Rule no. 157 of fantasy baseball: Don’t start your pitcher at Wrigley Field if the wind is blowing out. Unfortunately for Wei-Yin Chen, the Marlins play real baseball, and it was his turn to start against the Cubs in Chicago on a day the wind was, in fact, blowing in that unfavorable direction. He had a career-worst day, surrendering nine runs and three home runs in just three innings. The Fish went on to lose 13-4 and were swept by the Cubs.
Like Chen, Manager Don Mattingly didn’t have any fun:
Sadly, Chen wasn’t the first Marlin to give up nine in an outing this season.