Alex Cintron was given his release and is no longer with the Cubs. Lou has decided to keep Ronny Cedeno and Mike Fontenot on the bench. The question now is what exactly will happen to Matt Murton.
"I don't know," Piniella said.
OK, can you speculate a little bit?
"If Matt's not here with us, I hope we can find a Major League job for him, because he's a good player, and he deserves that," Piniella said. "I'm sure that, if he's not going to be here, that Jim will try to accomodate [sic] him as much as possible."
I don't trust the live box scores, but looks like Matt pinch-hit and played the field and got a 2nd PA (drew a walk and scored).
With Scott Eyre headed for the DL, the LOOGY job is Sean Marshall's to lose. He'll make two appearances from the bullpen before Opening Day.
"If [Marshall] can do that, and we're comfortable he can do it, and he feels good about it, he'll come with us and be our left-hander out of the bullpen," Piniella said. "If not, we'll send him down for some work and bring [Carmen] Pignatiello with us."
I don't like this plan. I think Marshall, and the Cubs, are better served with him in Iowa staying stretched out as a starter. Pignatiello looks ready to my amateur eye. The depth Marshall can provide to our rotation has more value, to me, than he could in a limited relief role.
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