Let the circus begin...

[Yoda]

Been long overdue and finally Zambrano has issues with his arm. Cubs trainer says it's nothing. Zambrano says it's nothing. Dusty says it's nothing. Hendry says it's nothing.

One thing we know by now is that it's always something when a Cub's pitcher goes down with an injury. It normally takes about 1-2 months before they tell the truth. So that being said, what is the over/under for the number of starts Zambrano misses?

[The Punisher]

Lets say 5

[RynMan]

Im not real good at the over/under deal so im not gonna try!
But I have heard that the peak age for injury in pitchers is 24. Zambrano is 24 this year, as is Harden. So far looks pretty accurate.

[beltrans_boy]

Im not real good at the over/under deal so im not gonna try!
But I have heard that the peak age for injury in pitchers is 24. Zambrano is 24 this year, as is Harden. So far looks pretty accurate.

Prior is 24 this year.

[RynMan]

Im not real good at the over/under deal so im not gonna try!
But I have heard that the peak age for injury in pitchers is 24. Zambrano is 24 this year, as is Harden. So far looks pretty accurate.

Prior is 24 this year.

Yeah, well has has been injured this year so throw him into that mould.

Here's some other guys to look out for:

Oliver Perez
Rich Harden
Jake Peavy
Sergio Mitre
Jerome Williams
Chin-hui Tsao
Jimmy Gobble
Wil Ledezma
Jessie Crain
Jeff Francis
Jose Capellan
Ben Hendrickson
David Aardsma
Brad Halsey
Dan Meyer
Daniel Cabrera

Which of these guys have been on the DL this year or been injured?

[TB13]

I'm sure that the Dusty defenders will be out in full force on this one. Wood, Prior, Zam....all coincidence.

[KolbSaves]

I'll go under on that 5, but I'm sure it'll be close.

[yellowdog]

Is it coincindence that he comes up lame after throwing 136 pitches in his previous start? I don't think so.

[hybrid]

Here's some other guys to look out for:

Oliver Perez
Rich Harden
Jake Peavy
Sergio Mitre
Jerome Williams
Chin-hui Tsao
Jimmy Gobble
Wil Ledezma
Jessie Crain
Jeff Francis
Jose Capellan
Ben Hendrickson
David Aardsma
Brad Halsey
Dan Meyer
Daniel Cabrera

Which of these guys have been on the DL this year or been injured?

Well the pitchers in bold are either hurt or on the DL right now. Not to mention D. Bautista from KC is on the DL at age 24.

And on the over/under, I'm not sure. I'd say he either misses just 1/2 starts or he misses over a month, it's hard to tell with those Cubs.

[reznorsboy]

I can't stop thinking that one trade could have solved this. Imagine the Cubs bull-pen if they had of traded for Ugeth Urbina. THey would have had Latroy back at his natural set-up man position and Urbina Closing. So simple I don't see why it couldn't have happened.