03-03-2009, 02:33 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->"I have been in big-league camps going back to 1975. This is the best group of young arms I've ever been around. You go down in the bullpen, it's one guy after another throwing 95 m.p.h. with an off-speed pitch for a strike. I'm talking about the guys from [Jeff] Samardzija on down."
Sutcliffe enjoyed watching DeRosa play and understands why fans were upset the team moved the popular and versatile player. But the trade to the Indians brought three minor-league pitchers, and Sutcliffe says that if even one of those young arms develops, the Cubs made a great deal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->But enough of dark clouds. Sutcliffe sees only good things ahead for the Cubs.
"[Pitching coach] Larry Rothschild is the best I've ever been around," he said. "I've learned more from him than anybody. He took Lilly from a 10-, 15-game winner to a 17-game winner. The flip-flop of Dempster and Kerry Wood. There's a lot going on here."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sutcliffe enjoyed watching DeRosa play and understands why fans were upset the team moved the popular and versatile player. But the trade to the Indians brought three minor-league pitchers, and Sutcliffe says that if even one of those young arms develops, the Cubs made a great deal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->But enough of dark clouds. Sutcliffe sees only good things ahead for the Cubs.
"[Pitching coach] Larry Rothschild is the best I've ever been around," he said. "I've learned more from him than anybody. He took Lilly from a 10-, 15-game winner to a 17-game winner. The flip-flop of Dempster and Kerry Wood. There's a lot going on here."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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