03-21-2009, 02:45 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Manager Lou Piniella said Harden could be switched with Sean Marshall in the rotation, meaning he would be skipped for his first start April 10 in Milwaukee.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Mitch Atkins, the AAA right-hander who filled in Friday for Harden, is in line to become essentially the sixth starter, coming in from Iowa to make a spot start when necessary, Piniella said. That assumes Jeff Samardzija starts the year in the Cubs' bullpen and not in the Iowa rotation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Mitch Atkins, the AAA right-hander who filled in Friday for Harden, is in line to become essentially the sixth starter, coming in from Iowa to make a spot start when necessary, Piniella said. That assumes Jeff Samardzija starts the year in the Cubs' bullpen and not in the Iowa rotation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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