Well the wait for the announcement for the Cubs closer in 2009 is over. Lou Piniella announced yesterday that the new Cub Kevin Gregg will take the reigns as the closer. Gregg has not allowed a single run this spring training in 8 1/3 inning. He brings experience to that bullpen position as he was the Marlins' closer in 2007 and 2008. In 2007 he took over six weeks into the season and ended up with 32 saves on t he year, that is very respectable. He added 30 more saves last year and was traded to the Cubs this offseason for a minor league prospect. Gregg, 30, should be getting into his best years as an experienced veteran that can hopefully propel the Cubs to its first World Series in 101 years.
With this announcement, Marmol takes his duties as the setup man for Gregg. I know most Cubs fans thought that Marmol would take over the closer role with Kerry Wood getting traded but he just did not perform as well as Gregg did this spring. He is still a huge part of the Cubs bullpen and I hope he can make another All Star team but I like to see Piniella sticking to his promise that there would be a battle for the closer role. I hope Marmol handles this well and can be the pitcher he was last year.
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