The season is only a week old, but the Cubs are already making moves to address the long-running issue of a bullpen that can’t seem to throw enough strikes. Repeated failures by multiple pitchers have led to identical 9.64 marks in both ERA and BB/9, both of which sit well above the next-worst unit in each category.
Cubs bullpen has walked 20 of the 95 batters they've faced, 21.1% walk rate. ERA is 9.64. Not great!
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) July 30, 2020
The first corrective procedure involved swapping out Dillon Maples, who walked four of the six batters he faced on Wednesday, for Colin Rea, though that alone won’t turn anything around.