What you need to know: Eddie Butler made his debut for the Cubs today, and it was a good one. All Butler did was surrender two hits, strike out five, and walk three over six shutout innings, a welcome change from the Cubs’ incumbent starters of late. And yet, Butler’s performance was overshadowed a bit […]
Day: May 12, 2017
What To Expect From Eddie Butler
Amid the struggles of the starting rotation and an overtaxed bullpen following 13 straight days of games—which included 13- and 18-inning games as well as a doubleheader—the Cubs have called upon latest reclamation project Eddie Butler to save the day. Okay, maybe that’s a little unfair; in 159 ⅓ innings since his debut in 2014, […]
Is Eddie Butler MLB-starter material?
Since we learned that Eddie Butler would get a spot start in tonight’s game in St. Louis, we’ve heard a lot about Butler being a full-time member of the Cubs’ starting rotation. A former top-100 prospect sporting a 94 mph fastball along with a changeup of social media fame, a curve, and a slider, he fits the mold. The […]