Our pitchers' arms are falling off
At least they have that potent offense to help them weather this
The Cubs are off to a lousy start. They have lost six of their first ten games, they are alone in last place in the NL Central and no, it really doesn't mean anything.
What does mean something is that forty percent of the opening day rotation is already on the disabled list, and while the Cubs can act like both of the moves to put Cade Horton and Matt Boyd on the injured list were "precautionary," trying to reassure us by diagnosing the injuries as "forearm tightness" and "biceps soreness" isn't all that reassuring.
None of this is surprising, as I wrote yesterday, both Horton and Boyd started the season pitching with their check engine lights on, but I thought the Cubs season would at least get out of the driveway before they both broke down.
Little Jed went out and made a bunch of moves to add depth to the rotation because of just how injury prone this bunch is. So now, with Colin Rea and Javier Assad ready to take multiple turns, you can gaze your eyes to the west and check out the assortment of great options in Iowa, just in case.
