The Cubs agreed to a one-year, $4.2MM deal with Kerry Wood. As Dempster appears headed into the rotation, Wood vies with Carlos Marmol for the closer job. If things go perfectly, Wood and Marmol could combine for a pretty wicked one-two punch.
In his limited action last year, Wood looked good. 18 scoreless appearances out of 22 total was a good first taste of Wood's potential as a reliever. His 3.33 ERA was a bit higher than you would like, but 8 of his 9 runs given up were surrendered in only 3 appearances (at Colorado, at Pittsburgh and the Dodgers). Marmol looked almost unhittable at times, posting 96 strikeouts in 69.1 innings with a 1.43 ERA and a .169 opponents' batting average.
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