After Randy Wells' strong spring debut on Monday, Carlos Silva needed to come out and compete Wednesday if he wants to set him self apart from the other pitchers vying for a spot in the Cubs rotation. Though the defense played poorly yet again, Silva did not help himself out by allowing 2HR's.
He then proceeded to make matters worse. It is unclear what exactly transpired after the inning, however, it appears that Silva channeled his inner Carlos Zambrano circa the 2010 All-Star Break. Reports are saying that Silva and Aramis Ramirez, who committed one of the Cubs 3 first inning errors got into a heated exchange before it was broken up by teammates.
I personally think that this type of fire early on in the season is a good thing. The Cubs do not really have a chemistry, so to speak, that could be broken up at this point in time. This is completely different than if a fight were to occur during the regular season (see Zambrano v D-Lee or Zambrano v Michael Barrett). This shows that players on the team actually care about whats going on on-field, and that maybe they are willing to step it up a notch to change things.
To this point, the Cubs have made 14 errors in four Spring Training games. And its not like the no-name rookies are committing errors. It is regular season starters who are having the miscues. We all knew coming into this season that the Cubs were not going to be a strong defensive team. But, 14 errors in four games might be something to worry about.
For his part, Cubs skipper Mike Quade said that he does not expect either player to be disciplined and that the sloppy play in the field cannot continue if the Cubs want to contend in the NL Central.
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