Derwood

I would pretty much demand a trade at this point if I were Murton

so you're saying that GoCubsGo! is really Jay Mariotti? /sorry, couldn't resist

he has a turd name, that's for sure

it's 1948 day. i'm dressed to the nines in my wool suit. the Haberdasher says it's really the bee's knees.

he's at the haberdasher, getting gussied up for 1948 day

this never would have happened if he weren't leading off

rotoworld confirms TT's plan

the Cubs went 9-5 while scoring 7.2 runs/game last time Soriano was out. I think sticking Murton/Hauffpauir in LF and moving Kosuke up in the order will be just fine

we don't need a 2B, we need an OF. Moving our really good 2B to LF to accommodate a less good 2B isn't solving much

You've got it backwards. Keep Wood healthy in the pen, move Marmol to the rotation. i think either way, it works. one of them will have to be in the rotation, because they both can't close. at least, so says conventional wisdom. or one gets moved. It's the Wetteland/Rivera or Wagner/Dotel/Lidge situation

nah, free Matt Murton

Dunn lefty power LF do it

Kosuke needs a friend. go trade for Ichiro or something

get on the phone, Jim

says who? Derwood? someone had to

What's your thinking for that? The Phillies can hammer the ball, but they pretty much have one starter. And so do we. Z is a stud, but outside of that Hill has been shaky, Dempster is pitching way above his head, gallagher is doing decent but nobody is expecting him to be a top notch starter his first year and then there's marquis... Fact of the matter is though Dempster could be a an All-Star. He won't keep it up but right now that is what he is pitching like. And like someone else said when he falls Lilly either before or some point after will rise. Demp will likely go from his 2.7 now to pitching 4 in the second half and Lilly is at like 5.3 right now and should be more like 3.7 like least year. That's more of an improvement than Demp's drop. Now those are just my random numbers but I would say it will turn out pretty close to those. we're actually enjoying the best case scenario, with Dempster holding strong and Lilly improving: RYAN DEMPSTER I Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP +-+------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+ April/March 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 37 3.16 22 15 13 2 19 0 22 1 May 6 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 38.1 2.35 29 15 10 4 14 0 41 2 June 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 5.06 5 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 TED LILLY I Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP +-+------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+ April/March 6 6 0 1 4 0 0 0 30.2 6.46 33 22 22 4 13 0 25 1 May 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 34.1 4.72 37 21 18 8 8 0 36 1 June 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 3.21 11 5 5 2 5 0 16 0

says who? how many starting pitchers get by with 2 pitches?

Look at his minor league success. He was very, very, very good as a starter. sure, so was Pie. just saying that he's probably the best reliever in the game right now. no reason to rock that boat

i still don't buy marmol in the rotation. his effectiveness in the pen is his ability to just let it fly for an inning. if he has to pace himself, his stuff isn't nearly as electric, and two pitches won't get him through a batting order 3 times

I don't miss Ward at all and don't really care when he comes back. the team hasn't suffered a moment without him.

sham or not, i can't believe this is his 11th year in the league. Damn I'm old

I concur. We've had one day game in the last 9 or 10 days, and it was a blacked-out FOX game on Saturday (which we lost).

the name didn't give it away? i knew the second i first saw his name. then again, my dad was born in The Netherlands, so i've seen Dutch stuff all my life

Great win, terrible song

No when you move the DH to the field you can't make someone else the DH. huh. what if the DH gets hurt? can someone off your bench become the DH?