The 1984 Cubs are still my all-time favorite team, and Shu014dta Imanaga is starting to rustle up memories of Rick Sutcliffe. The Red Baron came to Chicago with George Frazier and Ron Hassey from Cleveland for Mel Hall, Joe Carter, Don Schulze, and Darryl Banks and went 16-1 with the Cubs en route to winning the NL Cy Young Award. The Cubs won the NL East that season but lost to the Padres in the NLCS.
Imanaga didn’t beat San Diego last night, but it’s not because he didn’t deserve the win.