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Last updated 11-17-2023
 
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PITCHERS: 20
Adbert Alzolay 
Michael Arias
Javier Assad
Ben Brown
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
Porter Hodge
* Bailey Horn
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Daniel Palencia
Michael Rucker
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 8
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
* Matt Mervis
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Luis Vazquez
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 7
Kevin Alcantara
Alexander Canario
* Pete Crow-Armstrong
Brennen Davis
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman

 


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Cubs vs. Pirates: Series Thread (Games 151-153)

Submitted by Charlie on

Following a day off on Monday, the Cubs begin their final homestand of the season. They need to put a devastating road trip behind them, as they have only twelve games left to scratch their way to a Wild Card position. They begin the homestand in a virtual tie with the Cincinnati Reds for the last NL Wild Card spot. Mathematically, the division is still in play as they are six games back of the Brewers and finish with a three game set in Milwaukee. They'll begin six at home with three games against the Pirates. See below for matchups--such as they stand with the Pirates utilizing the element of surprise (and likely at least one "opener").

Game 151, Tuesday, September 19, 6:40 pm central
CHC: RHP Javier Assad
PIT: TBD

Game 152, Wednesday, September 20, 6:40 pm central
CHC: LHP Justin Steele
PIT: TBD

Game 153, Thursday, September 21, 6:40 pm central
CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks
PIT: TBD

Tags
2023 Series Thread
Pittsburgh Pirates

Comments

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:13 pm

barring setbacks, candel is expected to return to the lineup "next week" and may return as early as this weekend.

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:34 pm

Game under rain delay. 

I see umbrellas on the Wrigley Marquee webcam

Also, Madrigal to IL, Jared Young called up.

Young at Iowa:

In 90 games in Triple-A, Young has slashed .310/.417/.577, amounting to a .995 OPS with 16 doubles, 21 home runs and 50 walks.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:19 pm

5ip 3h 1bb 7k, 0r/er for c.horton in AA tonight (71 pitches)...a lot of swing and miss strikes, too.  dude is looking like a legit "sometime in 2024" option.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:51 pm

p.wisdom...still not a 1st baseman.  hope he can handle this infield's arms.  about time we got to see more of morel at 3rd.  hope he gets a few plays and i hope i don't regret wanting to see him get a few plays.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:26 pm

acuna (ATL) hit HR 38+39.  he's 1 away from joining the 40/40 club (though he has 66 SB).  he almost did it back in 2019 (41 HR, 37 SB).

last member was a.soriano (WAS, 2006).  he would be the 5th since j.canseco made it a thing back in 1988.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:34 pm

another outing by smyly where he's got obvious daylight between his foot and the rubber, not even cozy'ing up to the side/front of the rubber...they're really not calling this one the past few years.  to be fair, a lot of pitchers seem to be getting away with it.

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 09:44 pm

canairo doesn't even need a PA to get an out.  dude just got p.wisdom out on an interference call while in the on-deck circle.

...then he gets his first MLB hit and RBI with a double.  neat.

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Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 09:59 am

That's going to make a fun first MLB hit anecdote. Has to be a first ever sequence of its kind.

It also seems like not really his fault on the interference. He would have really had to anticipate that developing to get out of the way. It kind of looked like Hayes saw him there and saw and opportunity to run into him, too.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 09:40 pm

morel DH, tauchman CF, and hopefully the last masterboney start at 3rd we'll ever see...i'll take wisdom's potential power over these singles-hitting ceiling hitters dross keeps marching out there because of a marginally better glove.

Submitted by crunch on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 09:36 pm

steele giving up 5 straight singles and tommy h on the phone with the bullpen as if the pen is ready to put in 5-6 innings of quality work.

Submitted by Eric S on Wed, 09/20/2023 - 09:50 pm

Sucks for Steele, sucks for the Cubs. Hopefully the Cubs get right tomorrow and take the series. 
 

Edit: and if they choose to get right tonight instead and take the series, even better!

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:40 am

madrigal's hamstring strain is a grade 2 strain.  we probably won't see him anymore this season or post-season (if applicable) unless the team goes deep.

