This lineup is absolutely atrocious without Aramis and GameBoard.

Soriano
Riot
Dome
Lee
Reed
LBR
Soto
Miles
Harden

With Lee & Soto sucking, Miles with a negative OPS+ (how is that even possible?!!), and Reed & LBR below average, I almost prefer Micah to be starting…at least he provides some pop. For a team that’s scored 6 runs in its last 4 games, this isn’t promising run support for Rich.

Dan

but I think Al might be unhappy with the way the Cubs structured their bench.

I think Twittermeyer said something about Z taking grounders at 3B along with Hill.

The alternative, which is to go 5 games down to the RedBirds, is a very unpleasant thought. We either leave the armpit of the Midwest down 3 or down 5. I like the first alternative.

Let’s make the best of this bad (21 1/2 players) situation!

is the Cubs winning todays game. We need him to swing very well today and be the leader of this team. Now is the time more than ever.

Prove the naysayers wrong Derrek.

Wellemeyer was drafted by the Cubs as their fourth draft pick in 2000, and never got too much respect with our illustrious pitching coach or coaching staff. He is right-handed, though, which is not good if you are a Cubs prospect. Anyway, after the Cubs threw him in the trash, he’s doin’ fine nowadays. Seems to be a competent pitcher…..Just sayin’….

I’m 4 hours straight west on 70 of St. Louis…and last night just west of KC here we had a tornado touch down and a guy die after getting hit by lightning. More tornado storms today, I dunno if St. Louis is supposed to get any of this junk.

After a 10-day vacation, I’ve finally made it back. So, I’ll take the blame for the Cubs struggles of late.

Which can be found here. Can I post the entire thing? Here’s one paragraph of it:

We’ve got some guys in the middle of the order who are big production guys who are out of the lineup, and that makes it tough. To say we’re not going to miss guys like Ramy and Milton, you’re just kidding yourself. You’re going to miss them. At the same time, this team has pride in how deep we are off the bench. Over a 162-game schedule, you’re going to have injuries and guys off the bench will need to step up and fill in those spots and hold down the fort until they get back. That’s what we’ll try to do in this situation. Hopefully, none of the injuries are that serious. We’ll have those guys back and hopefully Marmol back ASAP because we’re going to need all of them.

I might get a Reed jersey this year, the guy just is becoming my favorite more and more.

Dan

You want to sign Edmonds again? Gee maybe we can pick up Gary Gaetti as well.

No offense, but Edmonds was done by the end of last season. Worse for the Cubs, the only write-up (on MLBTR) I saw said he will need 2-3 weeks to get ready. That isn’t going to help right now.

Geoff Jenkins is available, and taking grounders at first as well (again, MLBTR). But he is a clone of Hoffpauir at this point.

There just isn’t a lot out there that can help the Cubs at this point that isn’t going to cost something significant. They’re just going to have to suck it up and overcome these challenges

….for a Lou Piniella eruption. I’m saying 5th inning….

I know, I know, he’s a pitcher, could get hurt, yada yada, but I would laugh my ass off.

doesn’t bother me. What bothers me about him is whether he can play anywhere other than second base, a position where we already have two (three, really) healthy players in Fontenot, Miles and Theriot, who’s really a second baseman. I notice he’s playing some third for the I-Cubs—the reports I’ve been getting aren’t good.

For outfielders, and lord I can’t believe I’m saying this, our best option is probably Sam Fuld. For third base, I’m stumped. You probably have to bring up Scales and hope he can handle the position. There’s also Matt Camp down in AA who could be an all-around utility player in the mold of Ryan Freel or Jeff Keppinger. The problem is that except for his hot start this season, there’s nothing to indicate that Camp can hit major league pitching. (Of course, the same can be said for Sam Fuld.)

Watch out for the BrewCrew, chooo chooooooo.

I imagine this will surprise a few people: over the past 10 games, Derrek Lee’s OPS has been .130 points higher than Ryan Theriot’s.

Even this bunch of non-hitting merry men should be able to get 3 or 4 runs off of Wellemeyer.

Lou has got to have the nerve to stick with Soriano batting 3rd for two weeks if he’s going to try it. Every year, though, he tries it for two games and Soriano goes cold and he panics and changes back, and then because he knows two games could have just been coincidental slumping, he tries it again. We have this guy under contract for another 40 years, so it’s time to try this for an extended period of time or never try it again.

Schumaker, 2B
Rasmus, LF
Pujols, 1B
Ludwick, RF
Ankiel, CF
Molina, C
Greene, SS
Thurston, 3B
Wellemeyer, P

Wellemeyer

Light this mother f###er up!

We are two weeks into the season. We already had to eat money cutting two pitchers who might actually have been useful and pay them a lot of money we are not cutting a position guy we can use for a vet no one else will sign. Keep in mind Joey played for Lou in Seattle which I suspect was a strong factor in signing him. Lou wanted speed like he wanted left handed hitters so he has to play this out so to speak and I would rather bring up Dubois than bring back
Edmonds. We have wasted enough money which we will need at deadline ( of course we could bring up Sam).

with the bases loaded, you still walk Pujols IMO

Our #5 threw pretty good yesterday. 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 K, 1 BB.

and Jump!

I know there is a lot of talk on this board about signing Edmonds, but is there any talk from the Cubs organization or in the media about the Cubs taking another chance with him? I’m just wondering if there is any seriousness about him coming back aboard or if it’s just us wishing.