#5 ?

[stevethumb]

who will be the cubs #5 SP when prior and wood come back..is grusch more valuable in the pen ? what if jerome wiliams shines in his tuesday and sunday starts this week ? smitre a longshot ?

[reznorsboy]

Tough Question. Mitre has been pitching well, Williams pitched well in his Tuesday outing and Rusch is the only Lefty. I think the best option may be sending Rusch to the Pen as he he is the most versatile. I don't see any benefit to putting either of the other two in the bull-pen. I think Williams will prolly get sent back down to AAA.

[ironman]

I'm hoping that Williams has got his act together again. He pitched relatively well in SF last season and could be a solid #5 for Chicago. I agree that Rusch would be helpful in the bullpen and he's shown that moving from the pen to a spot start and back to the pen doesn't affect him too much. That can be tough on some of the younger pitchers.

[Steelers Rule]

it is williams

mitre, rusch and dempster in pen got to be better than what we had