Cardenas Called Up?

[BeerHere]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-soriano-sits-tonight-against-braves-20120507,0,7317960.story

 

The Cubs will call up Adrian Cardenas from Triple-A Iowa as the extra infielder in place of Blake DeWitt, who was designated for assignment Sunday. Travis Wood is likely to be sent back to Iowa after his spot start.

[davell]

My guess is the only reason Wood was sent down is we want to give Volstad a few more starts before pulling the plug and sending him to the pen.

[El Duderino]

i'm not even sure volstad's leash is more than one start after wood's outing.

[XZero771679666304]

i'm not even sure volstad's leash is more than one start after wood's outing.

 

I don't see Volstad getting pulled from the rotation anytime real soon. Other than a handful of poor innings Volstad has looked pretty good, so it's not like there is no reason not to hope he'll get it together.

 

And Wood wasn't exactly mowing them down in Iowa, either.

[CubColtPacer]

i'm not even sure volstad's leash is more than one start after wood's outing.

 

I don't see Volstad getting pulled from the rotation anytime real soon. Other than a handful of poor innings Volstad has looked pretty good, so it's not like there is no reason not to hope he'll get it together.

 

And Wood wasn't exactly mowing them down in Iowa, either.

 

Unless they think Volstad has something mechanically wrong that makes him incapable of pitching out of the stretch, I agree they won't pull him anytime soon. The biggest reason his numbers are so bad is a 46.3% LOB rate, which is just ridiculous. Opponents are hitting just barely better than league average against him, the LD percentage he's allowing is fine, his HR rate is good, and the only other issue is that his K's are slightly down so far. Overall though, pretty solid and eventually he'll start getting out of these big innings.

[Little Slide Rooter]

My guess is the only reason Wood was sent down is we want to give Volstad a few more starts before pulling the plug and sending him to the pen.

 

His start was a one and done and they made that clear from the get go. He said it himself I believe. The only thing that would have kept him up was another SP needing to be DLd.

[toonsterwu]

I hope they give Cardenas enough AB's to get a gauge on whether or not he can be a starter at 2nd down the line. Barney shouldn't block him from getting a start here or there while he's up (not saying start Cardenas on a regular basis, just a start here or there), and Adrian can also get some time at 3rd, where, IIRC, he might be a better defensive fit, but lacks the pop.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I hope they give Cardenas enough AB's to get a gauge on whether or not he can be a starter at 2nd down the line. Barney shouldn't block him from getting a start here or there while he's up (not saying start Cardenas on a regular basis, just a start here or there), and Adrian can also get some time at 3rd, where, IIRC, he might be a better defensive fit, but lacks the pop.

 

As of now, Stewarts stock is slowly but surely on the rise whilest Darwin Barneys free falls. However, LaHair-Castro-Cardenas-Stewart could be historically bad.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I hope they give Cardenas enough AB's to get a gauge on whether or not he can be a starter at 2nd down the line. Barney shouldn't block him from getting a start here or there while he's up (not saying start Cardenas on a regular basis, just a start here or there), and Adrian can also get some time at 3rd, where, IIRC, he might be a better defensive fit, but lacks the pop.

 

As of now, Stewarts stock is slowly but surely on the rise whilest Darwin Barneys free falls. However, LaHair-Castro-Cardenas-Stewart could be historically bad.

[javy knows my name]

I hope they give Cardenas enough AB's to get a gauge on whether or not he can be a starter at 2nd down the line. Barney shouldn't block him from getting a start here or there while he's up (not saying start Cardenas on a regular basis, just a start here or there), and Adrian can also get some time at 3rd, where, IIRC, he might be a better defensive fit, but lacks the pop.

 

As of now, Stewarts stock is slowly but surely on the rise whilest Darwin Barneys free falls. However, LaHair-Castro-Cardenas-Stewart could be historically bad.

 

Dude, there are two above-average defenders out of those four.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I hope they give Cardenas enough AB's to get a gauge on whether or not he can be a starter at 2nd down the line. Barney shouldn't block him from getting a start here or there while he's up (not saying start Cardenas on a regular basis, just a start here or there), and Adrian can also get some time at 3rd, where, IIRC, he might be a better defensive fit, but lacks the pop.

 

As of now, Stewarts stock is slowly but surely on the rise whilest Darwin Barneys free falls. However, LaHair-Castro-Cardenas-Stewart could be historically bad.

 

Dude, there are two above-average defenders out of those four.

 

That's pretty generous. I see two average defenders there.

[XZero771679666304]

I hope they give Cardenas enough AB's to get a gauge on whether or not he can be a starter at 2nd down the line. Barney shouldn't block him from getting a start here or there while he's up (not saying start Cardenas on a regular basis, just a start here or there), and Adrian can also get some time at 3rd, where, IIRC, he might be a better defensive fit, but lacks the pop.

 

As of now, Stewarts stock is slowly but surely on the rise whilest Darwin Barneys free falls. However, LaHair-Castro-Cardenas-Stewart could be historically bad.

 

Dude, there are two above-average defenders out of those four.

 

That's pretty generous. I see two average defenders there.

 

Stewart and Barney are solid defenders, above average at least. Castro could be, but I'm not holding my breath as he's quite mediocre right now. LaHair is bad.

[Splendid Splinter]

I hope they give Cardenas enough AB's to get a gauge on whether or not he can be a starter at 2nd down the line. Barney shouldn't block him from getting a start here or there while he's up (not saying start Cardenas on a regular basis, just a start here or there), and Adrian can also get some time at 3rd, where, IIRC, he might be a better defensive fit, but lacks the pop.

 

As of now, Stewarts stock is slowly but surely on the rise whilest Darwin Barneys free falls. However, LaHair-Castro-Cardenas-Stewart could be historically bad.

 

Dude, there are two above-average defenders out of those four.

 

That's pretty generous. I see two average defenders there.

 

Weird... I see two above-average defenders there.

[A New Era]

I hope they give Cardenas enough AB's to get a gauge on whether or not he can be a starter at 2nd down the line. Barney shouldn't block him from getting a start here or there while he's up (not saying start Cardenas on a regular basis, just a start here or there), and Adrian can also get some time at 3rd, where, IIRC, he might be a better defensive fit, but lacks the pop.

 

As of now, Stewarts stock is slowly but surely on the rise whilest Darwin Barneys free falls. However, LaHair-Castro-Cardenas-Stewart could be historically bad.

 

Dude, there are two above-average defenders out of those four.

 

That's pretty generous. I see two average defenders there.

 

Weird... I see two above-average defenders there.

 

If I squint my eyes, I see three.

[Geech]

Really? When I squint my eyes I see two bears high-fiving.

 

Who do you guys consider above average in that group? Castro and Cardenas certainly do not enjoy that reputation.

[SouthSideRyan]

Castro and Stewart. I believe Cardenas has a fairly poor defensive reputation.

[A New Era]

I meant when I squint my eyes, I see the # three. Sorry wasn't related to baseball, I know.

[Old Style]

I meant when I squint my eyes, I see the # three. Sorry wasn't related to baseball, I know.

I thought the eye squinting was a Darwin Barney slam.

[Derwood]

I meant when I squint my eyes, I see the # three. Sorry wasn't related to baseball, I know.

I thought the eye squinting was a Darwin Barney slam.

 

One eye is squinty, the other is lazy