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Oddly, The Z Experiment Didn't Work
Written by wrigleyville   
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano throws a pitch to the New York Mets in New York

I know you'll find this hard to believe, but the Cubs have concluded that the best place for Carlos Zambrano is not the bullpen:

CHICAGO — As for that Carlos Zambrano-to-the-bullpen experiment, the Chicago Cubs are saying: "Never mind."

Having failed to fix the team's eighth-inning relief woes or to improve his own performance during his three weeks in the bullpen, the $91.5 million right-hander is returning to the rotation.

"We took a chance that we needed to take," manager Lou Piniella said before Tuesday night's game against Colorado. "We thought his velocity would increase. It hasn't. We're going to stretch him out to get him back in the rotation, and we'll see when he's ready."

But good job by the Cubs yanking him back and forth, forcing him to change his routine, and then requiring the team to get him stretched out again so he can be a starter. This is mildly reminiscent of Lou moving Alfonso Soriano up and down in the batting order a couple of years ago - but far worse.

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Why the struggles for Z in the bullpen?

Zambrano recently told Hendry he was having trouble getting loose quickly in the bullpen — a must for a short reliever.

Interesting, since a dummy sitting in suburban Philadelphia noted something similar at the time they announced Z was moving to the bullpen.



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