According to Paul Sullivan at The Chicago Tribune, former closer Ryan Dempster and Jason Marquis have won the final two spots in the Cubs’ starting pitching rotation. Jon Lieber will move to the bullpen, and will likely serve as the team’s long reliever.

Dempster and Marquis will join Carlos Zambrano, Ted Lilly and Rich Hill to fill out the entire rotation. You can find out more details about all the aforementioned pitchers in our 2008 Cubs team outlook.

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