We should call up Ceda because Marmol is inconsistent ...

[Clem Fandango]

Dump Howry and put Ceda in his palce. Man , we would have even more heat in that pen

Gooz gets Howry's spot first.

 

Am I the only one who doesn't trust Guzman to be an effective reliever?

 

 

Do you trust him less than Howry?

 

I don't think anybody is investing anything into Guzman beyond hoping that he does prove to be an effective reliever over the next few weeks, because that would be a nice way to round out our bullpen and replace Howry. I don't think people necessarily believe he will, but I, for one, believe he can and hope he will...

 

I would rather have someone other than Howry, I'm just wondering if Guzman is the answer to bringing in an effective replacement. Do we not have other pitchers who would fit better than him? The guy's only pitched like 15 innings this year, but I continually see people on here hoping that they give Guzman a spot over anyone else that's available to call up. I'd rather get someone in there who has been pitching effectively all year as opposed to a guy who just started pitching again after being out for a year.

 

My dead grandfather could be more effective than Howry, that's not the point I'm getting at. I'm just wondering if there was another pitcher who would probably be a much wiser decision to call up

[David]

No, I don't think there's really anyone that stands out that you could expect to be better than Gooz.

[CubColtPacer]

Dump Howry and put Ceda in his palce. Man , we would have even more heat in that pen

Gooz gets Howry's spot first.

 

Am I the only one who doesn't trust Guzman to be an effective reliever?

 

 

Do you trust him less than Howry?

 

I don't think anybody is investing anything into Guzman beyond hoping that he does prove to be an effective reliever over the next few weeks, because that would be a nice way to round out our bullpen and replace Howry. I don't think people necessarily believe he will, but I, for one, believe he can and hope he will...

 

I would rather have someone other than Howry, I'm just wondering if Guzman is the answer to bringing in an effective replacement. Do we not have other pitchers who would fit better than him? The guy's only pitched like 15 innings this year, but I continually see people on here hoping that they give Guzman a spot over anyone else that's available to call up. I'd rather get someone in there who has been pitching effectively all year as opposed to a guy who just started pitching again after being out for a year.

 

My dead grandfather could be more effective than Howry, that's not the point I'm getting at. I'm just wondering if there was another pitcher who would probably be a much wiser decision to call up

 

He's only pitched 15 innings of recorded competition this year. The Cubs held him back quite a while in Mesa because they wanted to get him an extra option year. So he really could have come back earlier, but they had to wait a certain number of days until they began his rehab assignment because they couldn't bring him up until September 1st.

 

And if a reliever had been pitching effectively all year down at AAA, he already would have been up with the major league club. There's been plenty of opportunities, and in fact 3 members of the current bullpen started the year in AAA (Marshall, Cotts, Samardzija). Most of the people left down there are still down there because they have only been pitching ok. That isn't necessarily the case with Guzman.