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1/3 Reed Johnson contract done
The Cubs and Reed Johnson have agreed to terms on a one-year Major League contract, the team announced Tuesday. Johnson, 35, batted .309 with 22 doubles, five home runs, 33 runs scored and 28 RBIs in 111 games last season.
– Carrie Muskat
12/21 Reed Johnson returning
The Cubs have agreed to a one-year contract with free agent outfielder Reed Johnson, pending a physical. Johnson, 35, batted .309 in 111 games last season with the Cubs. He’s perfect extra outfielder, great guy in clubhouse and batted .305 vs. left-handed pitchers. FOX Sports reported the agreement; sources have confirmed the deal.
– Carrie Muskat
9/14 Cubs lineup
Reed Johnson is starting in right field Wednesday for the Cubs against the Reds and Johnny Cueto. Johnson is 5-for-13 against Cueto. Mike Quade’s other options have not had as many at-bats. Tyler Colvin is 2-for-6 against the Reds right-hander and Bryan LaHair is 1-for-3. Here’s the lineup:
Castro SS
Johnson RF
Ramirez 3B
Pena 1B
Soriano LF
Byrd CF
Barney 2B
Soto C
Coleman P
– Carrie Muskat
9/7 Cubs head to NYC
8/26 Cubs lineup
Reed Johnson and Jeff Baker, who are batting .355 and .340, respectively, against left-handers, are in the Cubs’ lineup Friday for the first game of a three-game set against the Brewers and southpaw Randy Wolf. Here’s the rest of the lineup:
SS Castro
2B Barney
3B Ramirez
1B Baker
C Soto
CF Byrd
LF Soriano
RF Johnson
P Lopez
– Carrie Muskat
8/23 Cubs lineup
Starlin Castro is back in the Cubs lineup Tuesday night and leading off against the Braves and lefty Mike Minor. Castro was benched on Monday for his defensive lapse on Sunday night. Mike Quade has inserted Reed Johnson and Jeff Baker vs. Minor. They’re hitting .370 and .351 against lefties, respectively. The Cubs as a team are batting .271 against left-handers, second highest in the NL. Here’s the lineup:
SS Castro
RF Johnson
3B Ramirez
2B Baker
1B Pena
CF Byrd
LF Soriano
C Soto
P Coleman
– Carrie Muskat
7/27 Extra bases
Kerry Wood was back with the team Wednesday, recovered from his bout with a virus, and available. The right-hander has not pitched since July 20. He posted a 1.38 ERA in his first 13 appearances and has a 4.91 ERA in his last 20. However, outfielder Reed Johnson was still bothered by his back, and not available Wednesday. He has not played since Saturday.
* Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Pena are both in a funk. Soriano did not start Wednesday. He’s batting .171 (12-for-70) in July after hitting .265 in June. He has one home run in his last 32 games — July 22.
“He hasn’t been able to be consistent,” Quade said of Soriano. “It’s been a tough run for him. We’ll give him a mental day off, or at least won’t start him, and give Blake [DeWitt] a needed game.”
Pena entered Wednesday’s game 0-for-15, and batting .219 overall.
“He goes through these things,” Quade said of his first baseman. “Hitters go through this a lot and I don’t think it’s unique to Carlos. Nobody works harder than him on his swing.”
* Quade is a proponent of instant replay or possibly challenge flags, like coaches use in the NFL, to get close calls like the one that ended the Pirates-Braves game correct.
“The question I had is if you went to a challenge flag system, would you still have the flag in your pocket in the 19th at 2 in the morning?” Quade said Wednesday about the 19-inning marathon game, which the Braves won on a controversial play at the plate.
Quade is an advocate of instant replay in football and would support something similar in baseball. That said, he doesn’t want 15 replays a night.
“[The umpires] don’t want to get those calls wrong,” he said. “They’re bearing down and these things are going to happen. If you have the ability to correct it, in some sort of form that doesn’t have us all here for five hours, maybe you look into that.”
* Edwin Jackson, whom the Cardinals acquired Wednesday in a three-team multi-player deal with the Blue Jays and White Sox, will open the Chicago-St. Louis series on Friday. Kyle Lohse will start Saturday. Jackson was the winning pitcher when the White Sox beat the Cubs, 6-4, on July 1 at Wrigley Field in an Interleague game. He gave up four runs on five hits over six innings, including a home run by Aramis Ramirez.
– Carrie Muskat
7/26 Extra bases
Kerry Wood did not make the trip to Miller Park but stayed in Chicago to deal with flu-like symptoms.Wood was too ill to get on the team bus for the start of the Cubs’ three-game series against the Brewers. Jeff Samardzija will likely fill Wood’s role as the right-handed set-up pitcher.
Catcher Koyie Hill, who had similar symptoms on Sunday, was back and healthy. However, the Cubs were without outfielder Reed Johnson, whose back was stiff and sore, which made him unavailable on Sunday.
“Right now, it’s OK,” Johnson said of his back. “I’ll probably give it a day or so and make sure it’s moving in the right direction and if not, then we’ll have to make a decision as to what to do with me. If things keep moving in the right direction then I won’t have to go on the [disabled list]. That’s always the goal.”
* GM Jim Hendry and his staff were in Chicago to monitor moves heading into Sunday’s Trade Deadline. Manager Mike Quade is staying focused on the current roster. The Cubs began play Tuesday 12 games back in the National League Central. That doesn’t deter Quade.
“Why not?” he said as the team began a 10-game trip against the Brewers, Cardinals and Pirates. “What if we win 10 out of 12 — who knows?
“It’s an interesting division,” Quade said. “What are there, 60 games left? Let’s go play ‘em and see. Daunting task, four clubs in front of you, not having played well, but why not?”
Does that mean Quade wants to the Cubs to be active and make some deals?
“That’s not my business,” he said. “My business is to see if we can beat [Chris] Narveson tonight.
“Time will take care of all the prognostications,” Quade said. “I’m not a lunatic. There’s a lot of work to do ahead of us but we’re playing the right clubs and let’s see if we can’t put something together.”
* Quade and several players took part in the 15th annual Ron Santo golf tournament on Monday to benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Quade didn’t golf but rode in a cart around the Kemper Lakes course with Santo’s wife, Vickie and “antagonized” the other golfers. Santo, the popular Cubs radio broadcaster and third baseman, died in December 2010. The Cubs will honor Santo when they unveil a statue of him at Wrigley Field on Aug. 10.
– Carrie Muskat
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