There’s no denying the Chicago Cubs ability to turn pitching castoffs into successful pitchers. The staff of Chris Bosio, Mike Borzello and Lester Strode have been a crucial part of the Cubs success. They’ve done it with developing young pitchers, as well as rehabilitating others back from injury. With several top free agent pitchers coming off of injury, they could find gold in this class.
I’ll take a look at four pitchers that have missed time due to injury but could be signed at a much lower cost than they would if healthy. All three have had success in recent years, but the question now is have the injuries become too much to overcome?