Wainwright has the potential to be a true staff ace. It'll be interesting to see how he does this year.
MLB: Wood is the Cubs' Closer
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Wainwright has the potential to be a true staff ace. It'll be interesting to see how he does this year.
Welcome to being a Cubs fan. We don't base our love/hate of players on overall performance-duh
I will say that I am the most optimistic of our rotation than I have for a few years. Could be because we finally shipped the oft-injured, oft-whiny Prior off.
CycloneErik
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Welcome to being a Cubs fan. We don't base our love/hate of players on overall performance-duh
I will say that I am the most optimistic of our rotation than I have for a few years. Could be because we finally shipped the oft-injured, oft-whiny Prior off.
That sure could help, couldn't it? :smile:
Ouch... I hadn't heard that yet... That sucks for the Brew crew. The Cubs are setup to easily win the NL Central. Anything less would be very disappointing.
Depends on which Chris Capuano you're talking about. The one who has lost 12 straight decisions while watching his ERA go up over 2 runs? Blessing in disguise.
I will stress Sample Size for this one. Only having a few innings in the spring, a lot of pitchers can look good. Example from my favorite team: last spring Ramon Ortiz had a fantastic spring; end result, he sucked and the Twins somehow managed to fleece Colorado of a live body to get him(Matt Macri, from Des Moines and I got his autograph in spring training)
Not this year at least. We just got back from a few spring training games including one in which the bully walked in two runs, one of which was because Marmol couldn't find the plate. Wood hasn't walked anybody this spring, is throwing mid/upper 90s and was averaging around a K/inning. It was no contest. Hopefully Marmol can learn a little bit from Wood and more comfortably slide into the closer spot.
Ill ptich for the Brewers, Lets see someone hit my 45MPH fastball, and I will only ask for 1/2 of the minimum salary
Hey at least he can hit. I told myself that for three years, but you won't believe how happy I was when the cards traded him.
dempster was as solid starter until he had tommy john surgery... he will be fine... big Z, lilly, hill will be monsters, and we have leiber to take over for marquis after he goes about 9-2 with a 2.50 ERA before the allstar break, then implodes after the break going like 3-7 with 5.50 ERA...
btw.. cards didnt trade him, cubs picked up in free agency for a deal like 4 yrs $40 mill or something like that
you wish you still had him...
demster and marquis are better than kyle loshe, braden looper, todd wellemeyer, joel pinero, matt clement, and brad thompson combined, and those are the guys trying to get the 3-5 spots in the cards rotation
CycloneErik
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The more I think about this move, the more I like it. It makes sense to me.
Wood and Marmol both have great stuff, and can be good closers. This could be like the Yankees when John Wetteland was their dominant closer, until Rivera was ready for the role. Now, you can shut down the 8th and 9th innings. As Kerry grows older, maybe he moves to middle relief or out, and a more mature Marmol moves right in to shut teams down.
Yes, I just compared the Cubs' situation to the old Yankees situation! :yes:
Wood and Marmol both have great stuff, and can be good closers. This could be like the Yankees when John Wetteland was their dominant closer, until Rivera was ready for the role. Now, you can shut down the 8th and 9th innings. As Kerry grows older, maybe he moves to middle relief or out, and a more mature Marmol moves right in to shut teams down.
Yes, I just compared the Cubs' situation to the old Yankees situation! :yes:
