Time to give Shark a shot in the Cubs rotation?

[Old Style]

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4527

 

What is there to lose at this point? I know some of you will say that he's already been given more than enough chances, but if he has made some changes that have worked at Iowa why not give him one more shot with the big league team? It's not like it's going to hurt us any if he sucks.

[NCCubFan]

Giving him another shot is a win-win. Either he shows he's learned something or else the Cubs get help in the Fecal League standings.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

Im in, if anything maybe 4-5 good starts would build trade value?

[Prizefight]

Im in, if anything maybe 4-5 good starts would build trade value?

 

4-5 good starts means he's on our starting staff next year I would think

[davearm2]

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4527

 

What is there to lose at this point? I know some of you will say that he's already been given more than enough chances, but if he has made some changes that have worked at Iowa why not give him one more shot with the big league team? It's not like it's going to hurt us any if he sucks.

I doubt Samardzija has just one more shot with the big league team. For better or worse, he's signed through next year.

 

I guess conceivably they could just let him rot in Iowa for all of 2011 but somehow that seems unlikely.

[sneakypower]

there's not any upside to it, other than increasing your draft position i guess – not anywhere he can fit himself in the rotation even if he surprises

 

his near-5.5 bb/9 is just a recipe for an overworked bullpen though

[wekim81]

he's been stronger of late. Time to see what he's got for real. Better than throwing that soft tossing scrub Casey coleman out there.

[Fro]

I'd probably wait until the rosters expand to bring him back up, but yes, it's worth a try.

[Guest]

Cashner would be a much better option.

 

Samardzija has a good ERA and K/9 but his walk rate is wretched. And that's at AAA.

[questionmarkgrace]

what if he comes up and is respectable? Can you depend on him next year based on the small sample size?

[davearm2]

what if he comes up and is respectable? Can you depend on him next year based on the small sample size?

No. Nothing Samardzija could do in the remaining small sample size would make me confident in him going into 2011.

[Rob]

what if he comes up and is respectable? Can you depend on him next year based on the small sample size?

 

Depend on him for what, exactly?

[Old Style]

Cashner would be a much better option.

based on what?

[Guest]

Cashner would be a much better option.

based on what?

 

The fact that he was incinerating AAA hitters before his promotion.

[Backtobanks]

Cashner would be a much better option.

based on what?

 

The fact that he was incinerating AAA hitters before his promotion.

 

If only we could convince the rest of the league to play AAA players like we are.

[SouthSideRyan]

Cashner would be a much better option.

based on what?

 

The fact that he was incinerating AAA hitters before his promotion.

 

If only we could convince the rest of the league to play AAA players like we are.

 

Ho-ho hehehe

[Pushfrog98]

Cashner would be a much better option.

based on what?

His straight as an arrow 99mph heater and his unhittable (read no where near the strike zone) off-speed pitches.

[SouthSideRyan]

Are people even thinking before they're posting about how Samardzija deserves the shot first because of his decent AAA #s while Cashner had phenomenal AAA #s? I mean seriously??

[Sammy Sofa]

Oh, good. The meatheads have already turned on Cashner. Welp, he's doomed.

[KingCubsFan]

Cashner would be a much better option.

based on what?

His straight as an arrow 99mph heater and his unhittable (read no where near the strike zone) off-speed pitches.

How is that worse than a straight as an arrow 95 mph heater with no off-speed pitches?

[haubrich91]

You gotta think Shark will get at least one start in September.

[javy knows my name]

DUDE. Not bad....

 

Edit: It appears he gave up a ton of baserunners, but he didn't get hit nearly as hard as I'm used to seeing. I'm gonna try to be positive about this one.

[Post Count Padder]

It was ugly, and he did it against a struggling lineup. Still, no reason to not give him another start at this point.

[17 Seconds]

4 walks and 1 strikeout, 11 baserunners in 5.2 IP

[treebird]

4 walks and 1 strikeout, 11 baserunners in 5.2 IP

 

yeah that's a bad start. it's nice that he didn't give up any runs, i guess, but we all know that's a terrible way to evaluate a pitcher.