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Chicago Cubs Sign Paul Maholm: Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer Have 4 More Moves to Make

January 10, 2012 by  

The Chicago Cubs have signed left-handed pitcher Paul Maholm, according to Maholm's Twitter feed.

Maholm, 29, becomes the third substantial starting pitching acquisition of the new Jed Hoyer and Theo Epstein regime, and could open the door to another, as his arrival may make Matt Garza more available in trade.

This is a brilliant move by the Cubs, a bargain-bin signing of a pitcher with elite ground-ball skills (he ranks among the top 10 percent of qualifying hurlers in ground-ball rate since 2008, just ahead of Roy Halladay).

He is left-handed, a priority under Epstein and Hoyer as they loo...

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