Paul Maholm was asked about rumors the Pirates may be interested in him last night in Pittsburgh and he had this to say:
“It would be ironic to leave as a free agent and then they wanted me back. There are rumors, and we will see how it turns out. My next two starts are against them. It should be an interesting 10 days.”
Ryan Dempster appears all but gone and the Cubs are working on dealing Matt Garza. If they trade Maholm too, what's that leave for the Cubs rotation? Jeff Samardzija, Travis Wood, Chris Volstad, Randall Delgado (let's assume they acquire him for Dempster) and who else? Chris Rusin?
Didn’t we just pick up someone who could start from the Red Sox… Germano?
Don’t forget the Ace in the hole, Chris Volstad!
/snark
EDIT: (Mike needs to read shit. Every word)
Ca-sey Cole-man clap-clap clap-clap-clap.
Could we just twist the concept of Closer by Committee to Starter by Committee? Or run contests where the fans get to determine the 5th starter every time through the rotation?
I’m sure Rodrigo Lopez and Ramon Ortiz are available. Sure, at least one of them has been stashed in Iowa for just this eventuality.
Can Koyie Hill pitch?
@ SVB:
That’s a possibility. So is Germano like WaLi said.
@ mb21:
You always have to know who your 9th starting pitcher is.
Josh has a new comic up for those who moved to this thread: http://www.obstructedview.net/comics/twits.html