Cubs need a change: Taillon hit hard in loss to Phillies, Hendricks appears ready to return. McGrawDHSports Cubs
They just spent an unpleasant couple of days in Minnesota, getting outscored 27-4 in a pair of weekend afternoon games.Starting pitcher Jameson Taillon gave up a grand slam to Kyle Schwarber in the first inning and it was pretty much all downhill from there.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service That first line isn't great news, because the way he's been getting lit up, it seems like the former New York Yankee could use a couple weeks on the injured list, followed by some rehab starts in the minors to try to figure out what's going wrong.
Two years ago with the Yankees, opponents hit .199 against the four-seam fastball and Taillon threw it close to 50% of the time. This season, opponents are hitting .357 and he's throwing it 24% of the time. "He's going through a tough time right now," manager David Ross said."That's what we try to do, try to help him out, try to figure things out. He'll put the work in, we'll put the work in and try to be better."
Cubs management has a few days to figure that out. They could keep Taillon where he is and let Hayden Wesneski roll in Iowa for the time being. Or bring back Wesneski and give Taillon time to figure things out somehow.
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