My number one problem remains the bullpen, specifically Neal Cotts, but as I have said before the Cotts situation will take care of itself sooner rather than later. Vizcaino hasn't been seen much, though he has impressed me a little. David Patton has been pretty good as well, I have to say that his curveball is going to get a lot of major league hitters out. Marmol is Marmol and will remain the go to guy for Lou the whole season. Heilman and Gregg both impressed me this weekend, and maybe, just maybe they can be respectable arms at the end of games.
Derrek Lee is most likely going to drive me crazy this season. Don't even think of him as a home run threat anymore. His power is gone, and I'm starting to wonder just how long Lou lets this thing go on. He isn't a three hitter, not when Aramis is on the team. Lee did hit a big double on Saturday, but really the extent of his power is weak doubles down the line. He isn't hitting the ball hard to the gaps, and his one homer came at home off of Houston Street who is perhaps the worst pitcher in baseball right now. Lee has a limited time remaining in the 3-hole.
Geo and Milton have both had slow starts to the season based mostly on being injured. I'm not worried about either one quite yet. Milton has brought an awesome approach to the plate, taking lots of pitches and once this whole suspension crap/groin injury get taken care of I have complete faith in Milton being an awesome player for the Cubs. Geo got hurt after one game, and hasn't been back long enough to get concerned quite yet. His approach looked real good Friday and Saturday which tells me that he will be back being Geo very soon.
Lou still doesn't know how the bullpen is going to work, and he continues to manage without much intelligence. I'm not worried about that because the same thing happened the past two seasons and he got his head on straight pretty quickly.
7-4 and 1st place after two weeks. Reds and at Cardinals for three games each this week. So far, not so bad.
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