Yet another Cubs pitcher hurt
Chicago Cubs closer Joe Borowski will be out three to four weeks after suffering a hairline crack in his right wrist while fielding a comebacker Monday, The Chicago Tribune reported.
Borowski, who missed the final four months of the 2004 season, won't likely see big league action until mid-May.
With Borowski down, LaTroy Hawkins, who blew nine of 34 save opportunities last year, will be the top candidate to fill in. There's also an outside chance non-roster invitee Chad Fox could fill the spot.
The Cubs did get good news on another pitching front. Right-hander Kerry Wood could take the mound Thursday or Friday, Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild told the Chicago Sun-Times.
With a positive outing, Wood would make another start next week and be prepared to start in the first week of the season.
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I thought the team was counting on Dempster. ;)
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!#$!@%#^$^#$@ fantasy team...
Cubs pitching staff is a mess.
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well at least espn finnaly has another pitching staff to rip on.
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Billy Koch would look good in a Cubbie uni.
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They are counting on Dempster -- in the rotation.
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They are counting on Dempster -- in the rotation.
Good luck with that one.
First they were counting on him to close and how they are counting on him in the rotation?
This could turn into a long year for the Cubbies.
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Hey we could help the cubs out. We got a guy named Acevedo we could send them.
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Does anybody got John Reidlings phone#
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Does anybody got John Reidlings phone#
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PITCHERS W- L ERA BA G GS CG GF SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Riedling 0- 1 10.80 .385 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 4 4 0 6 2
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Something has really happened to Riedling since his strong start last year. I know he lost his dad, which must have really hurt a lot, but he started to slip even before that. (Maybe when his dad got sick to begin with?)
6 BB and 2 K's in 3.1 IP says it all. Ouch.
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Is it just me but the Cubs are looking more and more like a 90 loss team for 2005.
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Something has really happened to Riedling since his strong start last year. I know he lost his dad, which must have really hurt a lot, but he started to slip even before that. (Maybe when his dad got sick to begin with?)
6 BB and 2 K's in 3.1 IP says it all. Ouch.
The guy had control problems his whole career, 3.74 BB/9 was his best year ever.. for his career it has been 4.43 BB/9.
Bruce Berenyi's was 4.89
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Billy Koch would look good in a Cubbie uni.
I was thinking that Danny Graves might look good in a Cubs uni. :mhcky21:
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The guy had control problems his whole career, 3.74 BB/9 was his best year ever.. for his career it has been 4.43 BB/9.
Bruce Berenyi's was 4.89
Yeah, I know he's always had control issues, but they've been getting worse lately.
I liked him better before we tried to make him a starter. He seemed to get worse after that awful idea. I know he has major control issues as a starter.