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Thunder Matt's Saloon:
PLAYERS:
John Grabow,
Carlos Marmol,
Angel Guzman,
Glendon Rusch,
Neal Cotts,
Scott Eyre,
Will Ohman
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers
According to Bruce Levine on ESPN 1000, the Cubs are working on signing lefty reliever John Grabow to a multi-year deal worth between $6.5 million and $7.5 million.Agent Paul Kinzer represents Grabow, who would be the team's left-handed set-up man and a possible back-up closer in the event Carlos Marmol is injured or needs a day off.Jesus, really? Grabow as our set-up guy? Grabow closing games? Maybe I'm missing something here but at no point last season when I watched Grabow did his pitching knock my dick in the dirt. Fine, I realize we need a lefty in the pen, but keep Grabow away from the eighth and ninth innings if at all possible. Wouldn't a set-up/closer combo of Angel Guzman and Carlos Marmol make more sense?Ugh, we'll see how this goes but Grabow is my front-runner for the 2010 Glendon Rusch Award, given each year to the Cubs southpaw reliever that completely implodes on them. Here's a quick look at past winners.2009: Neal Cotts2008: Scott Eyre2007:...
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