08/03 CUBS (Garza) @ Pittsburgh (Morton) 6:05 CDT, CSN+ TV

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28528.png&w=350&h=254 Matt Garza (4-8) ERA = 3.99, WHIP = 1.32

 

 

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http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/29155.png&w=350&h=254 Charlie Morton (8-6) ERA = 4.04, WHIP = 1.56

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go CUBS !!!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Greetings one and all from beautiful Cloverdale, IN !!!

 

 

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday.............

 

 

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CUBS are 7-9 on Wednesdays

CUBS are 2-0 in August

CUBS are 5-6 vs. Pittsburgh

CUBS are 18-29 vs. NL Central

CUBS are 0-1 when they've won their last 3 game(s) in a row

CUBS are 13-31 when they've won their previous game

CUBS are 24-33 at night

CUBS are 20-34 on the road

CUBS are 34-47 vs right handers

CUBS are 30-16 when they get a quality start.... 15-49 when they don't

CUBS are 21-39 when the opponents get a quality start.... 24-26 when they don't

CUBS are 24-23 when they score first in the game.... 21-42 when they don't

CUBS are 10-21 when the score in the first inning.... 35-44 when they don't

CUBS are 33-35 when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 12-30 when they do

CUBS are 36-22 when they score 4 runs or more.... 9-43 when they don't

CUBS are 31-10 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 14-55 when they don't

CUBS are 33-16 when they outhit the opponent.... 7-41 when they get outhit.... 4-6 when the hits are even

CUBS are 12-8 when their pitcher gets a hit.... 33-57 when he doesn't

CUBS are 13-18 in one run games .... 10-13 in two runs games

CUBS are 28-42 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 17-23 when it's less than 70

CUBS are 25-23 when their pitchers average 16 pitches per inning or less.... 20-42 when they don't

CUBS are 26-33 when they average 3.7 P/PA or less.... 19-32 when they don't

CUBS are 15-14 when their starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or more.... 30-50 when he doesn't

CUBS are 29-32 when the opposing starter pitches 6-1/3 innings or less.... 16-30 when he doesn't

CUBS are 37-46 when they wear their pinstripes / road grays.... 8-19 when they wear alternate blues

CUBS are 4-0 when CLTV broadcasts the game

 

CUBS are on a pace for:                   Compared to:
                                  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006  2005
..66 wins                            75    84    97    85    66    79
.652 runs                           684   711   857   752   716   703
.143 home runs                      149   162   185   151   166   194
.384 walks                          476   597   638   500   395   419
1180 strike outs                   1236  1192  1193  1054   928   920
..57 stolen bases                    55    55    87    87   121    64
.125 GIDPs                          124   135   136   128   135   129
.137 errors                         122   103    97    94   104   100
..54 hit batsmen                     50    58    50    37    41    50
4.03 runs per game                 4.22  4.39  5.29  4.64  4.42  4.34
3.73 pitches per plate appearance  3.79  3.82  3.88  3.74  3.68  3.61
16.5 % of baserunners driven in    18.2  17.3  19.7  18.9  20.0  18.4
.344 runs per baserunner          0.353 0.345 0.381 0.364 0.370 0.365
31.3 % of extra base hits          33.6  34.6  34.3  34.1  32.3  35.8
.262 batting average              0.256 0.255 0.277 0.271 0.268 0.270
.314 on base percentage           0.319 0.331 0.353 0.332 0.319 0.324
.401 slugging percentage          0.401 0.407 0.440 0.422 0.422 0.440
.715 on base plus slugging (OPS)  0.720 0.738 0.794 0.754 0.741 0.764

 

CUBS are 37-36 when they get at least 8 hits .... 8-29 when they don't

CUBS are 35-40 when they draw 2 or more walks.... 10-25 when they don't

CUBS are 18-11 when they steal a base.... 27-54 when they don't

CUBS are 16-14 when they execute a sac bunt.... 29-51 when they don't

CUBS are 26-35 when they GIDP.... 19-30 when they don't

CUBS are 22-37 when they commit one or more errors.... 23-28 when they don't

CUBS are 41-47 when they hit at least one double.... 4-18 when they don't

CUBS are 11-8 when they hit at least one triple.... 34-57 when they don't

CUBS are 19-7 when they hit at least 2 HRs.... 26-58 when they don't

CUBS are 9-10 when they hit at least 1 sac fly.... 36-55 when they don't

CUBS are 17-23 when they allow fewer than 3 walks.... 28-42 when they don't

CUBS are 18-13 when the opponents strike out at least 9 times.... 27-52 when they don't

CUBS are 17-29 when the opponent steals a base.... 28-36 when they don't

CUBS are 16-28 when the opponent executes a sac bunt.... 29-37 when they don't

CUBS are 27-29 when the opponent GIDPs at least once.... 18-36 when they don't

CUBS are 20-29 when the opponent commits at least 1 error.... 25-36 when they don't

CUBS are 7-17 when the opponent triples.... 38-48 when they don't

CUBS are 6-22 when the opponent hits at least 2 HRs.... 39-43 when they don't

CUBS are 8-23 when the opponent hits a sac fly.... 37-42 when they don't

CUBS are 13-21 when they hit an opposing batter.... 32-44 when they don't

 

 

 

 

CUBS are 7-13 when Garza starts

Garza is 11 of 31 (0.550) in quality starts

Garza has 1 consecutive non-quality starts

Garza's ERA pitching to Soto is 4.31.... pitching to K. Hill is 1.80.... pitching to Castillo is 0.00

CUBS score 4.03 R/G overall.... 3.95 R/G when Garza pitches

CUBS hit 0.88 HR/G overall.... 0.85 HR/G when Garza pitches

CUBS have scored first in 8 of Garza's 20 starts

CUBS have scored in the first inning of 6 of Garza's 20 starts

Garza has given up run(s) in the first inning of 6 (9 runs total) of his 20 starts

 

CUBS' offensive support of Garza.....

 

04/01 - 08/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
CUBS w/Garza      699   79  190   34    6   17  287   73   50  152  0.272  0.326  0.411  0.737
CUBS overall     3777  443  989  192   21   97 1514  411  261  801  0.262  0.314  0.401  0.715

 

Composite scoring in games started by Garza.....

