05/02 Cubs (Wood) vs Padres (Stults) 01:20 CT CSN

[Vanilla Ice]

go cubs

[Guest]

12-16 really wouldn't look that bad

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

12-16 really wouldn't look that bad

 

It would be one game better than last year through 28. I'll take it.

[Little Slide Rooter]

With our next 12 games being against .500 teams, and good ones too I'll wait until the end of that stetch to evaluate our record.

[ConstableRabbit]

@Cubs 1m

#Cubs lineup vs. @Padres 5/2: Sappelt CF, Ransom 3B, Rizzo 1B, Soriano LF, Castro SS, Castillo C, Hairston RF, Barney 2B, Wood P

 

Dale batting Castro 5th again...

[coldsteel]

This could be Cubs cleanup hitter Soriano's big day and start of his hot streak which the Cubs will ride thrashing through those good teams coming up on the schedule

[Cubswin11]

Dale batting Castro 5th again...

Manager approval going down

[GammonsPocketTweets]

Finally a day game! (for all you day drinkers/alcoholics)

[Omar]

Finally a day game! (for all you day drinkers/alcoholics)

 

Yeah. Was disappointed when I went to the game on Tuesday and couldn't buy beer after 9:20.

 

Padres v. Wood

                 PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Chase Headley    12 12  6  0  0  2   4  0  3  .500  .500 1.000 1.500  0  0   0   0         0
Chris Denorfia   10  8  3  1  0  0   0  2  0  .375  .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         1
Nick Hundley      8  6  2  1  0  0   2  0  1  .333  .250  .500  .750  0  2   0   0         0
Will Venable      7  7  2  0  0  2   2  0  1  .286  .286 1.143 1.429  0  0   0   0         0
Yonder Alonso     6  6  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .167  .167  .167  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Everth Cabrera    6  6  2  0  0  1   2  0  2  .333  .333  .833 1.167  0  0   0   0         0
Carlos Quentin    6  4  2  2  0  0   1  2  0  .500  .667 1.000 1.667  0  0   0   0         0
Eric Stults       2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
Kyle Blanks       1  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000  0  0   0   0         0
Total            58 51 19  4  0  5  12  4  8  .373  .404  .745 1.149  1  2   0   0         1

 

Cubs v. Stults

                     PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Alfonso Soriano      11 10  3  0  0  1   1  1  3  .300  .364  .600  .964  0  0   0   0         1
Darwin Barney         6  6  3  3  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500 1.000 1.500  0  0   0   0         0
Starlin Castro        6  5  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .200  .333  .200  .533  0  0   0   0         0
Nate Schierholtz      6  6  3  2  0  0   1  0  1  .500  .500  .833 1.333  0  0   0   0         0
David DeJesus         3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         1
Anthony Rizzo         3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Welington Castillo    2  2  2  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000  0  0   0   0         0
Scott Hairston        2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Cody Ransom           2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jeff Samardzija       2  2  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Travis Wood           2  2  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Total                45 43 14  5  0  1   4  2  6  .326  .356  .512  .867  0  0   0   0         2

[Guest]

Great job by Bruce getting these quotes on why Starlin is 5th. http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/7512

 

Starlin Castro again is in the fifth spot, as Sveum is going with his right-handed hitting lineup. Don’t get too used to Castro hitting fifth.

 

“In our normal lineup, he’s going to hit second,” Sveum said. “I don’t really want to get away from our normal lineup.”

 

Sveum said part of the deal is being creative with the lineup and getting Cody Ransom up higher in the order against the lefty.

 

“With Ransom, you ride a hot guy,” Dale said. “If he’s in a position to hit home runs, you want to make sure he gets 3 at-bats off that left-handed starter.

 

“You have to be a little creative sometimes with the lineup. You just can’t be so vanilla. If somebody’s really hot and they’re hitting home runs all the time off left-handers, you want to make sure he gets 3 at-bats off that left-handed starter and not hit him seventh to where he might get 2 at-bats. It’s that extra at-bat you’re trying to get that really hot hand at the time.”

[Smack]

So he's jacking Castro around to get Cody Ransom more AB's.

[Cubswin11]

Great job by Bruce getting these quotes on why Starlin is 5th. http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/7512

 

Starlin Castro again is in the fifth spot, as Sveum is going with his right-handed hitting lineup. Don’t get too used to Castro hitting fifth.

 

“In our normal lineup, he’s going to hit second,” Sveum said. “I don’t really want to get away from our normal lineup.”

 

Sveum said part of the deal is being creative with the lineup and getting Cody Ransom up higher in the order against the lefty.

 

“With Ransom, you ride a hot guy,” Dale said. “If he’s in a position to hit home runs, you want to make sure he gets 3 at-bats off that left-handed starter.

