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[Powdered Toast Man]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

That's to start and is not really where he'll be forever and ever amen. And out of those players, who would you hit 9th? Coghlan maybe, I would assume...

[SKO]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

Yeah if Addison hits 9th the rest of the year he's probably struggling enough that it's the best place for him and hopefully the spot with the least amount of pressure on him. If he hits like his upper projections he won't be hitting 9th for very long.

[Yeti]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

Yeah if Addison hits 9th the rest of the year he's probably struggling enough that it's the best place for him and hopefully the spot with the least amount of pressure on him. If he hits like his upper projections he won't be hitting 9th for very long.

If that's the case, objection rescinded. SHOW ME, JOE

[SKO]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

Yeah if Addison hits 9th the rest of the year he's probably struggling enough that it's the best place for him and hopefully the spot with the least amount of pressure on him. If he hits like his upper projections he won't be hitting 9th for very long.

If that's the case, objection rescinded. SHOW ME, JOE

My prediction for game one of the WS in an American League Ballpark is

CF Fowler
1B Rizzo
RF Soler
LF Bryant
2B Russell
SS Castro
DH Schwarber (Sept. 1st Call up after he tears up AA Tennessee and AAA Iowa following his midseason promotion)
C Montero
3B Javy Baez

Arrieta blanks the vaunted Tigers lineup as David Price gets trounced and realizes he will never beat the Cubs and thus his only option is to join them. Boom.

[Saul Goodman]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

Yeah if Addison hits 9th the rest of the year he's probably struggling enough that it's the best place for him and hopefully the spot with the least amount of pressure on him. If he hits like his upper projections he won't be hitting 9th for very long.

If that's the case, objection rescinded. SHOW ME, JOE

My prediction for game one of the WS in an American League Ballpark is

CF Fowler
1B Rizzo
RF Soler
LF Bryant
2B Russell
SS Castro
DH Schwarber (Sept. 1st Call up after he tears up AA Tennessee and AAA Iowa following his midseason promotion)
C Montero
3B Javy Baez

Arrieta blanks the vaunted Tigers lineup as David Price gets trounced and realizes he will never beat the Cubs and thus his only option is to join them. Boom.

Schwarber would be ineligible for the postseason roster if he was called up Sept. 1st.  But I like the rest of it.

[SKO]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

Yeah if Addison hits 9th the rest of the year he's probably struggling enough that it's the best place for him and hopefully the spot with the least amount of pressure on him. If he hits like his upper projections he won't be hitting 9th for very long.

If that's the case, objection rescinded. SHOW ME, JOE

My prediction for game one of the WS in an American League Ballpark is

CF Fowler
1B Rizzo
RF Soler
LF Bryant
2B Russell
SS Castro
DH Schwarber (Sept. 1st Call up after he tears up AA Tennessee and AAA Iowa following his midseason promotion)
C Montero
3B Javy Baez

Arrieta blanks the vaunted Tigers lineup as David Price gets trounced and realizes he will never beat the Cubs and thus his only option is to join them. Boom.

Schwarber would be ineligible for the postseason roster if he was called up Sept. 1st.  But I like the rest of it.

Huh. Was Soto only allowed on the playoff roster in 2007 because he'd made his debut in 2006 or whatever? Because I thought he was a September callup.

[Quality Start Machine]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

Yeah if Addison hits 9th the rest of the year he's probably struggling enough that it's the best place for him and hopefully the spot with the least amount of pressure on him. If he hits like his upper projections he won't be hitting 9th for very long.

If that's the case, objection rescinded. SHOW ME, JOE

My prediction for game one of the WS in an American League Ballpark is

CF Fowler
1B Rizzo
RF Soler
LF Bryant
2B Russell
SS Castro
DH Schwarber (Sept. 1st Call up after he tears up AA Tennessee and AAA Iowa following his midseason promotion)
C Montero
3B Javy Baez

Arrieta blanks the vaunted Tigers lineup as David Price gets trounced and realizes he will never beat the Cubs and thus his only option is to join them. Boom.