 

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

CUBS             13   9  10   6  11  12   8   5   4   1   1   0   0   0   0   0      80
Opponents         9  12  14  12  11   7   7  17  13   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      102

 

Garza's starts this year (4-8)

 

Garza                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
04/03  vs. Pitts       7.0   12    3    3    0   12    0   106    80  0.75  15.1    4    4  0.50  0.00 15.43  0.00  1.71  3.86
04/09  vs. Milw        5.7    8    5    5    3    8    0   107    69  0.64  18.9    6    3  0.67  4.76 12.71  0.00  1.94  7.94
04/15  vs. Colo        6.0    7    5    5    2    5    0   119    68  0.57  19.8    9    4  0.69  3.00  7.50  0.00  1.50  7.50
04/20  vs. S.D.        6.0    6    0    0    3    9    0   114    70  0.61  19.0    5    3  0.63  4.50 13.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
04/25  vs. Colo        6.0    3    5    1    1    7    0   102    70  0.69  17.0    6    4  0.60  1.50 10.50  0.00  0.67  1.50
04/30  vs. Ariz        8.0    6    3    3    2   10    0   104    70  0.67  13.0    5    8  0.38  2.25 11.25  0.00  1.00  3.38
05/06  vs. Cincy       6.0    6    5    5    2    7    1    86    57  0.66  14.3    8    3  0.73  3.00 10.50  1.50  1.33  7.50
05/11  vs. St. L       5.0    3    1    1    3    7    0    85    50  0.59  17.0    1    6  0.14  5.40 12.60  0.00  1.20  1.80
05/17  vs. Cincy       6.0    5    3    0    4    3    0   105    63  0.60  17.5    7    8  0.47  6.00  4.50  0.00  1.50  0.00
06/06  vs. Cincy       4.0    6    4    4    3    3    1    81    51  0.63  20.3    6    0  1.00  6.75  6.75  2.25  2.25  9.00
06/11  vs. Phila       6.0    5    2    1    3    4    0   113    65  0.58  18.8    7    5  0.58  4.50  6.00  0.00  1.33  1.50
06/16  vs. Milw        6.0    6    5    5    3    3    2    99    58  0.59  16.5    9    3  0.75  4.50  4.50  3.00  1.50  7.50
06/21  vs. CWS         5.0    4    2    2    1    4    1    72    51  0.71  14.4    8    2  0.80  1.80  7.20  1.80  1.00  3.60
06/27  vs. Colo        7.3    5    3    3    0    6    2   110    75  0.68  15.0   12    2  0.86  0.00  7.36  2.45  0.68  3.68
07/02  vs. CWS         9.0    4    1    1    2    7    0   114    81  0.71  12.7   10    5  0.67  2.00  7.00  0.00  0.67  1.00
07/07  vs. Wash        2.0    8    7    6    1    4    0    67    40  0.60  33.5    2    0  1.00  4.50 18.00  0.00  4.50 27.00
07/14  vs. Flor        7.0    6    0    0    3    6    0   113    66  0.58  16.1    6    4  0.60  3.86  7.71  0.00  1.29  0.00
07/19  vs. Phila       7.0    4    1    1    3    5    0   117    78  0.67  16.7    5    3  0.63  3.86  6.43  0.00  1.00  1.29
07/24  vs. Houst       7.0    5    2    2    3    9    1   107    67  0.63  15.3    8    3  0.73  3.86 11.57  1.29  1.14  2.57
07/29  vs. St. L       5.7    8    6    6    2    3    1    89    59  0.66  15.7   11    2  0.85  3.18  4.76  1.59  1.76  9.53

Garza                   IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Home                  73.3   60   26   22   23   78    6  1153   752  0.65  15.7   74   40  0.65  2.82  9.57  0.74  1.13  2.70
Road                  48.3   57   37   32   21   44    3   857   536  0.63  17.7   61   32  0.66  3.91  8.19  0.56  1.61  5.96

Day                   54.3   49   21   20   16   57    6   849   553  0.65  15.6   63   28  0.69  2.65  9.44  0.99  1.20  3.31
Nite                  67.3   68   42   34   28   65    3  1161   735  0.63  17.2   72   44  0.62  3.74  8.69  0.40  1.43  4.54

Road  Nite            42.3   52   35   31   18   40    3   744   471  0.63  17.6   54   27  0.67  3.83  8.50  0.64  1.65  6.59

April                 38.7   42   21   17   11   51    0   652   427  0.65  16.9   35   26  0.57  2.56 11.87  0.00  1.37  3.96
May                   17.0   14    9    6    9   17    1   276   170  0.62  16.2   16   17  0.48  4.76  9.00  0.53  1.35  3.18
June                  28.3   26   16   15   10   20    6   475   300  0.63  16.8   42   12  0.78  3.18  6.35  1.91  1.27  4.76
July                  37.7   35   17   16   14   34    2   607   391  0.64  16.1   42   17  0.71  3.35  8.12  0.48  1.30  3.82
August                 0.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     0     0  0.00   0.0    0    0  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00

Season total         121.7  117   63   54   44  122    9  2010  1288  0.64  16.5  135   72  0.65  3.25  9.02  0.67  1.32  3.99

 

 

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

 

              Tue        Mon        Sun        Sat        Fri        Thur       Wed           Totals
             02 Aug     01 Aug     31 Jul     30 Jul     29 Jul     28 Jul     27 Jul
             @ Pitts    @ Pitts    @ St L.    @ St L.    @ St L.    @ Milw     @ Milw  
pitcher        IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit     IP Pit        IP Pit

Grabow        1.0  17                          1.0  14                                        2.0  31
Marmol                   1.0  13    1.0  18               1.0  22                             3.0  53
Marshall                 0.3   4    1.3  15    1.0  13                                        2.7  32
Ortiz         2.0  32                                     1.0  14                             3.0  46
Russell                                        1.3  27    0.3   4               0.3   2       2.0  33
Samardzija               0.7  10               0.3  23               2.0  19                  3.0  52
Wood                     1.0  24    0.7   5                                     1.0  12       2.7  41
Lopez                                                                                                

Totals        3.0  49    3.0  51    3.0  38    3.7  77    2.3  40    2.0  19    1.3  14      18.3 288

 

CUBS starting staff...........

