Cubs getting back to .500

The Cubs are looking to get to .500 baseball as they take on the lowly 1-8 Astros this afternoon at Wrigley. The Cubs’ starting rotation has been decent thus far with the exception of a couple of starts from a so-call staff ace. The bullpen on the other hand…brutal. It’s been bad for the most part with a good showing here and there especially by Marmol when he actually finds his release point. At some point you MUST get some sort of results from Jeff Samardzija. The ten million dollar kid has yet to produce a good year and he’s off to an awful start. In three appearances he has accrued an 0-1 record with an ERA over 16 and a 2.7 WHIP. Ouch. Fangraphs shows that his fastball this year and especially last year has been getting rocked. Drafted in ’06 and no productive return yet in 2010. The lineup card has had its good and bad days mostly relying on the long-ball. Soriano is on the hot seat and will be benched and/or a platoon player more often instead of just making a late exit in tight games in which the Cubs have a slight lead. Stay tuned for more Cubs updates and visit the Cover 3 radio show blog at thecoverthree.blogspot.com and listen every Monday evening from 7 to 9 on sportstownchicago.com