Remember when we'd done a ton of research on keeping pitchers healthy and that was going to be a new Moneyball-style edge? I'll file that one away with "controlling the strike zone" and "parallel fronts."
Besides the incredibly dumb idea of "we shouldn't care about some roster decisions and wouldn't if the team was better," Lillibridge isn't the 25th man.
At the time the deal was signed, it was seen as an indirect way to expand Wrigley, which was always sold out and always would be for a long time, or so it was believed.
I'm enjoying the fact that he's drawn so much vitriol, but it is for the wrong reason. Everyone should have been annoyed back in January when it was clear they were gift-wrapping him a roster spot for unclear reasons.