I mean, they are bottom barrel pitching; that’s an entire leg of the stool gone. It’s great to have such an amazing offense and defense but there’s no world where this team competes in the playoffs with a staff full of fluff.
Looking for other positives, Holmes looked pretty good and that was against a good offense. He’s also the anti-Cub pitcher, keeping the ball down to limit fly balls.
Given the results of the game I’d say Murphy limited the exposure to his bullpen.
It would be nice if this gets into Harrison’s head a little. I’m not counting on it but his velo was down and he didn’t have the ability to gut it out.