Randy Wells is the Reason The Cubs Are Competing

With pain some time comes pleasure and for many Chicago Cub fans; Randy Wells is evidence. Of all the talks of the injury woes the Cubs have had, no one has brought up the fact from these injuries has spawned the most consistent Cubs starter and the best rookie pitcher next to J.A. Happ in baseball...out of nowhere.   In 2008, Wells went 10-4 with a 4.08 ERA and had 102 strike outs in 118-and-two-thirds innings pitched at Triple-A Iowa.  In 2009, however, before being called up, Wells was 3-0 with a 2.77 ERA and 21 strike outs in 26 innings pitched.  Before starting against Milwaukee in early May for the injured Carlos Zambrano, the already 27-year-old Bellville, IL, native had just four-and-a-third innings pitched under his belt for the Toronto Blue Jays. Those innings were scoreless.   Wells went on to pitch eleven more scoreless innings in his first two starts, although unable to pick up a win, for the Cubs. While Wells continued to press on through the season...