The
Cubs are dwindling right now and it's do or die time. 6 games back at the moment and the playoffs seems like a closed door. The problem here is that the cubs are full of underachievers. On paper...we have a championship club, but the stats tell us another story. Bradley,Gregg, Marmol, and Soriano are to blame for the disappointing season. Not to mention the DL stints of Zambrano, Dempster, Lilly, Ramirez, and others. This is looking like the NY
Mets of the central. We have one last chance to make a splash to upgrade this team. I feel we're set in the infield and I dont see any deals working out. As for the outfield...they are struggling offensively and I don't see that changing. We have a chance to pick up
Heath Bell right now and designate Gregg for assignment. Bell cleared waivers and he's ours for the taking if St. Louis doesn't jump on him first. We can also try prying a reliever from Oakland such as Ziegler. No matter how you play the lineup our bullpen just can't hold leads. I said it before and i'll say it again, re-sign
Rich Harden and bring him in to be our closer. His main problem is his fatigue and walks in later innings. We all know he has a wicked fastball and a great complementary changeup. This way we can put out a Z, Lilly, Dempster, Wells, Marshall rotation for next year and try to light a fire under Bradley and Soriano. We need to stick it out with Lou one more year and focus on improving the bullpen. Nuff said.
