Jason Marquis is the newest member of the Colorado Rockies and he will be thrown right into the starting rotation when he comes to spring training. Marquis had played the last two seasons with the Chicago Cubs but was a back of the end starter for them and was often skipped over in his starts.
The Rockies sent the Cubs reliever Luis Vizcaino in exchange. The Cubs will also pay $875,000of Marquis’s contract. Marquis will be a free agent after the 2009 season. He went 11-9 with a 4.53 ERA last year for the Cubs.
Marquis also swings the bat very good as he has a career .206 average with 40 rbi’s. He can also hit the long ball which he did a couple of times for the Cubs.
Good move for the Rockies even though they improve the payroll by $5 million.
