Bleed Cubbie Blue - Cubs vs. Rockies Sunday 9/18 game threadsA Chicago Cubs Fan Community Since February 9, 2005https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47557/cubbieblue.png2022-09-19T08:00:00-05:00http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/rss/stream/231213862022-09-19T08:00:00-05:002022-09-19T08:00:00-05:002022 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 146
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<p>The Cubs fall behind early and their comeback falls short in a 4-3 loss</p> <p id="UmjSzI">If you had Game 146 of 2022 on your card for when the season would truly feel like a split squad game from Spring Training, kudos to you! The Cubs used six pitchers, none for more than two innings and they used 11 hitters. Eleven isn’t really a huge number to be sure, but in the DH era, there really isn’t often a need to use even 10. </p>
<p id="3NTPR8">Certainly, 17 players used isn’t massive. Not going to more or less unlimited rosters in September has dampened the times when it used to really feel like spring games. What made this one really feel like a split squad game is how many of the 17 players used feel like either Iowa Cubs or journeymen players. Ian Happ, David Bote and Rowan Wick are the only three names that I think would be recognizable to a casual Cub fan. </p>
<p id="Dk5Pgl">I’m certain that I’m not the only one who didn’t have Javier Assad on my radar before he debuted a few weeks ago. And really, shame on me for that one. Looking back, he’s been very good for a while and I’m just behind the curve. Esteban Quiroz? I know I’m not the only one who had to be reminded of the minor transaction that brought him to the team. Of course he is here in part because so many middle infielders are banged up. Certainly there are other considerations involving player control and the 40-man roster. But still, this felt a little like following a spring game. </p>
<p id="JOra0i">That doesn’t mean that there wasn’t some fun to be had. Assad had his first bad start, allowing three runs in the first and one on a leadoff homer in the second. Four of the first eight batters scoring is not ideal in any situation. Assad gave way to the bullpen after two. It wasn’t completely uneventful, but five Cubs relievers held the Rockies scoreless the rest of the way. The names might not all be household, and the Rockies not formidable, but for a team that traded away essentially its top four relievers at the trade deadline, this is not nothing. There is growth and more than a couple of these names may play significant roles in the 2023 pen.</p>
<p id="rK5RG6">On the other side of the ball, the offense took some time to get going, but Yan Gomes did deliver a two-out, two-run single in the third to cut the gap to two. That also meant that there was leverage to six of those scoreless relief innings. Gomes would then lead off the sixth with a solo homer to cut that deficit to one. Without doubt Gomes is my first star of this game. He had three hits in all and drove in all three runs. </p>
<p id="AEWuGC">Unfortunately, the rally came up short. They got runners to first and third with two outs in the sixth but Quiroz was the batter and he’s not much noted for his bat these days, though he was an intriguing player in the Padres system as recently as 2019. Regardless, he came up empty and was the first of 10 straight Cubs outs to end the game. Credit to the Rockies for nailing the door shut after the Cubs got close. </p>
<p id="lNRRVb">My second star of the day goes to Manuel Rodriguez. He is certainly a pitcher that when healthy has excellent stuff. His problem has always been about command and control. That was true when the Cubs acquired him and remains true to this day. He threw a perfect inning. If he could keep the walks under control, he can be a powerful late game weapon. </p>
<p id="KxyI0G">My third star goes to Mark Leiter Jr. I’ve certainly been hard on him at times. But, he does seem to have some effectiveness as a reliever. He threw two innings, yielding only a walk. I’m certainly warming to the idea that Leiter could be a depth arm and emergency starter type if he and the Cubs can extend their relationship beyond this year. I don’t think the Cubs will be likely to offer much more than a spot in Iowa and an understanding that he will likely be in the mix once injuries and ineffectiveness start the attrition game that every pitching staff faces every year. </p>
<p id="m6gvt0">Let’s turn our attention now to Heroes and Goats and have a look at how WPA scored this game. </p>
<p id="8hOeQT"><strong>Game 146, September 18: </strong>Rockies 4 at Cubs 3 (62-84)</p>
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<p id="YJbrLU">Reminder: Heroes and Goats are determined by WPA scores and are in no way subjective.</p>
