Ted Lilly
2 June 2008
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.
Posted by Nick Drafke | No comments yet
16 April 2008
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?
Posted by Nick Drafke | No comments yet
4 March 2008
ke Fukudome. The Cubs also have, in my mind, the best rotation in this division. Big Z, Ted Lilly, Rich Hill and Jason Marquis provide a very nice top four and the Cubs have three people battling for the five spot, Jon Lieber, Sean Marshall and Ryan Dempster (last years closer and he should be in the bullpen again). The bullpen is a little thin this year and that is why I believe Dempster should be back in the bullpen, he would provide depth. The Cubs may look the best on paper but that is not where games are won.
Posted by Jeff Dufour | No comments yet
20 February 2008
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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