Zambrano to get a relief appearance?

[Banedon]

''He's got till Friday,'' Piniella said of Zambrano's anticipated fitness for his next scheduled start, ''unless we put him in the bullpen for a couple of days. We might need him there in Cincinnati.''

 

Said Zambrano, when told of Piniella's comments: ''I'm not a reliever.''

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''He's got till Friday,'' Piniella said of Zambrano's anticipated fitness for his next scheduled start, ''unless we put him in the bullpen for a couple of days. We might need him there in Cincinnati.''

 

Said Zambrano, when told of Piniella's comments: ''I'm not a reliever.''

 

That's a recipe for disaster. Zambrano doesn't want to pitch in relief, Lou is tempted to pitch him in relief.

 

I can see the following scenario play out. Zambrano gets up to warm up, sits down because he doesn't need to enter the game, his back tightens up; and then he can't pitch on Friday.

[Little Slide Rooter]

''He's got till Friday,'' Piniella said of Zambrano's anticipated fitness for his next scheduled start, ''unless we put him in the bullpen for a couple of days. We might need him there in Cincinnati.''

 

Said Zambrano, when told of Piniella's comments: ''I'm not a reliever.''

 

That's a recipe for disaster. Zambrano doesn't want to pitch in relief, Lou is tempted to pitch him in relief.

 

I can see the following scenario play out. Zambrano gets up to warm up, sits down because he doesn't need to enter the game, his back tightens up; and then he can't pitch on Friday.

 

and then hes hit by a cab.

[soapy]

was this from a lou post-game conference? i gotta believe he's just talkin' out of his ass there and i can't imagine he's actually considering doing that. they'll still have 7 relievers after they (probably) send Samardzija down Tuesday.

[NCCubFan]

Maybe that's really Lou's way of challenging the rest of the relievers (I'm especially looking at you, Aaron Heilman and Kevin Gregg). I just don't see anything good coming out of using Zambrano as a reliever.

[Mark Priors Calves]

this is just senile lou and his typical post-game blathering.

[Cubs Fan In NY]

Wait, so he'd be in relief AND pitch his scheduled start? Unless it's the postseason why even risk something like that?

[Donbedouin]

Wait, so he'd be in relief AND pitch his scheduled start? Unless it's the postseason why even risk something like that?

 

Cause he wants to be like Dusty? That's how he ruined Aaron Harang

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Wait, so he'd be in relief AND pitch his scheduled start? Unless it's the postseason why even risk something like that?

he'd pitch in relief on his scheduled side session day

[Jehrico]

Something tells me Lou wasn't talking in English and his comments were misconstrued. He was talking in green font.