The Cubs sucked to an 11-0 win today. How good is this 22 year old kid Carlos Zambrano? 2-hit no walk CGSO on 91 pitches. Has allowed 0 or 1 runs in 5 out of 6 starts so far and sports a 2.3 ERA and WHIP barely over 1. And then there's Clement....and these guys are supposed the be the #4 and #5 guys on the staff! Prior is on track to come back June 4th. Toss in Wood and Maddux and how can this team possibly not win 100 games? Seriously. When Prior comes back this could be the best 5-man rotation since....well, I don't know...any ideas? 1 to 5 it's hard to imagine a better one.
...if Zambrano and Clement keep this up they may need to name 3 Cubs starter to the All-Star team, unless they keep Wood off because his offense has let him down. And imagine if Prior had been healthy. With Prior, do the Cubs have 4 of the best 12 starters in NL? Maybe.
Wood 3-2, 42.2IP, 28H, 13BB, 50K, 2.53ERA
Zambrano 3-1, 39.1IP, 30H, 11BB, 35K, 2.18ERA
Clement 5-1, 39.1IP, 26H, 17BB, 41K, 2.29ERA
Each is in the NL Top 12 in ERA, BAA, WHIP, K
[This message was edited by D2bets on May 07, 2004 at 06:02 PM.]
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