Thoughts on Carlos Silva

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Harry's stuff at cubsfx was a pretty interesting read. I thought the parts talking about how much pressure Silva was putting on himself because of the big contract was pretty telling. It seems that signing that contract while setting Silva up for life, ruined his career. If he comes into camp healthy, with his weight under control, and in shape there is a small chance that he could be a serviceable back of the rotation pitcher. If he can get back to attacking the strike zone with his sinker, not walking anyone, and allowing a few more hits per 9 than I am comfortable seeing we might make out okay on this. Also maybe knowinf that he is replacing a bad contract will allow him to relax a bit.