Unhappy days return
Well, it appears my worries yesterday have been confirmed. Now that Gil Meche is no longer a free agent, Jim Hendry is still positive there are many options left to fill the Cubs rotation. Among those? You guessed it, Jason Marquis.
Holy shit this is an easy argument. Look at his numbers! They sucked. Sure we'll pay much less for him than we would for Meche, but that's because he sucks! He is a useless human being and he should not be pitching for anyteam whose scoring average is under 10 runs a game because that's about how much he'll give up. And this was the worst thing I've heard in a while. "The organization expressed disappointment that righty Gil Meche chose the Kansas City Royals over the Cubs, but they immediately turned their attention toward right-handed free agent Jason Marquis, whom they’ve been eyeing for a while..." That is just horrible, horrible news. 'Oh, Meche, arguably the top Tier 2 pitcher still remaining on the market is gone, let's just go get the shittiest shitbag of a shitty pitcher now. I'm dying for one of those.'
And let us not forget that the Cubs would also be interested perhaps in Jeff Weaver and Jeff Suppan, both also former Cardinals. Listen, the numbers these guys had last year (particularly Weaver) weren't great, but they did perform in the World Series. They also eat innings and stay pretty healthy. I wouldn't want to sign either to a long-term deal, and I question them if not even the Cardinals want them, but I would take one or the other. And I feel very sick to my stomach having said that.
Unbelievable. Anyways, there is perhaps a rumor that the Cubs would go after Brad Penny could they get him, but I doubt they're able to put together a deal that is as good as some other teams are able to offer the Dodgers.
In other, less enraging news, the Cubs have reportedly offered Sean Marshall to the Nats for Ryan Church. Now, if we get Church to be our cf, I'm hoping that he can perform. Giving up Sean Marshall isn't a whole lot to be getting back a starting cf. So this deal kind of worries me.
Also the Cubs signed Daryle Ward to bolster their bench. I'm fine with this signing, since we no longer have to rely on someone like John Mabry coming off the bench in the late innings. Or giving Derrek Lee a rest. And Ward is an ok candidate to give Murton a couple days off too (I would think).
A lot of the times when I hear a rumor I think, wow, that would be awesome. But most of the time the rumor isn't actually true, probably like the Cubs making an offer for Manny Ramirez. But signing Marquis is now the biggest fear of the offseason, and it seems all but definite that no one else has any interest in him besides the Cubs, so I'm dreading the announcement that we signed him to a 4 year deal. We had Jerome Williams last year, and he sucked, we don't need a white version of him who can hit.
Holy shit this is an easy argument. Look at his numbers! They sucked. Sure we'll pay much less for him than we would for Meche, but that's because he sucks! He is a useless human being and he should not be pitching for anyteam whose scoring average is under 10 runs a game because that's about how much he'll give up. And this was the worst thing I've heard in a while. "The organization expressed disappointment that righty Gil Meche chose the Kansas City Royals over the Cubs, but they immediately turned their attention toward right-handed free agent Jason Marquis, whom they’ve been eyeing for a while..." That is just horrible, horrible news. 'Oh, Meche, arguably the top Tier 2 pitcher still remaining on the market is gone, let's just go get the shittiest shitbag of a shitty pitcher now. I'm dying for one of those.'
And let us not forget that the Cubs would also be interested perhaps in Jeff Weaver and Jeff Suppan, both also former Cardinals. Listen, the numbers these guys had last year (particularly Weaver) weren't great, but they did perform in the World Series. They also eat innings and stay pretty healthy. I wouldn't want to sign either to a long-term deal, and I question them if not even the Cardinals want them, but I would take one or the other. And I feel very sick to my stomach having said that.
Unbelievable. Anyways, there is perhaps a rumor that the Cubs would go after Brad Penny could they get him, but I doubt they're able to put together a deal that is as good as some other teams are able to offer the Dodgers.
In other, less enraging news, the Cubs have reportedly offered Sean Marshall to the Nats for Ryan Church. Now, if we get Church to be our cf, I'm hoping that he can perform. Giving up Sean Marshall isn't a whole lot to be getting back a starting cf. So this deal kind of worries me.
Also the Cubs signed Daryle Ward to bolster their bench. I'm fine with this signing, since we no longer have to rely on someone like John Mabry coming off the bench in the late innings. Or giving Derrek Lee a rest. And Ward is an ok candidate to give Murton a couple days off too (I would think).
A lot of the times when I hear a rumor I think, wow, that would be awesome. But most of the time the rumor isn't actually true, probably like the Cubs making an offer for Manny Ramirez. But signing Marquis is now the biggest fear of the offseason, and it seems all but definite that no one else has any interest in him besides the Cubs, so I'm dreading the announcement that we signed him to a 4 year deal. We had Jerome Williams last year, and he sucked, we don't need a white version of him who can hit.
posted by Jtrouble at 8:28 AM
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