The Cubs named Travis Wood the fifth starter and sent Edwin Jackson to the bullpen today. They also managed to outright Britten to Iowa. Personally, I would have preferred seeing Jackson cut. He is pretty much useless in relief and his presence in the bullpen leaves the Cubs with only one left-handed reliever on call, Phil Coke. Personally, their best fifth starter is probably Wada, but he has been hurt.
Chris Coughlan seems to have developed a stiff neck, so his health will determine who among the four players left (Herrera, Szczur, and Sweeney are the others) will make the opening day roster. By my count, three of the four make the team. Herrera is the easiest cut, as he is not on the 40-man roster. Sweeney is the most useless of the four.
A lot of these moves are likely to be temporary. Bryant and Denorfia are almost certain to join the team in two weeks, as will Coughlan should he begin the season on the DL, so the likelihood is that two or three of these guys will be gone by mid-April. Of the guys on the bubble, Szczur looks like a keeper.
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