Brett Jackson had another Brett Jackson kind of game going 1-4 with and walk, SB and strikeout. Vitters was 3-5 with his 5th SB of the year and got his BA back up to .300. No idea if these two are heading up for tonights game vs the Angels but Chris DeLuca was speculating that it might be the case.
Logan Watkins got two hits in 4 AB's last night including his 5th HR of the year. Watkins will probably be heading up to Iowa next season and still looks to be a decent prospect for a utility kind of role. Zach Rosscup threw 5 innings and allowed 1 ER while striking out 4 and walking 2. New Cub Jake Brigham had a rough outing giving up 2 ER in 3 IP. He walked 3 and struck out 2 batters.
Not a bad start for Christian Villanueva, in his first game as a Cub he hit two home runs and drew a a walk. Ronald Torreyes continues his revival going 2-3 with his 6th HR and drawing a walk of his own. He has a .900 OPS over the last two months. AJ Morris threw two shutout innings in relief.
Dustin Geiger is locked in at the plate. A day after hitting two HR's and driving in eight batters Geiger hit his 14th HR and collected two other hits for fun. 2012 pick Bijan Rademacher went 2-4 and is now hitting .277 since his arrival in Peoria.
Got the shit kicked out of them 15-1. They committed 6 errors. Vogelbach went 2-4 as the DH so he was the only one who showed up to play.
2012 pick Ryan McNeil struck out 2 in 2 IP to earn his first career win. Soler was 1-4 with a double and 4 of his first 11 hits have been XBH.
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Angels?
mb21Quote Reply
(dying laughing)
fuck
dylanjQuote Reply
I was confused so I had to look at the scoreboard. I thought you thought it was the Cubs who moved to the AL West. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
spiderman give little fucks is tied for the most common search phrase to get to this site so far today.
mb21Quote Reply
hey, Garrett Gould may not have made it to the Cubs but I did get a signed card thanks to my “source”
dylanjQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Must be all those Spidey gifs MO likes to post (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Mish wrote:
The Baseball Think Factory was just quoting some other guy. When you click his name on his website, it’s a bunch of conspiracy theory crap, looks like to me. Baseball “Think” Factory. Shouldn’t they actually think?
Turpentine was better. RC’s sentiments were right.
SVBQuote Reply
@ SVB:
Are you not from Chicago? Chet Coppock has been a radio voice on the sports stations here for a long, long time.
MishQuote Reply
WaLiQuote Reply
Dolan has been having some fun with the whole Dempster fiasco:
http://www.desipio.com/?p=4128
http://www.desipio.com/?p=4140
Aisle424Quote Reply
Calcaterra got to play baseball at old Tiger Stadium:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/03/a-visit-to-tiger-stadium/
Kind of cool. I hope one day when Wrigley is no longer functional they open it up for pickup games.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Mish:
Sidenote – I used to work with the guy that infamously punched Chet Coppock. Unfortunately, I don’t think he knew who he was punching at the time.
Chet MastersonQuote Reply
Of course he did, he was playing his natural position.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I’ve been thinking about this, and I think Mike Cameron might be Brett Jackson’s ceiling
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Aisle424:
(dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I think I would be okay with that. I didn’t expect Brett Jackson to be a superstar but if he can be useful for that long of a career, I’d call it a win.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Same here.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Mercurial Outfielder wrote:
Invalid comparison.
RacismQuote Reply
Racism wrote:
Tough shit.
InjusticeQuote Reply
@ Mish:
No shit? No, I’m not from Chicago. Closest I came was Kalamazoo. Maybe he’s like Frank Beckman, who thinks that being a Tigers radio announcer also makes him a very astute political commentator. Anyway, when I saw his website, I assumed you were doing some research for a case in the DA’s office. (dying laughing)
SVBQuote Reply
@ SVB:
(dying laughing) (dying laughing)
Nah nah, he’s not as popular any more, gets stuck with the Saturday/Sunday morning shifts and whatnot. I haven’t really listened to the radio in 4 years now so no idea if he actually really has a gig. I believe a few years ago I was “friends” with him on FB but had to immediately defriend due to inanity
MishQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
That’s a classic from a few years ago at a Cubs game.
mb21Quote Reply
Brett Jackson is in LA.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
False.
Silly Muskat.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Cameron was never the prospect Jackson was until Cameron was 24, but a ceiling of Mike Cameron is an awfully damn good player. If he managed to extend his peak a few years we’re talking about a borderline Hall of Fame candidate (43 rWAR). Fangraphs already has him as a borderline HOF candidate (53 fWAR). He won’t get in, but in terms of fWAR he’s pretty close to being worthy of getting in.
In the minors Jackson has been younger at each level and has performed better than Cameron. Cameron was almost certainly a far better defensive outfielder than Jackson will be, but I think Jackson could easily be the much better hitter. It’s not a bad comparison though, but I’d be thrilled if Jackson reached his ceiling and it was Mike Cameron.
The strikeouts are important of course, but I really think we’re focusing too much on it at this point (myself included). The guy hits, hits for power, takes his walks, plays average or better defense in CF, has a fantastic arm, runs the bases well and has plus speed. He’s one correction away from being a potential superstar.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
He’s in two places at once.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Racism:
@ Injustice:
You have been banned.
‘MericaQuote Reply
I think Ryno is around.
mb21Quote Reply
@ SVB:
I live in Kalamazoo!
Also, (dying laughing):
http://i.imgur.com/nyone.jpg
DoogolasQuote Reply
That should say “Cubs fan too stupid to use hat”
MishQuote Reply
Mish wrote:
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
MishQuote Reply
‘Merica wrote:
Awesome- can you get rid of poverty too? And then Hawk Harrelson?
