Math supports Marmol - Chicago Cubs, Baseball

Friday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
A League of Her Own — ... "If he wants to do that, you can tell him that I welcome the challenge, It'd be fun, mano-a-mano, facing each other. We play them this year, right?" Yes, indeed. The Orioles come to Wrigley Field for interleague play June 24-26. "I welcome that any day of the week," Dempster said. "Hopefully I'll be scheduled to start." A helpful reporter even suggested the wind could be blowing out. "Perfect," Dempster said. "Well, he's going to need it." Marmol supported by mathematics? Does he have droves of mathlete ...

Coffee Is For Closers
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... Sounds reasonable to me. But in the Sun-Times, Gordon Wittenmyer says the math adds up to Marmol: Marmol is the best-equipped, most qualified candidate in camp not only to win the closer job, but also to be the kind of intimidating force that reduces the ...

Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Coffee is for Closers” Edition
Hire Jim Essian — ... until dinner tonight. There were a lot of articles about my closer this week. Some supported Howry. Some supported Wood. Some supported Marmol. Some had the stupidest opening line of a newspaper article I have ever read in my life. You know why I want so badly for Hendry to trade for Brian Roberts (who, by the way, should ...

Fantasy Baseball? Why Not?
Playing for Peanuts Blog — ... RP - Carlos Marmol - Great stuff, good team. He may not be the closer to start the year, but Bobby Howry is a good setup man and Kerry Wood can't stay healthy. I'm looking at 20 saves here. ...