June 14, 200520 yr "Marte OK after side session, should be available this week" http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...t=.jsp&c_id=cws Bullpen questions: The White Sox bullpen was called on for quite a bit of action during the team's six-game road trip and not having Damaso Marte available for the fifth straight day had Guillen a bit concerned. The lefty has not been available since he left Wednesday night's game against the Rockies, and missing an extra arm in the bullpen for so many days was beginning to look like a huge issue. There had been questions of the whether the Sox would put Marte on the disabled list, but after a side session Monday, pitching coach Don Cooper is confident the southpaw will be ready to go this week. "Everything went well," Cooper said of the throwing session. "He felt good before, during and after. [Tuesday] is going to be the key, but I am not anticipating anything but good stuff tomorrow. It's a pretty good bet that he's going to be available for us tomorrow." Hearing that must have been good news to Guillen, who was a tad concerned about having only one left-hander to go to in the late innings. Although Neal Cotts has done well in his previous outings, Guillen is worried about burning the young hurler out too early in the season. "I cannot go there right now without lefties because we only have one right now and the one we have right now is throwing the ball real well," Guillen said. "I don't want to use this kid like I did last year and all of a sudden he runs out of gas. Hopefully, Marte is getting ready for the next couple days." Edited June 14, 200520 yr by Jabroni
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