 

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

Dempster      23    14- 9    12    0.522    134.3     2305    17.2    5.8    100.2    4.96    4.30
Zambrano      22    12-10    12    0.545    135.3     2272    16.8    6.2    103.3    4.46    4.55
Garza         20     7-13    11    0.550    121.7     2010    16.5    6.1    100.5    3.99    3.95
Wells         13     5- 8     4    0.308     70.3     1182    16.8    5.4     90.9    5.89    4.23
Cashner        1     1- 0     0    0.000      5.3       72    13.5    5.3     72.0    1.69    6.00
Coleman        9     3- 6     1    0.111     41.0      771    18.8    4.6     85.7    6.80    3.89
Russell        5     0- 5     0    0.000     18.3      351    19.1    3.7     70.2    9.33    2.40
Davis          9     1- 8     2    0.222     45.7      867    19.0    5.1     96.3    6.50    2.89
Lopez          6     2- 4     3    0.500     33.3      519    15.6    5.6     86.5    4.59    4.67
Ortiz          2     0- 2     1    0.500     10.0      171    17.1    5.0     85.5    7.20    1.50

CUBS         110    45-65    46    0.418    615.3    10520    17.1    5.6     95.6    5.12    4.03

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh this year (5-6)

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
..1  Fri 04/01    Pittsburgh        3- 6  Dempster        Correia       
..2  Sat 04/02    Pittsburgh        5- 3  Zambrano        Maholm        
..3  Sun 04/03    Pittsburgh        4- 5  Garza           Ohlendorf     
.49  Fri 05/27    Pittsburgh        2- 4  Davis           Correia       
.50  Sat 05/28    Pittsburgh        0-10  Wells           Maholm        
.51  Sun 05/29    Pittsburgh        3- 2  Dempster        Karstens      
.90  Fri 07/08  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 7  Lopez           McDonald      
.91  Sat 07/09  @ Pittsburgh    N   6- 3  Dempster        Correia       
.92  Sun 07/10  @ Pittsburgh        1- 9  Ortiz           Maholm        
109  Mon 08/01  @ Pittsburgh    N   5- 3  Zambrano        Maholm        
110  Tue 08/02  @ Pittsburgh    N  11- 6  Wells           Correia       
111  Wed 08/03  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Garza           Morten        
112  Thu 08/04  @ Pittsburgh    N    -    Lopez           McDonald      
138  Fri 09/02    Pittsburgh         -    Dempster        Correia       
139  Sat 09/03    Pittsburgh         -    Zambrano        Maholm        
140  Sun 09/04    Pittsburgh         -    Wells           Ohlendorf     

 

CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh last year (5-10)

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.27  Tue 05/04  @ Pittsburgh    N   2- 3  Dempster        Maholm        
.28  Wed 05/05  @ Pittsburgh    N   2- 4  Lilly           Morton        
.29  Thu 05/06  @ Pittsburgh    N   1-11  Wells           Burress       
.36  Fri 05/14    Pittsburgh        6-10  Gorzelanny      Burress       
.37  Sat 05/15    Pittsburgh        3- 4  Dempster        Maholm        
.38  Sun 05/16    Pittsburgh        4- 3  Lilly           Ohlendorf     
.52  Mon 05/31  @ Pittsburgh        1- 2  Wells           Ohlendorf     
.53  Tue 06/01  @ Pittsburgh    N   2- 3  Lilly           Karstens      
.57  Mon 06/07  @ Pittsburgh        6- 1  Silva           Eveland       
.76  Mon 06/28    Pittsburgh    N   1- 2  Wells           Maholm        
.77  Tue 06/29    Pittsburgh    N   3- 1  Lilly           Karstens      
.78  Wed 06/30    Pittsburgh        0- 2  Gorzelanny      Lincoln       
132  Mon 08/30    Pittsburgh    N  14- 2  Zambrano        Maholm        
133  Tue 08/31    Pittsburgh    N   7-14  Dempster        Karstens      
134  Wed 09/01    Pittsburgh        5- 3  Gorzelanny      McDonald      

 

Composite scoring vs. Pittsburgh this year

 

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

CUBS              5   7   7   6   1   6   2   6   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      44
Opponents         6   3   9  10   6   3   5  12   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      58

 

 

CUBS' hitters vs. Pittsburgh this year......

 

vs. Pitts          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Castro             47    7   20    3    2    0    4    3    9  0.426  0.451  0.574  1.025  0.526  3.71   12.2  0.025  0.190
Colvin             13    2    4    1    0    1    1    2    2  0.308  0.400  0.615  1.015  0.300  3.53    3.2  0.092  0.000
Ramirez            37    4   11    0    0    3    7    3    5  0.297  0.366  0.541  0.906  0.276  2.66    7.3  0.069  0.160
Fukudome           21    4    7    2    0    0    2    5    2  0.333  0.462  0.429  0.890  0.368  4.73    4.2  0.128  0.333
Soriano            42    5   10    3    0    4   10    0    9  0.238  0.238  0.595  0.833  0.207  3.98    6.0  0.000  0.222
Barney             39    6   15    1    0    0    2    1    2  0.385  0.390  0.410  0.801  0.405  3.71    6.2  0.006  0.087
Johnson            10    2    2    2    0    0    1    0    1  0.200  0.333  0.400  0.733  0.222  3.25    1.3  0.133  0.167
DeWitt              7    0    2    1    0    0    2    0    3  0.286  0.286  0.429  0.714  0.500  3.29    0.9  0.000  0.333
Byrd               32    6    8    1    0    1    2    2    5  0.250  0.294  0.375  0.669  0.269  3.44    3.5  0.044  0.050
Pena               31    3    7    1    0    0    5    7   10  0.226  0.350  0.258  0.608  0.333  3.93    2.8  0.124  0.227
Soto               27    3    5    1    0    1    3    1    6  0.185  0.241  0.333  0.575  0.200  3.76    2.2  0.056  0.087
Montanez            4    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500  0.250  2.75    0.3  0.000  0.000
Baker              14    1    2    1    0    0    1    1    2  0.143  0.188  0.214  0.402  0.167  3.81    0.6  0.045  0.111
K Hill             13    0    2    0    0    0    1    0    3  0.154  0.143  0.154  0.297  0.200  3.29    0.3 -0.011  0.143
Campana            15    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.133  0.133  0.133  0.267  0.167  3.80    0.3  0.000  0.000

vs. Pitts          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
vs Beimel           7    3    4    1    0    1    3    1    1  0.571  0.625  1.143  1.768  0.600  3.38    5.0  0.054  0.400
vs Ohlendorf       23    4    8    1    2    1    4    4    3  0.348  0.429  0.696  1.124  0.368  3.31    6.9  0.081  0.188
vs Watson          12    2    3    0    0    2    3    1    2  0.250  0.286  0.750  1.036  0.125  3.71    2.6  0.036  0.143
vs Moskos           5    1    2    1    0    0    0    0    0  0.400  0.400  0.600  1.000  0.400  2.80    1.2  0.000  0.000
vs Olson            2    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.000  1.000  5.00    0.5  0.000  0.500
vs Correia         84   16   30    1    0    4   13    4    9  0.357  0.386  0.512  0.898  0.366  3.61   16.6  0.029  0.176
vs Meek            13    5    5    1    0    0    2    1    3  0.385  0.429  0.462  0.890  0.500  4.00    2.6  0.044  0.222
vs Resop           15    0    5    2    0    0    4    1    2  0.333  0.375  0.467  0.842  0.385  3.81    2.6  0.042  0.400
vs Karstens        21    3    7    1    0    1    3    0    4  0.333  0.304  0.524  0.828  0.375  3.54    3.3 -0.029  0.250
vs McDonald        21    3    5    1    0    1    1    2    4  0.238  0.333  0.429  0.762  0.250  4.13    3.0  0.095  0.000
vs Veras           18    1    5    1    0    0    1    3    4  0.278  0.381  0.333  0.714  0.357  4.52    2.3  0.103  0.056
vs Leroux           6    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    3  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667  0.667  3.67    0.7  0.000  0.000
vs McCutchen       17    1    3    1    0    0    1    2    3  0.176  0.263  0.235  0.498  0.214  3.32    1.1  0.087  0.091
vs Maholm          99    5   18    7    0    0    5    5   18  0.182  0.239  0.253  0.491  0.222  3.50    6.0  0.057  0.114
vs Hanrahan        19    0    4    0    0    0    0    1    9  0.211  0.250  0.211  0.461  0.400  3.80    1.0  0.039  0.000
vs Grilli           7    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.143  0.143  0.143  0.286  0.200  4.14    0.1  0.000  0.000
vs Crotta           3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000  2.67    0.0  0.000  0.000

