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This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:19pm.
Sean Marshall was supposed to start for the Iowa Cubs tonight against Albuquerque in Des Moines. Instead he's on his way to Pittsburgh, exchanging roster spots with Carmen Pignatiello. Apparently Lou Piniella huffed and puffed and blew 'Piggy' back to the minors after the southpaw showed his appreciation for making the big club by walking both hitters he faced in Monday's 10-8 torture tilt.
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#1 Re: This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:25pm.

Boo. But oh well... he will be back at some point.

Not sure that I am a fan of wasting Marshall in the bullpen though.

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#2 Re: This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by Mike Wellman on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:29pm.
Sorry guys. I see this news was posted earlier deep in the comments beneath the Billy Buck post. I was hoping to watch Marshall tonight. Gallagher is supposed to throw tomorrow, but the weather forecast is not good. Pretty short leash they had 'Piggy' on...

#3 Re: This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:32pm.

Strange move -- Marshall in the pen only diminishes his value, either to the Cubs or to someone else.

#4 Re: This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by Wes on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:38pm.

I'm not Sean is the the right guy for the job. I think his struggles in relief this spring proved that.

I've always thought it to be a general rule that soft tossing left-handers don't make good relievers. Of course there are exceptions to that, so maybe he'll do OK. I'm not particularly optimistic about it, though.

#5 Re: This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by carmelo on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:43pm.

Cedeno starting tonight @ SS

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I'am worried that Hill's control trouble is mental---if that's the case, that's big time bad---needs to start season in Iowa

#6 Re: This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by Dmac on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 4:24pm.

Hope the fans in the first few rows in the RF boxes pay attention, one of his throws could give 'em a facial if they're not looking.

#7 Re: This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by Andrew on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 4:40pm.

Yeah, boo. Piggy may have been terrible, but Marshall won't be appreciably better and his value, and much higher upside, are hurt by going back to the pen.

#8 Re: This Little Piggy Went to Iowa

Submitted by Charlie on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 7:14pm.

Way to go, Piniella! Sending Piggy down to Iowa after a few brief outings will surely teach him not to suck next time he gets called up. Clearly he wasn't aware that he was supposed to try to get outs.

And Marshall in the bullpen makes all sorts of sense.

I'm trying out sarcasm today.