In 2019 the Chicago Cubs had a bottom-10 bullpen in Major League Baseball. While collectively, the ERA stayed under 4.00, at 3.98, it was barely under the benchmark and still wasn’t remotely close as the worst part.
The corps carried a 4.54 FIP and a 4.50 xFIP. Both ranged in the ‘below-average’ to ‘poor’ categories according to Fangraphs. Rowan Wick was far and away the best option in the pen last season. He finished with a 2.43 ERA across 33 1/3 innings, posting a very respectable 2.82 FIP with a 25 percent strikeout rate.