Who’s ready to ride the Marmol Coaster? Buckle your seatbelts, because it’s going to be a bumpy ride. Love him, hate him or harbor indifference toward former Chicago Cubs closer Carlos Marmol, he played an important role in the bullpen for a good while – while simultaneously costing us all some years on the back end of our lives.
The right-hander broke onto the scene in unceremonious fashion back in 2006, making 13 starts and a half-dozen relief appearances. He struggled to a 76 ERA+, 6.47 FIP and unsustainable (but telling) 1.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio, averaging 6.