The Chicago Cubs have no plans to send struggling second basemen Darwin Barney to Triple-A. Barney is hitting a disappointing .153/.274/.264 on the season.
Chicago did not expect Barney, a career .257 hitter, to be a large portion of their offense this season but his current problems at the plate can not be over looked even with gold glove caliber defense.
According to Gordon Wittenmyer Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said prior to Saturday’s game against Washington that the Cubs would keep Barney with the big league club. Hoyer went on to say that Barney had “earned a lot of playing time.”
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Despite Struggles Cubs Will Keep Darwin Barney at Major League Level
Posted on 11 May 2013.
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Video: Cincinnati Reds Jay Bruce Posts His 125th Career Double
Posted on 05 May 2013.
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Saturday.
RF Jay Bruce continues to swing a big bat as he knocked in his 8th double of the year and his 125th overall.
Jack Hannahan brought in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning.
Down 4-2 in the eighth, the Reds put up four points with the help of only hit. The win was the Reds took second straight against Chicago. Logan Ondrusek (2-0) got the victory with a scoreless seventh inning.
Aroldis Chapman earned his seventh save for Cincinnati.
Watch Bruce earn his 125th double.
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Stanton’s Home Run Clears Scoreboard
Posted on 28 April 2013.
Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton hit his first home run of the year on Saturday night in his 18th game. Stanton got his money’s worth with the moonshot, as his first inning homer off of Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Travis Wood traveled an estimated 440 feet and went over the scoreboard in left field at Marlins Park. Last May, Stanton hit a similar blast that broke the same scoreboard he cleared against the Cubs. Unfortunately for Stanton and the Marlins, his first homer of the year wasn’t enough and Miami fell 3-2. Their record now sits at 5-19, 10.5 games behind the first place Braves in the NL East. [follow]
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Should the Chicago Cubs Spend More?
Posted on 09 April 2013.
The Chicago Cubs are spending less money and winning fewer games, but it could be a good thing.
Between 2008-2011, the Cubs spent no less than $ 120m on payroll, excluding special bonuses and players that were called up or acquired mid-season. In the same time period, Cubs losses increased every year (64, 78, 87, and 91, respectively). After ballooning in 2010, the Cubs payroll has since shrunk from $ 146m to $ 80m, due in large part to dwindling success.
Bite-sized payrolls don’t keep a team from winning games. The Tampa Bay Rays spent $ 41m in 2011 and made it to the NLDS. The 2010 Rangers spent $ 56m and reached the World Series. The 2012 Athletics spent $ 61m and were very, very good.
The Cubs spent $ 80m in 2012 and lost 101 games.
To reverse the process in 2013, however, Chicago needs to find out whom to pay to win games. Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo are the only hitters on the roster that hit over .280 last season, and Matt Garza is the only pit…
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Carlos Marmol Loses Job As Cubs Closer
Posted on 07 April 2013.
Chicago Cubs closer Carlos Marmol has been pulled from his ninth inning role after his first blown save of the year last night in Atlanta. Kyuji Fujikawa will replace Marmol as the Cubs’ fireman, according to reports.
Marmol is actually reportedly taking the demotion well, stating “You can’t complain about it. They say it’s better for me and for the team. I’ll take it. I agree.”
Saying that this season has been a mess for Marmol might be an understatement. In three games this year, Marmol has closed out just one of them and completed 1 2/3 innings. He’s allowed five runs on six hits, along with two homers to go along with two walks and two strikeouts. He was pulled from the Cubs 3-1 Opening Day win against Pittsburgh in the ninth after hitting a batter, allowing a single, and walking a batter while getting just one out.
Fujikawa’s brief major league tenure was going fine until Saturday against Atlanta, when he allowed three runs on four…
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Kyuji Fujikawa to Replace Marmol As Cubs Closer
Posted on 07 April 2013.
Following Saturday’s meltdown the Chicago Cubs have removed Carlos Marmol from the closers role. Marmol blew a save after allowing two solo home runs in the inning.
Marmol will be replaced by 32-year-old Kyuji Fujikawa according to Chicago Tribune writer Paul Sullivan.
Entering the eighth inning the Cubs held a 5-1 lead over the Braves. Fujikawa pitched the eighth inning for the Cubs but walked a batter and gave up four hits allowing the Braves to cut the lead to one. An inning later Marmol allowed solo home runs to B.J. and Justin Upton.
Marmol struggled in each of his three outings this season. In 1 2/3 innings Marmol had allowed five earned runs.
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Braves Win: Upton Brothers Homer in Ninth
Posted on 07 April 2013.
The Atlanta Braves trailed the Chicago Cubs 5-1 entering the eighth inning of Saturday’s game. After scratching across three runs against Cubs reliever Kyuji Fujikawa in the eighth they unloaded on Carlos Marmol in the ninth.
B.J. Upton hit a game tying home run, moments later his younger brother hit his second home run of the night giving the Braves a thrilling 6-5 win.
Braves starter Julio Teheran lasted only five innings in his season debut, allowing five runs.
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Fan Walks Away with Kelly Shoppach’s Bat (Video)
Posted on 31 March 2013.
Seattle Mariners catcher Kelly Shoppach lost his bat during a swing and a miss in Friday’s spring training game against the Chicago Cubs, sending his bat flying into the crowd where a fan picked up the bat in the aisle…and walked away with it.
The Mariners probably would have tried to make an effort to get Shoppach’s bat back, but the fan never stopped walking, so they never had the chance.
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