Fifth Starter spot FILLED!!!

On thursday Lou Piniella finally declared who would be the fifth starter in the rotation for the Chicago Cubs. The battle at the start of spring training was between Marshall, Heilman, Samardzija, and Gaudin. Marshall was the front runner all spring even while Heilman stayed close behind. Marshall has only given up one run over his 14 1/3 innings of work this spring. While Heilman has given up two runs over his 13 2/3 innings of work. Obviously by now you guys must know that Lou did pick Marshall over Heilman and the rest. Heilman would be put into the bullpen for setup or long relief duty. He will be a huge asset to club if he can continue to post similar stats in the regular season. Marshall will be entering his fourth year as a Cub. Hopefully he can post a similar ERA as in his past 2 seasons (3.9ish). He should get to throw more innings then he ever has before, 125 being the most he has seen. With this declaration from Lou there are two spots remaining in the bullpen. The Cubs will be carrying 12 pitchers this year so Samardzija, Atkins, Patton, and Cotts will be battling for those last two spots. They have hinted at leaving Samardzija in AAA as a starter so his stamina won't suffer and could step in right away if someone went down. I think Samardzija needs to be on the 25 man roster because he was stellar last year in his role. What do you guys think they should do????