UrkQuote Reply
Urk wrote:
What do you think this is? Sweden?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17893
Aaron Cook is awesome.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
@ Rizzo the Rat:
That was one of the best articles about baseball I’ve read in awhile.
mb21Quote Reply
CB Bucknor is hot garbage.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Yeah, great piece.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
According to MLBTR the cubs are look into what it would take to acquire Lowe. WHY
mb21Quote Reply
So…Cubs lose.
@ mb21:
I guess he’s cheap enough after DFA and release that it isn’t that big of a deal…?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Because he’s better than Casey Coleman?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
He was just released so it seems they’d be trying to trade for him. Crazy.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
One of two reasons:
1. So we try to catch up with the Astros
2. Casey Coleman
WaLi22Quote Reply
@ mb21:
I thought he was on the street. If all he costs is money (and league min at that), I don’t see why not. Hell, even in trade, he costs a throwaway prospect. Still has a good GB rate.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
It seems Soto will be getting the bulk of the action behind home. He’s played the entire game tonight too.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
It almost sounds like they were just talking to Boras to see if Lowe would consider signing the league minimum deal with the Cubs after he was released. I don’t know why they would trade for Lowe.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Woah. Bomb threat at US Cellular Field
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I’d rather have Coleman than a 39 year old who was released. How many shitty starters do they need? They stocked up on them this past offseason. If this was Hendry people would be laughing at him for having a boner for an ancient shitty pitcher who was once good for them. If it is just money, no big deal I guess but can’t they find someone better?
mb21Quote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I would hope they wouldn’t trade anyone for him.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Really?
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Per Twitter
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Well it’s worth noting that pretty much everything about Lowe is exactly what you’d expect except the K’s and BB’s. If he comes to the NL Central he might be able to be a pretty OK pitcher again.
On another note, Buckner has, to this point in the night, been wrong on 10 pitches. He’s called 8 balls (obvious only) strikes and 2 strikes (again, only obvious ones) balls. That’s just absolutely awful. That’s probably close to 25% of pitches that weren’t swung at.
DoogolasQuote Reply
http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-bomb-threat-reported-at-us-cellular-field-20120803,0,5902837.story
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
11 now. The first pitch to Loney was a strike.
Oh man, 12 now. Third pitch to Cruz was a strike. This is just awful by Buckner. Incredibly so.
DoogolasQuote Reply
Bucknor’s Brooks card from tonight is going to be comical.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Alberto Cabrera has a crazy slider.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
It’s actually rather impressive that the Cubs are 21 games back of first and yet the Astros are still 9.5 games back of Chicago.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Are you saying the Cubs are going to look like a playoff team when I go see them play the Stros?
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Doogolas:
I only see one pitch inside the 2-foot strikezone (wider than the actual zone) that was called a ball during Samardzija’s outing: http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/pfx.php?month=8&day=3&year=2012&game=gid_2012_08_03_chnmlb_lanmlb_1%2F&pitchSel=502188&prevGame=gid_2012_08_03_chnmlb_lanmlb_1%2F&prevDate=83
Looks like he had a wide zone last night, but during F7s start there was only 1 ball called that could arguably be called a strike.
mb21Quote Reply
Also one pitch in the 2-foot zone called a ball during Billingsley’s outing. He didn’t have as wide a zone for him as he did for F7 so that helped F7 out last night.
mb21Quote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
What a shitty game to go see. Hope you get to see Garza start. Otherwise it’s two minor league teams playing in a big league ballpark.
mb21Quote Reply
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23594467&c_id=mlb
Anyone know the official rule on this? Konerko is blatantly inside the base line.
GBTSQuote Reply
Also, WTF is with the umpires when the Angels go to the Cell?
GBTSQuote Reply
@ mb21:
One chance this year to see a game in a big league park, you take what you can get. I suppose I could go see the Sox but their stadium isn’t glorious.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Anyway, RC guaranteed that the Cubs would look like the 2004 Cardinals against the Astros.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Yeah, I know what you mean. I went to see a couple Royals games this year so it’s not like I was watching a great team.
mb21Quote Reply
Back in 2004 if you bought tickets prior to the season you figured you’d win no matter what. You’d get to see Wood, Prior, Zambrano, Maddux or Clement. By 2006 you’d get to see Zambrano, Sean Marshall, Carlos Marmol, other random shitty starter.
mb21Quote Reply
@ GBTS:
I don’t know the ruling, but what happens when a game is played under protest? Does Sciosca just get a tally under the “crybaby” column or can the league overturn the game?
WaLi22Quote Reply
@ WaLi22:
The league can overturn the game and force it to be replayed from a certain point (whenever he protested).
mb21Quote Reply
Baez ——-> Daytona
BerseliusQuote Reply
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I wasn’t talking about just Shark. I was talking about between both pitchers. So those are likely the exact two to which I was referring. If I was slightly off, it’s probably because I only had gameday, which isn’t as nice and clear, though I tried to only take the ones that looked obvious on Gameday. It was mostly that he had a very big zone, I only counted two or three total pitches that should have been strikes that were called balls.
DoogolasQuote Reply
@ Doogolas:
I’m not sure either of those were strikes either. They were inside the 2-foot wide zone, but the actual zone is only 17 inches (width of the plate). Bucknor did call several strikes outside the zone though. More for F7 than Billingsley from what I could tell.
mb21Quote Reply
GBTSQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/commentary-and-analysis/lets-play-what-if.html
mb21Quote Reply