The Chicago Cubs had a decent weekend as they took two out of three games against the New York Mets. Carlos Zambrano stunk it up on Sunday when they were going for the sweep and now they find themselves 5.5 games out of the wildcard and 10 games out of the division. On the outside looking in…

Tom Gorzelanny made his Cubs debut and he was marvelous as he allowed just three hits and one run in 7 and 1/3 innings. The Cubs offense helped him out with solo home runs from Kosuke Fukudome and Derek Lee. Koyie Hill had a great at bat in the sixth to drive in two runs as well. But what’s going on with the bullpen?!

The Chicago Cubs dropped two out of three games down in Miami to the Marlins as the bullpen blew leads and the offense didn’t score very many runs. Carlos Marmol and Kevin Gregg both pitched terribly. If Gregg continues to throw meatballs, it’s time to try Angel Guzman in the closers role.

It was a busy day for the Chicago Cubs on Thursday as they beat the Houston Astros 12-3 and then worked out a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kevin Hart, Jose Ascanio and Josh Harrison were sent to Pittsburgh in exchange for left handers John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny.