Cubs pen looking tough???
Marmol's been great all year and Howry and Eyre have been quite good of late. Howry's ERA is under 2 his last 25 outings and Eyre's allowed 2 runs his last 21 innings..
Dempster's been shaky, but he's still only blown 3 or 4 saves, and Wood is showing signs here and there..
With more rest days in the playoffs, Cubs pitching could really shutdown some teams, since they'll be able to use Marmol & Howry in more games..
Any opinions?
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Sure, pen is a plus....
I think all the playoff teams have decent bullpens to better than decent, with Cubs in above avg. category....Yankees and Boston actually a little shaky here, as is Clev.
Problem is for Cubs many of their starters incl. Z. and Marquis tend to get in early trouble.
by writerinwrigley on Sep 21, 2007 8:30 PM CDT reply actions
Z will be ok
I think it's really good to see Howry and Eyre pitching very well.. Lou will be able to go to his pen earlier in the playoffs.
Strong bullpens
Carlos Marmol
SV: 1
playoff roster
lilly(do you pitch him number 1 so hegets 2 starts or Z)?
marquis
hill
hart
wood
ohman
eyre
howry
marmol
demp
i like our bullpin as long as we stay away from the "oh-man" factor.
position player wise i think we can compete with every team in the NL. i like our chances if we get in.
Hart...
I have been told to expect Cubs going with 10
The relievers are Dempster, Howry, Marmol, Eyre, Wuertz for certain. The decision is Ohman or Wood. Some of the decision might be on whom the Cubs eventually match up and which playoff schedule, if series one; Cubs could go with Wood and use Hill as a lefty out of the pen since they will only need 3 starters, of series two they probably will go with Ohman having two lefties. Either way Lou will probably settle on who has the hot hand.
More importantly 15 position players leave a decision between Blanco as a 3rd catcher allowing Lou to play two catchers during the game and having Cedeno as a true utility infielder. BTW Cedeno has performed with 3 RBI hits in his last three appearances. Remember the HOT HAND.

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