Promising Cubs Reliever Out for Rest of 2024

The bullpen has been a disaster for most of the season and one of the reasons for the many failures has been key pitchers being injured and unavailable. One promising reliever will now miss the rest of the 2024 season as right-hander Yency Almonte will undergo shoulder surgery.

Almonte, 30, was acquired this past offseason along with Michael Busch in a trade that sent two Cubs prospects to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Although Almonte had a few shaky outings at the beginning of the year...