Rea will probably piggyback on Boyd's starts if he has a short outing. I don't see them taking Shota or Taillon out of the rotation.
Yep kinda like Ramirez sitting on the bench while Swanson couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat. Council being Council.
Just get Wicks completely off the squad period. Send to AAA, hell even AA I don’t even give a ****. Just keep him many many miles away from Chicago.
Boyd has not been great but He will atleast keep you in the game and his last start before his knee injury was a good one. The Rotation needs to be Brown, Boyd, Shota, Cabrera and then figure out the 5th Spot which will be Taillon or Rea. I believe they would pick Taillon and then use Rea to piggyback off Shota or Boyd. Wicks should not throw another pitch for the Cubs in the majors. Let him go somewhere else when his contract is up. He will not be a good pitcher for the Cubs.
At one time it was his change. He dominated his rookie debut. Since then not so much.
Had an elite change that the incredible pitch lab destroyed by having him add velocity. He was so much better when the fastball sat at 92 with movement to play off the 87 mph change.
Going to be interesting to see what arms are available at the deadline and what the asking prices will be. younger team/cost-controlled arms especially I have a feeling are going to require significant prospect to acquire this year. Not against it as I'm not sold that some of our prospects are going to be difference makers in the future. Also have our own prospect in Wiggins that we can hopefully get healthy and enough starts in Iowa that maybe he can get a callup later in the season to see what he can offer much like Horton last year.
Would be nice to move Rea to the pen, would solve a lot of bullpen problems. I'm not sure we can afford to not have him starting right now. But like you say, maybe just have him ready cause Boyd is not going deep into a game often.
That wasn’t my idea. I think Rea is second to only Brown right now in our rotation.
