Why Sunday Night Baseball’s Pitchers Are the Untold Heroes You Can’t Afford to Ignore

The Cubs are still one of the best teams in baseball, but it does feel like this team is a bit of a fake. Sure, they have some very good hitters on the roster. They’ve found ways to win games despite having a used up bullpen and injuries to three of their starting pitchers, but it feels like we are waiting for the collapse to happen. Perhaps it is due to them not making a trade at the deadline that addressed their areas of need. Maybe it is just what Cubs fans do – wait for the floor to fall out beneath us. I really don’t know. They are falling further and further behind the scorching hot Brewers, and in the second half of the season, they are just 10-10. Tonight, they look to take the series from the Cardinals with Shota Imanaga on the hill. For the year, Imanaga is 8-4 with a 3.12 ERA, and a 1.00 WHIP. He has been slightly better on the road than he has at home, but it isn’t substantial. What I love about Imanaga is that he doesn’t give up many walks. He has just 17 for the season, almost allowing more homers than walks this year. Most of the homers came in the month of July, too. He allowed nine in July and just seven the rest of the season. He did face St. Louis once this season in St. Louis, allowing no runs over five innings on just one hit and one walk. 

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