Can you imagine the b****ing if the team had signed these pitchers to long term contracts, much like people are b****ing about not being given to guys like Bartolo Colon now?
THIS IS WHY THIS TEAM DOES NOT GIVE PITCHERS LONG TERM CONTRACTS!
Heck go back to the last batch of stud pitchers we let go McDowell, Alvarez, and Fernandez. What did they do after they left Chicago? They sure didn't justify the huge contracts that they got once they left.
It will be interesting to look at the 2003 staff in say 2007 and see what any of them are doing.