Bye bye Michael Wuertz. Proof in the game today in the 4th inning.

The Cubs did get Rich Harden. I don’t know if the Cubs would have to release Wuertz or have the option to send him to Iowa. At any rate, he’s the guy I would choose to remove. The Cubs already have enough righties in the pen. I hope the Cubs can get another good healthy lefty reliever to go along with Cotts. Eyre does not appear to be that guy.

P.S., Aren’t you glad you didn’t have to give your left (well, you know) as part of the deal to get Harden?

There’s not much you can do with Wuertz; he’s been so good in the past that you can’t just give up and DFA him now.

Marshall can be optioned. Send him to AAA and keep him pitching every 5th day so you have a backup plan.

Wuertz or Gaudin.

Release Gaudin…he was the steal in the trade. He is 25, has good stuff. You guys want to crucify him for giving up a homerun on the day that the wind was blowing out and it was his first appearance at wrigley.

If Marshall is not going to start for the Big Club, send him to Iowa. His value to this team is starting not being a situational lefty in the bullpen. He does not have the stuff for that kind of role. Eyre will be back in a week anyway so Marshall would be going down then anyway.

Marquis is going to stay unless they can trade him…plain and simple. Deal with it. He will traded in the offseason for some broken maple bats and used cups..

Everyone…back away from the ledge. This was a slugfest today and we got outslugged.

Lou said it’s goofy to be hangin’ with 13 pitchers. But he also said that will probably continue to be the case until after the All Star break.

Certainly there has to be a market for Michael Wuertz. Surely we can get a used infield rake for him. Maybe even a rosin bag in near mint condition.

... my guess is that Lieber might get released.

Barring that, Wuertz, despite his poor day today, may have some trade value. We’ll see.

If we were done dealing. I still think we need to shore up the bull-pen.
and bring in another late inning guy. Maybe a lefty-latey

For whatever reason Michael Wuertz has lost his slider. That was his key pitch the past couple of seasons. I also happen to think that Wuertz isn’t one of Lou’s favorites.

I’d hate to see the Cubs get rid of Jon Lieber. While he hasn’t played much of a role in the bullpen of late (remember, he NEVER pitched in the pen before this season) he does have value as an insurance policy against one of the starters going down. I’ve always liked Lieber and his stuff. He’s a good fit for Wrigley Field too.

Would be to come up with a fake injury for him so you can send him the minors without putting him through waivers.

He’d have to be amicable to that however.