The Cubs have found the solution to their bullpen woes, and apparently that involves sending Neal Cotts to Iowa and cutting their collection of useless lefty relievers by a third.
When Will Ohman is your ‘best’ lefty, you’ve got problems. After allowing something like 27 runs in his last two outings, Cotts was handed a bus ticket to Des Moines and sent on his way.
Neal Cotts is on quite a career path right now. Going from vital World Series bullpen cog two years ago, to a guy buried in the pen last year, to being traded for Dave Aardsma, to being sent to Iowa. What’s next? Either being found in bed with a dead girl or a live boy, or being released and signed by the Cardinals.
Neal should be comforted by the fact that the only reason he’s alone on that bus is because Scott Eyre doesn’t have any options left.
The good news is that Cotts’ demotion means the return of Sean Marshall. Marshall showed promise last year. The bad news (these are the Cubs, and there’s always bad news) is that there’s a chance Marshall could start tomorrow night.
The Padres–the Cubs opponents the next three nights–hit lefty pitching to a tune of more than 100 points better than they do righty pitching. If Marshall starts tomorrow night, it means the Cubs will use Rich Hill, Marshall and Ted Lilly in the three games.
Only the Cubs could go 20 years without a lefty starter than use three of them when they shouldn’t.
When do I get to start?
Any chance I’m heading to San Dog just to get a tan?
I heard San Deigo’s nice this time of year. Can I pitch?
I’m feeling left(y) out.
than does NOT equal then
We’re watching you.
bofa dz nuts in yo mouf
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I believe that is supposed to be “Hey Grammar Police”
Please place both of these testicles in your mouth.
Where did u get this info? I looked on the Cubs official site and did not see it.
Check chicagosports.com ya dope.
I was just telling a friend yesterday that Will Ohman is lucky as hell for being in such a piss-poor bullpen – it reminds me of the old saying about being chased by a bear – “I don’t have to be faster than the bear, I just have to be faster than you.” Ohman doesn’t have to be good, he just has to be slightly less crappy than the rest of the female ogdens in the pen.
Couldn’t we just feed Scott Eyre to the bear?
I wish.
i can still pitch
You know you miss me.
I can always come out of retirement.
Seriously though.
I’m starting again, bitches.
Hey, I pitched well in San Diego last year and did my part to pull us out of that miserable 8 game slide.
Watch me do it again.