vs. Pitts          AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
vs. starters      228   33   65   13    2    7   29   16   35  0.285  0.336  0.452  0.788  0.312  3.58   34.6  0.051  0.177
vs. relievers     119    8   31    5    0    3   11    8   31  0.261  0.305  0.378  0.683  0.329  3.80   13.7  0.044  0.107

vs Left           125   11   28    9    0    3   12    7   22  0.224  0.275  0.368  0.643  0.250  3.51   12.7  0.051  0.155
vs Right          247   33   75    9    2    7   29   18   47  0.304  0.349  0.441  0.791  0.352  3.72   38.1  0.046  0.143

Home              193   17   46    7    2    3   15   14   30  0.238  0.286  0.342  0.628  0.269  3.53   18.9  0.047  0.120
Road              179   27   57   11    0    7   26   11   39  0.318  0.365  0.497  0.863  0.376  3.77   32.5  0.047  0.170

Day               222   18   50    9    2    3   16   14   40  0.225  0.274  0.324  0.598  0.263  3.59   19.7  0.049  0.115
Nite              150   26   53    9    0    7   25   11   29  0.353  0.398  0.553  0.951  0.404  3.73   33.0  0.044  0.182

Leading off        87   16   31    4    1    2    2    8   15  0.356  0.423  0.494  0.917  0.414  3.82   18.2  0.066  0.000
Pinch hitting      21    1    3    1    0    0    2    1    4  0.143  0.182  0.190  0.372  0.176  3.36    0.7  0.039  0.133
bases loaded        7    0    2    2    0    0    6    0    0  0.286  0.286  0.571  0.857  0.286  3.29    1.1  0.000  0.316
bases empty       194   28   57    8    2    7    7   12   39  0.294  0.348  0.464  0.812  0.338  3.77   31.3  0.054  0.000
runners on        178   16   46   10    0    3   34   13   30  0.258  0.299  0.365  0.665  0.297  3.52   19.5  0.041  0.146
RISP               93    6   22    5    0    1   29    9   15  0.237  0.287  0.323  0.610  0.273  3.72    8.6  0.050  0.188

Game tied          64   15   23    6    0    3   13   10   11  0.359  0.449  0.594  1.042  0.400  3.78   17.1  0.089  0.250
CUBS leading      143   12   39    3    1    4   14    8   27  0.273  0.307  0.392  0.699  0.313  3.57   17.2  0.034  0.111
CUBS trailing     165   17   41    9    1    3   14    7   31  0.248  0.284  0.370  0.654  0.290  3.66   17.3  0.036  0.134
Close score       273   36   77   14    2    6   33   21   52  0.282  0.336  0.414  0.749  0.330  3.64   37.9  0.053  0.167

Early (1-3)       123   19   35    4    0    6   17    9   21  0.285  0.341  0.463  0.804  0.302  3.67   19.4  0.056  0.169
Middle (4-6)      128   13   36    7    2    3   13    5   22  0.281  0.309  0.438  0.746  0.320  3.48   17.3  0.028  0.143
Late (7th on)     121   12   32    7    0    1   11   11   26  0.264  0.323  0.347  0.670  0.330  3.79   13.6  0.059  0.130
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

totals vs Pitts   372   44  103   18    2   10   41   25   69  0.277  0.324  0.417  0.741  0.317  3.65   50.3  0.047  0.146
season totals    3776  444  988  195   22   97  409  260  802  0.262  0.314  0.402  0.716  0.310  3.74  476.3  0.052  0.164

 

CUBS' pitchers vs. Pittsburgh this year........

 

vs. Pitts            IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Coleman             0.3    0    0    0    0    0    0     5     2  0.40  15.0    1    0  1.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Samardzija          5.7    5    0    0    2    3    0    89    51  0.57  15.7    4   10  0.29  3.18  4.76  0.00  1.24  0.00
Carpenter           1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     8     6  0.75   8.0    2    1  0.67  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Zambrano           12.0   12    4    4    6    9    2   213   127  0.60  17.8   10   12  0.45  4.50  6.75  1.50  1.50  3.00
Wood                5.7    5    2    2    2    6    1    85    53  0.62  15.0    4    4  0.50  3.18  9.53  1.59  1.24  3.18
Garza               7.0   12    3    3    0   12    0   106    80  0.75  15.1    4    4  0.50  0.00 15.43  0.00  1.71  3.86
Russell             4.7    3    2    2    0    3    2    71    50  0.70  15.2    5    5  0.50  0.00  5.79  3.86  0.64  3.86
Davis               4.7    4    4    2    6    3    0   111    65  0.59  23.8    4    7  0.36 11.57  5.79  0.00  2.14  3.86
Lopez               6.0    8    3    3    1    3    1    98    66  0.67  16.3    6    5  0.55  1.50  4.50  1.50  1.50  4.50
Dempster           17.7   17   11   11   10   16    2   306   187  0.61  17.3   20   12  0.63  5.09  8.15  1.02  1.53  5.60
Maine               3.0    1    2    2    2    2    1    50    28  0.56  16.7    3    4  0.43  6.00  6.00  3.00  1.00  6.00
Marshall            3.0    1    2    2    1    1    0    45    29  0.64  15.0    4    4  0.50  3.00  3.00  0.00  0.67  6.00
Wells              10.0   10    7    7    4   14    2   201   122  0.61  20.1    6    7  0.46  3.60 12.60  1.80  1.40  6.30
Marmol              5.3    4    4    4    3    5    1    83    54  0.65  15.6    9    1  0.90  5.06  8.44  1.69  1.31  6.75
Grabow              5.0    7    5    5    3    6    0    89    52  0.58  17.8    3    5  0.38  5.40 10.80  0.00  2.00  9.00
Ortiz               6.0   10    9    9    2    4    3   105    69  0.66  17.5    7    5  0.58  3.00  6.00  4.50  2.00 13.50

totals vs Pitts    97.0   99   58   56   42   87   15  1665  1041  0.63  17.2   92   86  0.52  3.90  8.07  1.39  1.45  5.20
season totals     966.3 1018  552  506  415  818  104 16628 10620  0.64  17.2 1033  770  0.57  3.87  7.62  0.97  1.48  4.71

 

CUBS' last 21 games (9-12)........

