Unlikely Teammate Might Have Saved Veteran Pitcher’s Career with Cubs

Ryan Pressly was supposed to be the shutdown closer at the end of the 2025 Chicago Cubs bullpen, but he was demoted from that role after his historically bad appearance against the San Francisco Giants on May 6. The two-time All-Star and World Series champion was down in the dumps and looking for answers the Cubs went to an unlikely teammate for a solution.

Although Pressly had a 2.08 ERA through his first 13 innings of the season you could sense a blowup coming. The veteran reliever wasn’t generating any swings and misses...