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For those who chose to put either closer Kerry Wood or set-up man Bobby Howry on their roster and failed to spread a little Marmol-laud on their fantasy roster this season, you may come to regret that decision.
For those of you believe Kerry Wood outpitched all the possible Cubs closer alternatives this spring, consider the statistics.
Chicago Cubs (Inside the Numbers)
| Player | G | IP | W-L | SV | ERA | WHIP | K | H% | S% | BB/9 | K/9 | K/BB | HR/9 |
| Wood | 12 | 12.2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2.84 | 0.87 | 13 | 28 | 70 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 13.0 | 0.7 |
| Howry | 11 | 10 | 0-1 | 0 | 6.30 | 1.60 | 5 | 38 | 60 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 0.9 |
| Marmol | 11 | 11.1 | 2-0 | 1 | 2.38 | 1.50 | 12 | 29 | 88 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| Wuertz | 9 | 10 | 0-0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 13 | 28 | 100 | 0.9 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
While I’m a believer in Marmol well before his Opening Day line of three K in 1.1 innings, his control remains an issue (case in point his spring walk total). The dark horse is Michael Wuertz, who has more of the complete package of typical closer skills than anyone in the Cubs pen, including Wood. Unfortunately the Cubs don’t seem to realize what they have in Wuertz and it make take a trade to another team for the fantasy value of the 29-year old Wuertz to be better exploited.
Despite his first blown save of the season, Wood still seems to have a stranglehold on the Cubs closing job for the foreseeable future. That said, it’s a situation that his fantasy owners should monitor closely and if they don’t have Marmol and possibly Wuertz on their roster, consider changing that.
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