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4/8 Cubs (Z) @ Brewers (Wolf) 7:10PM CSN+
CubColtPacer replied to JonJayCutler's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Aramis' career numbers when going after the first pitch: .313 .315 .573 .889 Though I'm not even sure what you're complaining about. Wow. I'm shocked by those numbers. For a slugger like Ramirez those numbers are really bad. Most sluggers absolutely destroy the first pitch. For example Soriano's 1.151, Pena's 1.141, or Soto's 1.271. And of course what those numbers don't say is that a certain percentage of the time he misses that first pitch and he's only a .751 career hitter after the count goes to 0-1. -
then i would have pitched in a prospect who was farther away from the minors or pulled back hak-ju lee, and if they still say no then just walk away. i don't see that as being a good trade when you're getting back a #3 pitcher from a cash-strapped team that's eager to clear space from their rotation. Well that could be true (about it not being a good trade). But that's another debate for another thread. For the purposes of this thread, having Archer wouldn't have helped because that would have meant no Garza. The only way the Cubs would have had pitching depth is if they either kept Gorzelanny or Silva. But if they had kept those guys Cashner probably wouldn't have been in the rotation. They had a 6th starter ready to go but clearly weren't ready to have a 7th starter until some of their AA pitchers got a little more experience.
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4/8 Cubs (Z) @ Brewers (Wolf) 7:10PM CSN+
CubColtPacer replied to JonJayCutler's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
This is where he has been batting against left-handers. And probably Soriano and Soto should be flipped with how they're both hitting right now but that's a very minor quibble. -
We would be in a bigger hole than we currently are if they hadn't traded for Garza. i'd argue that they could have gotten garza without giving up archer. the rays are a cash-strapped team with a loaded farm system (especially pitching) and everyone knew they wanted to dump a starter to make room for hellboy. i don't think it was necessary to give them three of our top 10 prospects for garza, especially when one considers what kansas city - a team with similarly limited resources but an atrocious rotation - got in return for a superior pitcher. Of course that would dispute with every media report that said the Cubs had to give up one of Archer or McNutt in order to beat out the 2-3 other offers for Garza and that the trade negotiations were extremely long. Tampa Bay having very little leverage doesn't matter whatsoever when there are multiple teams bidding. It could be possible that all those reports are wrong or being fed misinformation but it's probably not that likely. Archer is barely more ready than McNutt is anyway. Archer has done it at a higher level but still is more raw than McNutt is in some ways.
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Right before the crossover is the worst carry IMO. He dribbles it pretty much straight up and down and he's a couple feet to the left by the next time the ball goes down again. It's hard to tell exactly what happens on the actual crossover but that could be a carry as well.
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LOL Red Sox. Theo is a great GM, but the John Lackey experience is almost as bad of a contract as Soriano or Zito, albeit fewer years. That guy sucks balls. What are the terms? I didn't realize his contract was that level of awful. 5 years, 82.5 million.
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Kevin Slowey
CubColtPacer replied to Rob's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
let me answer that for you - he cannot. I don't know about that. He could very well be another guy like John Lannan or even Aaron Cook. One big thing that all 3 have in common is that they have a pretty low home run rate for how many balls they let in play. They also keep the ball on the ground (although the other two I mentioned do a little better than Coleman on that). Coleman could easily land somewhere between a 4.3 and a 5 ERA and anywhere in that range would be a decent 5. The thing that jumps out at me after the K/BB ratio is the number of hits Coleman gives up and why it is consistently low. How does a pitcher who only strikes out 5.2 batters in their minor league career keep their number of hits allowed to just under 1 per inning? How does that pitcher continue to do that in the major leagues even when his strikeout rate slips to 4.26? And why does he allow less extra base hits than a normal pitcher? (his OPS allowed last year was actually quite good). It could be a massive string of luck or it could be something else. I don't think it is fair to think that given enough time he'll inevitably slip into being a 5.25-6 ERA type of pitcher. There's enough evidence to wonder if there is something beyond the K/BB ratio in Coleman's case. -
Great point. I completely forgot about the Cashner inning issue. That does put somewhat of a silver lining on this as Cashner was going to have to miss some time this year no matter what.
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Iowa wasn't scheduled to start until tomorrow. Coleman will probably throw some sort of limited outing/side session in prep for his start on Sunday. If the other pitcher is getting called up from Iowa, they can start in Iowa tomorrow to be ready for their start in the majors on Tuesday.
