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this was his first quality start since May 24th. he has been mediocre or worse in every start since then (besides today, when he really should have gone 8 or perhaps more. lou sucks at BP management). Yeah, most of his good starts did come in the first two months. He did have a chance or two this month where he pitched well and got a little unlucky with one big hit (Seattle is the prime example of this). In the first month and a half, those big hits were not coming for the opposition, and in the last month they have (plus a couple bad outings as well). That will probably even out as the months go along. I'd be very happy if he ends up with an ERA right around 4, and I think he has a pretty good shot of doing that. I predicted an ERA around 4.5, and a 4 would be outstanding production for the salary compared to what other pitchers were getting this offseason in the market.
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yeah, but this performance today better not get him any more unnecessary playing time. theriot is not an everyday player in any s4ense of the word. Yup. Keep Theriot rested-it looks like his bat is better when that's the case. Hopefully DeRosa can take over SS and Theriot can spell him every few days for either a day off or a day when DeRosa moves to another position.
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That was a good pitch-you can tell that DeRosa had absolutely no idea that Bush would throw a changeup against a right-hander on a 3-2 count.
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Mike Hargrove resigns as M's manager
CubColtPacer replied to rickrolled's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Wow-if you had said before the season that Hargrove would be gone by mid-season, I don't think anybody would have questioned it. The Mariners are playing way over their head though, and that makes this sudden resignation absolutely shocking. -
Be all right Marquis. His sinker and his command is slowly coming back-his mechanics also look a lot better then they did a couple of starts ago. I'm not sure he can return to the way he was at the beginning of the season, but if he can keep these mechanics I think he'll start to stop his downward slide.
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I'm guessing because Fontenot has been slugging so well and driving in a bunch of runs that Lou wants to put him in more RBI positions by batting him near the middle of the order. I think that's the case as well. Lou starts his lineup with Soriano, Lee, and Ramirez in their spots. Then he fills in his next best hitter at 5, then the next one at 6, then the next one at 2, then at 7, then at 8. Since Floyd is not playing today, DeRosa moves to 5 and Fontenot to 6, and then he apparently decided that Theriot was the better #2 hitter than Pagan so he put him there.
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Probably for the best. Floyd has played 4 games in a row-give him a day off to make sure he doesn't get hurt.
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A DFA wouldn't have helped Petrick come back-only a DL stint for somebody can do that. They can't really push Eyre to the DL, because he would almost certainly fight it. It's hard to tell right now if Cherry really is hurt, or if he is just a little more accommodating. My guess is that his shoulder does hurt a little bit, and he'd be out for 2-3 days, and they took the opportunity to put him on the DL. He's eligible to come off just a couple games after the All-Star break, so it's not that bad for him either.
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The same Barrett had 5 guys steal out of 5 attempts the day before with Chris Young on the mound. One of those steals was Russell Martin stealing 3rd. Barrett was never good at blocking balls, but he's been absolutely brutal this year in regards to passed balls. And 3 guys did still bases successfully against Barrett last night, including Luis Gonzalez. So basically, he nailed 1 out of 9 in the last 2 games. He's never been good at throwing runners out, but I don't see our current batch blowing doors off nailing runners either. My main point is, the whole 'addition by subtraction' thing with Barrett hasn't panned out. Our pitchers have not improved with him gone. Marquis is still a 5.2IP 4ER performance most times out. Marshall is still Marshall. Lilly is still only good when he feels like it. Hill is still sliding. It hasn't not panned out yet either. Barrett has been pretty awful both offensively and defensively for the Padres so far, and Bowen has been beyond awful so far offensively and ok defensively. Right now, it's pretty close to a tie-it will have to be seen which catcher breaks out of their slump first.
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Does anybody know why they settled on 7 games to begin with? I know the first World series was a best of 9, and then they went to 7 games, and then they went back to 9 games for 3 years (including the Sox scandal year) and then back to 7. I would think they would have liked 9 better.
