Aardsma up, Ryu down

[Sammy Sofa]

That's what people are saying about Guzman...three years ago.

[Jehrico]

Williamson is sick and Dempster has left the team to be with his wife who is expecting.

 

Our bullpen is going to be spectacular the next few days.

 

I'm wondering if they're going to give Lightenberg a call up soon. If Aardsma doesn't cut it again, Lightenberg has been killing down in AAA. He's got a 1.04 ERA, but his WHIP is mediocre (I don't know how much of that was rust when he made his first couple of appearances) and his K/9 is less than inspiring. But, he's certainly been effective lately, and he's been used for more than 3 outs on a few occasions and hasn't looked worse for it. He's also not walking anyone (averaging a walk every 9 innings), which is a plus for our staff, as it seems 2/3s of our walks end up scoring.

[NCCubFan]

So far, so good with Aardsma this time.

[RockTheIvy]

Aardsma was hittin' 97 on the gun today. So we've got that going for us...

[Laura]

...which is nice.

[A New Era]

Rusch will be the 5th starter. There was a quote from dusty on Cubs.com under the Saturday game recap.

Yay!!! :roll:

 

:wall: :wall: :shrug: :shrug:

 

Dude struck out 5 guys for us last time. He obviously is back to his '04 all-star form. Gotta reward him for that.

[baseball7897]

Aardsma looked real good today. Got ahead of every single hitter he faced with his 98mph fastball. If he can locate that fastball like he did today I think the cubs have a really good set up man/closer in the future.

[CubfaninCA]

Aardsma looked real good today. Got ahead of every single hitter he faced with his 98mph fastball. If he can locate that fastball like he did today I think the cubs have a really good set up man/closer in the future.

 

unfortunately, rothschild will probably convince him that nibbling the plate is the way to go.

[Andy]

Nice to see that out of the Aardvark.

[soccer10k]

Aardsma looked real good today. Got ahead of every single hitter he faced with his 98mph fastball. If he can locate that fastball like he did today I think the cubs have a really good set up man/closer in the future.

 

That seems to be the key for Aardsma - throwing strikes. He has the ability to be a very successful pitcher at the major league level if he can throw the ball over the plate.

[CubinNY]

the cubs have to quit calling a guy up for a couple starts, then sending him back down after he fails. a guy who hasn't pitched much in the bigs is going to have some growing pains. if you send a guy out after three rough starts and bring up another guy, the new guy will have the same growing pains. you just have to ride somebody out.

 

Exactly. Not to mention what it does for a player's development or lack there of.

[RockTheIvy]

...which is nice.

 

Excellent!

 

Gunganagunga.