Cubs Pie, CF Cedeno, SS Hoffpauir, 1B Murton, LF Colvin, RF Fontenot, 2B Cintron, 3B Blanco, C Zambrano, P AZ Burke, 3B Drew, SS Hudson, SS Young, CF Salazar, LF Upton, RF Hammock, C Brito, 1B Gutierrez, P
You have Fukudome and Colvin both listed for RF Bruce. I'm assuming Colvin defers to Fukudome and moves over to left? As for Fontenot, does the organization still have any trust left in him at SS after last years debacle? I'm not saying to start, but after last year it seems that his days at SS were at an end even as a occasional thing. Fixed. No, I don't think they like him at SS. They're just trying things this spring.
Because the Cubs feel Hill is a catcher and Fox isn't. That's right, you explained that to me last season. ;) But Fox can flat-out rake. If he keeps this up, he'll play in the big leagues, either with the Cubs or maybe with an AL team.
Bottom 3 Kiger reaches on dropped third strike. Wild pitch Ichiro walked on a 3-2 pitch Bloomquist flied to medium right; Fukudome with a strike into Theriot (Sorry, but I'm not used to seeing those things.) Norton grounds 5-4-3 DP on nice pick by Cintron Marshall: 15 pitches, 9 strikes
Top 3 Cedeno leads off with a single off the first baseman's glove and dives into the first-base bag (ugh) Theriot called out Cedeno caught stealing by pitcher, 1-3-6 Fukudome hit by pitch on a 3-2 pitch. Murton flies to left.
Bot 2 Wilkerson leads off with a single after looking like he was called out on a 1-2 pitch. Clement flied to deep right; Fukudome nearly doubled Wilkerson off first on the fly. Great throw. LaHair doubled to right-center; Fukudome with ball in quickly. Lopez grounds 4-3, getting an RBI on a topper. Reed singles off Lieber's foot, scoring a run. Reed caught stealing on a bullet by Koyie Hill. 2-0 Seattle Lieber: 17 pitches, 11 strikes total: 26 pitches, 18 strikes First-pitch strikes to seven of nine batters faced.
Any word on when Ramirez is going to be making his debut? Thanks as always for the lineups. Fake edit: 15,000! Lou said yesterday, and I think we all wrote it for today, that Ramirez may be able to go tomorrow.
Bat Patterson first now and Murton sixth in left. Soriano has a non-displaced fracture of the right middle finger, an injury he suffered in flyball drills. He'll be out 3-5 days.
A team desperate for pitching, that's who. A GM who has a starter get hurt and then sees his GM career flash before his eyes. The Cubs no doubt will have to eat money unless Hendry works a Hundley type deal where you trade bad contract for bad contract. Marquis has a bad contract, that's for sure, but it's not the worst in baseball, and baseball owners have been known to do dumb things.