The Chicago Cubs were thinking about going with a bullpen day against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night and ultimately it might still be that as Jen-Ho Tseng gets the start in place of Yu Darvish.
As you know, Darvish is on the DL because of the flu.
The Chicago Cubs promote RHP Jen-Ho Tseng from Iowa . He will start tonight
— Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) May 8, 2018
Tseng was last season’s Pitcher Of The Year in the Cubs minor-league system and made his MLB debut in September. It was pretty rough for the righty, who gave up five runs in three innings against the New York Mets on Sept. 14, 2017.
Tseng made two appearances with the Cubs last season, pitching three shutout innings in relief against the St. Louis Cardinals near the end of the year.
However, after a great 2017 in the minors, Tseng has been terrible in Iowa so far this year.
Looking at Iowa's rotation:
Jen-Ho Tseng last pitched May 2, but has an 8.04 ERA, 32 K, 13 BB and 1.85 WHIP in 31 1/3 IP.
Michael Roth pitched on May 3 and has a 3.42 ERA, 18 K, 14 BB and 1.65 WHIP in 23 2/3 IP. Roth would need to be added to 40-man.
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) May 8, 2018
His last start was on May 2, when he gave up seven runs on seven hits and five walks over five innings.
The good thing for the Cubs is that the bullpen is rested after Kyle Hendricks pitched eight innings Monday. Cory Mazzoni, who was called up to replace Luke Farrell, was the only reliever to pitch in the series opener against Miami.
