Cubs manager Dale Sveum says his team has no intention of releasing struggling reliever Carlos Marmol and eating the rest of his $9.8MM salary, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune reports. "We've come to find out that he has trouble with the last three outs," says Sveum. "But somebody has to pitch the other innings, and he's done a pretty good job in that role." Marmol allowed four runs in the ninth as the Cubs lost to the Mets 4-3 on Sunday.
I checked to see how marmol has done in non saved situations compared to saves situation for this year and he does perform much better..
Sav-Sit 10 G batters have 40 PA .345 Avg .526 OBP 1.077 OPS he has 1 W 2 L 7 IP 10.29 ERA 2.714 Whip
Non-Sav 19 G batters have 80 PA .179 Avg .300 OBP .658 OPS he has 1 W 1 L 19.1 IP 1.190 Whip
so, the key here is for sveum to stop using this guy in saves situation for the next month so they can dump his ass by the deadline