2010 Chicago Cubs Profile: John Grabow
February 26, 2010 by Matt Trueblood
Seven-and-a-half million dollars is a lot of money to pay to a relief pitcher who walked a career-high 4.98 batters per nine innings in the previous season.
That is especially true if the reliever in question also struck out a career-low 7.09 strikeouts per nine innings in that season.
Yet general manager Jim Hendry and the Chicago Cubs made just such an investment this winter when they inked left-handed hurler John Grabow to a two-year pact.
It is easy to see what Hendry and his team see in Grabow: Indeed, Grabow's surface-level numbers are stellar. His 148.1 innings over the past two seasons rank ninth among relief pitchers during that span, and his 3.09 ERA puts...
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