AWWW CRAP!!! CUBS MLB: THE SHOW 2011

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LEAGUE LEADERS
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AVG
NL-ADR GONZALEZ FLA .331
AL-T SNIDER TB .328

HR
NL-ADR GONZALEZ FLA 49
AL-P ALVAREZ OAK 52

RBI
NL-ADR GONZALEZ FLA 156
AL-P ALVAREZ OAK 136

AWARDS
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MVP
NL-ADR GONZALEZ 1B FLA .331 49 156
AL-PEDRO ALVAREZ 3B OAK .303 52 136

CY
NL-JAKE ARIETTA CUBS 20-6 2.84
AL-WADE DAVIS DET 19-7 3.41

ROY
NL-ADRIAN VELAZQUEZ RF CUBS .306 28 75
AL-KEVIN HARRINGTON CF SEA .293 20 72

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PLAYOFF STATS
PLAYER AVG R HR RBI SB
IRVING .375 3 3 10 0
DORWIN .340 7 2 8 0
VOTTO .339 15 6 10 1
ZERBE .318 3 0 7 2
VELAZQUEZ .309 9 3 10 3
SALDANA .288 6 1 3 0
RAMIREZ .288 14 5 7 1
SPANOS .286 3 1 3 1
ALANIZ .241 6 3 13 3
HERRERA .163 6 3 7 0
GUZMAN .077 0 0 0 0
WARD .000 1 0 0 0
TEAM .279 81 28 81 12

SP
PLAYER W-L ERA QS-QS
ARRIETA 3-2 2.89 7-4
SHIELDS 0-2 9.35 4-0
HARDEN 2-0 1.23 4-2
YOUNG 0-0 10.80 1-0

RP
PLAYER GP W-L ERA SV BSV HLD
KUO 9 2-0 1.00 0 0 2
RICHARD 9 1-2 2.33 0 0 4
BRAY 7 1-0 3.00 0 0 3
CAPPS 6 0-0 0.00 0 1 2
URBAN 6 0-1 2.57 0 0 1
CHAMBERLAIN 6 0-0 0.00 0 0 1
ROMO 5 0-0 4.50 4 1 0
PORCELLO 2 0-0 13.50 0 0 0
TEAM 16 9-7 3.48 4 2 13


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2016 SEASON UPDATE
THROUGH APRIL 28


STANDINGS
NL CENTRAL
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HOU 16-9 ---
PIT 16-9 ---
MIL 13-11 2.5
STL 11-14 5
CUBS 9-15 6.5
CIN 9-15 6.5

TRANSACTIONS
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4-29
ACQ CP JONNY VENTERS AND SP B DUENSING FROM DET FOR RP J CHAMBERLAIN, SP R SCOTT AND RP S ROMO

OPT UTIL J INGLETT
REC SS S HERRERA
OPT CF A UNGER
REC C M PALMEIRO

4-28
ACQ 1B BILLY BUTLER AND CF EDGAR AYBAR FROM NYY FOR 1B PRINCE FIELDER AND C SCOTTIE SALDANA

4-27
REC C O GUZMAN
OPT C M PALMEIRO
REC CF A UNGER
OPT CF A CONNER

4-20
ACQ 1B P FIELDER, 2B W MAGRUDER AND RP J BLEVINS FROM SEA FOR 1B J VOTTO AND 2B W JACOBSON

REC RP E CHAVEZ
OPT SP C SADLER AND SS J SPANOS
REC UT J INGLETT

4-18
OPT C D ROSS

4-16
ACQ SP J SANTANA, RP J BENOIT AND OF C SANTANA FROM COL FOR C A MOORE, 3B F DE LA CRUZ AND RF R WILLIAMS

REC SP C SADLER
OPT SP R SCOTT AND OF T BORBON

4-15
ACQ 3B G SIERRA, 2B W JACOBSON AND C M PALMEIRO FROM TOR FOR 2B B ALANIZ, 3B S CABRERA AND CT J ZERBE

4-3
ACQ 1B MAXWELL BAUTISTA AND SP J BARGER FROM SEA FOR 1B E AGUILAR AND SP S MITRE

ROSTER
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# PLAYER POS AGE CONTRACT SALARY
8 OSCAR GUZMAN C 29 3/3 177K
27 MIKE PALMEIRO C 29 3/3 312K