Schwarber would be ineligible for the postseason roster if he was called up Sept. 1st.  But I like the rest of it.

Huh. Was Soto only allowed on the playoff roster in 2007 because he'd made his debut in 2006 or whatever? Because I thought he was a September callup.

Think he got on as an injury replacement, no?

[SKO]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

Yeah if Addison hits 9th the rest of the year he's probably struggling enough that it's the best place for him and hopefully the spot with the least amount of pressure on him. If he hits like his upper projections he won't be hitting 9th for very long.

If that's the case, objection rescinded. SHOW ME, JOE

My prediction for game one of the WS in an American League Ballpark is

CF Fowler
1B Rizzo
RF Soler
LF Bryant
2B Russell
SS Castro
DH Schwarber (Sept. 1st Call up after he tears up AA Tennessee and AAA Iowa following his midseason promotion)
C Montero
3B Javy Baez

Arrieta blanks the vaunted Tigers lineup as David Price gets trounced and realizes he will never beat the Cubs and thus his only option is to join them. Boom.

Schwarber would be ineligible for the postseason roster if he was called up Sept. 1st.  But I like the rest of it.

Huh. Was Soto only allowed on the playoff roster in 2007 because he'd made his debut in 2006 or whatever? Because I thought he was a September callup.

Think he got on as an injury replacement, no?

Then I volunteer to break David Ross' kneecap right fucking now.

[Saul Goodman]

So that would make tonight's lineup:

Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood
Russell

...or, to put it another way, after the first time round:

Russell
Fowler
Soler
Rizzo
Bryant
Castro
Coghlan
Castillo
Wood

Lordy.

EDIT: Or, as it turns out, Denorfia instead of Coghlan.  Whatevs.

I haven't really had a problem with the pitcher hitting 8th, and I understand the logic behind it (with every inning after the first not playing out in general rules).... but I don't love Russell batting 9th. It's not because I don't like the Russell-Fowler-Soler-Rizzo-Bryant-Castro fun, but I don't really like the idea of sacrificing up to 70-80 PAs in a season by hitting Russell 9th. (That estimation came from a link I can't find. I remember reading something recently indicating that each drop in batting order nets a loss of 15-20 PAs over the course of a season)

Yeah if Addison hits 9th the rest of the year he's probably struggling enough that it's the best place for him and hopefully the spot with the least amount of pressure on him. If he hits like his upper projections he won't be hitting 9th for very long.

If that's the case, objection rescinded. SHOW ME, JOE

My prediction for game one of the WS in an American League Ballpark is

CF Fowler
1B Rizzo
RF Soler
LF Bryant
2B Russell
SS Castro
DH Schwarber (Sept. 1st Call up after he tears up AA Tennessee and AAA Iowa following his midseason promotion)
C Montero
3B Javy Baez

Arrieta blanks the vaunted Tigers lineup as David Price gets trounced and realizes he will never beat the Cubs and thus his only option is to join them. Boom.

Schwarber would be ineligible for the postseason roster if he was called up Sept. 1st.  But I like the rest of it.

Huh. Was Soto only allowed on the playoff roster in 2007 because he'd made his debut in 2006 or whatever? Because I thought he was a September callup.

That's a good question, I don't remember how that happened.  Usually a guy has to be on your active roster (the 25-man) before midnight on August 31.  But you get some more leeway for injury replacements.  Maybe that was Soto?  I'll check if someone doesn't chime in.

Edited for face: Had to step away from the computer while this was pending and I saw Fork/Median Desipio Chucklehead suggested injury.

[Saul Goodman]

DPD.  Looks like the great Hank White was placed on the DL to create a spot for Soto:

However, since he wasn’t on the Cubs 25 man roster on August 31, Soto isn’t eligible for the playoffs, leaving Henry Blanco and his .174 batting average. Blanco has only appeared in four games since being activated August 21. Here’s hoping Jim Hendry can find an injury excuse (Blanco’s neck injury?) that will enable Soto to replace Blanco.

