Report: Cubs considering releasing Gregg

[mark_beckens]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-cubs-considering-releasing-gregg-010344395--mlb.html

Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein is considering releasing closer Kevin Gregg after Gregg complained in a postgame tirade on Friday that the Cubs were thinking about replacing him as the team's closer next season, the Chicago Tribune reported. Gregg's complaints to the media came after he yielded four runs in the ninth inning of the Cubs' 9-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves.

[MagicBird]

:laughlol: Kevin Gregg blasts his team and then apologizes after hearing Strop might be the closer of the future.

Strop for closer?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130921&content_id=61299198&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

[sportsfan8703]

National League.

[Nightwing]

National League.

Perhaps, but his stuff is undeniable, it's the consistency that keeps him from reaching his full potential.

[Il BuonO]

Shocking that Gregg shot off his mouth.

[SeaBird]

Gregg is staying put. It was all a misunderstanding. He thought he was losing the closer job and mouthed off about it. He then apologized after learning that the Cubs just wanted to give Pedro Strop a few chances. Epstein accepted the apology and all is well. Gregg is a FA after the season, so even though he's not being released now, he could still walk.

[Frobby]

Perhaps, but his stuff is undeniable, it's the consistency that keeps him from reaching his full potential.

Yeah, I'd be worried about him sailing along for half a season and then having a 4-6 week period where he couldn't find the plate.

[DrungoHazewood]

Perhaps, but his stuff is undeniable, it's the consistency that keeps him from reaching his full potential.

Yes, his problem is an inability to consistently pitch at a level above a generic journeyman. His peripherals are quite consistent year to year. And just not very good.

[TGO]

Yes, his problem is an inability to consistently pitch at a level above a generic journeyman. His peripherals are quite consistent year to year. And just not very good.

I think Nightwing was talking about Strop. I don't know who the previous poster was talking about.