The Cubs lost Friday’s 5-4 game against the Mets in their bullpen, Brad Brach surrendering the go-ahead run in the seventh inning.
Only a few days after White Sox hotshot Eloy Jimenez went bombs away off Pedro Strop in a Crosstown instant classic, it expanded a hovering cloud of missed opportunities for the Cubs thus far in 2019.
It would be a stretch — but only a slight one — to say that Cubs fans filed out of Wrigley Field while silently chanting the name of Craig Kimbrel to themselves.
But Kimbrel, the star closer who’s on a rehab assignment at Class AAA Iowa, entered the weekend hoping to pitch in back-to-back games.