<p id="zdTeVY"><strong>THREE HEROES:</strong></p>
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<strong>Superhero: </strong>Yan Gomes (.212). 3-4, HR, 3RBI, R</li>
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<strong>Hero: </strong>Mark Leiter, Jr (.090). 2IP (7 batters), BB, 2K</li>
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<strong>Sidekick: </strong>David Bote (.080). 2-4, 2B</li>
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<p id="6MD6j4"><strong>THREE GOATS:</strong></p>
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<strong>Billy Goat: </strong>Javier Assad (-.285). 2IP (12 batters), 2H, 4BB, 4R, 3K (L 1-2)</li>
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<strong>Goat: </strong>Alfonso Rivas (-.205). 0-4, K</li>
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<strong>Kid: </strong>Esteban Quiroz (-.134). 0-2</li>
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<p id="EYzkWa"><strong>WPA Play of the Game: </strong>With two outs and runners on second and third in the first inning, the game was still scoreless when Randal Grichuk singled, plating two. (.147)</p>
<p id="v4LF57">*Cubs Play of the Game: Yan Gomes’ homer leading off the sixth that cut the lead to one. (.138)</p>
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<p id="iTnQrj"><strong>Rizzo Award Cumulative Standings: </strong>(Top 5/Bottom 5)</p>
<p id="eEPeIk">The award is named for Anthony Rizzo, who finished first in this category three of the first four years it was in existence and four times overall. He also recorded the highest season total ever at +65.5. The point scale is three points for a Superhero down to negative three points for a Billy Goat.</p>
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<li id="092FIc">Nico Hoerner +17.5</li>
<li id="VnMiON">Scott Effross +17</li>
<li id="7Qhl9Z">Christopher Morel +13</li>
<li id="gEglTA">Justin Steele/Willson Contreras/Drew Smyly +10</li>
<li id="hQIS2m">Daniel Norris/Frank Schwindel -9.5</li>
<li id="A9yTDP">Rowan Wick -10.5</li>
<li id="611Mny">Rafael Ortega -11.5</li>
<li id="e4BbIL">Jason Heyward -15.5</li>
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<p id="9wcAoa"><strong>Up Next: </strong>The Cubs travel to Florida on Monday to begin a series with the Marlins. The Marlins check in at 60-87, a distant fourth place in the NL East. Wade Miley (1-0, 2.89) continues to try to show that he’ll be healthy and ready to go for some team in 2023. Edward Cabrera (5-3, 2.70) has been superb for the Marlins. </p>
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2022/9/19/23360687/2022-cubs-heroes-and-goats-game-146Thomas Smith2022-09-18T17:20:54-05:002022-09-18T17:20:54-05:00Rockies 4, Cubs 3: Assad story
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<p>The Cubs starter had little command or control and the team couldn’t come back from an early deficit.</p> <p id="vgGdfT">One of the things that troubled Javier Assad in his five previous outings was walks. He had walked 10 in 21⅓ innings prior to Sunday, a pretty high walk rate. In those five appearances (four starts), he’d get in trouble early but pitch his way out of it, which resulted in a 2.53 ERA entering Sunday’s game.</p>
<p id="fG0cMH">The walk trouble hit Assad again in the first inning Sunday. He walked the bases loaded with one out in the first, got a ground ball for the second out with a run scoring, but then a two-run single by Charlie Blackmon made it 3-0, and a home run by Connor Joe in the second inning off Assad gave the Rockies a 4-0 lead. </p>
<p id="23UChb">That home run turned out to be the difference in <a href="https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rockies-vs-cubs/2022/09/18/663112#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=663112">a 4-3 Cubs loss to the Rockies</a>, and even though this wasn’t a good game for Assad, the Cubs bullpen really picked up the slack. With Assad gone after two innings and 62 pitches (only 32 strikes), the game became a bullpen day. Michael Rucker, Erich Uelmen, Mark Leiter Jr., Manuel Rodriguez and Rowan Wick combined for seven shutout innings, allowing four hits and three walks and striking out 12. Only three Rockies got past first base after the second inning. So kudos to the pen for an excellent job.</p>
<p id="P2dhVF">And the Cubs tried to come back. In the third inning, Michael Hermosillo led off with a single and advanced to second on a walk by Christopher Morel. Both runners moved up on a groundout by Zach McKinstry, and one out later <a href="https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2022/2022-09/18/a0e6c55c-30615f85-9e21490e-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">Yan Gomes singled them both in [VIDEO]</a>.</p>
