Bleed Cubbie Blue · Jan 30, 2020
Pedro Strop signs with the Reds, per report
David Kohl-USA TODAY SportsNow, he’ll be joined by one of his former Cubs teammates:
Well, I dunno. Given the money the Cubs have spent on Jharel Cotton, Dan Winkler and Jeremy Jeffress, they probably could have afforded to bring Pedro Strop back for another year, even with incentives as noted in the tweet above.
Strop is one of the best relievers in Cubs history, even with his rough 2019 season. In seven Cubs seasons (2013-19) he posted a 2.90 ERA and 1.048 WHIP and had a 10.3 strikeouts/nine innings ratio. He posted 29 saves and 7.4 bWAR over those seven (really, six and a half) seasons.