Saunders

CUBS' season series vs. LA/Anaheim in 2004 (2-1).....

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         
.60  Fri 06/11  @ Anaheim       N   2- 3  Maddux                     
.61  Sat 06/12  @ Anaheim       N  10- 5  Rusch                      
.62  Sun 06/13  @ Anaheim           6- 5  Clement

CUBS' last 14 games (6-8)..............

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.53  Tue 06/01  @ Pittsburgh    N   2- 3  Lilly           Karstens      
.54  Fri 06/04  @ Houston       N   1- 3  Zambrano        Paulino       
.55  Sat 06/05  @ Houston       N   8- 5  Dempster        Oswalt        
.56  Sun 06/06  @ Houston           3- 6  Wells           Myers         
.57  Mon 06/07  @ Pittsburgh        6- 1  Silva           Eveland       
.58  Tue 06/08  @ Milwaukee     N   1- 2  Lilly           Gallardo      
.59  Wed 06/09  @ Milwaukee     N   9- 4  Zambrano        Wolf          
.60  Thu 06/10  @ Milwaukee         4- 5  Dempster        Bush          
.61  Fri 06/11    Chicago (AL)      5-10  Wells           Peavey        
.62  Sat 06/12    Chicago (AL)      1- 2  Silva           Beuhrle       
.63  Sun 06/13    Chicago (AL)  N   1- 0  Lilly           Floyd         
.64  Tue 06/15    Oakland       N   5- 9  Zambrano        Cahill        
.65  Wed 06/16    Oakland       N   6- 2  Dempster        Gonzalez      
.66  Thu 06/17    Oakland           3- 2  Wells           Braden

Composite scoring during the last 14 games.........

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

CUBS              4   7   3   6  12   5   4   9   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      56
Opponents        10   1   1   8   7   5  10   7   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0      55

CUBS hitters during the last 14 games......

06/01 - 06/17      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Soto               22    4    8    2    0    2    4    4    8  0.364  0.462  0.727  1.189  0.500  4.00    7.4  0.098  0.167
Byrd               50    9   22    6    0    2    7    3    4  0.440  0.500  0.680  1.180  0.455  3.36   17.0  0.060  0.250
Nady               26    3   10    1    0    2    8    3    7  0.385  0.419  0.654  1.073  0.471  4.42    7.1  0.035  0.429
Colvin             32    2   10    3    0    2    4    2   11  0.313  0.353  0.594  0.947  0.421  3.26    6.7  0.040  0.143
Baker              24    4    8    2    0    1    5    2    7  0.333  0.370  0.542  0.912  0.438  3.63    4.8  0.037  0.364
Ramirez            12    2    3    0    0    1    2    1    2  0.250  0.308  0.500  0.808  0.222  4.31    1.8  0.058  0.125
D Lee              44    8    9    1    0    2    4    8   14  0.205  0.327  0.364  0.691  0.250  4.35    5.2  0.122  0.091
K Hill             26    2    7    2    0    0    4    2    4  0.269  0.321  0.346  0.668  0.318  3.46    2.9  0.052  0.286
Tracy              15    2    4    1    0    0    2    1    5  0.267  0.313  0.333  0.646  0.400  3.50    1.6  0.046  0.154
Fukudome           30    3    8    0    1    0    1    2    3  0.267  0.313  0.333  0.646  0.296  3.91    3.1  0.046  0.167
Theriot            55    7   14    1    0    0    2    4    6  0.255  0.305  0.273  0.578  0.286  3.61    4.6  0.051  0.100
Soriano            39    7    6    3    0    1    7    6   12  0.154  0.261  0.308  0.569  0.192  3.98    3.1  0.107  0.182
Castro             46    2    9    2    0    0    4    5    7  0.196  0.264  0.239  0.503  0.231  3.81    2.9  0.068  0.143
Fontenot           15    0    1    0    0    0    0    1    4  0.067  0.125  0.067  0.192  0.091  4.00    0.1  0.058  0.000

last 14 games     467   56  124   24    1   13   55   45  102  0.266  0.330  0.405  0.735  0.315  3.77   62.4  0.065  0.176
season totals    2224  276  579  110   13   62  268  216  471  0.260  0.329  0.405  0.734  0.306  3.82  296.1  0.068  0.173

CUBS pitchers during the last 14 games......