 

Gm#    Date       Opponent         Score  Starter         Opp Starter
.90  Fri 07/08  @ Pittsburgh    N   4- 7  Lopez           McDonald      
.91  Sat 07/09  @ Pittsburgh    N   6- 3  Dempster        Correia       
.92  Sun 07/10  @ Pittsburgh        1- 9  Ortiz           Maholm        
.93  Thu 07/14    Florida       N   3- 6  Garza           Sanchez       
.94  Fri 07/15    Florida           2- 1  Dempster        Nolasco       
.95  Sat 07/16    Florida           3-13  Zambrano        Vazquez       
.96  Sun 07/17    Florida           5- 7  Wells           Volstad       
.97  Mon 07/18    Philadelphia  N   6- 1  Lopez           Halladay      
.98  Tue 07/19    Philadelphia  N   2- 4  Garza           Lee          
.99  Wed 07/20    Philadelphia      1- 9  Dempster        Worley        
100  Fri 07/22    Houston           4- 2  Zambrano        Norris        
101  Sat 07/23    Houston           5- 1  Wells           W Rodriguez   
102  Sun 07/24    Houston           5- 4  Garza           Lyles         
103  Tue 07/26  @ Milwaukee     N   2- 3  Dempster        Narveson      
104  Wed 07/27  @ Milwaukee     N   0- 2  Zambrano        Grienke       
105  Thu 07/28  @ Milwaukee         2- 4  Wells           Marcum        
106  Fri 07/29  @ St. Louis     N   2- 9  Garza           Jackson       
107  Sat 07/30  @ St. Louis         5-13  Lopez           Lohse         
108  Sun 07/31  @ St. Louis         6- 3  Dempster        Westbrook     
109  Mon 08/01  @ Pittsburgh    N   5- 3  Zambrano        Maholm        
110  Tue 08/02  @ Pittsburgh    N  11- 6  Wells           Correia       

 

Composite scoring during the last 21 games..............

 

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

CUBS             18  12   7   6   5  15   4   7   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0       80
Opponents        19   6   9  11  15  14   1  23  12   0   0   0   0   0   0   0      110

 

CUBS hitters during the last 21 games ........

 

07/08 - 08/02      AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA     RC   IsoD   RBI%
Byrd               78   12   27    8    1    3    7    4    9  0.346  0.386  0.590  0.975  0.364  3.53   17.7  0.039  0.125
Colvin             13    2    4    1    0    1    2    0    3  0.308  0.286  0.615  0.901  0.333  4.00    2.3 -0.022  0.500
Johnson            25    6    7    5    0    0    2    1    8  0.280  0.345  0.480  0.825  0.412  3.69    4.1  0.065  0.222
Ramirez            77   11   19    5    0    6   18    2   12  0.247  0.268  0.545  0.814  0.220  3.11   11.3  0.022  0.245
Soto               65    6   18    4    0    2    9    3   20  0.277  0.338  0.431  0.769  0.372  4.03    9.5  0.061  0.184
Fukudome           43    5   12    2    1    0    2    6   10  0.279  0.367  0.372  0.739  0.364  4.59    5.9  0.088  0.125
Castro             87   10   27    4    0    1    8    4   21  0.310  0.337  0.391  0.728  0.400  4.24   11.5  0.027  0.189
Barney             72    8   20    5    1    0    4    3    8  0.278  0.316  0.375  0.691  0.313  3.66    8.5  0.038  0.108
Soriano            72    5   14    4    0    5   14    0   17  0.194  0.194  0.458  0.653  0.180  3.47    6.4  0.000  0.196
DeWitt             16    0    4    0    0    0    1    2    5  0.250  0.333  0.250  0.583  0.364  4.33    1.3  0.083  0.077
Pena               66    6   12    3    0    1    5   13   27  0.182  0.309  0.273  0.581  0.289  4.05    5.6  0.127  0.167
Campana            14    2    3    0    0    0    0    1    2  0.214  0.267  0.214  0.481  0.250  4.00    0.8  0.052  0.000
K Hill             10    2    1    0    0    0    0    2    4  0.100  0.250  0.100  0.350  0.167  3.83    0.3  0.150  0.000
Baker              25    2    4    0    0    0    2    1    7  0.160  0.185  0.160  0.345  0.222  3.89    0.7  0.025  0.143

last 21 games     702   80  181   41    3   19   75   42  165  0.258  0.304  0.406  0.710  0.313  3.80   86.6  0.046  0.164
season totals    3776  444  988  195   22   97  409  260  802  0.262  0.314  0.402  0.716  0.310  3.74  476.3  0.052  0.164

 

CUBS pitchers during the last 21 games ........

 

07/08 - 08/02        IP    H    R   ER   BB    K   HR    PC    ST   ST%  P/IP   GB   FB   GB%  BB/9   K/9  HR/9  WHIP   ERA
Carpenter           1.0    0    0    0    0    0    0     8     6  0.75   8.0    2    1  0.67  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00
Russell             7.3    6    2    2    2    4    1   107    74  0.69  14.6   10    4  0.71  2.45  4.91  1.23  1.09  2.45
Garza              26.7   23    9    9   11   23    2   426   270  0.63  16.0   30   12  0.71  3.71  7.76  0.68  1.28  3.04
Wells              24.0   26   11   11    8   17    4   395   241  0.61  16.5   28   19  0.60  3.00  6.38  1.50  1.42  4.13
Samardzija         10.3    9    8    5    5    9    1   185   110  0.59  17.9   12   10  0.55  4.35  7.84  0.87  1.35  4.35
Marshall            9.7   10    5    5    2    9    0   150   292  1.95  15.5   10    5  0.67  1.86  8.38  0.00  1.24  4.66
Dempster           28.0   32   15   15    8   31    1   491   318  0.65  17.5   25   16  0.61  2.57  9.96  0.32  1.43  4.82
Zambrano           23.3   29   13   13   10   17    4   409   252  0.62  17.5   23   13  0.64  3.86  6.56  1.54  1.67  5.01
Lopez              17.7   21   10   10    4    9    3   266   173  0.65  15.1   18   15  0.55  2.04  4.58  1.53  1.42  5.09
Grabow              8.3   11    6    5    5    8    1   151    93  0.62  18.1    8    4  0.67  5.40  8.64  1.08  1.92  5.40
Wood                6.7    5    6    6    4    5    1   106    59  0.56  15.9    9    1  0.90  5.40  6.75  1.35  1.35  8.10
Ortiz              11.3   15   14   13    3    8    5   191   123  0.64  16.9   13    8  0.62  2.38  6.35  3.97  1.59 10.32
Marmol              8.7   12   11   11   10   10    1   206   120  0.58  23.8    8    3  0.73 10.38 10.38  1.04  2.54 11.42

last 21 games     183.0  199  110  105   72  150   24  3091  2131  0.69  16.9  196  111  0.64  3.54  7.38  1.18  1.48  5.16
season totals     966.3 1018  552  506  415  818  104 16628 10620  0.64  17.2 1033  770  0.57  3.87  7.62  0.97  1.48  4.71

