If you were manager...

[Skyballer]

If you were manager of our Cubs and had comlete control of the Cubs organization(roster, including minors) in regards to callups, send down, release, DFA etc...

 

How woould you manage, stategy, playing time... so on and so forth

[inari]

If you were manager of our Cubs and had comlete control of the Cubs organization(roster, including minors) in regards to callups, send down, release, DFA etc...

 

How woould you manage, stategy, playing time... so on and so forth

 

C Geovany Soto

 

Everything else will fall into place.

[PackLandVA]

I'd imagine most on this board would fire Hendry ( I wouldn't).

[BigSlick]

Marquis and Jim Edmonds are immediately DFA'd

 

everything else is gravy

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Edmonds released, Pie called up to strict platoon with Reed Johnson.

 

The batting order looks like this:

 

Theriot

Fukudome

Lee

Ramirez

Soto

Soriano

Pie/Johnson

DeRosa

 

Mixing in Cedeno liberally, but otherwise changing little day to day.

 

Unfortunately, Hill isn't showing much in the minors and I'm forced to admit his problems are now legit. The rotation would now be:

 

Zambrano, Lilly, Dempster, Marshall, Gallagher. Move Marquis to long relief. Flog his arm as much as I feel like in any game that's out of control.

 

In the pen, I use Marmol only when the game is tied or the tying run is on base or at the plate, and in the eighth inning or later (I might push that down to the seventh if it's a really high-leverage situation and their best hitters are up).

 

Wood can stay the closer, but if Marmol is dealing and the lead is one run, he can stay in the game and finish.

 

All-in-all, not that many changes.

[NCCubFan]

I'd imagine most on this board would fire Hendry.

A couple years ago, yes. Now, I'm not so sure. He's redeemed himself.

[bring stone back]

Unfortunately, Hill isn't showing much in the minors and I'm forced to admit his problems are now legit.

 

You are just now seeing this? What took so long? I like Rich Hill but clearly he's had issues for a long while now.

 

Marmol is great, no question - but you give him that much pressure each time out? There are times when relievers have no room for error but to do it each time? A little much to ask. I say if the Cubs ever lead by 3 or more - then Marmol never should be considered unless a dire situation presents itself.

[CubbieBum]

The main things I would do is

 

get Marshall into the rotation. he has proven twice that he can be a pretty good #5 and yet every year get's screwed until we have to turn to him midway through the season.

 

Promote Pie and give him a month (unless he is really bad) of starting every game to see if he can find a rhythem. I think constantly not knowing if he will play of not affects a young hitter and he needs to know the manager has enough confidence to run him out there every day.

 

Lastly hire a pitching coach who is known for the curveball and control to one-on-one teach Hill for the next month. Hill can be a great three/four with Lilly like he was up until this year he just has to learn how to control his curveball. If after a month there isn't improvement then maybe he's a lost cause (he's not exactly young).