Some fans might have been wondering where Chicago Cubs closer Adbert Alzolay was Monday night when Mark Leiter Jr. came out in the ninth inning with a two-run lead over the Detroit Tigers. A few ho…
Some fans might have been wondering where Chicago Cubs closer Adbert Alzolay was Monday night when Mark Leiter Jr. came out in the ninth inning with a two-run lead over the Detroit Tigers.A few hours earlier, Alzolay had gone into manager David Ross’s office at Comerica Park and said he didn’t “feel great” after back-to-back outings the previous two games against the Kansas City Royals.
The Cubs trailed the first-place Milwaukee Brewers by 2 1/2 games before Tuesday’s 8-6 loss to the Tigers and held the second National League wild-card spot.“I feel like we can win every game,” said Dansby Swanson, who hit a home run and had 4 RBIs Tuesday. “That’s the approach and mindset everyone in this clubhouse takes. It’s so easy for people to get caught up in looking at certain stretches and saying this team isn’t as good. But baseball is ebb and flow.
Of course, the Cubs don’t have much time for a grace period, which means Smyly is pitching to stay in the rotation.Ross’s handling of the ’pen the rest of the way will undergo heavy scrutiny because of his reliance on the Big Four and the relative lack of experience in a pennant race outside of Fulmer. He got some big outs from rookies Daniel Palencia and Hayden Wesneski the last two games, while Fulmer struggled in his outing Monday and Jose Cuas had control issues in the ninth inning Tuesday.
“But I saw a stat we have the third-lowest bullpen innings of any bullpen in the league. So numbers-wise we’ve managed that pretty well. I’d also put a caveat on that. This run we’ve been on, winning a lot of games since the All-Star break, they’ve carried a heavy workload.”The Cubs do rank third in fewest bullpen innings pitched in 2023, as Ross pointed out, but also had thrown the 12th-most innings since the All-Star Break. The bullpen’s 4.
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