Cubs name Wood closer; Marquis to remain in rotation
Posted on March 24th, 2008 - 1:52 pm by BaseballTalkOnline
Kerry Wood successfully made it through three appearances in four days and that was enough for Lou Piniella to name him the team’s closer.
Over ten innings this spring, he had a 3.60 ERA, struck out ten batters and walked no one.
Piniella also cleared up any questions about the rotation by naming Jason Marquis as the team’s fifth starter. He said that Jon Lieber would move to the bullpen and be the team’s long reliever.
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