Tennessee Smokies 1 @ Birmingham Barons 3
This was rough. The top 4 in the lineup went 0-15, 7 SO. Rubi Silva had a HR, which was all they had. Christian Villanueva doubled, and John Andreoli had a pair of singles. And that's it. As a team, they walked 0 times and struck out 12. Woof.
Nick Struck failed to provide a quality start. He went 5 innings and allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, 3 walks, and a home run to Trayce Thompson. Yeiper Castillo, A.J. Morris, and Tony Zych each pitched a scoreless frame, with varying degrees of dominance.
Charlotte Stone Crabs 0 @ Daytona Cubs 5
The last time the Daytona Cubs lost, civilization had just developed animal husbandry. Fairly exciting is the fact that Vogelbach and Bryant combined to go 0-7, BB (Vogelbach), and 3 SO. Pin-Chieh Chen doubled and singled, and Zeke DeVoss (in the 2 hole) doubled twice and walked twice. Dustin Geiger doubled and singled, as did Anthony Giansanti. Elliot Soto also drew a walk.
Pierce Johnson was pretty dominant, scattering 5 hits and no walks in 5 innings. He struck out 6. Jeffrey Lorick pitched 3 shutout relief frames, and Zach Cates walked the bases loaded in the 9th but struck out two and emerged without surrendering a run.
Since putting a futures lineup is in vogue, I'm going to throw one out with no context whatsoever.
2016 lineup
LF: Jorge Soler
CF: Albert Almora
RF: Kris Bryant
3B: Javier Baez
SS: Starlin Castro
2B: Arismendy Alcantara
1B: Anthony Rizzo
DH: Dan Vogelbach (DH is here in 2016 in this hellscape scenario)
C: Welington Castillo
UTIL: Logan Watkins
OF: Junior Lake
OF: Matt Szczur
C2: Willson Contreras
#1: Jeff Samardzija
#2: Pierce Johnson
#3: Paul Blackburn
#4: Dillon Maples
#5: Rob Zastryzny
LR: Armando Rivero
LR: Trey Masek
MR: Arodys Vizcaino
MR: Juan Carlos Paniagua
LOOGY: Zach Rosscup
SU: Pedro Strop
CL: C.J. Edwards
Comments
because why not? We’re writing lineups 3 seasons away. May as well go nuts.
That would be a nice lineup. Or it could be a shitty fucking lineup. Could go either way.
dmick89Quote Reply
Would the Cubs gain more than any other organization if the DH was added?
I’d hate to see the DH but it looks inevitable. If the MLB adds the DH i hope they get rid of NL / AL and just have one league 6 divisions.
jkl1805Quote Reply
dmick89 wrote:
There will be no AL/NL, DH for all, there will be 47 wild-card teams, and every game in September is a one-game “play-in” where the losing team’s franchise is revoked by MLB and its AAA club gets promoted to the majors, but has to play every game in the SuperDome.
WenningtonsGorillaCockQuote Reply
@ WenningtonsGorillaCock:
And each team gets a “robber” to steal home runs. Before each game we also get to see each player pee in a cup as they come out to the field before the national anthem. Also the winner of the All-Star game decides which league in the world series has to play with 8 defenders.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
WenningtonsGorillaCock wrote:
you forgot the bison dogs.
also, kyle hendricks should be SP1.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
wow, i wonder how true this is:
http://deadspin.com/report-ryan-braun-personally-calling-brewers-season-ti-1260727737
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
@ EnricoPallazzo:
I like how he “cut him off right there”.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ EnricoPallazzo:
Won’t matter even if it’s true. Braun could donate all his money to charity from this point forward and you know people would complain about? It’s the wrong charity. Dude is evil and that’s all there is to it.
dmick89Quote Reply
Suburban kid wrote:
Yo Ryan, I’m happy for you, and imma let you finish, but Ozzie Guillen’s apology was the best disgraced baseball figure mea culpa of all time… disgraced baseball figure mea culpa of all time!
MylesQuote Reply
dmick89 wrote:
Thanks!
WaLiQuote Reply
Not enough Zack Godley in that lineup.
sitrickQuote Reply
Junior Lake with a grand salami….. Immediately followed with a Sosa comp.
WaLiQuote Reply
Lake has been really fun to watch.
BerseliusQuote Reply
So this is what it’s come to. Len and JD playing with dolls in the booth for a full inning.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Let’s see you find something interesting to talk about after 150 or so games of this garbage.
sitrickQuote Reply
@ sitrick:
Oh, I know. It’s just fun to see what they’ll stoop to (or rise to, in this case), to avoid discussing the team on the field.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Last year, the Bears only lost to playoff teams.
#themoreyouknow
MylesQuote Reply
Next shit is on its way at 4:30.
sitrickQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
They’re now getting kind of angry about the pace of the game. Santo used to freak out when guys wouldn’t throw strikes during blowouts. Guess I wouldn’t blame them…
uncle daveQuote Reply
Is there any significance to when the organist (Gary Pressy?) plays the Blister in the Sun riff?
Suburban kidQuote Reply
D-Lee in the house.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Myles:
So they couldn’t beat good teams?
WaLiQuote Reply
Must be some kind of 2008 reunion going on. Stevie Eyre is in the booth now, and he said he was just talking to Adam Greenberg in the suite.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
WaLi wrote:
Yes. 8-0 against non-playoff teams, 2-6 against playoff teams (MIN, who they also lost to, and IND [(dying laughing)])
MylesQuote Reply
New shit was posted http://obstructedview.net/minor-leagues/2013-cubs-prospects-in-review-shawon-dunston-jr.html
dmick89Quote Reply