Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 19, 2024
Polling Place: Is it time for the Cubs to pull Kyle Hendricks from the rotation?
Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks is off to the worst start of his major league career. Jamie Sabau/Getty Images
Through four starts, Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks is getting tattooed like a drunken sailor. Look no further than the cartoonish ERA — 12.71 — of the last member of the 2016 World Series team who’s still around.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the site formerly known as Twitter, we asked if it’s time for “the Professor” to be pulled from the rotation.
“It’s time for ‘the phantom’ to appear,” @KurtisArndt commented. “If Kyle’s next start goes south, he’ll suddenly have an issue that allows for an injured-list stint and rehab assignment.”
