Pitching Help A Long Way Off For The Cubs

[Rice Cube]

His control issues and low k rates are a pretty big warning sign that he won't do anything. Dude just doesn't miss many bats.

He did have a sub-3 ERA earlier on but if you looked at the peripherals (as you mentioned) and also the innings he was able to get through, it wasn't pretty. I think he averaged less than 4 innings per start because he simply didn't miss bats and so his pitch count ballooned and they had to take him out. I guess the ERA has normalized to reflect his true suckage level.

 

[Anno Catuli]

Cubs supposedly have some young starting pitchers, but rarely have they been able to develop quality starters who put up stats constantly that would make them comparable to a true #1 starter... Hell, even a number two is rare in the Cubs history of pitcher development.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

Every farm system has those dip shits.

Even the poop dick White Sox system.

:lmao: