November 20, 2008 According to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com, the Cubs are going to promote Carlos Marmol to the closer role in 2009.
October 7, 2008 The AP reports that reliever Carlos Marmol suffered minor injuries in a car accident early Tuesday in the Dominican Republic. A truck hit a car carrying Marmol, a cousin and a friend in his hometown of Bonao near 2 a.m. Marmol said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that the air bag deployed and he only suffered a cut and an inflammation of his forehead. Out of precaution they did different studies on my body, and I dont have any kind of serious injury, he wrote.
July 21, 2008 Carlos Marmol is expected to handle the closer's role, as it appears that Kerry Wood is headed to the DL due to his nagging finger blister, according to the AP.
July 13, 2008 Carlos Marmol will replace teammate Kerry Wood on the National League All-Star team, according to MLB.com. Marmol's selection was due to him having the next highest vote total on the Player Ballot.
July 5, 2008 The Cubs weren't able to find any issues with reliever Carlos Marmol tipping his pitches. "We thought we had found something on the plane [Thursday] night, and we looked at it further [Friday], and it wasn't much different, so we don't think that's it," manager Lou Piniella tells the Chicago Sun-Times. "The next step is we run him out there tonight if we need him and get people out." Marmol has allowed 10 runs over his last seven appearances.
