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Free Agent at the End of the Season: Jason Marquis

Found September 28, 2009 on Jorge Says No: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jason Marquis,  Randy Wolf,  Rich Harden,  Jon Garland,  Adam Eaton
TEAMS: Colorado Rockies,  Los Angeles Dodgers,  Chicago Cubs,  Arizona Diamondbacks

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After the 2006 season ended, the future of Jason Marquis seemed to be very much in doubt. Marquis was coming off the worst season of his career where he posted an embarrassing 6.02 for the Cardinals and even led the league in home runs allowed and earned runs allowed.Luckily for Marquis, he became a free agent at the perfect time. Teams were desperate for pitching and the Cubs decided to take a chance on Marquis. A very expensive chance. The Cubs signed Marquis to a 3 year/$24 million dollar contract that baffled most of the baseball world.For the first two years of that contract, Marquis was nothing more than a mediocre starting pitcher. But this year with the Rockies has been Marquis best performance since 2004.The Case for Jason Marquis-Ground BallsA big reason why Jason Marquis has been so successful in Colorado this season is because of his incredible ground ball percentage. According to fangraphs, Marquis is third in all of baseball in ground ball percentage (55.2%). That stat...
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