This is in no way good
Now, normally I don't post on weekends. Usually, it's because I'm gone and in some sort of drunken state, either drunk or recovering from being drunk. But this is a reason to express my extreme rage.
THE CUBS SIGNED JASON MARQUIS. Funny story, on one site I was reading the other day, they said if you take out to of Marquis's shitty starts (apparently there were two shittier than the rest of his shitty starts) his ERA drops a whole run. Well, I'll admit, that was sort of a relief. So I'm thinking we'll give him a one year deal.
Well, apparently the Cubs aren't satisfied with just signing a shitty pitcher. We need to give him all kinds of a shitty contract too. Reports are that he is getting a three year contract (3 FUCKING YEARS?!) at either $20 million, or $28 million.
Of course, the $28 million figure is coming from the St. Louis paper, which was in complete denial about Barry Bonds signing with the Giants, but why would it not surprise me if that was true?
So, mistakes with this contract.
1. 3 FUCKING YEARS! He's coming off a shitty year, he's already been on the decline in his career, and I would only say he's had 2 good seasons in his entire career, and one of those was definitely not last year.
2. We're paying him more than $0 to pitch. Ok, there have been absolutely no rumors of other teams interested in this useless piece of shit. That's right, I'm declaring right now that he's a worthless piece of shit. This is a problem for 2 reasons. First, we have 30 pitchers who make $375,000 that can easily manage a 6 ERA. Easily. Second, we're paying this jackass to pitch worse than those pitchers, and NO ONE WANTS HIM. The Cardinals obviously don't, and no one else does. So why did we need to blow him away with this giant contract? Holy shit Jim Hendry, you fucked this one up big time.
Regardless of what the contract figures actually are, Hendry completely fucked up the market for pitchers now. Lilly, an injury-prone pitcher who is probably extremely average gets $10 million for 4 years, and Marquis, a shitty pitcher who isn't even coming off anything close to resembling a good season is going to make anywhere between $6 and almost $10 million a year for 3 years. 3 shitty years. At that rate, Barry Zito could probably demand $20 million because his numbers are way way better than Marquis.
3. Because Hendry fucked up the market, we might as well not waste any time getting any more 'good' pitchers. Notice that in the 'good' category Marquis is far, far away from anything resembling close to being in it.
4. Two amazing pitching coaches have given up on Marquis because he blows. Our pitching coach blows. Two wrongs don't make a right. Larry Rothschild will lead Marquis to probably drop 2 more runs on his ERA. And, luckily, that's in his first year. WE STILL GET TWO MORE FUCKING YEARS OF THIS SHIT! Larry Rothschild can't even maintain a pitcher's current production, it's like pitcher's get worse just by being around him. Glad we signed this shitbag also.
So it's a guarantee that we lose at least every fifth day. This does absolutely nothing useful for our pitching staff. Except that the young guys probably get mad because they know they can pitch way better than piece of shit Marquis. It doesn't fill a spot on the rotation (we all know that Prior only going 4 innings and also throwing left handed because his right arm is hurt is better than Marquis) and he's useless out of the bullpen. So good move Hendry. Way to undo absolutely every fucking move you've made this offseason. Holy shit this is going to suck.
THE CUBS SIGNED JASON MARQUIS. Funny story, on one site I was reading the other day, they said if you take out to of Marquis's shitty starts (apparently there were two shittier than the rest of his shitty starts) his ERA drops a whole run. Well, I'll admit, that was sort of a relief. So I'm thinking we'll give him a one year deal.
Well, apparently the Cubs aren't satisfied with just signing a shitty pitcher. We need to give him all kinds of a shitty contract too. Reports are that he is getting a three year contract (3 FUCKING YEARS?!) at either $20 million, or $28 million.
Of course, the $28 million figure is coming from the St. Louis paper, which was in complete denial about Barry Bonds signing with the Giants, but why would it not surprise me if that was true?
So, mistakes with this contract.
1. 3 FUCKING YEARS! He's coming off a shitty year, he's already been on the decline in his career, and I would only say he's had 2 good seasons in his entire career, and one of those was definitely not last year.
2. We're paying him more than $0 to pitch. Ok, there have been absolutely no rumors of other teams interested in this useless piece of shit. That's right, I'm declaring right now that he's a worthless piece of shit. This is a problem for 2 reasons. First, we have 30 pitchers who make $375,000 that can easily manage a 6 ERA. Easily. Second, we're paying this jackass to pitch worse than those pitchers, and NO ONE WANTS HIM. The Cardinals obviously don't, and no one else does. So why did we need to blow him away with this giant contract? Holy shit Jim Hendry, you fucked this one up big time.
Regardless of what the contract figures actually are, Hendry completely fucked up the market for pitchers now. Lilly, an injury-prone pitcher who is probably extremely average gets $10 million for 4 years, and Marquis, a shitty pitcher who isn't even coming off anything close to resembling a good season is going to make anywhere between $6 and almost $10 million a year for 3 years. 3 shitty years. At that rate, Barry Zito could probably demand $20 million because his numbers are way way better than Marquis.
3. Because Hendry fucked up the market, we might as well not waste any time getting any more 'good' pitchers. Notice that in the 'good' category Marquis is far, far away from anything resembling close to being in it.
4. Two amazing pitching coaches have given up on Marquis because he blows. Our pitching coach blows. Two wrongs don't make a right. Larry Rothschild will lead Marquis to probably drop 2 more runs on his ERA. And, luckily, that's in his first year. WE STILL GET TWO MORE FUCKING YEARS OF THIS SHIT! Larry Rothschild can't even maintain a pitcher's current production, it's like pitcher's get worse just by being around him. Glad we signed this shitbag also.
So it's a guarantee that we lose at least every fifth day. This does absolutely nothing useful for our pitching staff. Except that the young guys probably get mad because they know they can pitch way better than piece of shit Marquis. It doesn't fill a spot on the rotation (we all know that Prior only going 4 innings and also throwing left handed because his right arm is hurt is better than Marquis) and he's useless out of the bullpen. So good move Hendry. Way to undo absolutely every fucking move you've made this offseason. Holy shit this is going to suck.
posted by Jtrouble at 11:55 AM
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