06/01 - 06/17        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
Gorzelanny          1.7    2    1    0    4    1    0    52    23  0.44  31.2    1    3  0.25    1    1  1.00 21.60  5.40  0.00  3.60  0.00
Grabow              1.0    1    0    0    0    0    0    10     5  0.50  10.0    1    2  0.33    0    0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00  0.00
Howry               3.7    2    1    0    2    1    0    64    33  0.52  17.5    4    6  0.40    0    0  0.00  4.91  2.45  0.00  1.09  0.00
Cashner             7.0    5    0    0    1    4    0    94    57  0.61  13.4   10    7  0.59    5    1  0.20  1.29  5.14  0.00  0.86  0.00
Marshall            7.3    5    1    1    1    8    0    95    68  0.72  13.0   13    1  0.93    2    0  0.00  1.23  9.82  0.00  0.82  1.23
Lilly              23.7   11    4    4    5   17    3   310   209  0.67  13.1   15   37  0.29    0    0  0.00  1.90  6.46  1.14  0.68  1.52
Silva              14.0   11    3    3    3   11    0   225   156  0.69  16.1   18   13  0.58    0    0  0.00  1.93  7.07  0.00  1.00  1.93
Marmol              6.0    1    2    2    4    7    0    83    50  0.60  13.8    5    6  0.45    6    1  0.17  6.00 10.50  0.00  0.83  3.00
Dempster           18.3   19    8    7    9   17    3   325   193  0.59  17.7   22   16  0.58    0    0  0.00  4.42  8.35  1.47  1.53  3.44
Zambrano           15.3   15   11    8   11    9    0   275   158  0.57  17.9   12   24  0.33    0    0  0.00  6.46  5.28  0.00  1.70  4.70
Wells              17.3   26   13   13    6   14    2   310   183  0.59  17.9   15   20  0.43    0    0  0.00  3.12  7.27  1.04  1.85  6.75
Stevens             6.7    8    6    5    2    5    1   114    69  0.61  17.1    9    6  0.60    6    1  0.17  2.70  6.75  1.35  1.50  6.75
Russell             1.0    7    5    5    1    0    2    42    26  0.62  42.0    0    3  0.00    0    0  0.00  9.00  0.00 18.00  8.00 45.00

last 14 games     123.0  113   55   48   49   94   11  1999  1230  0.62  16.3  125  144  0.46   20    4  0.20  3.59  6.88  0.80  1.32  3.51
season totals     580.0  550  289  258  210  497   60  9489  5939  0.63  16.4  637  601  0.51   84   24  0.29  3.26  7.71  0.93  1.31  4.00

CUBS pitch counts at the plate.........

04/05 - 06/17        P   PA  P/PA
D Lee             1202  278  4.32
Soto               750  180  4.17
Ramirez            817  198  4.13
Soriano            932  229  4.07
Nady               457  113  4.04
Fukudome           806  204  3.95
Baker              388  100  3.88
Tracy              150   40  3.75
Colvin             438  117  3.74
Fontenot           493  134  3.68
K Hill             281   78  3.60
Theriot            989  278  3.56
Castro             515  147  3.50
Byrd               918  265  3.46

CUBS              9600 2512  3.82

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

04/05 - 06/17      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Fukudome            18   51  0.261
Fontenot            14   45  0.237
Nady                15   50  0.231
Soriano             24   90  0.211
Byrd                25  100  0.200
Castro              14   62  0.184
K Hill               7   36  0.163
Theriot             16   84  0.160
Tracy                4   22  0.154
Colvin              10   57  0.149
D Lee               19  110  0.147
Ramirez             17  103  0.142
Soto                 9   56  0.138
Baker                8   50  0.138

CUBS               206  986  0.173

Fecal League Standings

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Baltimore       18      48     0.273     ---
Pittsburgh      23      43     0.348     5.0
Seattle         25      41     0.379     7.0
Cleveland       25      40     0.385     7.5
Houston         26      41     0.388     7.5
Arizona         26      41     0.388     7.5
Milwaukee       28      38     0.424    10.0
Kansas City     29      38     0.433    10.5
CUBS            30      36     0.455    12.0
Washington      31      36     0.463    12.5
Florida         31      35     0.470    13.0
white sox       31      34     0.477    13.5
Oakland         33      35     0.485    14.0
Colorado        34      32     0.515    16.0

Go CUBS !!!

rawaction · June 18, 2010

there should be no doubt in anyones mind that he'll shut down the cubs though

I benched Kazmir and started Carlos Zambrano and Gio Gonzalez. Of course, Kazmir will throw 8 shutout innings while Gio and Z will go 0-3 this week with a 9.00 ERA.