 

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

 

04/01 - 08/02        P   PA  P/PA
Fukudome          1497  345  4.34
Snyder              38    9  4.22
Montanez           191   48  3.98
Pena              1632  411  3.97
Soto              1262  320  3.94
Colvin             453  118  3.84
Johnson            606  160  3.79
Barney            1437  381  3.77
Soriano           1258  340  3.70
Castillo            48   13  3.69
Castro            1763  478  3.69
Campana            344   95  3.62
DeWitt             627  174  3.60
K Hill             385  107  3.60
Baker              566  161  3.52
Byrd              1016  290  3.50
Ramirez           1410  429  3.29
LeMahieu           118   37  3.19

CUBS             15448 4135  3.74

 

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

 

04/01 - 08/02      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Montanez             8   16  0.333
Johnson             20   43  0.317
Baker               18   58  0.237
Ramirez             47  178  0.209
Castro              42  178  0.191
Barney              33  142  0.189
Pena                33  153  0.177
Soriano             33  173  0.160
DeWitt              13   71  0.155
Soto                22  135  0.140
Fukudome            10   69  0.127
Colvin               7   49  0.125
K Hill               6   53  0.102
Byrd                13  121  0.097
Campana              2   25  0.074
LeMahieu             1   15  0.063
Castillo             0   10  0.000
Snyder               0    6  0.000

CUBS               312 1587  0.164

 

Fecal League Standings............

 

Team             W       L       Pct      GB
Houston         36      74     0.327     ---
Baltimore       43      63     0.406     9.0
CUBS            45      65     0.409     9.0
Kansas City     46      63     0.422    10.5
San Diego       47      64     0.423    10.5
Seattle         47      62     0.431    11.5
Oakland         49      61     0.445    13.0
LA Dodgers      50      59     0.459    14.5
Minnesota       50      59     0.459    14.5
Colorado        51      59     0.464    15.0
white sox       52      56     0.481    17.0
Washington      53      56     0.486    17.5
Cincinnati      54      56     0.491    18.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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© 2011, Fred W. Hornkohl

[Fred Hornkohl]

Some more interesting shit stuff...........

 

CUBS have scored first in each of their last 6 games..... and in 14 of their last 21 games

CUBS had hit 2 HRs in their previous 6 games before blasting 6 HRs on Tuesday

CUBS scored double digit runs for the first time in their last 21 games

CUBS failed to turn a double play Tuesday for the first time in their last 6 games

CUBS have turned in 3 QS in a row, and 8 in their last 11 games

Last time the CUBS scored 11 runs in a game.... Thu 16 Jun 2011 in a 12-7 win over Milwaukee at Wrigley

Last time the CUBS made 21 hits in a game.... Mon 04 Apr 2005 (23 hits) in a 16-6 win at Arizona

Last time the CUBS hit 6 HRs in a game.... Mon 17 Sep 2007 (6 HRs) in a 11-3 win over Cincinnati at Wrigley

 

 

Quade hase used 85 different lineups in 110 games

Quade has used the same lineup on consecutive days 8 times

Quade's most often used lineup has been used 5 times

[BeerHere]

I have a feeling that Colvin has irritated Quade or something. I wouldn't be surprised if he sat today but I doubt that Quade would be that stupid as the media would be all over him.

[UMFan83]

Sweet, time for another 7 IP 2 ER game for Garza where the Cubs end up losing 6-3

[CubColtPacer]

I have a feeling that Colvin has irritated Quade or something. I wouldn't be surprised if he sat today but I doubt that Quade would be that stupid as the media would be all over him.

 

Colvin will play the rest of the series against the Pirates and probably some games against the Reds later in the week, Quade said.

 

"We're committed to finding out about Colvin," Quade said. "He's going to get opportunities, and it's going to be up to him to keep them. I'm going to give him some shots."

[javy knows my name]

I have a feeling that Colvin has irritated Quade or something. I wouldn't be surprised if he sat today but I doubt that Quade would be that stupid as the media would be all over him.

 

Why would Colvin have had to irritate Quade? Maybe Quade just knows he doesn't belong in a starting lineup. I think Len said last night that Colvin hasn't gotten a chance at regular playing time in order to prove himself. This is wrong.

[SouthSideRyan]

Sweet, time for another 7 IP 2 ER game for Garza where the Cubs end up losing 6-3

 

Just a #3-4 pitcher IMO. Never should've traded Sam Fuld for him.

[BeerHere]

I have a feeling that Colvin has irritated Quade or something. I wouldn't be surprised if he sat today but I doubt that Quade would be that stupid as the media would be all over him.

 

Why would Colvin have had to irritate Quade? Maybe Quade just knows he doesn't belong in a starting lineup. I think Len said last night that Colvin hasn't gotten a chance at regular playing time in order to prove himself. This is wrong.

I don't think that Quade knows anything. I think he knows that Colvin will likely struggle and he wants to win as many games as he can to save his job. I'm guessing but I would imagine that Quade is looking at the record, the media questioning his moves and thinking that he was to go on a decent winning streak to win his job for 2012. Putting Reed Johnson over Colvin in the lineup might win more ballgames this year and I think Quade can't see past that.

 

I can't see past the Sunday game. With a righty on the hill I see no reason why Johnson started over Colvin if the goal is to better the team long-term. I'm not saying that Colvin is the answer, but the Cubs seem convinced that he can be a productive everyday regular. I don't know myself and I certainly have my doubts. I think that needs to be figured out sooner rather than later - I don't want to go into 2012 wondering if Colvin is the guy or not. I want him to get all the RF AB's the rest of the way (against LF and RH starters) and sink or swim, you know at season's end whether you need another RF or whether he has a good chance to be productive in 2012. If he can't hit LHP then you need a productive RH bat to platoon.

Edited August 3, 2011 by BeerHere

[Guest]

Why would Colvin have had to irritate Quade? Maybe Quade just knows he doesn't belong in a starting lineup. I think Len said last night that Colvin hasn't gotten a chance at regular playing time in order to prove himself. This is wrong.

