06/12 CUBS (Samardzija) @ Pittsburgh (Volquez) 6:05 CDT, WGN

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/29166.png&w=350&h=254 Jeff Samardzija (2-5) ERA = 2.54, WHIP = 1.13

 

 

vs.

 

 

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/6401.png&w=350&h=254 Edinson Volquez (3-5) ERA = 4.27, WHIP = 1.17

 

 

Go CUBS !!

 

 

 

 

I heard a rumor going around that sweetpeteman broke his leg and they had to shoot him.... but I don't believe it !! So win, lose, or draw.... sweetpeteman will be up to bat for Friday's game in Philadelphia.

[DiamondMind]

1. Emilio Bonifacio (S) CF

2. Junior Lake ® LF

3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

4. Starlin Castro ® SS

5. Luis Valbuena (L) 3B

6. Nate Schierholtz (L) RF

7. John Baker (L) C

8. Darwin Barney ® 2B

9. Jeff Samardzija ® P

 

 

1. Gregory Polanco (L) RF

2. Starling Marte ® LF

3. Andrew McCutchen ® CF

4. Ike Davis (L) 1B

5. Russell Martin ® C

6. Pedro Alvarez (L) 3B

7. Jordy Mercer ® SS

8. Clint Barmes ® 2B

9. Edinson Volquez ® P

[Hairyducked Idiot]

A four-game split in Pittsburgh is acceptable. I want them to win this game.

[DiamondMind]

We should have grabbed Jordan Pacheco off of waivers. The bottom part of our lineup is atrocious.

[treebird]

i don't know what this stupid thing wgn is showing during the rain delay is, but it is amazing

[treebird]

anthony rizzo has jersey shore hair

[treebird]

on the other hand he is extremely well-versed in how awesome rookie of the year is

[muntjack]

Your table is ready, Arismendy.

[treebird]

junior lake was on the base for about 1/3 of a second total there

[Guest]

Your table is ready, Arismendy.

What happened?

[otis89]

Your table is ready, Arismendy.

What happened?

 

Bonifacio crumpled into a heap immediately after hitting a ground ball to short.

[Clem Fandango]

Your table is ready, Arismendy.

What happened?

 

Something with Bonifacio? He was taken out of the game for Coghlan.

[Guest]

Your table is ready, Arismendy.

What happened?

 

Bonifacio crumpled into a heap immediately after hitting a ground ball to short.

gotcha

 

I think they'll give Watkins a chance.

[Guest]

Did it look something like Nomar?

[Guest]

Kalish as a bridge to Sweeney makes sense to me.

[mul21]

Kalish as a bridge to Sweeney makes sense to me.

 

That's fine, but we need someone besides Barney at 2B.

[Guest]

Kalish as a bridge to Sweeney makes sense to me.

 

That's fine, but we need someone besides Barney at 2B.

 

Valbuena can play there too. Bringing up Watkins, who is worse than Barney in pretty much every respect, doesn't do much to help the problem of Barney being bad(and Barney has been fine in the last month or so).

[treebird]

Kalish as a bridge to Sweeney makes sense to me.

 

That's fine, but we need someone besides Barney at 2B.

 

yeah, part of the problem is that olt is such a nothing that we're already sort of a man short.

[mul21]

Kalish as a bridge to Sweeney makes sense to me.

 

That's fine, but we need someone besides Barney at 2B.

 

Valbuena can play there too. Bringing up Watkins, who is worse than Barney in pretty much every respect, doesn't do much to help the problem of Barney being bad(and Barney has been fine in the last month or so).

 

Not really:

 

May-.229 .255 .313 .568

June-.227 .261 .409 .670

[OleMissCub]

Did it look something like Nomar?

 

No. He was grabbing his hip/lower back area

[Guest]

Kalish as a bridge to Sweeney makes sense to me.

 

That's fine, but we need someone besides Barney at 2B.

 

Valbuena can play there too. Bringing up Watkins, who is worse than Barney in pretty much every respect, doesn't do much to help the problem of Barney being bad(and Barney has been fine in the last month or so).

 

Not really:

 

May-.229 .255 .313 .568

June-.227 .261 .409 .670

Given the league average OPS is .709, Barney is a net asset at a .670 OPS given his defense.

[Guest]

Kalish as a bridge to Sweeney makes sense to me.

 

That's fine, but we need someone besides Barney at 2B.

 

Valbuena can play there too. Bringing up Watkins, who is worse than Barney in pretty much every respect, doesn't do much to help the problem of Barney being bad(and Barney has been fine in the last month or so).

 

Not really:

 

May-.229 .255 .313 .568

June-.227 .261 .409 .670

 

Since May 7th he has 66 PA and a .675 OPS, when paired with elite defense that's not a big problem. Definitely not a problem that Logan Watkins can fix.

 

That said, if the FO feels Alcantara is ready, bring it on and let him play every day, mostly at 2B with some CF sprinkled in. But the bigger issue is that Olt can't hit whatsoever right now if we're talking about who plays the position that Valbuena does not.

[mul21]

Alcantara's numbers have trended downward each month, so I'm not a proponent of bringing him up right now. There just really aren't any options that are even decent down there right now. If Barney can look less incompetent at the plate, then he's the best of a bunch of bad options.

[muntjack]

Lake had 156 ABs in Iowa before they brought him up, so there is a precedent.

[muntjack]

Alcantara's numbers have trended downward each month, so I'm not a proponent of bringing him up right now. There just really aren't any options that are even decent down there right now. If Barney can look less incompetent at the plate, then he's the best of a bunch of bad options.

 

 

That's not correct. His May was better than April and he was on fire (10 for his last 25) until yesterday.