Uh, oh.

[Gagnon39]

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061209&content_id=1758640&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

Well, chalk up at least 15 losses to the Cubs.

[Birdsonbat]

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Enjoy.

[PodSquad]

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Hahahahahaha. Oh man, the Cubs are desperate. Three years 28 million? Wow, Im at a loss for words.

[Sandman42]

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What's wrong with the rotation of Zambrano, Lilly, Prior, Hill, and Marshall. They didn't need to go out and overpay for a mediocre starter.

[e0820]

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Dont forget that half of the Cubs pitching squad will be injured by May. They need all the arms they can get.

[Knight165]

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Prior,

Are you kidding!?
This guy reads the word DOCTOR in a newspaper and he is on the 60 day DL. God forbid he actually sees one in person......he's out for the year!:wink:

M.K.
Knight165

[DrDoom77]

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What's wrong with the rotation of Zambrano, Lilly, Prior, Hill, and Marshall. They didn't need to go out and overpay for a mediocre starter.

Yeah, the Cubs brass have said that they're making all these moves with the assumption that Prior won't be healthy at the start of next season.

[chippered]

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Not really excited about this signing, but he did have a 4.01 ERA during the day the last three years. And yeah, dont ever expect Prior to be healthy. Never...

[BGarrett7]

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As I said over at BN: Two of my favorite players are now Cubs.

[rsox]

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What's wrong with the rotation of Zambrano, Lilly, Prior, Hill, and Marshall. They didn't need to go out and overpay for a mediocre starter.

If they didn't need to go out and over pay for a mediocre starter they would never have given Ted Lilly $40 million.

[The GIGGAS]

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Wow... that money is ridiculous...

[SPTO]

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All this money will either make Hendry and the Cubs look like geniuses or they'll look like the biggest boobs of the entire offseason throwing money at all their problems.

I'm banking on the latter

[DrDoom77]

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From what I've read, the main reasons they've gone after Lilly and Marquis are because both pitchers are inning-eaters, something the Cubs really needed. Last year, with all those rookies and injuries, it was rare to see anyone pitch longer than 5 innings, which put a lot of strain on the bullpen. I think the Cubs didn't have their first complete game of the year until Rich Hill threw one in September.

I guess with Marquis we're going to find out whether it's worth having an inning-eater if that pitcher is a flyball pitcher that gives up homeruns left and right. Or, knowing the Cubs luck, both Lilly and Marquis will develop shoulder problems by spring training.

[BGarrett7]

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From what I've read, the main reasons they've gone after Lilly and Marquis are because both pitchers are inning-eaters, something the Cubs really needed.

Well, I hope you enjoy paying two pitchers who almost lost a combined 30 games last season $20M just to eat innings.

[BigRed]

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Well, I hope you enjoy paying two pitchers who almost lost a combined 30 games last season $20M just to eat innings.

Plus, in a couple of those games, Marquis had given up 5+ runs in the first inning (or two) and was left in the game to "eat innings".

It's one thing to have a guy who can pitch a lot of innings, but when he's behind by 5 runs after 2...not such a good thing.

Bottom line, Marquis is a cancer. He mopes around and doesn't listen to insturction. When he pitched, you could see a different "attitude" among the rest of the team. Like they were already defeated.

And if he's a back of the rotation starter, or if the Cubs have any dreams of bouncing this guy between the rotation and pen, then he's gonna be even worse. He sees himself as a top end strike out ace. And when he doesn't get his way, he mopes.

When I think about Jason Marquis, two names come to mind:

Leo Mazzone and Dave Duncan.