A Little Rough Spot?

Lou Piniella on Carlos Marmol:  “Right now, he’s going through a little rough spot,” manager Lou Piniella said. “Nobody’s immune from struggling. He’ll take the ball and compete, and he wants to be out there. Good for him.” 38 walks in 35.1 innings this year.  Rich Hill walked 18 in 19.1 innings in April, 2008.  Apparently that qualifies as a little rough spot since the Cubs optioned Hill to the minors and I recall Lou complaining about him having no control.  Rick Ankiel was demoted to AAA and then to AA and then to A ball back in 2001 after he walked 25 in 24 innings.  That clearly wasn’t a rough spot since it essentially ended his career as a pitcher.  Wake the **** up, Lou.  This isn’t a little rough spot.  This is worse than what earned Hill a trip to the minor leagues.  It’s worse than what earned a great young pitcher in Rick Ankiel a trip to the low minor leagues.  I’m sorry, people, but Carlos Marmol has lost control worse than either of those.  Not to mention, Rick Ankiel was a fantastic pitcher who was coming off a really good season and Rich Hill was also coming off a really good season…in the rotation!  Each of these guys were demoted because they had lost it.  Rick Ankiel was never the same and became a hitter.  Rich Hill has not been the same.  What the hell is it going to take?  Why does Rich Hill get optioned to AAA with terrible control after only 3 or 4 starts and Marmol just is going through a little rough patch 3 months into the season?  Lou needs to figure it out real quick.  This Carlos Marmol is not the same guy that pitched in 2007.  2008 Marmol was not the guy who pitched in 2007.  All I know is that if you’ve lost control even more than the most famous person to do so then it’s not a little rough patch.