As of February 1st the Cubs have not offically set their 5 pitchers in the starting rotation. The rotation won't see many adjustments in the first four spots of the rotation are set by last years first four starters. These spots include Carlos Zambrano, Ted Lilly, Ryan Dempster, and Rich Harden. I listed them in no particular order because I think Lou will move people around in the rotation order. Obviously Carlos Zambrano will be the Ace of the staff. He has been the staple of the cubs rotation since 2001. Rich Harden is a second year Cub coming into this year. He has had some arm trouble this offseason so I am hopeful that he can have an injury free season but it seems that Lou may need to give him more rest than usual. Ryan dempster is coming off of a career year. He lead the Cubs with the lowest ERA and was tied with the most wins. Dempster bleeds the Cubs so I expect him to have another good year and help the Cubs win some games. Next we got Ted Lilly. If we could get the Lilly from a few years ago the rotation would be the strongest in the MLB but to me it seems that we never know what we are going to get from him. The final spot in the rotation is going to be an epic battle between Sean Marshall, Jeff Samardzija, and Aaron Heilman. Marshall and Heilman seem to be the front runners for this spot as the media is giving them the most attention. I would rather like to see Samardzija in the rotation because he showed signs of greatness. Whoever gets it I hope they can keep the Cubs in games and not have that final spot in the rotation be a weak spot.
Who do you think should get the final spot?? Leave me a comment!!
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