Oct 17, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min · 12 segments
On this episode of Let's Play 162, Chris and Jack take a break from the 2016 Cubs to discuss 2026 and grade an odd season for the Wrigley Field team. * * * Hosted on Acast. See…
Chris DeeleyHost
Jack GallagherHost
Um, I will say this though, Deeley, um, speaking of pain, I'm currently on the baseball reference page and scrolled down to standard pitching 2026 Chicago Cubs.
And the whole page is pure, unadulterated pain, so we just get that out of the way to start with.
Uh, do you know how many, how many players threw at least one inning for the Cubs this year?
... that includes, that includes a little bit of, um, a little bit of mop-up duty from Carson Kelly, uh, who, I don't think this will surprise you, not the worst Cubs pitcher and not especially close to it.
Actually worse, um, a 1.4 WAR more than our marquee starting pitcher acquisition [laughs] in the off season.
There were, there were three, three Cubs even got to 100 innings this year, and one of them was Colin Ray, which you know things have gone wrong if you have to break the Colin Ray glass that early and that often.
And what we talked about earlier in the season when we were more positive, when Just- when Justin Steele seemed like he was coming back at some point-
Um, I will say this though, Deeley, um, speaking of pain, I'm currently on the baseball reference page and scrolled down to standard pitching 2026 Chicago Cubs.
And the whole page is pure, unadulterated pain, so we just get that out of the way to start with.
Uh, do you know how many, how many players threw at least one inning for the Cubs this year?
... that includes, that includes a little bit of, um, a little bit of mop-up duty from Carson Kelly, uh, who, I don't think this will surprise you, not the worst Cubs pitcher and not especially close to it.
Actually worse, um, a 1.4 WAR more than our marquee starting pitcher acquisition [laughs] in the off season.
There were, there were three, three Cubs even got to 100 innings this year, and one of them was Colin Ray, which you know things have gone wrong if you have to break the Colin Ray glass that early and that often.
And what we talked about earlier in the season when we were more positive, when Just- when Justin Steele seemed like he was coming back at some point-
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