Samardzija gets the call, may get start this weekend
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BY GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com
A Cubs team fiercely trying to focus on the present could get its first glimpse of a big part of its future today with the arrival of top pitching prospect Jeff Samardzija.
The hard-throwing right-hander from Valparaiso, Ind., got word of his first big-league promotion Thursday after the Cubs put closer Kerry Wood on the disabled list, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana. Samardzija is expected to be in uniform for today's game against the Marlins.
The former Notre Dame football star might even start for the Cubs this weekend, though that ...
