Did The Cubs Win?
OSS: Tsuyoshi lays an egg, and the Cubs bats (with Luis excepted) fall mostly silent.
Three Up
1. Luis Valbuena hit a 3-run HR, which provided the entirety of the Cubs’ scoring. In the best case scenario, Valbuena is a super-DeRosa in 2015, and even if he starts, you don’t feel too bad.
2. Anthony Rizzo actually had a better game than Valbuena, going 1-2 with 2 walks. However, he didn’t hit a home run, and authors dig the long ball.
3. Carlos Villanueva might not be long for the Cubs, if they can get a team to take a decent chunk of his salary. If someone is willing to pay $1.5 or $2 million of his contract, he’s out of here. Yesterday, he pitched very well in a longman role.
Three Down
1. Starlin Castro had an awful game, leaving men on base every time he came up to the plate. He went 0-4 with a SO and 7 LOB.
2. Tsuyoshi Wada‘s line: 4 IP, 5 R (5 ER), 4 BB, 4 SO. He gets one more turn in the rotation until it’s turned over to Dan Straily.
3. The Grimm Reaper has been straight awful as of late. He allowed 3 runs in his inning of work.
Minor Occurences
Iowa
Javier Baez: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3 E (at 2B)
Kris Bryant: 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Jorge Soler: waiting
Tennessee
Christian Villanueva: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Stephen Bruno: 2-5, 3B, 2 RBI
Addison Russell (as PH): 0-1
Albert Almora: waiting
Daytona
Gioskar Amaya: 2-5
Kyle Schwarber: 1-5, 2 SO (at C)
Dan Vogelbach: 2-5, 2 HR
Billy McKinney: 1-3, 3B, 2 R
Rob Zastryzny: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 SO
Kane County
Shawon Dunston Jr.: 1-3, RBI
Jeimer Candelario: 0-3, BB
Will Remillard: 1-4, 0-1 CS
Duane Underwood: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 2 HR
Gerardo Concepcion: 3 IP, 3 BB, 3 SO
AZL Cubs
Kevonte Mitchell: 1-3, 2 SO, R
Eloy Jimenez: 1-5, 2 RBI
Gleyber Torres: 2-3, 2B, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB
Erick Castillo: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI
C.J. Edwards: 2 IP, 1 H, BB, 2 SO
Next Game
Today, 7:05 PM CT
Tyson Ross V Edwin Jackson
Stubhub: You’re not going, Edwin Jackson is pitching.
Will The Cubs Win?
