Cubs Negotiating with Paul Maholm

[jersey cubs fan]

I trust him to be a good 5 starter or a passible 4 starter but if there's room for an upgrade, I'll take it. If you look over the pitching rotation of every big league team you'll find a lot of 5 starters and some 4 starters that I'd take Wells over any day. Have people completely forgotten what a Chicago Cubs starting pitching rotation looked like prior(no pun intended) to 2002?

 

2001 was pretty good.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Yeah, I was thinking more the hey lets fill the roster with garbage because people will come see Sammy anyway years. The main thing I remember about 2001 is the first time I saw Juan Cruz that he was going to be a fixture for a long time to come. Sadly, Prior/Wood/Cruz/Zambrano/Clement was never to be.

[jersey cubs fan]

The roster was littered with garbage long before Sammy arrived. The lineup has been a much bigger problem for the past decade than the rotation.

[Little Slide Rooter]

My point is that Randy Wells is good enough for what he is and we've had far worse pitchers at the back of the rotation.