 

Well, he hasn't gotten the chance to prove himself this year, and when he had the chance last year he did prove himself. Not that it's Quade's fault Colvin hasn't had that opportunity, but the fact remains he's had little chance to show his stuff this year.

[jersey cubs fan]

Why would Colvin have had to irritate Quade? Maybe Quade just knows he doesn't belong in a starting lineup. I think Len said last night that Colvin hasn't gotten a chance at regular playing time in order to prove himself. This is wrong.

 

Well, he hasn't gotten the chance to prove himself this year, and when he had the chance last year he did prove himself. Not that it's Quade's fault Colvin hasn't had that opportunity, but the fact remains he's had little chance to show his stuff this year.

 

He sucked from day one this year, like over the top sucking.

[jersey cubs fan]

I think that needs to be figured out sooner rather than later - I don't want to go into 2012 wondering if Colvin is the guy or not.

 

I'm not sure how the heck anybody can possibly think of a scenario in which we can go into 2012 knowing that Colvin is the guy.

[Sammy Sofa]

Why would Colvin have had to irritate Quade? Maybe Quade just knows he doesn't belong in a starting lineup. I think Len said last night that Colvin hasn't gotten a chance at regular playing time in order to prove himself. This is wrong.

 

Well, he hasn't gotten the chance to prove himself this year, and when he had the chance last year he did prove himself. Not that it's Quade's fault Colvin hasn't had that opportunity, but the fact remains he's had little chance to show his stuff this year.

 

He sucked from day one this year, like over the top sucking.

 

Yeah, no kidding. It's not like he was a few games from righting the ship or something.

[BeerHere]

I think that needs to be figured out sooner rather than later - I don't want to go into 2012 wondering if Colvin is the guy or not.

 

I'm not sure how the heck anybody can possibly think of a scenario in which we can go into 2012 knowing that Colvin is the guy.

But at least if he hits well in the next 300AB's you'll have a better feel. He had fewer than 100AB's this season before he was sent down. I don't think he's the guy but Cubs management seems to think so. I want him to sink or swim and make the decision perfectly clear heading into 2012.

[Sammy Sofa]

I think that needs to be figured out sooner rather than later - I don't want to go into 2012 wondering if Colvin is the guy or not.

 

I'm not sure how the heck anybody can possibly think of a scenario in which we can go into 2012 knowing that Colvin is the guy.

But at least if he hits well in the next 300AB's you'll have a better feel. He had fewer than 100AB's this season before he was sent down. I don't think he's the guy but Cubs management seems to think so. I want him to sink or swim and make the decision perfectly clear heading into 2012.

 

How will these AB's make the decision "perfectly clear?"

[BeerHere]

I think that needs to be figured out sooner rather than later - I don't want to go into 2012 wondering if Colvin is the guy or not.

 

I'm not sure how the heck anybody can possibly think of a scenario in which we can go into 2012 knowing that Colvin is the guy.

But at least if he hits well in the next 300AB's you'll have a better feel. He had fewer than 100AB's this season before he was sent down. I don't think he's the guy but Cubs management seems to think so. I want him to sink or swim and make the decision perfectly clear heading into 2012.

 

How will these AB's make the decision "perfectly clear?"

ok, poor choice of words. Do you get my point or are you just arguing for the sake of arguing?

[Sammy Sofa]

Yes, I get it, and it's largely a moot point. There's not much to learn about Tyler Colvin. He's not very good at baseball. He might be serviceable if the Cubs cobble together some kind of monstrous Frankenstein platoon in LF, but God help us if he's starting in RF next year.

[Guest]

Why would Colvin have had to irritate Quade? Maybe Quade just knows he doesn't belong in a starting lineup. I think Len said last night that Colvin hasn't gotten a chance at regular playing time in order to prove himself. This is wrong.

 

Well, he hasn't gotten the chance to prove himself this year, and when he had the chance last year he did prove himself. Not that it's Quade's fault Colvin hasn't had that opportunity, but the fact remains he's had little chance to show his stuff this year.

 

He sucked from day one this year, like over the top sucking.

 

Right, I'm not saying he deserved time in an OF that included Soriano/Byrd/Fukudome. Len's point is that he hasn't gotten a true opportunity to see if his success is for real, which is true. Most of that reason is he didn't earn any PT and there were 3 other OFs.

[Sammy Sofa]

Why would Colvin have had to irritate Quade? Maybe Quade just knows he doesn't belong in a starting lineup. I think Len said last night that Colvin hasn't gotten a chance at regular playing time in order to prove himself. This is wrong.

 

Well, he hasn't gotten the chance to prove himself this year, and when he had the chance last year he did prove himself. Not that it's Quade's fault Colvin hasn't had that opportunity, but the fact remains he's had little chance to show his stuff this year.

 

He sucked from day one this year, like over the top sucking.

 

Right, I'm not saying he deserved time in an OF that included Soriano/Byrd/Fukudome. Len's point is that he hasn't gotten a true opportunity to see if his success is for real, which is true. Most of that reason is he didn't earn any PT and there were 3 other OFs.

 

Sure, but it's not like the 4th OF doesn't get plenty of PA. No, he's not starting, but if a guy has talent it's going to show through even in a semi-regular capacity. Colvin did the exact opposite and looked about as bad as an MLB player can be. Then he went to the minors and, outside of a relatively brief blip, sucked some more. If he had shown he was capable of doing ANYTHING this year he would have gotten more than enough playing time, but he didn't.

[Guest]

Why would Colvin have had to irritate Quade? Maybe Quade just knows he doesn't belong in a starting lineup. I think Len said last night that Colvin hasn't gotten a chance at regular playing time in order to prove himself. This is wrong.

 

Well, he hasn't gotten the chance to prove himself this year, and when he had the chance last year he did prove himself. Not that it's Quade's fault Colvin hasn't had that opportunity, but the fact remains he's had little chance to show his stuff this year.

 

He sucked from day one this year, like over the top sucking.

 

Right, I'm not saying he deserved time in an OF that included Soriano/Byrd/Fukudome. Len's point is that he hasn't gotten a true opportunity to see if his success is for real, which is true. Most of that reason is he didn't earn any PT and there were 3 other OFs.

 

Sure, but it's not like the 4th OF doesn't get plenty of PA. No, he's not starting, but if a guy has talent it's going to show through even in a semi-regular capacity. Colvin did the exact opposite and looked about as bad as an MLB player can be. Then he went to the minors and, outside of a relatively brief blip, sucked some more. If he had shown he was capable of doing ANYTHING this year he would have gotten more than enough playing time, but he didn't.

