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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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James Fegan

Cubs’ bullpen logging lots of innings, but help is on the way

Corbin Carroll steals second base in the fifth inning Friday. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Some have accused the Cubs’ bullpen of looking a little tired recently.

Results have been middle-of-the-pack for the last two weeks. And in Mark Leiter Jr. (63), Julian Merryweather (61), Jose Cuas (61) and Michael Fulmer (57), the Cubs have four of the 60 most-used relievers in MLB by appearances, despite Fulmer being on the injured list for the last two weeks and ineligible to be activated until Saturday.

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