 

“You have to be a little creative sometimes with the lineup. You just can’t be so vanilla. If somebody’s really hot and they’re hitting home runs all the time off left-handers, you want to make sure he gets 3 at-bats off that left-handed starter and not hit him seventh to where he might get 2 at-bats. It’s that extra at-bat you’re trying to get that really hot hand at the time.”

Go [expletive] yourself, Dale

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Lineups don't matter, fifth is barely less important than second, it's all cool.

[Guest]

Great job by Bruce getting these quotes on why Starlin is 5th. http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/7512

 

Starlin Castro again is in the fifth spot, as Sveum is going with his right-handed hitting lineup. Don’t get too used to Castro hitting fifth.

 

“In our normal lineup, he’s going to hit second,” Sveum said. “I don’t really want to get away from our normal lineup.”

 

Sveum said part of the deal is being creative with the lineup and getting Cody Ransom up higher in the order against the lefty.

 

“With Ransom, you ride a hot guy,” Dale said. “If he’s in a position to hit home runs, you want to make sure he gets 3 at-bats off that left-handed starter.

 

“You have to be a little creative sometimes with the lineup. You just can’t be so vanilla. If somebody’s really hot and they’re hitting home runs all the time off left-handers, you want to make sure he gets 3 at-bats off that left-handed starter and not hit him seventh to where he might get 2 at-bats. It’s that extra at-bat you’re trying to get that really hot hand at the time.”

Go [expletive] yourself, Dale

 

Well, that's an overreaction.

[Cubswin11]

Cody Ransom career vs. LHP .251/.319/.489 in 256 PA's .808 OPS

 

Starlin Castro career vs. LHP .315/.366/.444 in 507 PA's .810 OPS

 

Yup lets make room for Ransom, Dale, and move Starlin down when he's equally as good vs. LHP

[Guest]

Cody Ransom career vs. LHP .251/.319/.489 in 256 PA's .808 OPS

 

Starlin Castro career vs. LHP .315/.366/.444 in 507 PA's .810 OPS

 

Yup lets make room for Ransom, Dale, and move Starlin down when he's equally as good vs. LHP

 

Why are you so worked up over this?

[ConstableRabbit]

Cody Ransom career vs. LHP .251/.319/.489 in 256 PA's .808 OPS

 

Starlin Castro career vs. LHP .315/.366/.444 in 507 PA's .810 OPS

 

Yup lets make room for Ransom, Dale, and move Starlin down when he's equally as good vs. LHP

 

Why are you so worked up over this?

Because it only serves to fuel The Kapman on my twitter feed, and I need to follow him for trade scoops.

[Cubswin11]

Cody Ransom career vs. LHP .251/.319/.489 in 256 PA's .808 OPS

 

Starlin Castro career vs. LHP .315/.366/.444 in 507 PA's .810 OPS

 

Yup lets make room for Ransom, Dale, and move Starlin down when he's equally as good vs. LHP

 

Why are you so worked up over this?

I'm not, just think it's stupid we are moving our franchise SS around in the lineup for Cody [expletive] Ransom when the reasoning our manager is giving is disproved by stats. If Ransom was clearly better v. LHP I'd get it, but he's not.

[Guest]

Ransom in the last week plus is 6 for 10 with 3 home runs and 2 doubles against LHP. For the curious, that's a 2.334 OPS. Getting him an extra PA against a LHP right now, even at Castro's expense, is probably a good idea while he's seeing the ball THAT well.

[Andy]

Ransom in the last week plus is 6 for 10 with 3 home runs and 2 doubles against LHP. For the curious, that's a 2.334 OPS. Getting him an extra PA against a LHP right now, even at Castro's expense, is probably a good idea while he's seeing the ball THAT well.

This is fine, I guess, but only if Dale's going to move Ransom back down pretty much immediately when he inevitably goes 0/8 for a two-game stretch in this lineup.

[GammonsPocketTweets]

who at first I thought Castro was benched or something. Overreaction indeed.

[sneakypower]

Castro's going to go up to the plate and have no fucken idea what to do now that he's hitting 5th

[jersey cubs fan]

Ransom in the last week plus is 6 for 10 with 3 home runs and 2 doubles against LHP. For the curious, that's a 2.334 OPS. Getting him an extra PA against a LHP right now, even at Castro's expense, is probably a good idea while he's seeing the ball THAT well.

This is fine, I guess, but only if Dale's going to move Ransom back down pretty much immediately when he inevitably goes 0/8 for a two-game stretch in this lineup.

 

Did you read the quotes from Dale on the matter?

[jersey cubs fan]

It's 5th. He's not batting 9th. And it's not like Castro is some 1000 OPS hitter that can never be moved out of the top of the order. He's really good for his position/age, but he's not a no doubt about it first inning hitter.

[Cubswin11]

It's 5th. He's not batting 9th. And it's not like Castro is some 1000 OPS hitter that can never be moved out of the top of the order. He's really good for his position/age, but he's not a no doubt about it first inning hitter.

I agree, but when the options/alternatives are Dave Sappelt and Cody Ransom he is.