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<p id="z5d1g0">The Cubs made it 4-3 in the sixth on <a href="https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2022/2022-09/18/788f9b52-97e74b26-67a61ef3-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4">Gomes’ eighth home run of the year [VIDEO]</a>.</p>
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<p id="gcrkHQ">That ball landed on the back of the bleacher concourse not far from me.</p>
<p id="wi8NZh">The Cubs got a runner as far as third base in that inning. David Bote doubled one out after Gomes’ home run and moved to third on an errant pickoff attempt. But he, and Jared Young (who had walked) were both stranded when pinch-hitter Esteban Quiroz grounded to first.</p>
<p id="G9igwD">That was it, unfortunately. The Rockies pen retired the last 10 Cubs in order, and Daniel Bard picked up his 31st save, which raises the question: Why didn’t the Rockies trade him at the deadline? Someone could have used a guy like Bard this year. He’s been one of the better closers in baseball. Perhaps they offered him around and found no takers, or asked too much, but... the Rockies seem to be making a game of not trading useful guys at the deadline.</p>
<p id="EHzQuJ">One thing about Bard’s inning. Both of his called strikeouts were on pitches outside the zone. Look at strike three to Alfonso Rivas:</p>
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<p id="VDqwzH">Sorry, Pat Hoberg, that’s not a strike. Neither was strike three to Young (pitch 8):</p>
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<p id="KLWevJ">In the latter case, that should have been ball four. If the challenge system currently being tested in the minor leagues were in use for this, both of those pitches would have been challenged successfully. I hope that system is instituted in MLB next year.</p>
<p id="6UxGui">Regarding Assad, he’s going to have to improve that control and command or he won’t have a shot at sticking around for 2023.</p>
<p id="REnwfP">The Cubs’ record in one-run games dropped to 20-26 with this loss and, with 16 games remaining, they must go 11-5 to avoid 90 losses, and 9-7 to match last year’s 71-91 mark. Given that 13 of the 16 games are against teams with worse records than the Cubs currently have, neither of those is impossible.</p>
<p id="CAo5H3">They’ll begin that final 16-game trek Monday night in Miami. Wade Miley will start for the Cubs and Edward Cabrera will get the call for the Marlins. Game time Monday is 5:40 p.m. CT and TV coverage will be via Marquee Sports Network.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2022/9/18/23359983/cubs-rockies-recap-javier-assad-yan-gomes-mlb-scoresAl Yellon2022-09-18T14:50:00-05:002022-09-18T14:50:00-05:00Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Rockies, Sunday 9/18, 1:20 CT
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https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2022/9/18/23357344/overflow-thread-cubs-vs-rockies-sunday-9-18-1-20-ctAl Yellon2022-09-18T13:15:00-05:002022-09-18T13:15:00-05:00First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Rockies, Sunday 9/18, 1:20 CT
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<p id="IJ5GtR">Go get ‘em, Javier.</p>
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2022/9/18/23357343/first-pitch-thread-cubs-vs-rockies-sunday-9-18-1-20-ctAl Yellon2022-09-18T11:30:00-05:002022-09-18T11:30:00-05:00Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies preview, Sunday 9/18, 1:20 CT
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<p>The Cubs go for the series win.</p> <p id="VmpB3G">Sunday notes...</p>
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<strong>ATTENDANCE WATCH:</strong> Through Friday’s game, the Cubs have announced 2,410,709 tickets sold through 74 dates, an average of 32,577 per date. They must average 27,041 tickets sold for the seven remaining dates to reach 2.6 million for the season. The last time the Cubs announced fewer than 2.6 million tickets sold in a full-capacity season (2020 and 2021 excluded) was 1997.</li>
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<strong>IT’S OFFICIAL:</strong> While the Cubs were effectively out of 2022 contention long ago, Saturday night’s Padres win over the Diamondbacks officially mathematically eliminated the Cubs from 2022 postseason contention.</li>
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<strong>THE CLOSE ONES</strong>: The Cubs have played 80 games decided by two or fewer runs, the second-most in the majors. They are 20-25 in one-run games and 15-20 in games decided by two runs.</li>
