Closing Time: Who Will Close for the Chicago Cubs Next Season?

Even I, a die hard Brewers fan, have to admit that I had a hard time watching Kevin Gregg’s last performance on Monday against the Padres.  Sitting with three Cubs fans and watching Gregg give up the game-tying and game winning runs was just too much to bear, so I decided to look ahead and give the North Siders some hope for next year. Gregg is set to become a free agent, and the only way I can see the Cubs re-signing him is if he stays in the closer role and the Cubs make the playoffs. Even then, it will be a longshot.  He hasn’t been liked by the fans for quite some time and many, myself included, believe he should never have been the closer. With three blown saves in his last five tries, manager Lou Piniella decided enough was enough and converted Carlos Marmol to closer.  Citing experience as the main reason, Marmol will go back to the closer’s role that he briefly saw last season when he made the All Star Game. Piniella said he was also consider...