The recent trend has the Cubs winning and Zambrano being the stud we can once again rely on for a solid start pretty much every time out. I was checking out other recent trends, however, and I found them pretty alarming to say the least. G IP ERA WHIP BB/9 OPSA
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Marshall 4 17.2 6.11 1.81 5.09 .928
Marquis 5 26.1 6.84 1.71 4.44 .930
Hill 4 17.2 8.66 1.81 3.06 1.025 (!!) In fairness to Marshall, in his four last starts, one was good, one was average, one was bad, and one was the 2-inning outing against Milwaukee, so sample size works against him here. The other two have been pretty reliably bad lately. I can't believe that the Cubs have the best record in baseball over this stretch while 3/5ths of their rotation is performing this way. Cubs need to make a move, wake these guys up, or watch the bullpen and offense come back down to earth just a little bit, causing the last 6 weeks to be this season's fluke rather than the first two months. Discuss.