Sean Marshall News

May 19, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Ryan Dempster delivers a pitch against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs' loss combined with the Twins' victory over the White Sox gave the Cubs the worst record in the majors.

Left-hander Travis Wood blames his horrible spring training on pressing too hard to try to impress Theo Epstein , Dale Sveum and anyone who recommended the Cubs trade for him.

Not long after the Reds lost their closer, Ryan Madson , to a season-ending injury, it seems that their current closer may not actually ending up closing at all.

Q. The opener of the Cubs-White Sox series played to less than a full house. Is the luster off this series and would you like to see it scaled back to three games per season? A. First off, I don't think we have a choice as MLB must create a fundamentally new interleague schedule with 15 teams in each league starting next season.

EDIT: Looks like this is all for naught . Chapman is your new closer, at least, once he gets a day off.

Kerry Wood 's retirement and Carlos Marmol 's disabled list stint leaves James Russell as the longest continuous member of the Cubs bullpen, having spent a little longer than two years on the job.

Chris Volstad, winless in his last 19 starts, was optioned to Triple-A Iowa on Friday, and catcher Blake Lalli's contract was selected from the Minor League team.

I remember it like it was yesterdaysitting in front of my 13 inch screen watching Kerry Wood make fools of the 1998 Houston Astros striking out 20 along the way.

Last season, after a frustrating loss in the early stages of what turned out to be a sadsack 71-91 campaign, Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano uttered a postgame malaprop that couldn't have been more apropos.

Francisco Cordero got me hooked on Maalox when he was with the Cincinnati Reds .

The Chicago Cubs are going through a rebuilding phase but would prefer to extend righthander Matt Garza rather than trade him, CBSSports.com reports.

Okay yeah, I'm about two days late, but life's been crazy. So before tonight's game, which starts a new series, let's go over our past game with the Reds shall we? Simply put, it was an absolute pitchers duel.

May 9, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro reacts after being tagged out while trying to stretch a triple into an inside-the-park home run during the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field.

Cincinnati broke a scoreless tie when Joey Votto delivered with a two-out RBI double in the top of the ninth inning, and the Reds held on to beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 2-1, in the rubber match of a three-game series.

That statement could be directed towards a myriad of things, but as the title will tell you I'm talking about Aroldis Chapman.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Brewers-Reds series started Monday night and I apologize for being behind on this post.

May 7, 2012 @ 7:10 p.m. CDT GAME 2 : May 8, 2012 @ 7:10 p.m. CDT While the Brewers were sleeping off last night's trip home from the west coast, RijoSaboCaseyWKRP of Red Reporter was kind enough to answer some questions about the Reds to help us get ready for tonight's series.

Travis Wood makes his 2012 major league debut today for the Cubs as they play the Dodgers in the rubber match of a three-game series at Wrigley Field.

Aaron Harang , Carlos Pena , Matt Garza , Sean Marshall , Carlos Zambrano , Travis Wood , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs , Los Angeles Dodgers When Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer took over the Chicago Cubs , they decided very quickly to move the Chicago Cubs into "rebuilding mode." They declined to re-sign Carlos Pena , traded away Carlos Zambrano and ... (more)