Why bring up another right-hander?

May 20th, 2008 at 09:00am Wally Haas

If I could ask Jim Hendry or Lou Piniella a question today, it would be why they’re bringing up right-handed Jose Ascanio from Triple-A Iowa to replace the injured Chad Fox instead of a lefty like Neal Cotts.

The Cubs have only one lefty in the bullpen, Scott Eyre, and only one in the rotation, Ted Lilly. Cotts is 2-0, has one save and has an ERA of 2.22. Cotts has major league experience and was a key pitcher during the White Sox championship run.

He hasn’t given up a homer this year and his control looks like it’s been good. He has 28 strikeouts vs. only 9 walks.

Ascanio has pitched well also (1-0, 9 saves, 2,08 ERA), but it seems to me the Cubs would be better off with a lefty than another hard-throwing right-hander.

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