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Apparently no Pena again today and Soriano has been moved up at Soto's expense: Fukudome Castro Byrd Ramirez Colvin Soriano Soto DeWitt Dempster
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I guess maybe Thomas Diamond for the 5th spot or maybe they ask Looper to unretire? If Silva hadn't thrown that tantrum when he was cut he would have a major league job again but that rules him out.
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Well so much for the Cubs biggest advantage over their rivals (the back end of the rotation being so good). I think I've counted that the 5th starter would only have to pitch twice in the next 20 days or so and Coleman maybe only 3 times? if they want to continue to move the other 3 to pitch on as much normal rest as possible every start.
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There are 4 Cubs who have taken at-bats this year who have not struck out yet. Anybody without looking have guesses for who they are? There are also 4 Cubs who have 3 walks or more already. Any guesses for who they are?
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I guess to allow Marshall to pitch the 10th if need be? That's what I'm presuming as well. Marshall would be up 5th in the bottom of the 9th otherwise and it would be hard to take him down at that point with only Grabow left. He would've been leading off, wouldn't he? No. He would have been the 7th spot if the double-switch hadn't happened and the Cubs would have had 3-4-5 coming up in the 9th. He was switched to the leadoff spot.
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I guess to allow Marshall to pitch the 10th if need be? That's what I'm presuming as well. Marshall would be up 5th in the bottom of the 9th otherwise and it would be hard to take him down at that point with only Grabow left.
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I love the K/BB ratio of the offense so far. 25 K's to 18 BB's through almost 5 games now. For a NL offense that's unbelievably good. But of course the Cubs haven't faced any of the high strikeout pitchers in the league yet.
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Colvin has struck out 3 times in just 13 plate appearances but he's also walked 3 times already.
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Almost certainly Casey Coleman would get the first look which is part of the reason they sent him down to AAA to start.
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Oh come on. I'm serious. This isnt the first time he's struggled with higher pitch counts. Why do you think he's been on low pitch counts in the minors? They were trying to build him up slow. But if he cant handle the high pitch counts (and i'm not advocating pulling the plug on him starting now), then I think its not the worst thing if he were to head back to the pen. He was being built up in the minors because he got started a little late his first year. Last year before he came up he was regularly throwing 90-100 pitches in the minors (which is pretty much the limit for most Cubs minor leaguers).
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Marshall didn't pitch on Sunday so he's only thrown 6 pitches in the last 2 days. He'll be available for a while if the Cubs need. From what Quade said about yesterday's game, he was planning to pitch Mateo/Grabow/Marshall today anyway.
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Len and Bob were speculating shoulder but there really was very little indication of what it was.
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No tough plays. 2 ground balls right at him and the throws have been fine to him. He's only had to hold one runner on so far as well.
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Apparently he was in the running to start for the Diamondbacks. Let that sink in. Mind-bottling. It's not that crazy-Braden Looper was in the run for the Cubs job after all. Heilman could be one of those guys who could have been a mediocre reliever or a mediocre starter in the league. Looper was in the running in the sense that if he showed up in camp and magically started shooting laser beams out of his fingertips and Cashner and Silva had a slapfight (over Silva eating Russell and Coleman alive) that ended up with both of them needing TJ surgery, then Looper might have been the 5th starter. Well yeah but that could have been the case for Heilman as well. They may have humored him..we know how much he has wanted to start for a long time now. With Cashner possibly on a pitch count today, it's great to see the very good control and quick innings. Did anyone hear how many pitches he threw in the minor leagues last week?
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And the Cubs are taking advantage of it. And an Aaron Heilman sighting. Apparently he was in the running to start for the Diamondbacks. Let that sink in. Mind-bottling. It's not that crazy-Braden Looper was in the run for the Cubs job after all. Heilman could be one of those guys who could have been a mediocre reliever or a mediocre starter in the league.
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I fully expect him to be. It seems very Cubs to make sure the rookie pitcher has a veteran defense-oriented catcher behind the dish for his starts. Plus one of the things that Hill was credited for in the offseason was helping Cashner specifically. The Cubs are getting pretty good swings early. It's also nice to see that after Ramirez was striking out much more than normal during his slump last year he has 0 strikeouts so far this year.