Ted Lilly

Good ol' Canadian James Richard Harden showed us why the Cubs got him when he pitched 2 innings in Tuesday's Cactus League game against Seattle.

The cubs have been all tip-toe with Rich, limiting his throws since he's been taking trips to the DL for the past 3 seasons, and was on the stint when he was traded.

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ent blockbuster for fireballer Rich Harden, decided to make a questionable deal and sign free agent Ted Lilly to a 4-year, $40 million deal.  And shame on us for doubting him.

 Sure, recently, Lilly has gone through some ups and downs.  In his last start before the All-Star break at home vs. Cincinnati,

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The starting pitching outside of Zambrano and Dempster has been adequate at best. Ted Lilly has been bad in more starts than he has been good, and Jason Marquis has been bad too (isn't he supposed to be good in the first half of the season?). Sean Gallagher has done pretty decent for stepping up from AAA. I don't know what the hell happened to Rich Hill but whatever it is, I don't like it. I would like to see Lilly step up, I just can't see Dempster finishing the season 20-4. Carlos Marmol has been incredible, but unfortunately I can't say the same about anyone else in middle relief. Howry is starting to look better, and if Neal Cotts can be of any use to this team at all, it would be a super bonus, because I pretty much forgot about his existence on this planet (and he was the setup man of the year in '05 with the Sox). I just don't want Lou to have to put Marmol in every single time they need some clutch outs and burn out his arm before the second half of the season.

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his first 3 starts (the 3rd was sketchy, but the wind was blowing straight out). 

 And Ted Lilly and Rich Hill need to get it under control. Have either of them even lasted 5 innings in either of their starts yet?

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la flirted with moving Ryan Dempster back to the bullpen in the closer role, he will remain between Ted Lilly and Rich Hill in the rotation.

     Jason Marquis was awarded the fifth spot in the rotation after pitched boasting a 2.95 ERA this spring. Even though, Jon Lieber had a 1.95 ERA while coming off of an injury.

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p; His arm is bound to give in soon, and when it does, the Cubs will not know what to do.

(2) Ted Lilly will become a Cy Young Award Candidate

  For some of you, this may be a stretch.  Stretch your eyes open a little more and you will see the possibility of

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ole.  The rotation worries me a little bit because I keep having this pessimistic feeling that Ted Lilly isn't going to be as clutch as he was last year, and Carlos Zambrano seems to be losing his mind and control on the mound more and more each year.

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