about damn time..never should have been on this team

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I will not believe this until illin08181 or whatever his name is, posts a link from mlb.com, or espn, or cbs sportsline.

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Cubs release Doug Davis
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CHICAGO -- A day after giving up 12 hits and 10 earned runs in a loss to the San Francisco Giants, pitcher Doug Davis was designated for assignment by the Chicago Cubs.

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The move makes room for second baseman Darwin Barney, who comes off the disabled list after missing time with a sprained left knee.

With starters Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner on the disabled list, the Cubs signed the veteran Davis to a minor league contract on April 12. He went 1-7 with a 6.50 ERA in nine starts.

Barney, who was placed on the DL after injuring his knee when sliding head first into home on June 13 against the Milwaukee Brewers, is batting .294 with a home run and 27 RBIs.

Barney has been wearing a brace on his knee during his rehab stint with Triple-A Iowa and is expected to keep using it upon his return to the big leagues. While Barney says the brace doesn't impede his ability to play, he says he knows it's there.

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Other than that 1 start where he actually got his first win vs. the Yankees 2 weeks ago at Wrigley, Doug Davis has been just as awful in the Cubs' rotation as fellow lefty John Russell. I wonder if Rodrigo Lopez is far behind...

Not released...DFA. He will be pitching in AAA in a few days once he clears waivers. Who is the 5th big league starter now though? Lopez?

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Lopez and Davis are not "big league" starters despite being the Cubs roster.

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How many pitchers are in the Sox rotation again?

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It was 6, until John Danks landed on the DL with that injury to his strained oblique last Saturday vs. the Nationals.

it is typical cubs hired chip cary ..one mistake after another..sign bad players and keep a dummy like hendry calling the shots..let steve stone go... sign a hasbeen like kerry wood again...this franchise blows from top to bottom and has not won shit in over a century due to bad moves.. len is boring and lame but much better than hawk..hawk is the worst i have ever heard.

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Currently 5, but it has been 6 TRUE big league pitchers.

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You have to be bleepin me!

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Imagine if Matt Vasgersian, now with MLB Network, called Cubs' games instead of Len Kasper...Talk about dull, dull, dull!

how about hughes and stone pairing up

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Why did Pat do to deserve that?

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Team Cutler.

stone is great...huge upgrade over moreleand...just because stone rips the cubs for dumb moves does not mean he is not good at his job..the truth hurts some cubs fans eh?

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With such a dearth of pitching in the organization it's unbelievable they only drafted 2 pitchers in the first 10 rounds this year. The top pick being a 4th round closer.

If you needed more reason to fire Hendry, having Davis and Lopez as your starters in a doubleheader should be more than enough.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

it really just does not matter..with hendry and his new clown wilkin doing the scouting and drafting...the future is very dim

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Unconditional release. He is officially gone.

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Drinky said they kept him around to get his 10 years of service. That is a slap in the face of the fans keeping that loser around to get that. You were pretty much an automatic "L" when he pitched, so he should have been gone weeks ago.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

He could have gotten his service on the fucking DL, that is stupid if its the reason.

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I wonder if Hendry will bring back former draftee and 'riod freak Sergio Mitre!

did the brewers release him?

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To late:

Yankees Acquire Sergio Mitre
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [June 29 at 9:14pm CST]
Sergio Mitre is heading back to the Bronx. The Yankees acquired the right-hander from the Brewers for cash considerations, according to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (on Twitter). Milwaukee designated Mitre for assignment Monday and he has since drawn interest from other teams.

Mitre, 30, has posted a 3.27 ERA in 33 innings since Milwaukee acquired him from the Yankees for Chris Dickerson in March. The right-hander has a 14K/10BB ratio with a typically high 50.9% ground ball rate in his return to the National League.

So who is pitching every 5th day? Now that Russell is settled in his role as a lefty in the pen where he isn't bad at all are they back to him having to start? Sharky?

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Lopez I imagine. Batting practice.

Glorious. I would have liked to have seen McNutt, but his arm is about as blown up as you can get without being on the DL. If he isn't hurt then he has an absurd pitch count. 3 innings last time he pitched.

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No sign of Cashner either and I don't see any other decent starting pitching prospects on the farm. Big surprise there.