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No, it's not. And neither is Uehara. FFS. Lol. You'd think a World Series would cure his irrationality.

What a frustrating series.

Love how much Kerry hates Joe West: [tweet] [/tweet]

Yeah. The only thing I can think of, and it's a stretch, is that he wants Javy's tagging ability to help limit the running game even more. The Pirates do seem like a team with enough speed to try to take advantage of Lester. Yeah, they were running the first two games of the series too.

Did he forget to sing "No Cubs No"? Good luck making it to the WC game and getting that one extra game this year.

Box Scores: Iowa won 6-3 Box Score LF J. Andreoli 1/3, R, RBI, BB, 2 K, outfield assist at home SS C. Young 1/3, R, RBI, 2 K 2B I. Happ 2/4, R, HR (6), 2 RBI, CS (1) 1B J. Candelario 0/3, BB, 2 K C V. Caratini 1/4 RF B. Rademacher 1/2, R, BB, K SP E. Butler 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 7-3 GO-FO, 93-58 pitches-strikes RP R. Zastryzny 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 4-0 GO-FO, 30-19 pitches-strikes RP P. Johnson 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee had the day off Myrtle Beach lost 5-4 Box Score 2B C. Sepulveda 0/3, BB, K C PJ Higgins 1/4, R, 2B (2), K, PB (3) RF E. Martinez 1/4, R, RBI, K 1B M. Rose 1/4, R, HR (3), 2 RBI 3B J. Hodges 2/4, 2B (3) SP A. Alzolay 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 5-2 GO-FO, 72-47 pitches-strikes South Bend had the day off

Also at Extended ST, for Tom:

Brutal.

That's enough of Duensing.

2 cheapies for the Pirates. Cubs need to get some of their own.

This strikezone is horseshit.

Carlos Martinez' final line: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 8 BB, 11 K, 118-71 pitches strikes. So he threw 47 balls, 32 of them were on walks and he scattered 15 to the rest of the guys he faced. That is very strange. Second time in three starts with 115 or more pitches this season per Keith Law. What is Matheny doing?

Haven't won a series yet this season.

Carlos Martinez' final line: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 8 BB, 11 K, 118-71 pitches strikes. So he threw 47 balls, 32 of them were on walks and he scattered 15 to the rest of the guys he faced.

Per Arguello, Albertos threw his first live BP of the year. My hope is he can get to Eugene by the start of their season but that might be too aggressive given his age and prior injury history.

And you jinxed it. Now that I know that I have these powers, I'm going to wait until the NLCS to use them again.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 7-6 Box Score CF J. Andreoli 1/3, R, 2B (3), 2 RBI, 2 BB 2B C. Young 3/4, 2 R, BB DH I. Happ 2/4, R, BB 3B J. Candelario 1/4, 2B (7), RBI, BB, 3 K LF M. Zagunis 0/5, RBI, 2 K 1B V. Caratini 1/5, 2 RBI RF B. Rademacher 2/3, R, 2B (2), BB SP W. Perez 5 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3-2 GO-FO, 80-56 pitches-strikes RP Z. Rosscup 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-2 GO-FO, pickoff at first base RP D. Rollins 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GO-FO Tennessee wins game one of their doubleheader 3-2 (9 innings) on a walk-off Erick Castillo single Box Score CF C. Burks 2/4, K 2B D. Bote 1/4, 2B (2), RBI, 2 K C I. Rice 1/4 LF Je. Baez 1/3, R, HR (1), RBI, BB SP P. Morrison 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HR, 10-6 GO-FO, 82-56 pitches-strikes, Tennessee lost game two of their doubleheader 3-1 (7 innings) Box Score CF C. Burks 1/3, K 2B D. Bote 0/3 3B J. Vosler 1/3, R, HR (1), RBI RF Je. Baez 0/3 SP D. Underwood Jr 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 3-3 GO-FO, 67-42 pitches-strikes RP D. Berg 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB,1 K, 1-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach lost 5-3 Box Score 2B C. Sepulveda 1/4, BB RF E. Martinez 0/4 1B T. Alamo 0/3, R, BB SS B. Flete 3/4, 2 R, 2B (1), K 3B J. Hodges 2/3, 2B (2), 3 RBI, HBP SP C. Bloomquist 4 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 5-2 GO-FO, 70-44 pitches-strikes SP D. Maples 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-0 GO-FO RP P. Araujo 2 IP, 1 H, ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1-0 GO-FO South Bend lost 6-5 Box Score 2B Z. Short 2/4 R, 3B (1), RBI, BB, K SS I. Paredes 0/5, RBI C A. Mineo 2/4, 3B (2), BB, 2 K LF K. Mitchell 2/4, 2 R, HR (1), RBI, BB DH Y. Peguero 2/3, R, CS (1) SP J. Paulino 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 8-1 GO-FO, 56-34 pitches-strikes, E (1, throw)

Dylan Covey is making his big league debut today for the White Sox. No one else cares but he works out at my gym in the offseason. He also went to Kris Bryant's wedding since they were college teammates and showed me pics when he found out I was a Cubs fan.

Iowa has a run but is being no-hit through 8. ETA: Iowa ended up getting no-hit.

Speaking of the Cardinals ability to find and develop LA arms, Carlos Martinez initially signed with Theo and the Red Sox. He had his contract voided because he lied about his name and age. Ended up getting a velocity gain while suspended and turned that into a big bonus from the Cardinals. There's some luck involved in all of this.

First BA Prospect Hot Sheet: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/prospect-hot-sheet-april-14/?amphtml=1

BA:

FFS, Freese should've been called out strikes like 8 pitches ago.

Updated with 2016-17 info plus the bonuses for Jose Paulino ($140,000) and Wladimir Galindo ($50,000), which I stumbled on recently.

Box Scores: Iowa was no-hit and lost 11-1 Box Score CF J. Andreoli 0/4, 4K 2B C. Young 0/4, K RF I. Happ 0/4, K, E (3, throw) LF M. Zagunis 0/3, 2 K 3B J. Candelario 0/1, BB, K C V. Caratini 0/3 SP J. Buchanan 5 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 1 HBP, 7-0 GO-FO, 82-50 pitches-strikes, E (1, fielding) RP J. Leathersich 0.1 IP, 1 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 1-0 GO-FO RP J. Rosario 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 K, WP, 0-2 GO-FO RP F. Peña 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 10-2 Box Score CF T. Martin 1/1, R, HR (2), RBI - left game with injury 2B D. Bote 0/4, R, K LF Je. Baez 1/4 SP T. Clifton 5 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 1 HR, 2-3 GO-FO, 77-50 pitches-strikes, 1 pickoff RP B. Markey 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-3 GO-FO RP G. Concepcion 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K Myrtle Beach lost 5-2 Box Score 2B C. Sepulveda 0/4 C PJ Higgins 1/4, 2B (1) DH E. Martinez 1/4 3B M. Rose 2/4, R, HR (2), K 1B T. Alamo 1/4, K SP O. De La Cruz 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 3-6 GO-FO, 74-45 pitches-strikes South Bend won 6-4 Box Score RF L. Ayala 1/5, R, 2 K SS I. Paredes 0/4, BB, K C A. Mineo 0/3, RBI, 2 BB 1B W. Galindo 3/5, 2B (1), RBI, K, E (4, fielding) 2B Y. Peguero 2/5, 2 RBI, K CF DJ Wilson 1/4, R, 2B (2) SP M. Rondon 4+ IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 2-2 GO-FO, 80-49 pitches-strikes RP D. Mekkes 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 2-1 GO-FO