The Cubs blew away the White Sox in Game 1 Monday night and were themselves blown away in Game 3 when they were shut out by the slumping Gavin Floyd. In between, they played a very nice game to defeat Jake Peavy 2-1 on Tuesday.
The Cubs may have obtained a keeper in Travis Wood, who came over from Cincinnati in the Sean Marshall trade. He has improved with each outing and he is young enough to have a higher ceiling than the rest of Theo's recent acquisitions. I wish I could say that Randy Wells has snapped out of his pitching funk, but he seems to have lost his command as well as his confidence. I suppose he is worth another spot start, especially in view of the alternative, the dreaded Chad Volstad.
I liked the new lineup, which basically consisted of moving LaHair up to third and also into right field, evidently in preparation for an immanent promotion of Anthony Rizzo. Some speculate he will be activated this weekend against the Diamondbacks. Despite the calculations that he would fall short of the roster time needed to advance his free agency any time he is brought up now, I rather think they are going to wait at least until the home stand, more or less because Dale Sveum is loathe to play left-handed hitters against left-handed pitching any time at all. The Diamondbacks are scheduled to start lefties Friday and Sunday. I expect they will sit Bryan LaHair for these games as well even though he deserves a chance to play every day. What have they got to lose.
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