07-25-2009, 08:55 PM
<!--quoteo(post=52075:date=Jul 25 2009, 06:42 PM:name=jeffy)-->QUOTE (jeffy @ Jul 25 2009, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Hindsight is 20/20. No one would've predicted Marquis being so successful this year. It's easy to say it was a bad trade looking back now; but at the time, it was hard to criticize dumping Marquis from the team.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yep... I wanted to keep Marquis because of Harden, basically just for depth and to eat innings. I always said Marquis doesn't deserve all the crap he gets, he's not that bad. He's not nearly as good as his numbers show this year though either, and as I keep pointing out, he's almost always been incredibly worse in the 2nd half. I expect his ERA to be over 4 soon.
And with Marquis, we wouldnt have gotten to see as much of Randy Wells either, who has maybe even been better. He could easily have 10 wins.
The Casey McGehee crap is really ridiculous. He's been a career blah minor leaguer and never really impressed in Spring Training or his time with the Cubs last year.
Yep... I wanted to keep Marquis because of Harden, basically just for depth and to eat innings. I always said Marquis doesn't deserve all the crap he gets, he's not that bad. He's not nearly as good as his numbers show this year though either, and as I keep pointing out, he's almost always been incredibly worse in the 2nd half. I expect his ERA to be over 4 soon.
And with Marquis, we wouldnt have gotten to see as much of Randy Wells either, who has maybe even been better. He could easily have 10 wins.
The Casey McGehee crap is really ridiculous. He's been a career blah minor leaguer and never really impressed in Spring Training or his time with the Cubs last year.
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