2021 marked Chicago Cubs pitcher Alec Mills’ first full season in Major League Baseball. He has made 30 appearances, including 18 starts, working to a 4.83 ERA. He’s been a mixed bag of results this year, and like most of the team, his future has question marks.
Mills has pitched 110 innings this year, which is by far a career-high. For that matter, everything he has done this year has set new career-highs, and his latest results could be the result of end-of-season fatigue, having never pitched this deep into a season.
There are a lot of open spots on next year’s roster.