This. Fucking. Bullpen.

[Armchair_QB]

Justin Wilson might be the worst reliever the Cubs have ever had. Grimm possibly second-worst.

"Say what?"

[Shooter]

If there's another tolerable arm in Iowa after calling up Zastryzny and Pena, it might be a good time for Wilson to come up with some "elbow tendinitis" or such. Take a few days off, and throw some rehab innings in the PCL to see if he can find the plate.

[Yeti]

Justin Wilson might be the worst reliever the Cubs have ever had. Grimm possibly second-worst.

"Say what?"

4.13 ERA in 134 appearances. Nice try

[flannj]

What the fuck Hector?

[SKO]

What the fuck Hector?

I think he's just done. He's just never been the same dude since the triceps injury last year. It sucks, because peak Hector was as good as any reliever in baseball

[Quality Start Machine]

What the fuck Hector?

I think he's just done. He's just never been the same dude since the triceps injury last year. It sucks, because peak Hector was as good as any reliever in baseball

He hit 99 the night before while cleaning up Duensing's mess.

[SKO]

What the fuck Hector?

I think he's just done. He's just never been the same dude since the triceps injury last year. It sucks, because peak Hector was as good as any reliever in baseball

He hit 99 the night before while cleaning up Duensing's mess.

Fastball is still down from last year, which was already down from 2015, but the problem doesn't seem to be his velocity it's his movement, which can be affected by injury too. He used to have that wicked 2 seamer and now everything he throws just catches too much of the plate, and he never had a great slider to begin with.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

What the fuck Hector?

I think he's just done. He's just never been the same dude since the triceps injury last year. It sucks, because peak Hector was as good as any reliever in baseball

He hit 99 the night before while cleaning up Duensing's mess.

Fastball is still down from last year, which was already down from 2015, but the problem doesn't seem to be his velocity it's his movement, which can be affected by injury too. He used to have that wicked 2 seamer and now everything he throws just catches too much of the plate, and he never had a great slider to begin with.

Any credence to the notion that he's tipping his pitches?

[Quality Start Machine]

What the fuck Hector?

I think he's just done. He's just never been the same dude since the triceps injury last year. It sucks, because peak Hector was as good as any reliever in baseball

He hit 99 the night before while cleaning up Duensing's mess.

Fastball is still down from last year, which was already down from 2015, but the problem doesn't seem to be his velocity it's his movement, which can be affected by injury too. He used to have that wicked 2 seamer and now everything he throws just catches too much of the plate, and he never had a great slider to begin with.

His walk rate is 9.7%, the highest it's been since his rookie season. I'd say he's not getting enough of the plate.

Plus, taking a quick gander at his splits on B-R, it appears that if he's 1-1 or behind in the count, he starts throwing get-me-over shit that's getting hammered.

So his overall lack of command is causing him to play it too safe, and he's getting lit up.

[SKO]

What the fuck Hector?

I think he's just done. He's just never been the same dude since the triceps injury last year. It sucks, because peak Hector was as good as any reliever in baseball

He hit 99 the night before while cleaning up Duensing's mess.

Fastball is still down from last year, which was already down from 2015, but the problem doesn't seem to be his velocity it's his movement, which can be affected by injury too. He used to have that wicked 2 seamer and now everything he throws just catches too much of the plate, and he never had a great slider to begin with.

His walk rate is 9.7%, the highest it's been since his rookie season. I'd say he's not getting enough of the plate.

Plus, taking a quick gander at his splits on B-R, it appears that if he's 1-1 or behind in the count, he starts throwing get-me-over shit that's getting hammered.

So his overall lack of command is causing him to play it too safe, and he's getting lit up.

One could say that a function of loss of command/loss of movement is that your fastball does not go where you expect it to go, which means you can A) walk a lot of guys while also B) leaving fastballs in the heart of the zone when you miss inside rather than out.

[SKO]

What the fuck Hector?

I think he's just done. He's just never been the same dude since the triceps injury last year. It sucks, because peak Hector was as good as any reliever in baseball

He hit 99 the night before while cleaning up Duensing's mess.

Fastball is still down from last year, which was already down from 2015, but the problem doesn't seem to be his velocity it's his movement, which can be affected by injury too. He used to have that wicked 2 seamer and now everything he throws just catches too much of the plate, and he never had a great slider to begin with.

Any credence to the notion that he's tipping his pitches?

No idea? I'm not being ForkScout, just based on my untrained meatball observations it just looks like he doesn't hit 98/99 as often as he used to (backed up by stats) and the fastball he does have doesn't cut like it used to, velocity aside. I'm sure there's some Brooks Baseball thing that can confirm/deny this but I was just saying what it looked like to me.

[SKO]

TPD: http://www.brooksbaseball.net/velo.php?player=444468&time=month&startDate=03/30/2007&endDate=08/24/2017&s_type=2

This here makes it look like his velocity has been all over the place this year, as opposed to being fairly consistent month to month in 2015/16, and then the horizontal movement on his fastball especially has varied wildly as well. So guessing his mechanics are fucked and he has no idea where the fastball is going anymore.

[Saul Goodman]

Hi.

Also: Albert Ian.  My dude.  What was that.

(#8 looked like #5 on my phone)

[Tonker]

For the love of God.  Do they have a rota for who's going to cough up three runs in the eighth and/or ninth?

[Saul Goodman]

Here's hoping the Cubs put in, and will win, a claim on Juan Nicasio, who the Pirates put on release waivers for some reason.