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It will be very interesting to see the SS situation tomorrow. It's pretty obvious that the Fontenot experiment at SS is over. Is DeRosa going to get some starts at SS? Or are the Cubs back to Theriot/Izturis (hopefully in that scenario Cedeno comes up instead)? It might be hard to tell with Marquis on the mound-Lou might put one of Theriot or Izturis in there tomorrow and then put DeRosa in for other pitchers, but I hope he lets DeRosa get some time there.
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http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070630&content_id=2058051&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
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124 pitches by Sheets with a 7 run lead-I'm glad that didn't happen with a Cubs pitcher, the board would be going crazy for a week :D
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Yeah, but I think most of us were hoping for wins these first two games before Marquis. Not me I thought Sheets would handle us but we would win the other 2. That's how I felt. The Cubs had the pitching advantage Friday, the Brewers did on Saturday, and Sunday was a tossup.
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He's headed to Iowa so it's not all bad from his perspective. I think he'll be back this season as long as he pitches well in AAA. Meh, guess he won't be starting this season then. :( This is the biggest issue IMO. Taking quality starting pitching prospects and turning them into relievers because we went out and signed unspectacular veterans is no way to run an organization. At the very least let them continue to progress as starters to keep their value high. Petrick was not turned as a reliever because of anything that happened at the ML level.
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Unfortunately, not really. Only a 10% chance of rain.
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The Cubs needed another pitcher for the ballgame, and Petrick both has options and is unavailable today so he became the logical choice to send down.
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Actually, he's been slumping since he got traded to the Cubs. He's only hitting .063 as a Cub. Which happens to be the same thing. He's only played 5 games for the Cubs-the first one he played quite well in, and the last 4 he hasn't played well.
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They've probably burned up the options of most of the people though. Sending Petrick down and calling Cherry up for example does nothing in the options situation, and I don't see too many other candidates who haven't been up to the majors already this year who will likely be called up. They've used an option on Cherry, Cotts, Petrick, Rapada, and Gallagher-my guess is that they will just try to stick to the first 4 of that group most of that time, so options aren't really as much of a concern anymore.
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The Cubs make no sense. Gah. They are just swapping two similar pitchers-one who is fresh and can pitch today for one who would be unavailable to pitch today. It's the unfortunate consequence of being a relief pitcher sometimes-if Hill goes a couple more innings yesterday, Petrick is probably not being sent to the minor leagues today. I get the logic of the move completely, but they want a 12 man staff. They just need to bite the bullet and DFA Izturis or Jones. The next ten days will be important, and I would've liked to have Petrick's arm in the pen for them. The Cubs want Ramirez to get regular rest as he comes back from his injury. They aren't likely going to be dropping to only 1 reserve infielder with that being the case-it's too risky and hurts flexibility on those days that Ramirez sits. As for Jones, well there has been a lot of discussion why the Cubs don't really want to do that, or maybe even aren't allowed to do that.
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The Cubs make no sense. Gah. They are just swapping two similar pitchers-one who is fresh and can pitch today for one who would be unavailable to pitch today. It's the unfortunate consequence of being a relief pitcher sometimes-if Hill goes a couple more innings yesterday, Petrick is probably not being sent to the minor leagues today.
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No, it's down for me as well. It looks like their whole log-in system might be down right now.
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I have no problems with this lineup. Let's make it 8 in a row!
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That wouldn't make sense if Lou wants to add a pitcher. It also makes no sense to me to lose Petrick for 10 days just because he may not be able to pitch today. I believe we've seen the last of Jones or Izturis for good, or the last of The Riot for now. The other question becomes-is it 10 days before the person can be recalled, or 10 games? With all this roster juggling and now only 8 days before the break, that could make a difference in the next few days.
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Here we go again :D Honestly though, the roster move could be several things. A Jones trade, Theriot being sent down, and Petrick being sent down (since he probably is unavailable to pitch today) are probably the 3 most likely options.