Schwarber Fan · June 18, 2010

We're going to lose because Fred posted Silva's photo instead of Dempster.

Sammy Sofa · June 18, 2010

The Cubs will win due to one of the least frustrating lineups Lou has posted all year.

Schwarber Fan · June 18, 2010

rf colvin

3b baker

cf byrd

1b lee

c soto

lf soriano

ss castro

2b riot

p silva

FREE FONTENOT

Sammy Sofa · June 18, 2010

FREE FONTENOT

You're kidding with that today, right?

Keener98 · June 18, 2010

Tyler Colvin really isn't leading off right? I mean seriously, hes not, that HAS to be a typo.

Keener98 · June 18, 2010

FREE FONTENOT

You're kidding with that today, right?

Meh, can't be much worse than Theriot at this point. Theriot is posting a whopping 595 OPS vs leftys this year.

Sammy Sofa · June 18, 2010

FREE FONTENOT

You're kidding with that today, right?

Meh, can't be much worse than Theriot at this point. Theriot is posting a whopping 595 OPS vs leftys this year.

Pick your poison, basically. I don't mind Theriot still starting against LH if they're really going to shop him or listen to trade offers since that way he has at least a chance of looking better.

Edited June 18, 2010 by Sammy Sofa

Andy · June 18, 2010

Tyler Colvin really isn't leading off right? I mean seriously, hes not, that HAS to be a typo.

Better him than Theriot.

The way Soriano is playing I almost wish we'd just put him back at the top.

otis89 · June 18, 2010

The Cubs really do not have a legitimate leadoff hitter. You could make a valid argument against whoever Lou puts in the leadoff spot.

Keener98 · June 18, 2010

Tyler Colvin really isn't leading off right? I mean seriously, hes not, that HAS to be a typo.
Better him than Theriot.

The way Soriano is playing I almost wish we'd just put him back at the top.

If you are going to put Colvin leading off, you may as well put Soto leading off, and his 417 OBP. Or Baker, Soriano, Byrd. Colvin would be about the last guy Id put leading off and especially vs a lefty.

Keener98 · June 18, 2010

FREE FONTENOT

You're kidding with that today, right?

Meh, can't be much worse than Theriot at this point. Theriot is posting a whopping 595 OPS vs leftys this year.

Pick your poison, basically. I don't mind Theriot still starting against LH if they're really going to shop him or listen to trade offers since that way he has at least a chance of looking better.

Yea it is a pick your poison thing which is why I said it cant be much worse than Theriot.

jersey cubs fan · June 18, 2010

The Cubs really do not have a legitimate leadoff hitter. You could make a valid argument against whoever Lou puts in the leadoff spot.

Very few, if any, teams have a legit leadoff hitter.

rawaction · June 18, 2010

The Cubs really do not have a legitimate leadoff hitter. You could make a valid argument against whoever Lou puts in the leadoff spot.

Very few, if any, teams have a legit leadoff hitter.

Cubs need a fast, black, slap-hitting, lefty CF.

cheapseats · June 18, 2010

FREE FONTENOT

You're kidding with that today, right?

Meh, can't be much worse than Theriot at this point. Theriot is posting a whopping 595 OPS vs leftys this year.

Not that I'm a fan of Lou's manlove for Theriot, but partial-year platoon stats are almost completely nonpredictive of future performance. It takes about three years of platoon splits to be able to predict future platoon splits with any accuracy. BP has done some work on this in the past, and Tango/MGL study it in The BOOK, IIRC.

Prizefight · June 18, 2010

rf colvin
3b baker
cf byrd
1b lee
c soto
lf soriano
ss castro
2b riot
p silva

FREE FONTENOT

That might be the best lineup he's put out all year. Top 3 for sure.

Keener98 · June 18, 2010

My God Todd Hollandsworth is a moron

DiamondMind · June 18, 2010

I'd like to see Soto and Colvin switched, but whatever. At least Theriot is eighth.

soapy · June 18, 2010

I'll definitely take that lineup considering what we have been seeing.

Ballgame64 · June 18, 2010

My God Todd Hollandsworth is a moron

What did he say?

06/18 LA/Anaheim (Kazmir) @ CUBS (Silva) 1:20 CDT, CSN TV

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