Bad curve balls and hittable fast balls get pummeled I don't mean the specific pitches today, I mean the entire starting staff this entire season. Quintana was great last season with the Cubs in the 2nd half and in the postseason (outside game 5 NLCS) Lester's old, Darvish has an injury history, Hendrick has a skillset that's always teetering on a thin line between productive and meatball delivery, and Chatwood was always a too clever for its own good-reach to begin with. Hell, Quintana's the only one that's having what's arguably a "weird" off year.