JacksonvilleJack

Guys this is the 2013 Twins. Seth is right he'll stay in Florida when the team heads North, and then get starts in AA and Rochester. Let's see that will bring us to about May 1st. By that time the Tigers, Angels, Royals and Rangers will have made it painfully clear that the bottom half of the rotation can't make it out of the 3rd inning, or even the end of May. If Harden shows even a flash of his old self he'll be in the rotation.

I spend a lot of time watching the various Teams down here in Fla. The first outing and for that matter most of the early Spring outings for veteran pitchers mean nothing! You have no idea what these guys are working on. For example there are guys that go out with sole purpose of spotting specific pitches. After 10-12 years in the bigs they don't care about the score of a meaningless ST game. Only fans with "Cabin Fever" do! I've watched the best pitchers in the game go in and work on their change and it gets taken yard by some AA guy that may never sniff the show. They don't care! They are working on speciifc things not blowing some stiff off the plate with their 3-best pitches. REMEMBER these games aren't REAL! It could be that Marquis will suck in the A.L. but we won't know that for 3-months. However, I do agree with the other posters that he is SO Slow. He could get away with that in the N.L. because he can flat out rake at the plate, but one of my favorite sayings from playing and coaching this game does apply here: "If you are going to be ineffective, at least be quick about it!"