Daniel Palencia
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Oct 24, 2026
Sahadev SharmaHOST
Um, we talk about a weird spring training, disjointed, whatever it may be.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
Uh, Daniel Palencia didn't have a normal spring training, but he was awesome during his time in spring training because he was pitching in the world baseball classic for the, uh, uh venezuela and and was i almost said valenzuela like fernando valenzuela and i was like that's not the name of the country uh uh uh and he was dominant he was awesome he was like no doubt closer uh i was getting texts from people with the organization saying like when he was with them like he When he was with the club at spring training, like he looks amazing the way he's talking.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
He's so confident about himself.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
Like they thought he was going to have like this amazing season.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
You just don't know what you're going to get with a bullpen.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
I do.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
I'm not out on Daniel Palencia at all.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
I agree.
Alex PattHOST
Now, what do we do about this? Well, last year, they tried to address this in multiple ways.
Alex PattHOST
So, yeah, you had Daniel Palencia on your team.
Alex PattHOST
He has the hardest fastball on the team.
Alex PattHOST
You had Ben Brown.
Alex PattHOST
But whether it was last offseason or this trade deadline, you got these guys, maybe you got a little bit of hope, but the high-powered arms, they had a rough go in 2026.
Alex PattHOST
And this was one of the things I talked about in the article I wrote.
Alex PattHOST
So of all those guys I just listed, Palencia, Zephyr Hahn, Brown, Harvey, Cabrera, their average fastball last year was all above 96.0 miles an hour.
Alex PattHOST
Palencia was 99.2, Zephyr Hahn was 97.6, Brown was 96.3, Hunter Harvey was 97.6, and Cabrera was 96.3. You could also throw in Yaxel Rios and Antoine Kelly, if you remember those two.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
Ben Brown breaks out and then is lost for the season.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
The bullpen, just a litany of injuries to the bullpen, including injuries Daniel Palencia never really being himself for much of the year and, and being on the shelf for probably about half of it.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
It felt like, uh, I'm probably missing some very obvious injuries and some, some big moments.
Sahadev SharmaHOST
It felt like, um, they were running a fire drill, the pitching coaches and, and in general, like, like all season long, it felt like it's like damage control or like, how do we fix this? Uh, so while I understand some of the criticism for the pitching coaches and, and, you know, this is, you know, sometimes you can put injuries on, like, are they doing the right things? I didn't see like a trend with the injuries, some pretty random, weird injuries there.
Brendan MillerHOST
But I do believe we're going to be talking about guys that just you don't know about.
Brendan MillerHOST
And we'll run it back with Jacob Webb, Daniel Palencia.
Brendan MillerHOST
Maybe Mayton comes back healthy and we'll see what it looks like.
Brendan MillerHOST
Okay, a few more questions here in the last five minutes, then we'll sign off and you guys can enjoy your Friday.
Lenny MelnickHOST
while 34 of the 100 players in Tier 2 failed to return positive fantasy value.
Lenny MelnickHOST
19 of those 34 were pitchers, and those include Spencer Strider, Hunter Green, Ryan Peppio, Daniel Palencia, Dennis Santana, and Ryan Walker.
Lenny MelnickHOST
These last two, Dennis Santana and Ryan Walker, These two names should reinforce the risks of waiting too long to get a closer, as they were widely considered the line of demarcation for the closer clip this season, and both lost their jobs rather quickly in 2026.
Lenny MelnickHOST
Overall, nearly three times as many players returned zero or negative fantasy value than the 13 players who returned at least $20 of value in this tier.
speaker_3HOST
He can have it.
speaker_3HOST
Who closed for Danny Palencia?
speaker_1HOST
Ben Joyce.
speaker_3HOST
That's pretty fucking good, honestly.
Pete GettisHOST
They've made an investment in you, and the Cubs lost a massive amount of money.
Pete GettisHOST
with Daniel Palencia's.
Pete GettisHOST
And, you know, I don't begrudge him participating, but I do begrudge the way that Venezuela used him in that last game.
Pete GettisHOST
Yeah.
Steven RyanHOST
I don't know.
Steven RyanHOST
Maybe Daniel Palencia with the full offseason, plus maybe even more with the lockout of health, could really be a nice fit for this team.
Steven RyanHOST
But Adrian Morajon is a must-have for the Cubs.
Steven RyanHOST
And I know they're probably not going to pay him, so make sure you guys have your listening ears on.
Adam HoweHOST
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Adam HoweHOST
he was, you know, man, he was everybody's f- at the trade deadline, he was everybody's favorite pickup, uh, as he was filling in for the closer, uh, Polencia.
Adam HoweHOST
Um, and then he just stopped performing [laughs] altogether.
Adam HoweHOST
Um, so he could still be a valuable piece to the back end of that bullpen, even if he's not closing out games, uh, uh, at a regular clip or at all.
Adam HoweHOST
Um, so not, I mean, there's some depth here that they might be losing, but I would assume, uh, that Polencia comes back and, you know, it takes that, that closer job back.
Adam HoweHOST
Uh, unless you think, again, Webb or somebody else is going to be the favorite there.
Adam HoweHOST
Um, but I do not think, 'cause I think they have enough money to spend in other places between the outfield and the, uh, starting rotation, that they're gonna do most of their work in the bullpen as a, as a depth piece.
Kevin HastingHOST
only 2.5 they probably picked that up so i
Adam HoweHOST
think he was you know man he was everybody's at the trade deadline he was everybody's favorite pickup uh as he was filling in for the closer palencia um and then he just stopped performing altogether um so he could still be a valuable piece to the back end of that bullpen even if he's not closing out games uh at a regular clip or at all So not I mean, there's some depth here that they might be losing, but I would assume that Palencia comes back and, you know, it takes that that closure job back unless you think, again, Webb or somebody else is going to be the favorite there.
Adam HoweHOST
But I do not think because I think they have enough money to spend in other places between the outfield and the starting rotation that they're going to do most of their work in the bullpen as a as a depth piece.
Adam HoweHOST
Do you kind of see that in a different light?
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