05-18-2010, 10:12 AM
<!--quoteo(post=96686:date=May 18 2010, 09:00 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ May 18 2010, 09:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=96685:date=May 18 2010, 08:57 AM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ May 18 2010, 08:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->To be fair, Z was a mess in the rotation as well.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
One bad start. To be truly fair.
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His 3rd start was pretty bad too Rok. 3 ER in 5 innings, while giving up more than 2 baserunners an inning.
If the Cubs are simply stretching him out to get him back in the rotation, than I'm fine with the move, as Zambrano is not helping them in the 8th inning. If they are stretching him out to be a long reliever because they don't want him back in the rotation, then something is going on.
Regardless of how you guys feel about how Zambrano has been used, the fact remains, as a whole, he has been catastrophically bad this year. His ERA is over 7, and he has let up 53 base runners in 28 innings. Even if you can somehow convince me that a portion of that is due because his role has changed, you can't convince me ALL of it was because of them moving him around.
Maybe they are keeping him out of the rotation because he is pitching badly.
One bad start. To be truly fair.
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His 3rd start was pretty bad too Rok. 3 ER in 5 innings, while giving up more than 2 baserunners an inning.
If the Cubs are simply stretching him out to get him back in the rotation, than I'm fine with the move, as Zambrano is not helping them in the 8th inning. If they are stretching him out to be a long reliever because they don't want him back in the rotation, then something is going on.
Regardless of how you guys feel about how Zambrano has been used, the fact remains, as a whole, he has been catastrophically bad this year. His ERA is over 7, and he has let up 53 base runners in 28 innings. Even if you can somehow convince me that a portion of that is due because his role has changed, you can't convince me ALL of it was because of them moving him around.
Maybe they are keeping him out of the rotation because he is pitching badly.
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