Week of 3/14 to 3/20 ST Thread

[ctcf]

So Garza is looking great...

[Guancous]

Samardzija struck out the side in the 4th.

[ctcf]

Samardzija struck out the side in the 4th.

 

And Colvin with 2 walks. It's a world gone crazy, folks.

[Soul]

OK, *now* the game is over.

 

They just showed the fan cam. Several nice looking hotties in the desert heat.

 

Nothing else to see.

[UMFan83]

Have the Cubs been getting blown out as much as it seems like in spring training?

[otis89]

Why is Looper still in camp?

[CubColtPacer]

Have the Cubs been getting blown out as much as it seems like in spring training?

 

This will be the 5th blowout loss of the spring. So yes, quite a bit.

[UMFan83]

Just for fun...spring training stats

 

Hitters:

Colvin      .267/.283/.489/ .772  2 2B 1 3B 2 HR  7 RBI
Castro      .395/.409/.744/1.153  1 2B 1 3B 4 HR 12 RBI
Soriano     .244/.244/.463/ .707  3 2B 0 3B 2 HR  8 RBI
DeWitt      .175/.190/.225/ .415  2 2B 0 3B 0 HR  4 RBI
Byrd        .462/.512/.641/1.153  4 2B 0 3B 1 HR  4 RBI
Ramirez     .289/.341/.368/ .709  3 2B 0 3B 0 HR  6 RBI
Pena        .297/.395/.497/ .892  1 2B 0 3B 2 HR  5 RBI
Baker       .400/.462/.486/ .948  3 2B 0 3B 0 HR  3 RBI
Fukudome    .200/.349/.229/ .678  1 2B 0 3B 0 HR  3 RBI
Soto        .286/.359/.429/ .788  2 2B 0 3B 1 HR  2 RBI
K. Hill     .042/.080/.083/ .163  1 2B 0 3B 0 HR  0 RBI

 

Pitchers:

 

Dempster   18.0 IP  11 H  4 ER 2 BB 15 K  2.00 ERA 0.72 WHIP
Zambrano   17.2 IP  20 H  8 ER 6 BB 10 K  4.08 ERA 1.47 WHIP
Wells      14.0 IP   9 H  2 ER 3 BB  8 K  1.29 ERA 0.86 WHIP
Cashner    11.1 IP  11 H  5 ER 7 BB  6 K  3.97 ERA 1.59 WHIP
Silva      11.1 IP  29 H 20 ER 2 BB  3 K 15.88 ERA 2.74 WHIP
Garza      10.2 IP  13 H 12 ER 7 BB  8 K 10.13 ERA 1.88 WHIP
Marmol      6.0 IP   3 H  1 ER 6 BB  9 K  1.50 ERA 1.50 WHIP
Wood        6.0 IP   8 H  3 ER 1 BB  8 K  4.50 ERA 1.50 WHIP

[Guancous]

Max Ramirez with a grand slam. Koyie Hill with an OPS below his weight.

[CubColtPacer]

Why is Looper still in camp?

 

His line wasn't that bad before today. Today I'm sure sealed his fate to not make the rotation. It looks like it will come down to whether they want to take Silva or Cashner.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Why is Looper still in camp?

 

His line wasn't that bad before today. Today I'm sure sealed his fate to not make the rotation. It looks like it will come down to whether they want to take Silva or Cashner.

 

Hmm, the young flamethrower with ace potential or the fat guy with a heart condition who gives out runs like McDonalds does cheeseburgers. Why must life saddle us with such hard decisions?

[Rob]

Why is Looper still in camp?

 

His line wasn't that bad before today. Today I'm sure sealed his fate to not make the rotation. It looks like it will come down to whether they want to take Silva or Cashner.

 

Hmm, the young flamethrower with ace potential or the fat guy with a heart condition who gives out runs like McDonalds does cheeseburgers. Why must life saddle us with such hard decisions?

 

You had better hope Hendry doesn't read this forum because if he does, you've just inextricably linked Carlos Silva with cheeseburgers.

[TruffleShuffle]

garza had better pitch pretty well this season considering that we traded like half our farm system for him while the brewers got marcum for a lesser package and greinke for a comparable one.

[Guest]

garza had better pitch pretty well this season considering that we traded like half our farm system for him while the brewers got marcum for a lesser package and greinke for a comparable one.

 

Well, Marcum deserves a lesser package and Greinke a comparable one. Garza will probably pitch pretty well too.

[Rob]

garza had better pitch pretty well this season considering that we traded like half our farm system for him while the brewers got marcum for a lesser package and greinke for a comparable one.

 

Don't go forgetting we get Garza for an extra year over what the Brewers get from Greinke.

[Keener98]

Scott Moore is having himself a pretty damn good spring

[ctcf]

Is Koyie going for comedic effect at this point?

[Outshined_One]

Wells has set down 18 in a row. Nice.

[ctcf]

Wells has set down 18 in a row. Nice.

 

7 K's and no walks.

[TruffleShuffle]

garza had better pitch pretty well this season considering that we traded like half our farm system for him while the brewers got marcum for a lesser package and greinke for a comparable one.

 

Well, Marcum deserves a lesser package and Greinke a comparable one. Garza will probably pitch pretty well too.

 

WAR the last 3 years:

 

greinke: 4.9, 9.4, 5.2

garza: 2.9, 3.2, 1.8

marcum: 2.0, N/A, 3.5

[TruffleShuffle]

beef welington had a game-winning rbi single in the 10th inning... he's hitting over .700 with an ops over 1.700.

 

koyie hill's ops is what i weighed when i was about 15.

[ctcf]

I'm pretty sure sexual favors are the only thing left that Castillo can do to improve his chances for backup catcher.

[Guest]

garza had better pitch pretty well this season considering that we traded like half our farm system for him while the brewers got marcum for a lesser package and greinke for a comparable one.

 

Well, Marcum deserves a lesser package and Greinke a comparable one. Garza will probably pitch pretty well too.

 

WAR the last 3 years:

 

greinke: 4.9, 9.4, 5.2

garza: 2.9, 3.2, 1.8

marcum: 2.0, N/A, 3.5

 

Yes, and we have Garza for 3 years, while Greinke and Marcum are FA after two. Marcum is also two years older than Greinke/Garza and has thrown 160+ IP exactly once in his career.

[TruffleShuffle]

having garza for a third year at over $10 million may not be such a great thing.

[NCCubFan]

I'm pretty sure sexual favors are the only thing left that Castillo can do to improve his chances for backup catcher.

Or hiring Jeff Gillooly to take out Hill.