7 BILLY BUTLER 1B 29 2/6 8.4M
48 G IRVING 1B-LF 25 1/3 886K

43 CARLOS RAMIREZ 2B-RF 29 3/3 285K
25 W MAGRUDER 2B 18 1/2 415K

0 GONZALO SIERRA 3B 30 1/5 3.1M

4 ALEXI PRADO SS 23 1/3 703K
44 S HERRERA SS 20 1/4 952K
52 J SPANOS SS 28 1/5 50K

25 EDGAR AYBAR CF 29 1/1 518K
31 RYAN SINCLAIR CF 28 2/4 965K
2 AARON CONGER CF 23 1/1 416K
24 AVERY UNGER CF 27 1/2 340K
51 PATRICK TOIVONEN CF 23 2/2 35K

21 ADRIAN VELAZQUEZ RF 29 3/3 277K
35 CLEMENTE SANTANA RF 28 1/1 285K





THURSDAY, APRIL 30 PAGE C1

TRADING TO PERFECTION
JONES CONTINUES DEALING

BY DAVE ROLLER

SPORTSWRITER

CHICAGO EXAMINER



CHICAGO - TAX DAY HAS COME AND GONE - AND THE BLITZ OF CUB TRADES STARTING APRIL 15 MAY FINALLY HAVE SLOWED - MAYBE EVEN STOPPED.

"BUT THAT'S NOT LIKELY," SAYS CARDINAL GM SETH PRYOR. "ALTHOUGH I DO THINK THE CUBS HAVE COLLECTED THE CORE OF PLAYERS THEY'LL RELY THIS SEASON."

OR MAYBE JUST THIS WEEK, IF MANAGER JENSEN JONES CHANGES HIS MIND ABOUT A RECENT ACQUISITION, AS HE'S DONE A TIME OR TWO. PRINCE FIELDER'S STAY WAS JUST OVER A WEEK.

"MY JOB - IF I WANT TO KEEP IT - IS TO WIN," SAYS JONES, WHO TOOK CHICAGO TO THE WORLD SERIES LAST SEASON IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS A MANAGER. "MY STRENGTHS ARE SCOUTING AND PROJECTING (STATISTICS). I WANT MY GUYS SO I CAN BEST MANAGE THE GAME."

PITTSBURGH GM KIRK GIBSON SAYS JONES ISN'T FINISHED AND TRIED TO PRY MIGUEL CABRERA AWAY FROM HIS CLUB RECENTLY.

"THE THING ABOUT JENSEN IS HE IS ALWAYS OFFERING FAIR DEALS. HE MAKES YOU AT LEAST PAUSE WHEN YOU SEE HIS TEXT, EVEN WHEN A GUY LIKE MIGGY IS INVOLVED," SAID GIBSON. "PLUS, HE'S ALWAYS THINKING A TRADE OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD."

EVERY MOVE JENSEN MAKES IS ANALYZED THROUGHOUT THE BASEBALL COMMUNITY, SAYS REDS SCOUT LYLE STOOKSBURY. "JENSEN HAS A VERY SPECIFIC VISION HE ADHERES TO. YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THAT."

JONES KNOWS HE'S UNDER SCRUTINY FROM A COUPLE MORE POWERFUL GROUPS, LOCAL MEDIA AND FANS.

"HEY, I WEATHERED A LOAD OF CRAP" LAST SEASON, JONES SAYS. "AND WE WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES."

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2016 SEASON UPDATE
THROUGH MAY 7


STANDINGS
NL CENTRAL
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HOU 24-15 ---
PIT 23-17 1.5
MIL 21-18 3
CUBS 18-22 6.5
STL 15-26 10
CIN 14-25 10

TRANSACTIONS
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5-14
REC C B RASMUSSEN

5-13
ACQ CF AN CXDRES TAVERAS FROM KC FOR C DAVID ROSS

5-11
ACQ 2B-F J REDMOND, 3B B CLAYTON AND 2B J COLEMAN FROM CIN FOR RPs L URIATE AND KELLY ALDRICH AND OF R SINCLAIR.

5-9
OPT C O GUZMAN AND 2B W MAGRUDER
REC C D ROSS AND SS J SPANOS

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2016 UPDATE

THRU JUNE 15

STANDINGS
NL CENTRAL
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HOU 42-28 ---
MIL 39-31 3
PIT 39-32 3.5
CUBS 32-37 9.5
STL 27-44 15.5
CIN 26-44 16

