Paul Maholm signs with Cubs

[Rice Cube]

Cubs To Sign Paul Maholm: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

I guess it's sort of official since Maholm Tweeted about it :lol:

Details to come.

 

[Uman85]

Yay-hoo.

 

[Jntg4]

FireCawks does it again...

"@paul_maholm How long is your contract in Chicago? Hope to see you on the mound when Castro/Rizzo/Jackson light it up in the same lineup."

See what I did wrong there? :lol:

 

[Jntg4]

FireCawks does it again...

"@paul_maholm How long is your contract in Chicago? Hope to see you on the mound when Castro/Rizzo/Jackson light it up in the same lineup."

See what I did wrong there? :lol:

 

[Rice Cube]

FireCawks does it again...

"@paul_maholm How long is your contract in Chicago? Hope to see you on the mound when Castro/Rizzo/Jackson light it up in the same lineup."

See what I did wrong there? :lol:

You double posted?

 

[Jntg4]

My laptop keeps doing that lately...

No, I said "on the mound when Castro/Rizzo/Jackson are lighting it up" LOL, meant on the team.

 

[Rice Cube]

My laptop keeps doing that lately...

No, I said "on the mound when Castro/Rizzo/Jackson are lighting it up" LOL, meant on the team.

I'm sure he knows what you mean. Any response as to what he's paid? I'm surprised the team allowed him to Tweet about it before an official release, but maybe that was pre-planned.

 

[Jntg4]

Nope, didn't respond to me, just saw this response to somebody else though:
"“@Chitown893: @paul_maholm In afghanistan and a loyal cubs fan! Welcome to Chicago!”no thank u"

Going hard there Paul...

 

[Rice Cube]

Nope, didn't respond to me, just saw this response to somebody else though:
"“@Chitown893: @paul_maholm In afghanistan and a loyal cubs fan! Welcome to Chicago!”no thank u"

Going hard there Paul...

Why "no thank u"? Maybe I'm not understanding Twitterese.

 

[Rice Cube]

Maholm stats:

Paul Maholm Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

 

[Jntg4]

Maholm clarified that the no was accidentally put there...

"@Chitown893 sorry meant to say thank u"

I was thinking like damn Paul, that's rude before he clarified lol.

 

[Jntg4]

Maholm clarified that the no was accidentally put there...

"@Chitown893 sorry meant to say thank u"

I was thinking like damn Paul, that's rude before he clarified lol.

 

[bleacherbum54]

Maholm stats:

Paul Maholm Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

He has a pretty good ERA close to Garza's last year. So I doubt he wins more than 8 games. The run support is gonna be bad but he is better than what we had last year. I like our rotation a lot better this year already wont amount to many wins this year though lol.

no more Colman, Russel and Lopez and Doug Davis and what not is a major improvement on my eyes.

 

[Rice Cube]

I think you assume the front office is trying to improve the defense and get more ground ball type pitchers, so run prevention will help the pitching staff out some. We'll see what happens. The Cubs will probably still suck but at least they'll look less like Little Leaguers :lol:

 

[X]

I think you assume the front office is trying to improve the defense and get more ground ball type pitchers, so run prevention will help the pitching staff out some. We'll see what happens. The Cubs will probably still suck but at least they'll look less like Little Leaguers :lol:

lol - I watched a lot of games last year and just laughed. We looked like the bad version of the bad news bears too often.

 

[Mr. Cub]

This is the greatest signing for the Cubs in forever.

 

[Uman85]

He has a pretty good ERA close to Garza's last year. So I doubt he wins more than 8 games. The run support is gonna be bad but he is better than what we had last year. I like our rotation a lot better this year already wont amount to many wins this year though lol.

no more Colman, Russel and Lopez and Doug Davis and what not is a major improvement on my eyes.

Best thing about this off-season other than the Rizzo trade.

 

[Jntg4]

1 -year $4.25 million, $6.5 million option with a $500K Option

 

[waldo7239117]

1 -year $4.25 million, $6.5 million option with a $500K Option

Do you mean 500K buyout?

Either way it's a good deal.

 

[Rice Cube]

Someone said Gordon Wittenmeyer tweeted that the Cubs also plan to bring back Rodrigo Lopez. He'd probably be a league-minimum or barely more signing.