Heilman Impresses In Cubs Loss

Aaron Heilman continued to impress yesterday as he tried to convince Lou that he is the right man for the 5th starters

Making a case for the 5th

role. Heilman who is in competition with Jeff Samardzija, and Sean Marshall for the roll tossed 3 scorless one hit innings as the Cubs fell to the White Sox 4-3 Thursday afternoon. This will be Heilmans second concecutive scorless outing to start his Cubs career. Heilman is a lock to make the Cubs roster, but it remains to be seen if that is as a starter which he prefers or as a reliever.

Sean Marshall was said to have the edge going into the Spring, but after back-to-back impressive starts by Heilman that edge may well be fading:

“My mind-set coming in was that I was going to get an opportunity to start and show them what I could do,” said Heilman

Jeff Samardzija has struggled early this Spring, and it is looking like it may well turn into a two horse race between Marshall and Heilman. Although there is still a lot of Spring Baseball to be played.

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