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<strong>HE’S HOT:</strong> Alfonso Rivas, last 19 games since July 26: .333/.418/.417 (16-for-48) with two doubles, a triple and seven walks.</li>
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<strong>HE’S NOT:</strong> Christopher Morel, last 23 games since August 20: .154/.225/.246 (10-for-65) with 27 strikeouts. This includes going 0-for-12 with seven strikeouts over his last four games.</li>
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<p id="AS7WLJ">Here are today’s particulars.</p>
<p id="OmIgrW"><a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/">Cubs</a> lineup:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is today's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cubs</a> starting lineup at Wrigley Field! <a href="https://t.co/VNLv2QP3y2">pic.twitter.com/VNLv2QP3y2</a></p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1571519830674604033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2022</a>
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<p id="nU1Gao"><a href="https://www.purplerow.com/">Rockies</a> lineup:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">9/18 Colorado Rockies Lineup:<br><br>1 3B Ryan McMahon<br>2 LF Yonathan Daza<br>3 1B C.J. Cron<br>4 DH Charlie Blackmon<br>5 2B Brendan Rodgers<br>6 CF Randal Grichuk<br>7 RF Michael Toglia<br>8 C Elias Diaz<br>9 SS Alan Trejo<br><br> SP:Ryan Feltner <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rockies</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MLB</a></p>— Grand Slam Picks (@GSMLBPicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/GSMLBPicks/status/1571510249718452224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2022</a>
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<h2 id="lePhfq">Javier Assad, RHP vs. Ryan Feltner ,RHP</h2>
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<p id="DDGiPl">Javier Assad has shown well in his five appearances (four starts). The walk rate is a bit high (4.2 per nine innings) but if he can get that under control, he can be an effective starter in this league.</p>
<p id="vyurGn">He has obviously never faced the Rockies or anyone on their active roster.</p>
<p id="c5FnqD">Ryan Feltner has made 16 appearances (15 starts) for the Rockies this year and the results have not been good (6.12 ERA, 1.453 WHIP, 13 HR in 75 innings). It’s not any sort of Coors Field Effect, either, he’s been equally bad there (6.27 ERA) as on the road (5.97 ERA).</p>
<p id="JblEyg">Feltner was the Rockies’ fourth round pick out of Ohio State in 2018. He has never faced the Cubs or anyone on their active roster.</p>
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<p id="75Ruel">Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network. <a href="https://www.marqueesportsnetwork.com/providers/">Here’s a list of providers currently carrying Marquee<strong>.</strong></a> </p>
<p id="6w2xna"><a href="https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/2022/09/18">Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.</a></p>
<p id="Xe5URc"><a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2022_09_18_colmlb_chnmlb_1">MLB.com Gameday</a></p>
<p id="iDRiK8"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2022/CHN202209180.shtml">Baseball-reference.com game preview</a></p>
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<p id="mRtOMf">The 2022 Game Thread procedure will be like last years, similar to what we’ve used for Spring Training.</p>
<p id="uNrOo7">You’ll find the game preview posted separately on the front page two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).</p>
<p id="Jy7Er2">At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will also post on the front page, titled “Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of week/date) game threads.” It will contain every post related to that particular game, including the First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread, as well as the recap when it’s published. The recap will also live on the front page as a separate post.</p>
<p id="F5ehVY">You will also be able to find the preview, First Pitch Thread and the overflow thread in the box marked “Chicago Cubs Game Threads” at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in <a href="http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/chicago-cubs-game-threads">this section link</a>). The StoryStream for each game can also be found in that section.</p>
<p id="pjBR1E">The First Pitch thread will post at five minutes before game time, then an overflow thread at 90 minutes after the scheduled game time.</p>
<p id="cWIBoH">Discuss amongst yourselves.</p>
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