Changes All Around

Not only has this writer switched employers this week (5 days in and no one's fired me yet), but the Cubs seem set to shake up the team a little.

Three adrticles in two papers all hinted that Mitre is headed for the bench or the minors and Glendon Rusch will take his slot in the rotations. Rusch will join the team today with either Mike Weurtz or Francis Beltran headin to Iowa. This gives the team two lefties in the pen (too bad they didn't have this option two days ago or Maddux might have gotten the win). But it also puts Mitre's start in question.

Given the well documented history of the Cubs leaking changes in advance through the press, my guess is that Mitre's got one start left in him. Mitre's line on Monday has to be a minimum of 6 innings with maximums of 4 runs, 3 earned or he's sent packing.