Weather Permitting

Update #2 - Line-Ups
Press Pass didn't have bullpen info for the Angels' split squad in Mesa.
Line-ups from MLB.com

Pie returns, Fukudome rests, Fontenot at short

Willits (cf)
Aybar, E (ss)
Anderson (lf)
Morales (1b)
Mathis (c)
Haynes (rf)
Wood (3b)
Rodriguez, S (2b)
Green (p)

Patterson (2b)
Soriano (lf)
Lee (1b)
Ramirez (3b)
Hoffpauir (rf)
Fontenot (ss)
Pie (cf)
Blanco (c)
Zambrano (p)

Update #1 - Cubs Relievers
Z looks to be scheduled for five innings - Press Pass lists the following four relievers for today's game:

Scott Eyre
Carlos Marmol
Kerry Wood
Michael Wuertz

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The game should go on as planned, but it might rain.

This just in, from Al Yellon, Weather Man

30% chance of rain here in the Valley

With John Lackey out for at least one month, a few Angels pitchers are scrambling to stake-out his rotation spot in the interim.

First call goes to middle reliever Dustin Moseley...Also in the mix, Reagins said, are right-handers Nick Adenhart, Nick Green and Kasey Olenberger.

Nick Green is going to work on his case today, against the Cubs. It is a long-shot

Green, 23, is 30-22 with a 3.92 ERA in 99 Minor League games, 74 as a starter. Adenhart, 21, is 28-15 in 64 Minor League starts with a 3.11 ERA. Both have pitched no higher than Double-A Arkansas and were expected to start the season in Salt Lake's rotation.

Green's MiLB stats, from First Inning

Year	Age	Level	Team	BB/PA	K/PA	BABIP	GB%	HR/Air
2005	20	A	Cedar Rapids	3.5%	18.4%	.302
2006	22	A+	Rancho Cucamonga	6.6%	19.9%	.342	42%	7%
2006	22	AA	Arkansas	4.5%	16.6%	.278	30%	9%
2007	23	AA	Arkansas	4.4%	14.8%	.266	39%	5%

Projections

-	era	ip	bb	k	hr
CAIRO	5.40	153	34	68	26
PECOTA	6.21	135.7	48	60	27
ZiPS	5.80	163	45	93	40

ZiPS has an interesting take, doesn't it? BTW, PECOTA's top comp for Green is Ryan Franklin.

The guy's not ready for the show, so the Cubs should wake-up their bats today.

Back later with line-ups and bullpens. Zambrano starts for the Cubs.