One of my first posts for this blog was about Carlos Silva. You can read it here.

I suggested that he would struggle with the Cubs. Well, this spring Carlos did enough to earn the fourth spot in the rotation. But all he really did was remind us of who he is.

Despite his 2-1 record and 3.80 era, Silva did what he always does. Throw the ball over the plate, minimum strikeouts and let the ball get hit. In 21.1 innings, Silva recorded 11 strikeouts (4.6/9) and gave up 27 hits. The only thing that saved Silva was the fact that he only 2.  In the grand scheme of things, this is not a good recipe for success unless he can maintain his incredibly low walk rate of 0.84/9. Over the past three seasons, his rate is just short of 2 per 9.

I predict that with Ted Lilly coming back next week; If Tom Gorzelanny has any sort of success on Sunday that tonight’s start will be Silva’s only as a permanent member of the rotation.