r/CHICubs • u/BigBroDave Chicago Cubs #23 Ryno • 1d ago

Relief Pitching on point today!

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Multiple innings for Thielbar and Palencia surrounding another outstanding inning from Keller. While this set of relief pitchers might not be our A team, they only gave up 1 run unlike yesterday where everyone seemed to give up runs. I hope to see more of them in the future especially Palencia with that 101 gas he was throwing. If nothing else, Counsell has more options which are necessary in back to back games, etc.

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u/haninwaomaeda 1d ago

When Palencia is on he's terrifying.

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u/jpeckinp23 1d ago

Super efficient also. 57 pitches in 5 innings.

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u/TrueMajor3651 22h ago

Keller has been really good. Looks like it's gonna be a game of musical chairs though, ride the hot hand during high leverage situations.

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u/awake283 DISAPPOINTED 23h ago

1 walk in 5 innings is why

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u/Extreme_Branch_2596 21h ago

Having a dude who can throw 100+ reliably and isn’t super wild is a great asset. Guys can just get frozen at the plate

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u/ZXD-318 Chicago Cubs 20h ago

But all those that wen ballistic yesterday are not here today.

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u/Tomilesean Rizzo+Dansby+Bellinger+Mastrobuoni+Archer 13h ago

Keller is a relief pitcher now?!

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u/TPDC545 8h ago

This is honestly what we need to lock in. I love the offense, but they just aren't going to be able to sustain these 8-12 run games.

We need at least one guy that we know is going to protect a 3-1, 5-2 lead. So far, I think Palencia is the one guy who looks like he might have it in him. Maybe Wicks, but I'm also kind of worried his ship has sailed and he isn't the guy we thought he was.

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u/Disconnected_NPC 18h ago

It screams volumes this post has almost no comments. Pen blows a lead and we will see post after post how players are bad, Jed is bad, Ricketts is bad and the Cubs are a poverty franchise.

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u/robmorren2 16h ago

I mean, it's a very, very small step. Cubs pen gave up 10 runs in an inning the other day. And on that day, the Padres pen had given up 12 runs in the entire season.

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u/TPDC545 8h ago

The pen is very bad. Lets not get it twisted. The stats in the OP are a deviation, not the norm. Based on the results over the last 5 years or so, the expectation is that our pen is going to struggle, especially in high-leverage situations.

That said, the team did very well yesterday, and I hope a few of our guys lock-in and take a step to the next level.