Chicago at Cincinnati

Price and Prior are again on the DL but Carlos Zambrano is fine and goes today for the Cubs. Carlos went 14-6 last season with a 3.26 ERA including 7-4 on the road. Aaron Harang goes for the Reds. While posting a similar ERA (3.83) his record was a much worse 11-13. Cincinnati closed out last season very poorly losing 11 of their last fifteen games. During the first dozen games of the MLB season, teams at +125 to -125 that closed out last season poorly with 9+ losses in last 12 games are just 17-44 (28%) over the past five seasons. Cubs here.