Now, the above statement tells you nothing you aren’t already aware of. The more important question, though, for the Chicago Cubs, is what caused their young hard-throwing reliever to flame out late in the season when they needed him at his best.
On the whole, looking at Carl Edwards Jr.‘s line from 2018 would hardly draw suspicion from anyone who didn’t see him pitch in the season’s final month. He put up a 2.60 ERA (2.93 FIP) and struck out 11.3 batters per nine in 58 appearances for manager Joe Maddon. You certainly can’t take that performance for granted given the injuries to guys like Brian Duensing, Pedro Strop and Brandon Morrow.