Annoyed after a tough look on Saturday, Colten Brewer punched a wall within the Chicago Cubs dugout after he was faraway from the sport. It might show to be a expensive punch, one which broke Brewer’s hand and has shelved him on the 60-day injured record, in response to a number of reporters close to the staff, together with Taylor McGregor of Marquee Community.
Brewer gave up three runs, one earned, in Saturday’s 7-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. He acquired simply two outs on 37 pitches, 19 of them strikes.
This 12 months, the aid pitcher has posted an ERA of 5.66 in 16 video games. Regardless of a powerful strikeout-to-walk ratio, he has put loads of runners on the basepaths, with a WHIP of 1.597.
In a transfer which will or might not have been corresponding, Hunter Bigge acquired the call-up from Iowa after Saturday’s sport, in response to MLB Community’s Jon Morosi. At Triple-A, his ERA has been sub-1.00 this season.
The bullpen has taken on a couple of distinctive chapters for the Cubs this 12 months. Longtime starter Kyle Hendricks, at one level, was relegated from a beginning position to a aid position however then introduced again into the beginning rotation resulting from accidents to the employees.
Hector Neris has been the staff’s nearer, and the opposite regulars within the aid roles have been Mark Leiter Jr. (on the 15-day injured record), Luke Little, Hayden Wesneski, Drew Smyly and Tyson Miller, along with Brewer.
The Cubs bullpen has the Nineteenth-best ERA within the league, so the addition of Bigge is one the Cubs hope will assist flip the staff’s fortunes round. Chicago is 41-49 and final within the NL East.