Cubs: Yikes.

Yikes. The Cubs got shelled by the Brew Crew this past weekend with a pair of turd outings by Big Z and Rusch. Glendon Rusch is reportedly headed back to the bullpen and Rich Hill is set to be called up this week and is penciled in to start Thursday in Arizona. Let the deck chair rearrangement begin. With Hill, three of the five Cub starters are going to be rookies so it should make for some interesting times until Prior, Wood, and Miller make their returns.

Here is a crazy stat from The Cub Reporter about Rusch who notes:

Let me put this another way: At the end of play this weekend, Albert Pujols, on an amazing tear to start the season, is sporting a .346/.509/.914 line - just vicious stuff. The line allowed by Glendon Rusch in his first five starts has been .348/.438/.841, turning entire teams into vast armies of Pujolses.

I am not sure about releasing him yet but he definitely needs to be removed from the rotation and probably needs to take a start or two in AAA to try and work out these kinks and figure out how to not throw "go for" balls. Unfortunately the Cubs do not have that luxury since starters are not chewing up innings and we need arms in the bullpen.

Sean Marshall goes tonight (apparently I get tickets on nights that he pitches). Hopefully he can match his last start where he devastated the fish with a killer curve, Murton can stay hot (7-17 on this homestand) and the Cubbies can win one on my birthday.

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