Cubs’ bullpen starting to take shape with two weeks until Opening Day

The Cubs’ bullpen is beginning to take shape and with the regular season two weeks away, the final spots in that pen are starting to become clearer. The bullpen started slow for the Cubs during the shortened 60-game season, but finished as one of the best bullpens in baseball late in the season with a 2.32 ERA over its last 27 games.

The bullpen has little turnover and with some of the additions late in the offseason, the Cubs believe they have a group that can achieve similar success in 2021.

“I don’t want to underestimate the pitching core,” manager David Ross said. “I think we’ve got some sneaky good pitchers that may not be on the radar. But there’s definitely a willingness to be great…