Ryan hasn’t really impressed me so far. I think we’d be better off if he were with another team:
The Cubs have won 8 of 10, and 7 of their last 8 to get within 5.5 of the wild card and 8 of the Cardinals. At the very least, it makes the games bearable to watch for the time being. The Cubs have 19 games left and play a few more games than their current competitors, so they’re actually just 4 back in the loss column to the Rockies and tied with the Marlins and Braves in that category. They trail the Giants by 2 in the loss column but play them next week. So they’ll need some help from teams to beat the Rockies, but in a round-about way, they still control most of their own destiny for the rest of the season. As for the sort-of-big weekend series versus the Cardinals, it’s already guaranteed that the Cardinals won’t be able to clinch anything this weekend. That’s not going to stop them from trying to bury the Cubs though. They’ll send out John Smoltz, Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright for the series against Ted Lilly, Ryan Dempster and Carlos Zambrano. Lineups for tonight: I wouldn’t be suprised if things get a little chippy tonight. The teams have become almost as intense rivals as the Cubs and Cardinals and there were 3 HBP’s last night and a few almost HBP’s, following Braun getting hit by Dempster the night before. In the hot ‘n cold department, Soto’s found his groove with a 1.252 OPS in September and 7 XBH’s in 7 games played. Derrek Lee has a 1.333 OPS since August 25th with 9 HR’s in 19 games. Then there’s Milton Bradley, who hasn’t walked since August 30th and has a .447 OPS in that time. Bobby Scales keeps getting playing time in LF despite a .617 OPS in September and some boneheaded defense and baserunning, while Micah Hoffpauir has a 1.122 OPS since being recalled. Godenot has returned as well for the final month with a 1.071 OPS in 8 games (6/14 at the plate). Parachat actually had a small crowd last night, so stop on by.
Lopez 2b
Theriot SS
Hart RF
Fukudome CF
Braun LF
Lee 1B
Fielder 1B
Ramirez 3B
McGehee 3B
Soto C
Cameron CF
Bradley RF
Kendall C
Fontenot 2B
Escobar SS
Scales LF
Looper P
Harden P
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What do you think?
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