This year’s Midsummer Classic featured a trio of Chicago Cubs players, with two being named as starters. Yet, not among these names is arguably the team’s best pitcher: Kyle Hendricks.
The soft-tossing right-hander stands as one of the most underrated pitchers in the league, likely due to his remarkably low velocity. He simply isn’t known for blowing hitters away with triple-digit heaters that light up the radar guns or for racking up massive strikeout totals.
What he excels at, however, is precision. Hendricks lives on the borders of the strike zone, with an elite 46.