I know we all assumed it was a done deal, but now it appears that it’s all but official: Jason Marquis IS going to the Colorado Rockies for reliever Luis Vizcaino.
The Rockies’ payroll will increase slightly next season from $68 million to roughly $73 million with the acquisition of Chicago Cubs starter Jason Marquis and the salary increases of their six arbitration-eligible players.
Marquis will cost the Rockies $4.875 million in 2009 after the subtraction of reliever Luis Vizcaino, who is heading to Chicago in a deal that could be finalized as soon as Monday. The Denver Post.
If nothing else, this article confirms that Rockies’ sources consider this a done deal.
I wonder if Vizcaino can get “it” back, or if he’ll even remain with the Cubs long enough to find out. The Cubs are looking at a packed pen as it is.
Hopefully he can get it back.
At the very least, he can’t be any worse than Howry in ’08, can he?
Unlikely… though that’s like being better looking than Randy Johnson.