5 AB's 4 strikeouts, just another day for Brett Jackson. Vitters was 1-4 with a double and a walk. After a few decent outings from the bullpen Jay Jackson was moved back to the rotation annndddd he sucked, giving up 6 ER in 3 IP.
Junior Lake went 2-4 with a walk and has a .397 OBP so far. Loving the newfound patience. Rebel Ridling hit another HR but was seen hanging out with Francescon after the game so now we hate him as well.
Spellcheck Jr continues to improve picking up a pair of hits and a walk. His average is now sitting at .265. Its been a good season from him so far and he should be in AA before the season is over. Matt Loosen struck out 8 batters in 6 IP and eternal Cub Ryan Searle worked the 9th for the win.
Michael Jensen gave up 2 ER in 5.1 IP while fanning 4. In other news, the end of Larry Suarez might be upon us. Suarez was a big bonus baby from 2006 and was compared to Zambrano at the time but other than being brown the two have nothing in common. Suarez has always sucked and has already been demoted from Daytona. His struggles continued last night and with the AZ instructs about to end you would have to figure somebody like Taylor Scott will get his assignment.
AZ Phil over at TCR has compiled a list of stats from the guys in instructs.
Doing Well- Shawon Dunston Jr, Javier Baez, Jeimer Candelario, Xavier Bautista, Rob Whitenack,
Struggling- Dan Vogelbach, Rock Shoulders, Mark Malave
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It makes me sad that Rock Shoulders is struggling. It’s cool that Whitenack is seeing action again though.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Boise is going to be stacked this year. Maples still hasn’t pitched. Looks like a lost year for him
dylanjQuote Reply
@ dylanj:
Hopefully he’s not drinking from the same water as Homer Simpson. It was probably poisoned by PJ Franceson
BerseliusQuote Reply
Holy shit, Vogelbach’s line is groingrabbingly awful.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
What exactly did Maples injure?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
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Won’t hotlink, so click I guess.
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
Dylan, will the next post be sponsored by Fat Bitch 2: Off The Leash, or Samurai I Am Awry?
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
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@ Berselius:
Berselius is magic.
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Rice Cube wrote:
BerseliusQuote Reply
Samurai I Am Awry because that always cracks me up
dylanjQuote Reply
Suarez had more in common with Zambrano than being brown. Suarez is a huge dude. I’m pretty sure the height and weight were the same for these players. Both threw low 90s fastballs when they were signed and they had all kinds of movement. Suarez has had several injuries along the way. Suarez was expected to strikeout his fair share while having average or worse control (like Z). It was Arizona Phil who first made the comparison and it was a pretty good one at the time.
mb21Quote Reply
@ dylanj:
They used to have the whole Tracy Jordan filmography on his wiki page
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@ dylanj:
We need to get a Dr. Leo Spaceman endorsement to re-credit the blog
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mb21Quote Reply
Reggie Golden tore his ACL fwiw.
dylanjQuote Reply
@ dylanj:
That sucks. Lots of ACL injuries this season it seems.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Not just with the cubs, but everywhere. The knees are taking a beating. Did all the stadiums switch to astroturf when we weren’t looking?
joshQuote Reply
I hope the Reds gave this kid something in return for giving Leake his homer ball back:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/22/reds-fan-catches-back-to-back-homers/
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Baez has some serious power but man he is very very raw in the IF
dylanjQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
It’s funny a 20-year old kid just gives them away but a 50 year old man who sites in the LF bleaches would knock kids over to get to home run balls. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
I’m excited for Whitenack to get out of AZ. He seems to have recovered very very well so far.
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Rice CubeQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/commentary-and-analysis/a-2013-cubs-contender-part-one.html
mb21Quote Reply
(dying laughing)
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