 

Again, no one is saying that Colvin SHOULD have gotten more opportunity. But 100 PA's, even though they were horrendous, just isn't much to go on when he put up a 111 OPS+ in 400 PA's last year.

[Sammy Sofa]

I respectfully disagree. Sure, it would be one thing if he was just having a bad start...but then there was the start actually had. I don't even know what to call it, it was that bad. And then he sucked in the minors. And as impressive (though mostly unsustainable) as he looked at times last year he had long stretches where he was awful then, too. It would be nice if last night was an indicator that he'll rebound and could be an option for something like a platoon role with Soriano or as the 4th OF...but I doubt it. Last night's game was the perfect microcosm of Tyler Colvin. He can look like a beast, but he was struggling to take a pitch and swinging at garbage left and right. Tiny, tiny sample size, but I have a feeling we already know what he is.

[CubColtPacer]

 

Right, I'm not saying he deserved time in an OF that included Soriano/Byrd/Fukudome. Len's point is that he hasn't gotten a true opportunity to see if his success is for real, which is true. Most of that reason is he didn't earn any PT and there were 3 other OFs.

 

Sure, but it's not like the 4th OF doesn't get plenty of PA. No, he's not starting, but if a guy has talent it's going to show through even in a semi-regular capacity. Colvin did the exact opposite and looked about as bad as an MLB player can be. Then he went to the minors and, outside of a relatively brief blip, sucked some more. If he had shown he was capable of doing ANYTHING this year he would have gotten more than enough playing time, but he didn't.

 

Again, no one is saying that Colvin SHOULD have gotten more opportunity. But 100 PA's, even though they were horrendous, just isn't much to go on when he put up a 111 OPS+ in 400 PA's last year.

 

Not only that, but also because the peripherals aren't nearly as horrendous as his batting line. More than half his hits on the season have gone for extra bases. His overall BB/K ratio is the same as last season (less walks but less strikeouts as well). He clearly still has power capability with both the fact that his home runs have traveled really far, and he's hit at least 2 balls off the wall in addition to his 3 home runs so far. The jury is still out on Colvin right now.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

Right, I'm not saying he deserved time in an OF that included Soriano/Byrd/Fukudome. Len's point is that he hasn't gotten a true opportunity to see if his success is for real, which is true. Most of that reason is he didn't earn any PT and there were 3 other OFs.

 

Sure, but it's not like the 4th OF doesn't get plenty of PA. No, he's not starting, but if a guy has talent it's going to show through even in a semi-regular capacity. Colvin did the exact opposite and looked about as bad as an MLB player can be. Then he went to the minors and, outside of a relatively brief blip, sucked some more. If he had shown he was capable of doing ANYTHING this year he would have gotten more than enough playing time, but he didn't.

 

Again, no one is saying that Colvin SHOULD have gotten more opportunity. But 100 PA's, even though they were horrendous, just isn't much to go on when he put up a 111 OPS+ in 400 PA's last year.

 

Not only that, but also because the peripherals aren't nearly as horrendous as his batting line. More than half his hits on the season have gone for extra bases. His overall BB/K ratio is the same as last season (less walks but less strikeouts as well). He clearly still has power capability with both the fact that his home runs have traveled really far, and he's hit at least 2 balls off the wall in addition to his 3 home runs so far. The jury is still out on Colvin right now.

 

Well, no, that's just reinforcing what many were saying last year about how his performance was largely propped up by an unsustainable power display. On the one hand it's impressive when 71% of your hits for the first month of the season are for extra bases. It's worrisome when that means you only had 7 hits total in 57 PA. And yeah, he walked 6 times vs. 13 k's in that month as well. But then in June, the month with the next most PA, he gave us a smaller repeat of April, with only 3 hits in 34 PA and 1 of them being a double, coupled with 2 walks and 7 k's. How is Colvin showing that he has anything except flashes of power? That seems to be literally the only thing he has going for him.

 

I guess I just wish I didn't see the one-dimensional player I seem to be seeing.

[CubColtPacer]

 

Right, I'm not saying he deserved time in an OF that included Soriano/Byrd/Fukudome. Len's point is that he hasn't gotten a true opportunity to see if his success is for real, which is true. Most of that reason is he didn't earn any PT and there were 3 other OFs.

 

Sure, but it's not like the 4th OF doesn't get plenty of PA. No, he's not starting, but if a guy has talent it's going to show through even in a semi-regular capacity. Colvin did the exact opposite and looked about as bad as an MLB player can be. Then he went to the minors and, outside of a relatively brief blip, sucked some more. If he had shown he was capable of doing ANYTHING this year he would have gotten more than enough playing time, but he didn't.

 

Again, no one is saying that Colvin SHOULD have gotten more opportunity. But 100 PA's, even though they were horrendous, just isn't much to go on when he put up a 111 OPS+ in 400 PA's last year.

 

Not only that, but also because the peripherals aren't nearly as horrendous as his batting line. More than half his hits on the season have gone for extra bases. His overall BB/K ratio is the same as last season (less walks but less strikeouts as well). He clearly still has power capability with both the fact that his home runs have traveled really far, and he's hit at least 2 balls off the wall in addition to his 3 home runs so far. The jury is still out on Colvin right now.

 

Well, no, that's just reinforcing what many were saying last year about how his performance was largely propped up by an unsustainable power display. On the one hand it's impressive when 71% of your hits for the first month of the season are for extra bases. It's worrisome when that means you only had 7 hits total in 57 PA. And yeah, he walked 6 times vs. 13 k's in that month as well. But then in June, the month with the next most PA, he gave us a smaller repeat of April, with only 3 hits in 34 PA and 1 of them being a double, couple with 2 walks and 7 k's. How is Colvin showing that he has anything except flashes of power? That seems to be literally the only thing he has going for him.

 

It shows that a .139 BABIP is ridiculously unsustainable. He's had a max of 9 hits all season that have not hit the wall on the fly that have dropped in. That's ridiculous. I'm not worried about his singles-his singles will come. Last year, he had a .296 BABIP and was constrained by that high strikeout rate.

[Sammy Sofa]

Will they? Look at the months he got the most PA last year:

 

June: 75 - 18 hits, 8 of them for extra bases (bad month overall)

July: 106 - 24 hits, 12 of them for extra bases (good month overall)

August: 85 - 17 hits, 6 of them for extra bases (terrible month overall)

 

Complete with horrendous k/bb ratios. Now, sure, the latter is one area where he can still show he has improved because his relatively limited sample size is in his favor in that regard, and it would go a long way to making me feel better...but I really, really doubt it since his approach seemingly hasn't changed much, if at all, at the plate. He's just still trying to clobber every single thing out of the park. If he truly has figured out how to take a walk, hey, great, you might have a lesser Adam Dunn on your hands. We'll see if he has.