Did you watch Sebathia throw tonight? Harden is not even in the same league, pal. Sebathia is a stud --plain and simple. The Cubs organization is like a bad zone defense, in basketball --they are reacting to everything. This is like the Cubs team kissing its sister on a blind date. Harden is an injury freak. Sebathia is the real deal, and Harden is a reaction deal.
Ya, absolutely Harden is in the same league in terms of stuff as sabathia. Yes Harden is injured a lot, but so is Ben Sheets. Anybody that says this is a reaction deal is an idiot. The A's and Cubs had to already be scouting each other and talking for a couple of weeks. If anything it happened because the A's lost 2 straight to the White Sox and fell 6 back of the Angels. The deal probably happened a little quicker because of Sabathia, but it would've happened within a week anyway, even without sabathia.
They're both good pitchers. I think this solidfies the Cubs. Zambrano, Lilly, Dempster and now Harden. Jason Marquis is a decent pitcher and is good to work w/ 2.
Brewers 4 Cubs 2. Head to Head matchups without these two pitchers. All games at Wrigley. The Cubs with choke up huge games at the hands of the Brewers. Sorry Cubs fans the Brewers are going to trump the Chubbies this year.