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Usually when you drop your arm angle over a period of time it is mainly caused by fatigue. Lou has to be careful of Marmol. Like I have said before, Marmol is very prone to an arm injury. If Marmol contiunes to pitch through this fatigue (Mark Prior 2003), then I highly expect some kind of elbow injury in the near future.

This post means nothing because ERA and W/L are horrible stats in judging a pitcher.

Yeah, I was leaning more towards that besides him only having two pitches. He's got a lot of "violence" going on like the other Carlos, but that Carlos is a freak of nature health-wise. Z is 6-5, 255 and is as strong as an ox. Z also throws with a (relatively) conventional wind-up, especially when compared to Marmol. Marmol is comparatively a twig, and twigs snap easily. There is absolutely, positively no way that Marmol's elbow would hold up for 100 pitches every 5th day and 220 innings for a season. That really has nothing to do with pitching. Pitchers come in all shapes and sizes. If you think the reason why he would break down because of his size then thats not correct. Take a look at Juan Cruz, Ervin Santana, and Jack McDowell. Those pitchers could be described as "twigs", but their weight has nothing to do with them suffering an injury.

I highly doubt Marmol would be able to stay healthy if he was used as a starter. His mechanics can be described as "violent". A lot of stress is going on his elbow with the way he lifts that elbow above his shoulder, and with the way he falls off. IMO, Marmol is better off throwing limited pitches than throwing 85-100 each 5th day.

I am very concerned about Marmol.

John Lackey and Josh Beckett are in the running for that award as well.

Stay hot.

Sarcasm, right? not really. So you'd really let Zambrano walk any for nothing with a huge gaping hole to fill in your rotation? This rotation already has a question mark in it so why would you make that an even bigger area of concern? better than having a huge gaping hole in our rotation that costs 18 mil. How is Zambrano a "huge gaping hole" in the Cubs rotation? I would like to see the stats for this one.

Sarcasm, right? not really. So you'd really let Zambrano walk any for nothing with a huge gaping hole to fill in your rotation? This rotation already has a question mark in it so why would you make that an even bigger area of concern? It's simple. Let Z walk and sign Carlos Silva. It's that easy.

I will get right to it: Phil Dumatrait http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/images/2006/03/03/XWFCJg7Z.jpg 0-1, 7.71 ERA, 9.3 IP, 5 BB, 6 K, 2.14 WHIP vs: Ted Lilly http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/action/ph_150404.jpg 13-5, 3.51 ERA, 151.3 IP, 41 BB, 124 K, 1.13 WHIP In his two starts against the Reds: 1-1, 1.38 ERA, 13 IP, 2 BB, 19 K A victory over the Reds would be nice.

Good to see Ramirez back in the lineup.

It's not working. Looks like we'll need the commercial-grade image. Probably not working because while you may not like the wording of the original post, you can't argue the validity of the arguement no matter how many goofy pictures you put up. Yeah, we can. Everybody is arguing how valid your so-called "point" is. Marshall is still a fantastic fifth starter at this point. Potential playoff teams, their fifth starter, and his ERA: AL: Red Sox - Julian Tavarez, 5.20 Yankees - Hughes, 4.64 (was Igawa, 6.79) Indians - Aaron Laffey, 5.73 (Cliff Lee, 6.38) Tigers - Andrew Miller, 4.42 (DL) Angels - Bartolo Colon, 6.72 (DL) Mariners - (for both fourth and fifth starters, pick two of Jeff Weaver, 6.20; Horacio Ramirez, 7.12; Cha Seung Baek, 5.74; Ryan Feieraband, 8.47) NL: Mets - Mike Pelfrey, 5.92 Braves - Jo Jo Reyes, 8.72 Phillies - JD Durbin, 4.12 (just four starts) Brewers - Claudio Vargas, 4.97 Diamondbacks - Yusmeiro Petit (just removed for Kim, 4.93) Padres - Clay Hensley, 6.18 Rockies - Jason Hirsch, 4.81 Dodgers - Matt Tomko, 5.49 I tried to avoid injury cases as best I can and go with the guys who would be predicted to be the #5 starters near the beginning of the season, but in cases like Philly and Atlanta, injuries and trades have made it pretty hard to ignore all of them. Either way, Marshall and his 4.17 ERA more than stand out in the group. I'm tired of putting out the numbers now, so I'll come back with some Pie stuff later. I am anticipating some stats that will blow my mind. :wink:

And the Cubs pitching staff is not capable of holding runners at 1b. Not making excuses for Kendall, but it is very difficult to throw out runners when the pitcher does not use a slide step.

Still a very impressive accomplishment by Jenks.

3 out of 4 would be nice.

My team is just awful at hitting HR's.

Good start.

Considering Dopirak has already been at AA, your "prediction" would be pretty meaningless, now wouldn't it? Do you post just for the sake of posting most of the time, or do you ever have actual content to contribute? Just curious. " :lol: " You can kiss my ass too. (Ed Hansen). Think about it.

Considering Dopirak has already been at AA, your "prediction" would be pretty meaningless, now wouldn't it? Do you post just for the sake of posting most of the time, or do you ever have actual content to contribute? Just curious. " :lol: "

yeah i like EqA a lot, but the problem is that a lot of people don't understand it. I love that EqA.

better than the turds the cubs have had back there. I would hope so.

Barrett is really doing well in San Diego.

Not good news for Petrick. His fastball went from 96mph to 87mph in a week span.

Pretty much.

Offman is horrible. I believe he was taking off the baseball beat a couple of years ago for reporting things like that.