The Cubs Rotation Was Finally Set (But Now Wicks Is Hurt)

hey everybody welcome back it is Brandon and Ethan here again to discuss the Cubs and everything that is going on with them uh first things first uh I think the big news that's been sort of come out recently uh the Cubs rotation is sort of undergoing another shift uh due to yet another injury uh Ben Brown is out uh I believe with the neck strain and thus Jordan Wicks is coming back into the rotation I don't want to say it's a shame per se because Jordan Wix has been on the Isle for quite a bit and Ben Brown came in to to take his place so it's kind of trading one for the other so it's good to see Jordan Wicks back I am a little bit worried because you know a lot of our our excuse me a lot of our um our Bullpen has been kind of been a little bit shoddy this past season to say the least and I think our prospects really have been delivering or even just some of our younger players like Javier Assad and Ben Brown um but you know maybe that now Jordan Wick has had time to recover maybe he'll deliver again again I'm I'm a little bit worried but again let's stay positive yeah for sure I think yeah I mean again the bullpen has been a mess I think a lot of us were hoping once Wix was ready to go back in the rotation uh Ben Brown would sort of Step into the bullpen and help them out obviously uh now we don't know um when Brown will be back um it looks like maybe late June as is a positive um sort of timeline for him but again we'll see uh this is I guess the sort of I guess trying to find the positive in this the rotation that's currently set up of Justin steel Jameson tyone shy managa Javier Assad and Jordan Wicks this is sort of like the ideal opening day rotation that the Cubs had I guess minus Kyle hris um and so you know the next couple weeks it'll be you know assuming all these guys can stay healthy I think it'll be you know nice for Cubs fans to see sort of the rotation that'll be in place over the next three is years um because you know the these are the five guys that should sort of be you know do you know taking most of the starts you know unless Ben brown or Kate Horton or whoever comes in and and takes over for one of them um so again the starting pitchers have been otherwise excellent this year Ben Brown you know was part of that you know leading the pack um and hopefully Jordan Wicks can continue you know he's been on a pretty good run you know since he came up to the majors at the end of last year hopefully he can step in and sort of just replace Ben Brown easily something I I kind of wanted to ask you not that you have the answer to this but I think it's a question that all Cubs fans are kind of asking is where are all these injuries coming from is it just that we're this unlucky this season are we working too hard because again we're not having the greatest season but it seems again we're having this injury after injury and some of these injuries are very I want to say they're very fair right like they're very fair earned injuries and then others it's like all right come on like I want say tough it out but it's like again like we're we're already down so many players we're bringing up people from the miners because again we we just don't have the manpower to keep going with all this injury why do you think it's happening or you know what do you think we can do to kind of stop this stop the bleeding yeah I I think um it's worth pointing out you know you know every team deals with injuries um you know even the Braves who who have been excellent this season have dealt with a ton of injuries um and so I think it's I think part of the reason why the injuries have keep coming up so much um in terms of like discussions is that it's because the guy who are replacing the especially on offense the guys who are replacing these guys aren't replacing them um they're just you know they're physically taking the roster spot they're not you know completing the production part of it so it really exasperates the injury problem and so like that's what causes I think so much discussion again the pitching the starting pitching anyway has been really good from the guys who have been filling in but Elsewhere on the roster the injuries have really opened up some holes in this team and the depth on the in the organization at least at the top levels of the organization um so again baseball is it's a long season you know injuries are going to happen it's if if you know the Cubs can choose I'm sure they'd rather the injuries happen at the beginning of the season and then hopefully they'll be a little bit healthier later in the year um as they're hopefully making a playoff push um it it could just be you know it's a ton of factors it might just be a lot of unluckiness right now um but I think the biggest thing for the Cubs right now is that their top level depth in the miners needs to step up when you know when they're given the opportunity to