Shortly thereafter Soto was placed on the roster:

Piniella confirmed following Saturday's 4-0 win here over the Reds that rookie Geovany Soto would be on the playoff roster.

"I don't think he's going to be off the roster," Piniella said.

Based on his play over the last several weeks since his recall from Class AAA Iowa, where he was the Pacific Coast League's MVP, keeping Soto was a no-brainer for the Cubs over the light-hitting Henry Blanco.

And White had no plate appearances in the 2007 postseason so they must have DL'd him.  Missed two months with a herniated disc that season, according to Wikipedia.  Oddly enough I couldn't find any articles saying as much, although I only spent a few seconds and previously switched to DuckDuckGo so I'm sure it's out there if someone wants to find it.

[SKO]

DPD.  Looks like the great Hank White was placed on the DL to create a spot for Soto:

However, since he wasn't on the Cubs 25 man roster on August 31, Soto isn't eligible for the playoffs, leaving Henry Blanco and his .174 batting average. Blanco has only appeared in four games since being activated August 21. Here's hoping Jim Hendry can find an injury excuse (Blanco's neck injury?) that will enable Soto to replace Blanco.

Shortly thereafter Soto was placed on the roster:

Piniella confirmed following Saturday's 4-0 win here over the Reds that rookie Geovany Soto would be on the playoff roster.

"I don't think he's going to be off the roster," Piniella said.

Based on his play over the last several weeks since his recall from Class AAA Iowa, where he was the Pacific Coast League's MVP, keeping Soto was a no-brainer for the Cubs over the light-hitting Henry Blanco.

And White had no plate appearances in the 2007 postseason so they must have DL'd him.  Missed two months with a herniated disc that season, according to Wikipedia.  Oddly enough I couldn't find any articles saying as much, although I only spent a few seconds and previously switched to DuckDuckGo so I'm sure it's out there if someone wants to find it.

Welp, looks like David Ross is going to be in a very bad car accident in September.

[Saul Goodman]

DPD.  Looks like the great Hank White was placed on the DL to create a spot for Soto:

However, since he wasn't on the Cubs 25 man roster on August 31, Soto isn't eligible for the playoffs, leaving Henry Blanco and his .174 batting average. Blanco has only appeared in four games since being activated August 21. Here's hoping Jim Hendry can find an injury excuse (Blanco's neck injury?) that will enable Soto to replace Blanco.

Shortly thereafter Soto was placed on the roster:

Piniella confirmed following Saturday's 4-0 win here over the Reds that rookie Geovany Soto would be on the playoff roster.

"I don't think he's going to be off the roster," Piniella said.

Based on his play over the last several weeks since his recall from Class AAA Iowa, where he was the Pacific Coast League's MVP, keeping Soto was a no-brainer for the Cubs over the light-hitting Henry Blanco.

And White had no plate appearances in the 2007 postseason so they must have DL'd him.  Missed two months with a herniated disc that season, according to Wikipedia.  Oddly enough I couldn't find any articles saying as much, although I only spent a few seconds and previously switched to DuckDuckGo so I'm sure it's out there if someone wants to find it.

Welp, looks like David Ross is going to be in a very bad car accident in September.

I might actually hate him by then

[Powdered Toast Man]

Arrieta's been on a Twitter rampage the last few days (@JArrieta34) and he's actually kinda witty.

[CT III]

Arrieta's been on a Twitter rampage the last few days (@JArrieta34) and he's actually kinda witty.

I followed him just for this:

https://twitter.com/JArrieta34/status/590954978388353027

[Saul Goodman]

Arrieta's been on a Twitter rampage the last few days (@JArrieta34) and he's actually kinda witty.

He's easily one of my favorite Cubs. Thanks, Orioles! And/or thanks, Chris Bosio.