How Good The Cubs’ Bullpen Has Been Might Shock You

To begin 2024, the Chicago Cubs seemed to win games despite their bullpen. Through the first couple of weeks of the season, reliever Julian Merriweather appeared to be the only one who could be counted on to get efficient outs. Then, he got hurt and was out for a long while, and it showed.

The bad bullpen teamed up with an offensive inability to hit to give the Cubs excruciatingly painful results as the calendar flipped to summertime. The losses piled up, and the Cubs found themselves deep in a hole...