ERA-3.96
AVG-.244

TRANSACTIONS
-------------------------

6-16
ACQ RP DOMENIC IVY AND CF BLAKE KIMBALL FROM ARIZ FOR SP CHARLIE MORTON AND CF PATRICK TOIVONEN

6-13
ACQ CF JORDAN BALDWIN AND SP ADRIAN PALACIOS FOR SP B DUENSING AND
LF GENERO MENDOZA

6-12
ACQ RP MARIO RODRIGUEZ AND RP DARRYL FALVEY FROM TEX FOR SS RAMIRO PENA AND RP J BLEVINS

ACQ RP DALTON BELLE AND LF ISRAEL ALAFONZO FROM AOK FOR RF CLEMENTE SANTANA

ACQ SPs N SNEED, R CHAVEZ AND M AVILES FROM NYY FOR SPs J DE LA ROSA, W FRANCO AND J SHIELDS

ACQ C PABLO ROSADO AND SS THOMAS KRUGER FROM SEA FOR 2B JASON REDMOND AND C ANGEL CORTEZ

ACQ 1B HAL MUNOZ, SP C. WILSON AND SP C MORTON FROM LAA FOR 1B P FIELDER AND SPs D SORVALA AND I QUINTERO

CLAIMED RF KEN KENDRICK OFF WAIVERS FROM NYM

6-10
ACQ LF ALFONZO VARELA AND RP M KOHN FROM ARIZ FOR RP M CAPPS AND LF DENNIS JACKSON

6-2
ACQ 3B IAN STEWART FROM MIL FOR 3B BRENT MOREL

5-29 ACQ C JAMES HARDWICK FROM DET FOR C BRYAN WARD AND 1B MAXWELL BAUATISTA

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THRU JULY 10, 2016

NL CENTRAL
PIT 54-39 ----
HOU 51-41 2.5
MIL 50-42 3.5
CUBS 42-50 11.5
STL 37-55 16.5
CIN 37-55 16.5

TRANSACTIONS
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7-10
ACQ C S SALDANA FROM NYY FOR CF ANDRES TAVERAS

7-8
ACQ CP GLENN GONZALEZ AND CF GEORGE UNDERWOOD FROM CWS FOR CP JONNY VENTERS AND RF-IF CARLOS RAMIREZ

7-5
ACQ C MARCEL CAREY AND LF HEYWOOD MORTON FROM SF FOR 3B BLAINE CLAYTON AND LF ISRAEL ALFONZO

ACQ C ETHAN FOSS AND RP MIKE McCLENDON FROM SF FOR C MIKE PALMEIRO AND RP BILL BRAY

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2016 UPDATE

AAA
THE IOWA CUBS FINISHED IN THE BASEMENT OF THEIR DIVISION AT 62-82.

FINAL STATS (THOSE NOT ON 40-MAN ROSTER)

PLAYER G AVG HR RBI SB
B MANUEL 105 .288 4 44 20
J INGLETT 102 .247 4 41 14
T BORBON 66 .336 15 42 5
K DOYLE 52 .262 0 27 6
M GREER 50 .278 2 21 9
C MORENO 31 .333 2 16 1
J OJEDA 20 .288 0 7 0
W CHURCH 16 .267 3 11 0


PLAYER W-L ERA GS-QS
M ESTRADA 13-7 3.91 28-16
S JONES 9-7 3.31 22-10
M AVILES 9-8 3.31 16-9

AA
WITH FIVE GAMES REMAINING IN THE SEASON, THE SMOKIES WERE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE'S NORTH DIVISION.

AN INTENSE BATTLE BETWEEN TENNESSEE AND BIRMINGHAM, IN THE HUNT FOR THE SECOND-HALF TITLE IN THE SL SOUTH DIVISION.

THE FIRST FOUR GAMES SAW SCORES OF 6-5, 7-6, 2-1 AND 6-5. UNFORTUNATELY, TENNESSEE CAME UP ON THE SHORT END OF EACH OF THOSE GAMES, AND MISSED THE PLAYOFFS WHILE THE BARONS CAPTURED THEIR TITLE

FINAL STATS (THOSE NOT ON 40-MAN ROSTER)
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PLAYER G AVG HR RBI SB
M LANG 118 .292 7 55 7
J LIMA 111 .315 9 59 8
D SANDS 100 .257 5 46 1
D LAWLER 97 .276 1 39 0
R ANGEL 85 .298 0 34 1
H VARELA 67 .287 7 34 1
J PONDER 60 .332 2 26 0
D MALASKA 59 .289 2 28 5
R KILGORE 50 .266 9 29 0
J CUMMINGS 46 .345 3 28 2
A TREJO 45 .252 4 16 3


PLAYER W-L ERA GQ-QS
A BAIK 11-7 3.66 26-12
B SORIANO 7-10 4.73 23-11
J ANDERSON 9-2 4.12 18-9
B LAYFIELD 2-7 5.10 15-6