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:24 pm

morel DH, tauchman CF, masterboney 3rd

imagine a world where a manager decides to put morel at 3rd and canario DH.  crazy, huh?

masterboney had 3 hits yesterday so we're stuck with him again today and probably for a chunk of what's left.

canario had a double and grand slam a couple games ago and he's riding pine again.

Submitted by Eric S on Thu, 09/21/2023 - 09:23 pm

Dansby has to be dog tired or something. Other than the basket shot, it’s been a rough go for awhile. 

Submitted by videographer on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 09:48 pm

The question now, will the Cubs finish at or above .500?  They need 2 wins in the next 9 games.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 09:04 pm

suzuki gets HR #20.  he joins bellinger, moral, swanson, and wisdom with 20+.  happ has 19.

btw, the brewers have 1 guy (adames, 24).  they also only have 2 guys with more than 200 PA with an ob% over .340.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    i know it's still very early, but i'd like to go into the xmas-to-newyears part of the off-season with something more than...*checks list*...patrick wisdom avoids arbitration with a 1-year deal

    also, steven brault retired and was spotted at the winter meetings with a demo reel and making contacts trying to break into broadcasting (not a joke).  unless he's more optimistic than talented (we already know he can sing) he should make it one day because he seems to be very serious about it.

  • Cubster (view)

    I blame Jason Schmidt’s 3/44

  • Craig A. (view)

    Was all that stuff with the Blue Jays just to squeeze an extra $10 million/yr out of the Dodgers?  It's more than enough to cover his California income taxes!

  • crunch (view)

    unless he pitches into his late-30 that is gonna sting.  a 70m DH...ow.

    it's great to take care of 2 roster spots in 1 player, and i'm sure the team will cut into the pay with the amount of merch/etc he can sell just by being attached to the team....but yeah, i'm not mad the cubs didn't go that extreme.

  • WebAdmin (view)

    Shohei Ohtani to join Dodgers according to ESPN. 10 years for $700 m

  • Cubster (view)

    I'm getting the feeling that Todd Walker might be a Shaw comp. A valuable hit first player but limited albeit not awful on defense. Hopefully, he has more upside. Not a bad floor if Steve Garvey is his ceiling.

  • Wrigley Rat (view)

    AZ Phil - If that's the level of return, I would want NO part of that trade to Cleveland for Clase and Bieber. I have some faith that the Cubs have a strong plan for which prospects they will keep (even if they dangle them in trade talks) and which they will move, because they have plenty of solid prospects they can trade but they shouldn't be trading any of the ones they hope will be future core players. Some guys are redundant, so I hope they choose the right players to keep and the right players to move. It's always important for a team to know its own minor league players better than scouts from other teams (obviously), but I don't think that's always been the case for the Cubs and many other clubs. 

    Cubster - I watched an interview with Carter Hawkins a couple days ago where he said that although Morel hasn't gotten into any Dominican games at 1B, the Cubs did send coaches down with Morel to work on first base skills during practice. So he is developing those skills, whether the Cubs end up using him there or not will probably be dependent on a lot of factors including how those coaches think he looks at the position while training. 

  • tim815 (view)

    He could still play SS at Double-A, but Vazquez, Hoerner, and Swanson are much better defensively, arm strength or not. I'd be good leaving Shaw at SS with McGeary and Ballesteros around, but by the first of June (?), 1B might make sense in DM.

  • crunch (view)

    i have no reason to see a problem, it just seems like it's his most obvious reason to give pause on him at 1st.

    the cubs situation dictates 2nd/SS isn't an option.  his arm dictates 3rd isn't an option.  1st or CF seems to be his best path and he's only played CF in summer ball back in highschool/college...and of course PCA is a better + closer to the bigs CF.

    it's a lot safer to say he's made for 1st than it is he's made for 3rd.  even as a SS his arm is weak, and it's not like his glove is so great he needs to stay in the middle-IF.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    CRUNCH: Steve Garvey (one of Shaw's comps as a hitter) was a 5'10 right-handed throwing first-baseman with a rag arm. Jeff Bagwell (another Shaw comp) was a 6'0 right-handed throwing first-baseman with a rag arm. Carlos Santana (who played 1B for Counsell in Milwaukee last season and is an above-average defensive first-baseman) is 5'11. It's not like Shaw is 5'7 or 5'8. I don't really see the problem. 

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