Not gonna make Brew Crew backers happy

Add comment September 25th, 2008

Lou Piniella is resting Soriano, Lee, Ramirez and Soto against the Mets tonight, giving Felix Pie a start in left field, Koyie Hill a shot behind the plate, and Micah Hoffpauir and Casey McGehee manning the corners.

But cheer up, Milwaukee, you’ll probably see these same lineups over the weekend.

Roster battles

1 comment September 25th, 2008

If it were up to me, and it ain’t, Felix Pie should beat out Micah Hoffpauir and Casey McGehee for the final position player spot. Edmonds and Johnson can use the rest late, and Hoffpauir remains unable to generate walks.

As for the 11 pitchers, figure the four starters (Dempster, Zambrano, Lilly, Harden, probably not in that order), Jason Marquis earning another spot on a postseason playoff roster in the bullpen, joined by Wood, Marmol, Cotts, Marshall and two of these three: Chad Gaudin, Bob Howry and Jeff Samardzija.

To be honest, I’d almost go with a 23-man roster, but the Cubs are allowed 25. The final three have each played themselves off the roster several times, but they remain the only viable candidates. Can’t throw away a vote on Ralph Nader here.