The Cubs starting pitching has really gotten messy. If Harden just has back problems, that may actually save his arm for later. I could see him coming back strong, but as mentioned he never really goes deep into a game. With that bullpen in such bad shape, he really loses his effectiveness versus last year with the strong pen. That still doesn't help the problems with Zambrano & Dempster. It seems all those innings have piled up on Big Z. Maybe someone has the stats on this, but I seem to remember him and Sheets up there in Pitcher Abuse Points for a few years running. Dempster seems to be showing last year was more of the aberration than this year. So that leaves Ted Lilly & Sean Marshall as their front line starters...that maybe compares to Bush & Parra, although I'd take our guys.