Daniel Palencia, No. 48, throws hard. The 25-year-old isn’t real big (5’11”, 160) but he’s often over 100 miles per hour with his fastball, but he’s got a lifetime ERA over 5 and 49 strikeouts in a lifetime 43 innings. He walks a lot of people and then has to thread the needle, using his heater, sinker, and slider, mixing in a slider and change. The Cubs are hoping he gets it all together soon as his offerings could prove troublesome to the opposition.
Projection systems have him logging enough MLB time to go 2-2.