Lilly Ready?

Is Ted Lilly really ready for Opening Day? Lilly is recovering from surgery on his left shoulder from back in November. To me, 3 months is a little fast to be coming back from a procedure on one of your better pitchers throwing shoulder. There really is not a need for him to rush his recovery. The Cubs cannot afford to lose their #2 starter early in April because he wanted to make his first start in game 2. Piniella has a lot of weapons out of the bullpen that can fill Lilly's spot until he is fully recovered. Jeff Samardzija is one of the Cub's best middle relievers and can be moved into the rotation in Lilly's place. If Lou does not want to take a chance on Samardzija, then he can just move everyone in the rotation up 1 spot and then fill the 7th spot with a capable reliever like Justin Berg or John Grabow. Either way Lou looks at it, telling Ted to take it slow would be the best thing for his pitcher.