2025 Cubs player profiles: Gavin Hollowell

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty ImagesGavin Hollowell has the body and repertoire of a late-innings relief pitcher. He stands 6 foot 7 on the hill and has the FB/Cutter/Sinker/Slider/Change combination of a one-time starter. He hasn’t thrown the change in two years and pretty much relies on the four-seamer and lateral-inclined slider.

Hollowell strikes out Schwarber in his Cubs debut [VIDEO].

He has 42 innings in The Show, most of them in 2023,. when the Rockies used him for 33.2 of those innings. His lifetime ERA is 6.00. He gave up eight home runs in that 33.2 innings.

He’s 27 years old. It’s possible that he might be a late bloomer but the odds are against it. His 93 mile per hour fastball…