Carlos Zambrano to disabled list

[daddies3angels]

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs placed pitcher Carlos Zambrano on the disabled list Friday after lower back soreness cut short his start Thursday against the San Francisco Giants.

Reliever Kerry Wood took Zambrano's spot on the roster after being activated from the disabled list.

Zambrano, who will have an epidural, threw 34 pitches before complaining of soreness and leaving the game in the second inning.

After leaving Wrigley Field, Zambrano honored a previous commitment by going to throw out the first pitch at a Chicago Bandits professional softball game in Lisle, Ill. Cubs manager Mike Quade on Friday dismissed the idea that Zambrano risked aggravating the condition.

"Sounds like much ado about nothing," Quade said.

Zambrano told CSN that he felt pain in his back while covering first base on a bunt by Brandon Crawford in the second inning.

An epidural involves injection of drugs directly into the spinal canal to relieve pain. The procedure is frequently used for childbirth.

The burly right-hander suffered from lower back spasms in 2009 that landed him on the disabled list for more than three weeks.

Chicago Cubs place pitcher Carlos Zambrano on the disabled list - ESPN Chicago

So every SP but Demp has been on DL now.

Ramon Ortiz is expected to make start on TUE for Cubs also. All people talk about is rebuilding but Cubs dont even have young pitchers to bring up now for starts. Sad they have to get guys like Davis, Lopez, and Ortiz to start games. If any of young Cub pitchers showed anything at all they would be up by now

 

[Jntg4]

 

[Jntg4]

Who gonna replace him? No more Davis...

 

[Uman85]

Lopez.

 

[EnjoyYourTiger]

Or Russel. :facepalm:

 

[daddies3angels]

Lopez.

Ortiz...Lopez already in rotation with Davis being cut. Its sad cubs system sucks this bad they cant bring up any younger SP to help they have to use usseless career minor leaguers that are almost 40

EDIT: http://twitter.com/#!/CarrieMuskat

 

[poodski]

Quick get Davis back.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

well this sucks

but there should be no second thoughts about davis.none.

 

[Jntg4]

 

[85Bears4life]

who's next to go on the DL. This team is a joke

 

[DewsSox79]

Ortiz to start

 

[Rice Cube]

Probably doesn't matter. They won't be able to trade him easily unless a contending team is desperate, and it's a salary dump anyway. They need him healthy to produce for the rest of this season and for 2012. Might as well DL him, how many games do you think they have to win to get to the playoffs now, anyway?

In other news, I'm glad that Z and the Cubs told the media to go **** themselves.

 

[dabynsky]

Yea the whole media reaction to him throwing a ceremonial first pitch is such a joke.

I meant to mention this in the initial thread about Z's injury when Rice mentioned that he would probably miss a start as a precaution. My thought was that since this team doesn't have an off day and the bullpen has been so taxed that they would have to DL him to just not destroy some of the arms in the bullpen. There is absolutely no reason Quade should be riding Marmol as hard is at this point in the season, and I don't want to see next year lost because so many of the guys in the bullpen have dead arm from throwing way too much in a wasted season.

 

[TheCubfather]

z said he rarely goes out in Chicago because of all the scrutiny. can't say I blame him much.