As if the Angel Pagan home run wasn't enough to make me lose all hope of a Cubs win last night. Lou had to trot Jeff Samardzija out there to insure I would enjoy watching the game even less.

We rant and rave over bad contracts this team has, most notably Alfonso Soriano. But seriously look at this shit:

Jeff Samardzija rhp
5 years/$10M (2007-11), plus 2012 & 2013 club options

• 5 years/$10M (2007-11), plus 2012 & 2013 club options
  
• signed Major League contract with Cubs 1/07, giving up football
• $2M signing bonus
• 10:$3M
  
• no-trade clause
  
• total value may reach $16.5M with exercise of options
• must return bonus & much of remaining $10M if he returns to football
• drafted 2006 (5-149) (Notre Dame)
• signed 6/06, $1M signing bonus (may increase to $7.25M if Samardzija chooses to play baseball over football)
• agent: Mark Rodgers
  
• ML service: 0.152

*courtesy of Cot's Baseball Contracts

What the hell is that shit? How can someone that has literally shown nothing in his time playing for the club get that much money? Watching the tall trainwreck on the mound last night, I cringed when I heard the ESPN announcers talk about him. "He's got great stuff, but hasn't put it together yet." Translation: He can throw a ball hard and that's about it. Why is this guy in a major league uniform?

And even if he comes to terms that he's not cut out for baseball, why would he go play football instead if he has to forfeit millions of dollars to do so?

I'm choking on my own rage here. Seeing Samardzija pitching in relief is a god damn travesty. Surely there has to be someone in AAA that could take his place. Or at the very least send him down when Lilly comes back and let Sloth Gorzelanny become a middle reliever instead.