Wood is Out, Samardzija is Coming, and Marmol Continues to Court Trouble
A Hundred Next Years —
... Though Samardzija appeared to be a candidate to share in middle-inning relief duties while Wood was out and Carlos Marmol slipped into the closer's role, Gordon Wittenmyer writes in the Sun-Times that Samardzija might start one of this weekend's games against Florida, which would allow Lou Piniella to give Rich Harden an extra day's rest. As Wittenmyer points out, ...
Hand Off to the "Linkin' Logs" (7/25/08)
The Bad News Bloggers —
... even though he was placed on the DL on the 24th, which means Wood is eligible to return on the 29th, or next Tuesday... Apparently MLB is conducting a study of broken bats from last season and the current one. One average one bat is broken per game. Good ole Cholly Manuel has the best solution; "better bats." But really, he's more interested in quality handles, which have gotten much thinner over the years...there's a good place to start. We can only hope the Cubbies get into a brawl after calling up this prospect. 76ers add the ...
Top O' The Order: Here come the Irish at Wrigley Field
Big League Stew —
... could possibly make a start for the Cubs this weekend at Wrigley Field. 'Specially since I hold tickets to Saturday's affair. [Sun-Times] ...
Finally! - Cubs 6, Marlins 3
Bleed Cubbie Blue —
... And that brings me to the point of today's recap, because I'm sure none of you want to talk about anything except Marmol and today's expected recall of Jeff Samardzija (who, according to Gordon Wittenmyer, might even start this weekend, although I think it's more likely he winds up in the bullpen). ...
Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Marlins - 07/25/08
ChicagoCubsOnline.com —
... of four today against the Marlins behind Ryan Dempster . With Kerry Wood on the DL and Carlos Marmol's 38-pitch outing on Thursday night, it will be interesting to see how Lou Piniella utilizes his bullpen. Piniella has not stated who will be the closer this afternoon. The Cubs are expected to call-up Jeff Samardzija before today's game to take Wood's place on the active roster. Several reports mentioned the Shark would end up pitching out the bullpen over the weekend, but a report from the Sun-Times indicated Samardzija could make the start on Saturday and push ...
Friday Morning Odds And Ends, Few Odds And No Ends
GoatRiders of the Apocalypse —
The Cubs, apparently looking to fill Chicago’s hole at wide receiver, are calling up Jeff Samardzija. Kerry Wood is on the DL with – yeah – a blister. Apparently he could start Saturday. Which is… odd.
(By the way, impress your friends: it's pronounced suh-MARR-zhuh.)
Jim Edmonds, however, will stay off the DL – an MRI on his knee was negative.
Also, the Cubs don’t think they deserved their recent half-million fine from MLB regarding their conduct in the recent draft:
The Cubs plan to argue against an expected ...
Kerry Wood to the DL, Jeff Samardzija to Replace Him
FanHouse —
Filed under: Cubs, NL Central, MLB InjuriesThere are two related stories coming out of Cub-dom today involving two faces that are familiar to fans. Neither story is terribly surprising since they've both been hinted at during the week, but here they are anyways: Kerry Wood's blister is sending him to the disabled list and the Cubbies are calling up Jeff Samardzija to take his place on the roster and make a start on Saturday. First things first: there's still no reason to panic over Wood's injury. This move is retroactive to ...
